The dark side of your Canada Pension Plan

According to this article, the CPP has been investing in the stock market for about 10 years. The fund that they invest with "has an "overriding duty" to bring in bumper returns; as a result, it does not exclude firms on ethical grounds."

The article goes on to list some of the shitballsuckfests that we are investing our money in. Here is the list again, in case you don't want to read the whole article... We are investing in nuclear weapons. That is so depressing and outrageous and UNDEMOCRATIC, so very very undemocratic. As dill said, it is no damn good.
Anyways, here's the list.

WEAPONS

Northrop Grumman (U.S.) Develops, maintains nuclear arms $44 million

Lockheed Martin (U.S.) Produces cluster weapons and munitions coated with depleted uranium, a radioactive and toxic material $27 million

EADS (Netherlands) Involved in joint venture to produce nuclear missiles $26 million

BAE Systems PLC (UK) Involved in a joint venture to produce nuclear missiles $24 million

Finmeccanica (Italy) Involved in joint venture to produce nuclear missiles $18 million

HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (Cdn) Involved in a 50-50 joint venture with firm owned by pariah state of Burma $32 million

Glamis Gold (Cdn) Local opposition to Guatemalan mine led to shootings, car bomb last year $63 million

Anvil Mining Ltd. (Cdn) Military court in Congo wants three ex-staff charged for complicity in war crimes; firm denies charges $4 million

TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS

Altria Group (U.S.) $196 million

Imperial Tobacco (UK) $28 million

Rothmans Inc. (Cdn) $27 million

British American Tobacco Plc. (UK) $49 million

Japan Tobacco Inc. (Japan) $26 million

Altadis (U.S.) $15 million

Gallaher Group (UK) $15 million

Loews Corp. (U.S.) $6 million

Swedish Match (Sweden) $6 million

TOP U.S. AIR POLLUTERS

Exxon-Mobil (U.S.) $500 million

General Electric (U.S.) $364 million

ConocoPhillips (U.S.) $126 million

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. (U.S.) $44 million

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (U.S.) $31 million

Alcoa Inc. (U.S.) $24 million

Ford Motor Co. (U.S.) $14 million

Tyson Foods (U.S.) $8 million

Eastman Kodak (U.S.) $6 million

Unanswered Prayers: Letters to God found dumped in ocean

according to this news story, an insurance adjuster who was out fishing found some letters washed up on a beach near atlantic city. the letters were prayers written to god. little snippets that were included in the article made my eyes water and my nose run - not actual crying, but almost.

we all keep secrets. we all have things that we need but aren't getting. we all wish there was someone out there who could forgive us. wouldn't it be great if there was an address you could write to and whatever you wished for would be given?

writing these things down is hard, but i wonder what i would write in a letter? what dil would write? my mom? jake? sam? with so many things to yearn for and so many things to be forgiven, i'm almost sorry that i don't believe in god...