What were Paulson and Bernanke <i>really</i> up to?
• Fisher InvestmentsThese investment advisors take their best shot at explaining how Paulson and Bernanke destroyed Wall Street for the banking industry. [Adobe .pdf file -- long, but worth it.]
Contents Pages by Subject
Corruption
House starts voting on $700B bailout bill (just got word it passed)
• APMember after member went to the well of the chamber to voice discomfort and displeasure with many aspects of the bailout legislation. But they also said said they would vote for it anyway. And nearly 30 who voted against it changed their minds.
An Email sent to Honeywell Employees - 'SUPPORT THE BAILOUT - Call CONgress'
Ernest Hancock
US Sends $800 Billion In New Amero Currency To China (RUMOR ALERT)
• By: Sorcha Faal via WhatDoesItMean.comthe Kremlin today states that the US Secretary of the Treasury has informed the China Development Bank that the US has shipped $800 Billion of a new currency called the Amero (I can find no story cooberation)
Ron Paul on CNN: 9/30/08
• CNN via YoutTubeRon Paul interviewed on CNN about the bailout. September 30, 2008
Ron Paul on Alex Jones Show: Bailout deal equals dictatorship (pt.1)
• Alex Jones and Ron Paul
Ron Paul on Failed Bailout Vote
• Ron Paul YouTubeBehind the scenes on the floor of the house after the failed vote on the $700 billion. What was said and done. (From our man on the scene... Ron Paul :)
Congress patching plan to resurrect Wall Street rescue
• Freep.comWASHINGTON -- Congress will take another run tonight at moving forward on a $700-billion rescue plan for the nation's ailing credit markets, as lawmakers agreed to increase the federal insurance on bank deposits and opponents unleashed a new roun
Why the Bailout Bill Went Down
• Christian Science MonitorDespite opinion polls showing that the public was warming to the idea of a rescue plan – and efforts by congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle to round up support – the measure failed (do you feel like you are being set up?)
Vote Description for being in favor of a Fascist America
• Washington PostH R 3997 Vote description: To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Provide Earnings Assistance and Tax Relief to Members of the Uniformed Services, Volunteer Firefighters, and Peace Corps Volunteers, and for Other Purposes (What?)
Roll Call of Congressional Vote for $700 Billion Bill
• New York Times(Click on the small colored boxes to see how your individual congressman voted - Arizona congressmen are holding out for a much larger severance package)
Grand Theft America
Stephen LendmanWashington's complicity in the crime of the century.
Marcy Kaptur warns “there are enemies of the Republic”
• Daily Newscaster“My message to the American people don’t let Congress seal this deal. High financial crimes have been committed. My friends there are domestic enemies of the Republic.”
Shock Doctrine: Could our current economic crisis echo long-secret brush with fascism?
• michiganmessenger.comOfficials now propose buying what they term troubled assets, without specifying the type, according to a document obtained by Bloomberg News and confirmed by a congressional aide.
George Bush is Finishing what FDR Started (a plan from the start?)
Ernest HancockMost of USC Title 50, the encodation of War and Emergency Powers, is also based on the authority of the government as authorized by the Act of 1917, section 5b, as amended, March, 1933. (We are very very very Screwed)
FED removes $125 billion in past 4 days to amplify credit crisis!!!
• Karl DenningerFlash video explains chart showing the Fed taking liquidity OUT of the market, right when they're begging Congress to authorize generating $700b more. Is Bernanke trying to precipitate more bank failures to upgrade the fear factor?
Thirty-Eight Cities. One Purpose. END THE FED!! 11/22/08
• Endthefed.usOn November 22, 1910 a malevolent Creature was conceived in the darkness. Ninety-eight years after its illegitimate conception, we will gather at the gates of its lair to signal the beginning of its end.
Behind Closed Doors, Warnings of Calamity (not so closed that the NYT isn't privy)
• New York TimesCongressional officials said members of both parties remained willing to move ahead despite reservations from the rank-and-file about exposing taxpayers to staggering costs that have yet to be disclosed.
Next step in economic crisis: a giant resale agency?
• Christian Science Monitor(What???... you didn't think that this wasn't already planned for did 'ya?)
Paulson, Schumer offer U.S. financial bailout plans
• Reuters"It's a modernized version of the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), which was used after the S&L crisis," said the aide, declining to be further identified. (how much you want to bet that the average American doesn't get into the
Sen. Stevens charges don't violate Constitution, judge rules
• McClatchy NewsSen. Ted Stevens won't be able to argue that evidence in the federal corruption case against him violates the constitutional separations that keep members of Congress from being prosecuted for their legislative actions.
AIG May Get $85 Billion Loan, Cede Control, NYT Says
• Bloomberg.comSept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc., the biggest U.S. insurer by assets, may get an $85 billion bridge loan from the Federal Reserve (WTF? The Federal Reserve is proping up Insurance Companies now?)
Interior Dept. Officials Embroiled in Energy Ethics Scandal
• Washington PostGovernment officials in charge of collecting billions of dollars worth of royalties from oil and gas companies accepted lavish gifts, steered contracts to favored firms and engaged in illicit sex with employees of the energy companies, federal invest
U.S. plans $7 billion missile-defense sale to UAE
• Yahoo NewsWASHINGTON, Sept 8 - The Bush administration is planning to sell the United Arab Emirates an advanced U.S. missile defense system valued at up to $7 billion that could be used to defend against Iran. (of course,... Halliburton's HQ is there now)
Interest Was Waived for Rangel on Loan for Villa
• NY TimesRepresentative Charles B. Rangel paid no interest for more than a decade on a mortgage extended to him to buy a villa at a beachfront resort in the Dominican Republic, according to Mr. Rangel’s lawyer and records from the resort.
Stop the Insanity!
• Nolan ChartDoing the same thing over again and again while expecting different results is one definition of insanity. Obviously, our government hasn't figured that out yet. [The article I wish I wrote.]
AT&T Throws Party for Dems Who Voted to Grant Telecoms Immunity for Illegal Domestic Wiretapping
• Democracy NOW!Democracy Now! tries to cover one of the first of over 1,200 parties during the Democratic National Convention–this one thrown by AT&T to support Democrats who voted to grant the company immunity for illegal wiretapping of Americans.
Tom DeLay might be cleared of charges
• American-StatesmanMoney-laundering charges against former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay and two indicted co-conspirators may be dismissed because the 2002 campaign finance case involved checks and not cash, a lawyer for DeLay said.
Americans, the Common Law, and Freedom – What you need to know.
Melinda Pillsbury-fosterThe tools to take back your freedom are simple and easy to use. Those now dead who capitalized our nation used them every day. Take back your freedom but taking up those same tools.
Be careful what you wish for Sen. Stevens
• McClatchy NewsA federal judge has turned down Sen. Ted Stevens' request to move his corruption trial to Alaska, tying the 84-year-old Alaska Republican to a Washington courtroom at the height of his re-election campaign 3,500 miles away.
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