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  1. Murdoch's company News America Marketing deliberately stole information and destroyed Floor Graphics business. http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/14/us/news-corp-america/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 As News Corp. shareholders prepare to meet later this month, fallout continues. This week, a top executive resigned amid allegations that The Wall Street Journal's European edition used underhanded methods to increase circulation. Now, one of News Corp.'s U.S.-based subsidiaries is drawing attention with allegations of corporate espionage, computer hacking and threats to destroy its competition. When former News Corp. competitor Antonia DeMatto heard news of the British newspaper phone-hacking allegations, she said she thought it was all too familiar. "It was a little bit like reliving it. It brought back to mind all the times that we'd been through, trying to compete and finding ourselves competing with someone who was competing completely unfairly," DeMatto told CNN. DeMatto was vice president of marketing for a New Jersey start-up called Floorgraphics, which placed ads on the floors of supermarkets and retail outlets. The company was competing against News America Marketing, a subsidiary of News Corp., which handles consumer advertising and promotions in the United States.
  2. A few privileged individuals have corrupted the American Dream and given the idea of being wealthy a bad name.There is nothing wrong with working hard and being rewarded for your actions. The problem is that we have put the material over the spiritual. We rather converse with a machine than interact with those that love and care for us. We rather look for advice from a search engine than using the knowledge of our parents and elders. We live by polls more that by what we know deep down inside is right. Good people are being manipulated by what special interest groups broadcast to be right. Duty to God, Duty to Family*, Duty to Country. That is my sacred 3. *Family includes friends.
  3. The Federal Reserve has an article the substantiates Paul Warburg as the principal architect of the Federal Reserve. http://www.minneapolisfed.org/publications_papers/pub_display.cfm?id=3815 Paul Warburg's Crusade to Establish a Central Bank in the United States Paul Warburg was an advocate for a central bank in the United States and was chosen by President Woodrow Wilson to serve as one of the first members of the Federal Reserve Board. Michael A. Whitehouse Published May 1, 1989 Whitehouse is staff assistant in the Office of the Secretary at the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. He has written and lectured extensively on the early history of the Federal Reserve System and U.S. banking. In paying tribute recently to Henry Wallich, late member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Bankers Magazine noted that Wallich was a successor, in more than one respect, to Paul Warburg. Both of these board members were emigrants from Germany—and from the higher circles of German and European finance. Warburg, a member of the first Federal Reserve Board, like Wallich, was a staunch advocate of sound finance. Both, having witnessed the strengths and weaknesses of the European banking system during economic debacles as younger men, brought their experience to the United States committed to putting those lessons to use. It's been said that Governor Wallich's speeches and essays represent one of the best financial histories of our time. The same can certainly be said of Warburg's writings, speeches and testimony for the period after the turn of the century. His life's work constitutes perhaps the best history of the development of central banking in the United States and mirrors its controversies, struggles and the final accomplishment. It's seems fitting then, in this 75th anniversary year of the Federal Reserve System, to look at the life of Warburg, one of the System's architects and staunchest proponents. Warburg's Early Banking Experience Paul Warburg was born in Hamburg in 1868. The offspring of a prominent German banking family, he had been trained in banking in the European financial capitals. After attending the university, at age 18 he began his career in London where for two years he worked for a banking and discounting firm, followed by a short stint with a London stockbroker. After that he moved to France and gained additional experience at the Russian bank for foreign trade, which had an agency in Paris. He then traveled to India, China and Japan before returning to Hamburg to become a partner in M.M. Warburg & Co., the family banking firm. Warburg's father had fully expected that Paul would take charge of his family's banking business along with his brothers Aby and Max, but in 1895 Warburg married an American citizen, Nina Loeb, an accomplished violinist, and began to live part of the year in New York. Six years later, at age 34, he left Germany, took up permanent residency in the United States, and accepted a position as a partner at his father-in-law's firm, Kuhn, Loeb and Co.—one of Wall Street's most important and respected banking houses. While adapting quickly to his new business, he still viewed the United States through the eyes of a European banker and was literally shocked at what he considered the primitive status of banking and financial affairs. In the early 1900s, the nation was suffering from periodic liquidity crises. These crises or "panics" occurred because the banking system was fettered with a rigid amount of currency that could not meet unusual demands, and a system of reserves that pyramided up to New York. During these panics businessmen and farmers were unable to obtain credit to finance inventories and the production and transportation of crops. The crises spread across the country and converged upon Wall Street, resulting in plunges in the stock market, a large number of bank and business failures, and a further shortage of currency. Such phenomena deeply affected Warburg, a small unassuming man whose most obvious physical characteristic was a large drooping mustache that gave him more the appearance of a tenor in a barbershop quartet than an important international banker. While small in stature, however, he was hardly tame or timid in his professional assessment of conditions then prevailing in his new country. "The United States," he said, "is at about the same point that had been reached by Europe at the time of the Medicis." Witnessing first-hand a period of high interest rates — "where call money went up to 25 and 100 percent," he felt compelled to "write an article on the subject then and there for [his] own benefit." Warburg thought it a bit presumptuous to attempt to educate a country to which he was so new a resident, so when advised by an associate to put the paper aside, he did so and attended to duties at his firm. However, when the same conditions arose in the beginning of 1907, he could hold his tongue no longer, and he began to circulate his writings for the benefit of others as well. The Panic of 1907 Early in 1907, New York Times Annual Financial Review published Warburg's first official reform plan, entitled "A Plan for a Modified Central Bank," in which he outlined remedies that he thought might avert panics, like the great one that would occur later that year. Furthermore, he identified what he saw as the "evils" of the system in the United States — the "decentralization of reserves and the immobilization of [commercial] paper." To remedy this, he advocated the development of an American discount market and a European-style commercial paper. This system was based partly on a concept known as the "real bills" doctrine, which maintained that the money supply should vary with the short-term "legitimate" needs of business and commerce. By allowing banks to borrow only against short-term loans, the real bills doctrine, in theory, provided liquidity through the discounting (or selling) of loans and at the same time restricted the ability of a central bank to expand the supply of money. Warburg also proposed the creation of a "central reserve" or central bank that would hold the reserve funds of member banks so that collective funds could be made available to a bank in need of liquidity. Both the discounting and reserve concept, he contended, would help make money and credit more elastic and keep interest rates stable. The Panic of 1907 hit full stride in October. The crash was of such severity that it immediately helped focus public awareness on the problems with the monetary and banking system. Although the issue of a central bank was unpopular because of its connotations of powerful central authority, Congress was now forced to act. The Aldrich-Vreeland Act, passed by Congress in May 1908, provided for the issuance of emergency currency and created a bipartisan National Monetary Commission to study central banking and other alternatives for monetary and banking reform. Warburg would serve this committee and, through his efforts for the commission, achieve an influence on subsequent proposals for reform. Warburg Meets Sen. Aldrich Sen. Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, was appointed head of the National Monetary Commission. He divided the commission into two groups: one would study the US banking system and compile a report, and the other, headed by the senator himself, would travel to Europe and study the central banking systems in London, Paris and Berlin. Aldrich was a known advocate of the extant bond-backed currency arrangement, which provided that bank notes could only be issued by national banks on the basis of the amount of US government bonds that were held to back them. However, the 67-year-old Aldrich, who was considered the most influential figure in Congress on financial matters, was committed to exploring new ideas for reform. In 1908, he announced that he would not seek office again and instead would devote his full attention to the currency and banking question. Meanwhile, Warburg began to enlarge his circle of professional contacts and have his voice heard throughout the country. However, the German banker still didn't have the ear of the man who mattered most — Aldrich. Aldrich first met Warburg by chance when the senator was preparing for the European trip and visited Kuhn, Loeb and Co. to gather preliminary material about the German banking system. Following that meeting, the German native began writing to Aldrich outlining his proposals, but Aldrich was cool to Warburg's plan and deferred his correspondence to A. Piatt Andrew, a Harvard professor whom Aldrich had appointed official secretary of the National Monetary Commission. As new ideas on banking reform began to crystallize for the senator, Andrew brought the work of Warburg to the senator's attention again and soon Andrew was corresponding with Warburg on behalf of the senator. Warburg was asked to write a study on the "discounting of commercial bills" for the National Monetary Commission, and became an unofficial advisor to the group. However, the banker and the senator still were at loggerheads on the question of what shape the central bank should take in the United States, and on the issue of discounting commercial paper. In his monograph, "The Discount System in Europe," Warburg declared that the effective utilization of the discount policy was one of the most impressive victories for central banks in Europe during the Panic of 1907. The only structure that is safe, he concluded, is one that provides for effective concentration of cash reserves and their freest use in case of need, enabling banks, when necessary, to turn into cash a maximum of their assets with a minimum disturbance to general conditions. He noted further that a central bank is able to guard the cash reserve of the country and accommodate nonreserve banks by accepting prime security, like bank-accepted bills. Warburg, in the meantime, continued his campaign on other fronts. He had followed his first New York Times article with a speech at Columbia University on "American and European Banking Methods and Banking Legislation Compared," and privately published a new, more complete proposal for a US banking system, entitled "A Modified Plan for a Central Bank." In May 1908, the New York Times gave his revised plan prominent coverage. Primarily, Warburg continued to emphasize that the United States must finally develop some sort of central bank system, giving the country an elastic currency based on modern commercial bills payable in gold: a system similar in principle, if not exactly alike in form, to those of the important European central banks. He believed that "no measure that bases currency on a long term basis like the Aldrich-Vreeland Emergency Currency bill, (which allowed banks in regional currency associations to use their aggregate bank balances as the basis for the issuance of currency) can be acceptable." Also, he stressed that issuing notes "must be centralized into a few organs, or if feasible, into one organ to ensure effective expansion and contraction of reserves." The tireless reformer further stated that no central bank could be effective that "vests the powers of a central bank in political officers alone. That power clearly defined, ought to be vested in political officers and businessmen combined, in a way that would render impossible any political or financial abuse." Any hasty decisions on the composition of the directors of a central bank, he said, could stand in the way of the creation of such an organization. Better that those practical and political questions could be worked out after careful consideration. Warburg's Contribution The idea of an "elastic currency," which would expand to meet the legitimate needs of business and commerce, was not new. In fact, Warburg himself claimed no originality for the idea, but through his writings, speeches and counsel to others he began to have a greater impact than anyone else. Warburg did, however, succeed in injecting two new ideas into the discussion: first, shifting of emphasis from the currency problem to the reserve problem; and second, advocacy of the principle of rediscounting a new kind of commercial paper. These ideas were starting to be discussed more seriously throughout the country, and other individuals involved in the banking and currency reform movement began to take note. With both the building momentum of other banking reform advocacy groups and Aldrich's own exposure to the efficient and effective central banking system in Europe, the senator finally opened to these other ideas. The debate on central banking reform was still in full swing several years after the 1907 Panic. Indeed, it began to heat up, with the American Bankers Association standing opposed to "any form of central bank yet suggested by legislators." Meanwhile, Warburg, Aldrich and several other prominent figures intensified their efforts and began to form an alliance that was to last over the coming crucial years of the banking reform movement. Aldrich Reconsiders His Position The European interviews of the National Monetary Commission had a profound influence upon Aldrich. He had a clear plan for reform when he returned from Europe, radically different from his original beliefs. The change in the senator's thinking was so drastic that Aldrich's biographer explained it as an epiphany, saying, "Aldrich was converted on the road to Damascus." When Aldrich and the National Monetary Commission returned from Europe in the fall of 1908, Aldrich asked Warburg to present his own ideas and answer questions regarding the European interviews at a meeting at New York's Metropolitan Club. After Warburg's Metropolitan Club testimony, Aldrich pulled the banker aside and told him that he liked his plan for reform but he was being too timid about it. Warburg was surprised to learn that Aldrich, who before his European travels had not favored centralization and had advocated a national currency backed by government bonds, had changed his thinking and envisioned a European-type central bank for the United States. While Warburg now warned the senator against attempts to establish a full-scale central bank in the European sense—believing it politically unrealistic— he was nonetheless encouraged. A particular key feature of the European systems persuaded the senator to reconsider his thinking. According to commission member Sen. Theodore Burton, the concept of currency backed by commercial assets began to take hold in Aldrich's mind in London, and the interviews in Berlin finally convinced him. Commission Assistant George Reynolds concurred, noting that "the experience and practice of German bankers in meeting the needs of commerce in their country demonstrated to Aldrich the validity of the use of commercial assets as a basis for currency. The idea, formerly so obscure, came home to him in great force from its demonstration in a non-political, practical atmosphere." While Aldrich's conversion was a welcome one to Warburg and other progressive reformers, the very concept of a European-style central bank was still an anathema to a great many bankers and politicians. Bankers wanted reform that would make the banking system more efficient and better coordinated but were fearful of government interference in the management of a central bank. While Reynolds, as president of the American Bankers Association, had traveled to Europe and had become an intimate of Aldrich, his association was not supportive of reform. Moreover, many politicians believed that the geographic size of the United States and its diverse business conditions warranted a different banking system than those existing in Europe. Complicating the matter further was the fact that any plan to which Aldrich attached himself was sure to be attacked by Democrats and others who believed the senator had only the interest of eastern businessmen and bankers in mind. Aldrich had close ties with J. P. Morgan and other important bankers, and his eldest daughter's marriage to John D. Rockefeller Jr. did not help to dispel this suspicion. The Jekyll Island Expedition One evening in early November 1910, Warburg and a small party of men from New York quietly boarded Sen. Aldrich's private railway car, ostensibly for a trip south to an exclusive hunting club on an island off the coast of Georgia. In addition to Warburg and Aldrich, the others, all highly regarded in the New York banking community, were: Frank Vanderlip, president of National City Bank; Harry P. Davison, a J.P. Morgan partner; Benjamin Strong, vice president of Banker's Trust Co.; and A. Piatt Andrew, former secretary of the National Monetary Commission and now assistant secretary of the Treasury. The real purpose of this historic "duck hunt" was to formulate a plan for US banking and currency reform that Aldrich could present to Congress. Even Warburg at first questioned the motives of this gathering, not knowing if he was included because the group knew what he preached and was interested in what he had to offer, or if he was to be involved as a conspirator in order to be muzzled. He soon saw that the Jekyll Island conference was pulled together because, as Warburg later wrote, Aldrich was "bewildered at all that he had absorbed abroad and he was faced with the difficult task of writing a highly technical bill while being harassed by the daily grind of his parliamentary duties." The group was secluded on Jekyll Island for about 10 days. All the participants came to the conference with strong views on the subject and did not agree on the exact shape a US central bank should take. Vanderlip noted: "Of course we knew that what we simply had to have was a more elastic currency through a bank that would hold the reserves of all banks." But there were many other questions that needed to be answered. If it was to be a central bank, how was it to be owned: by the banks, by the government, or jointly? Should there be a number of institutions or only one? Should the rate of interest be the same for the whole nation, or would it be higher in a community that was expanding too fast and lower in another that was lagging? In what open market operations should the bank be engaged? Warburg realized that he had not been able to persuade the senator that if a central banking organization was to be created, it had to be a modified scheme based on the European models. In fact, Warburg, "the best equipped man there in the academic sense," according to Vanderlip, "was so intense ... and apparently felt a little antagonism towards Aldrich," so that there were some moments of strain that had to be eased by the others. Aldrich had his mind set on a European-style central bank, "a model he seemed loath to abandon," according to Warburg, and the senator strongly believed that the proposed central bank should be kept out of politics. Warburg and the others felt that whatever the theoretical justification for such a central bank, American conditions would require some sort of compromise and that concessions should be made considering government influence and representation. Aldrich, yielding somewhat, allowed that the government should be represented on the board of directors and have full knowledge of the bank's affairs, but a majority of the directors were to be chosen, directly or indirectly, by the members of the association. Warburg also didn't agree with Aldrich's position on note issuance, conditions of membership of state banks and trust companies, or on the need for a uniform discount rate. Aldrich insisted, however, that a central bank should maintain a uniform rate of discount throughout the United States. He thought such a measure politically wise because it would refute the charges that other "great financial centres" would attempt to establish favorable rates for themselves in different regions to the disadvantage of other localities in the country. Eventually all of the individuals at the Jekyll Island conference had to modify their views on a central bank plan. Nonetheless, Aldrich got out of the conference just what he intended—a banking scheme that rested upon a consensus of opinion representing the best-informed bankers of this country. The banking bill the group brought north, which came to be known as the "Aldrich Plan," called for the establishment of a central bank in Washington, to be named the "National Reserve Association," meaning a central reserve organization with an elastic note issue based on gold and commercial paper. The association was to have 15 branches at geographically strategic locations throughout the country. The bank was to serve as fiscal agent for the US government and, by mobilizing the reserves of its member banks, become a lender of last resort to the American banking system. The association as a whole was to serve as a bank of rediscount, that is, it was empowered to discount a second time commercial paper that members of the association had already discounted. By rediscounting, the association could issue new money that might stay in circulation so long as the paper for which it was issued was not redeemed. No one person was responsible for the final draft bill that was written. It was a record of their composite views. Yet Vanderlip regarded Warburg as having made significant and important contributions to the final result: "As a philosophical student of banking he was first among us at that time." Warburg was satisfied that the Aldrich Plan was not a central bank in the European sense. "It was strictly a bankers' bank with branches under the control of separate directorates having supervision over the rediscount operations with member banks," he said. Warburg viewed the result of the Jekyll Island meeting as pivotal: "The period during which nonpolitical thought held the leadership in the banking reform movement may be considered as having ended with this conference." Up until then, bank reform had been an educational campaign carried on by individuals and groups; but at that point, the movement assumed a national character. Warburg saw Senator Aldrich as being the standard-bearer of a political proposal for a central bank. Said Warburg: "From then on until the final passage of the Federal Reserve Act, the generalship was in the hands of political leaders, while the role of banking reformers was to aid the movement by educational campaigns and, at the same time, to do their utmost to prevent fundamental parts of the nonpolitical plan from being disfigured by concessions born of political expediency." Aldrich presented his draft plan to the public in January 1911. One year later, on Jan. 19, 1912, the National Monetary Commission presented its report and endorsed the Aldrich Plan. The Final Campaign Warburg playfully described himself as a "fanatic" for what he considered sound finance. He was also pragmatic and sensitive to political realities, however. Thus he tempered his approach to a central bank in the United States, and his campaign over the next several years reflected that position. When he saw the roadblocks that lay ahead with Aldrich attempting to sell his plan to a greater part of the country, Warburg began a formal educational campaign to assist. Warburg believed that "beyond doubt, unless public opinion all over the United States could be educated and mobilized, any sound banking reform plan was doomed to fail." The National Board of Trade appointed Warburg the head of a seven-man committee to set up a national group to promote reform. The group was called The National Citizens League For the Promotion of Sound Banking. It accomplished much of what it set out to do: establishing effective organizations in 45 states, printing a vast amount of educational materials for the businessman and layman alike, and publishing essays in pamphlets and articles in newspapers. Warburg also continued to publish in important journals and lecture before influential groups, doing all he could to help promote sound banking principles and convince larger audiences of the urgency for reform. The Final Plan — The Federal Reserve Act Before the Aldrich Plan could be enacted into law, the Democrats won the White House and took control of the Congress in 1912. The Democratic position called for a divisional reserve bank system, with a number of reserve banks or central banking cities. Nevertheless, President Woodrow Wilson believed that the Aldrich Plan was "60-70 percent correct." As a result, the plan became the basis for constructing the Federal Reserve bill, which began to take shape in Congress with the presentation of a bill proposed by Sen. Robert Latham Owen in May 1913. When the Aldrich bill was rejected and the Democrats began to rework the banking bill, the group of bankers that had worked so hard in support of the Aldrich Plan began to split apart, and many of those bankers refused to consider an alternative plan. Warburg was more conciliatory and remained in contact with prominent Democrats, including Carter Glass, chairman of the House banking committee, and H. Parker Willis, the committee expert, and continued to write and speak on the new legislation. Warburg's reserve and discounting concepts were embraced in the Federal Reserve plan, though the central bank gradually abandoned the emphasis on discounting in favor of open market operations as the major monetary policy tool. Nonetheless, his efforts in educating the country, bringing sound banking techniques to the forefront of debate, were of tremendous importance in final preparation and passage of the Federal Reserve Act. Epilogue Warburg's career didn't end with passage of the Federal Reserve Act. In a sense, the close of this chapter marked the beginning of his next important role as a central banker. He was to wield a tremendous influence on the development of the System he worked so hard to help establish. In spite of vehement opposition from many Democrats and populists, President Wilson asked Warburg to become a member of the first Federal Reserve Board. It appears President Wilson made a wise decision. Once Warburg was appointed to the board, Secretary of the Treasury William McAdoo, who often clashed with Warburg over policy matters, explained Warburg's appointment this way: "It was thought that his technical knowledge in international finance would be useful. It was useful, in some respects it was invaluable." Benjamin Strong, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, went even further in his estimation of Warburg. Although Warburg was appointed as a member of the board (not as the chairman or vice chairman), Strong called Warburg "the real head of the board in Washington, so far as knowledge and ability goes." But the fact that he was at all chosen to serve on the board seems to have been as much a surprise to the European-born banker as to those who took issue with his nomination. Indeed, he first declined the appointment because of the "rampant prejudice in this country against a Wall Street man," and balked at testifying before the Senate banking committee because other nominees had not been asked to do so. However, when World War I erupted in Europe, Warburg decided to waive all personal considerations "in deference to the president's urgent request and in view of the present urgency which render desirable the promptest organization of the Federal Reserve Board," and appeared before a largely antagonistic committee. With Warburg before them, rather than take advantage of his vast knowledge in central banking to learn how the country would adapt to this new system, the senators chose instead to question the banker on Kuhn, Loeb and Co.'s "money trust" connections. Thus, one of the best opportunities for history to record Warburg's extemporaneous impressions on the final Glass-Owen Federal Reserve bill was lost. But when Warburg was questioned as to his motives for making the sacrifice — financial and otherwise — to become a member of the Federal Reserve Board, the nominee's answer was characteristically to the point: "When President Wilson asked me [again] whether I would take this [on] and make the sacrifice ... I felt that I had no right to decline it; and I will be glad to make the sacrifice, because I think there is a wonderful opportunity for bringing a great piece of constructive work into successful operation, and it appeals to me to do that."
  4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCs8mlwHZCE The October2011.org Movement that is occupying Freedom Plaza, led an impromptu march of 250 people up Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S.Supreme Court where Dr. Cornel West climbed on the steps of the Supreme Court and denounced court decisions that have produced money-based elections that empower corporations. Dr. West was holding a sign that said "Poverty is the Greatest Violence of All." He was arrested because holding political signs on the Supreme Court steps is illegal. Dr. West spoke to more than 500 people on Freedom Plaza where he said that "if Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today, he would be on Freedom Plaza." West described how the struggle against, poverty, war and injustice continues and confidence that the people will succeed. He applauded the occupation as "an inclusive social revolution for all of us" and a "leaderless-leader-filled movement" where people are "finding their own political voices rather than echoing others." Kevin Zeese, an organizer of October2011.org said: "It is a fitting tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for Dr. West and the others to risk arrest protesting the unfair wealth divide and the Supreme Court empowering money over voters. In the battle for a real, participatory democracy getting money out of politics is a critical step." Cornel West was arraigned in DC Superior Court, 500 Indiana Ave. today. He and 14 others of the 17 arrested were held overnight.
  5. Looks like Alliance for Global Justice got their act together. Their occupy Wall Street donation now goes to: https://www.wepay.com/xo71ir The money is now being kept in a credit union account at the Amalgamated Bank. They have a branch office at: 1825 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 202.293.9800 MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM > Free Checking > Free Debit Card > Free ATM I might even check them out. I would say that the transaction process looks now safe to donate. I tested it out
  6. President Obama and Secretary Geithner are delaying the Treasury's report to Congress to see if diplomacy can work at the G20 Summit while the Speaker Boehner stalls the manipulation bill in the House.
  7. This bill passed the House last year 348 to 79. http://thomas.loc.go...d111:H.R.2378:# H.R.2378 : Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act H.R.2378 Latest Title: Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act Sponsor: Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17](introduced 5/13/2009) Cosponsors (159) Related Bills: H.RES.1674, S.1027, S.1254, S.3134 Latest Major Action: 9/29/2010 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. House Reports: 111-646 COSPONSORS(159), ALPHABETICAL Rep Akin, W. Todd [MO-2] - 9/14/2010 Rep Altmire, Jason [PA-4] - 5/13/2009 Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] - 3/25/2010 Rep Arcuri, Michael A. [NY-24] - 5/13/2009 Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] - 7/7/2009 Rep Bachus, Spencer [AL-6] - 12/1/2009 Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 7/19/2010 Rep Barrett, J. Gresham [sC-3] - 5/13/2009 Rep Barrow, John [GA-12] - 3/25/2010 Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 9/16/2010 Rep Berry, Marion [AR-1] - 5/20/2009 Rep Bishop, Rob [uT-1] - 5/20/2009 Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] - 9/14/2010 Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 9/15/2010 Rep Boccieri, John A. [OH-16] - 3/25/2010 Rep Boren, Dan [OK-2] - 5/6/2010 Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [iA-3] - 5/13/2009 Rep Boucher, Rick [VA-9] - 5/13/2009 Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 4/13/2010 Rep Braley, Bruce L. [iA-1] - 5/13/2009 Rep Brown, Henry E., Jr. [sC-1] - 5/13/2009 Rep Burton, Dan [iN-5] - 5/13/2009 Rep Buyer, Steve [iN-4] - 6/22/2010 Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] - 5/13/2010 Rep Carney, Christopher P. [PA-10] - 5/20/2009 Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 9/28/2010 Rep Coble, Howard [NC-6] - 5/13/2009 Rep Coffman, Mike [CO-6] - 2/23/2010 Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry" [VA-11] - 3/25/2010 Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 5/13/2009 Rep Costello, Jerry F. [iL-12] - 5/13/2009 Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 7/19/2010 Rep Critz, Mark S. [PA-12] - 6/9/2010 Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 3/25/2010 Rep Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. [PA-3] - 7/7/2009 Rep Davis, Lincoln [TN-4] - 3/4/2010 Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 5/13/2009 Rep Delahunt, Bill [MA-10] - 3/25/2010 Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 9/17/2009 Rep Dent, Charles W. [PA-15] - 3/15/2010 Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15] - 9/24/2009 Rep Donnelly, Joe [iN-2] - 7/10/2009 Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 7/7/2009 Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 4/13/2010 Rep Edwards, Chet [TX-17] - 6/22/2010 Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI-3] - 10/29/2009 Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 9/14/2010 Rep Ellsworth, Brad [iN-8] - 5/13/2010 Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 10/29/2009 Rep Foster, Bill [iL-14] - 4/28/2010 Rep Fudge, Marcia L. [OH-11] - 9/14/2010 Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 3/10/2010 Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 9/28/2010 Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 5/13/2009 Rep Griffith, Parker [AL-5] - 5/25/2010 Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 9/14/2010 Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [iL-4] - 3/25/2010 Rep Hall, John J. [NY-19] - 9/28/2010 Rep Halvorson, Deborah L. [iL-11] - 4/15/2010 Rep Hare, Phil [iL-17] - 5/13/2009 Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 9/14/2010 Rep Heinrich, Martin [NM-1] - 9/15/2010 Rep Higgins, Brian [NY-27] - 5/13/2009 Rep Hill, Baron P. [iN-9] - 4/20/2010 Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 5/26/2010 Rep Hodes, Paul W. [NH-2] - 5/6/2010 Rep Hoekstra, Peter [MI-2] - 5/20/2009 Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17] - 5/13/2009 Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 5/13/2009 Rep Hunter, Duncan D. [CA-52] - 5/20/2009 Rep Inglis, Bob [sC-4] - 5/20/2009 Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [iL-2] - 5/11/2010 Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 5/13/2009 Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 5/13/2009 Rep Kagen, Steve [WI-8] - 5/13/2009 Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. [PA-11] - 8/10/2010 Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 11/3/2009 Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] - 5/13/2009 Rep Kilroy, Mary Jo [OH-15] - 3/23/2010 Rep Kissell, Larry [NC-8] - 5/20/2009 Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 9/15/2010 Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 3/25/2010 Rep LaTourette, Steven C. [OH-14] - 4/20/2010 Rep Lee, Christopher J. [NY-26] - 5/13/2009 Rep Lipinski, Daniel [iL-3] - 5/20/2009 Rep Loebsack, David [iA-2] - 5/11/2010 Rep Luetkemeyer, Blaine [MO-9] - 6/24/2010 Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] - 3/25/2010 Rep Maffei, Daniel B. [NY-25] - 4/29/2010 Rep Manzullo, Donald A. [iL-16] - 5/13/2009 Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 9/22/2010 Rep Massa, Eric J. J. [NY-29] - 6/10/2009 Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] - 9/28/2010 Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 3/25/2010 Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 9/14/2010 Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 5/20/2009 Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 7/19/2010 Rep McHenry, Patrick T. [NC-10] - 5/20/2009 Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] - 5/13/2009 Rep McIntyre, Mike [NC-7] - 4/29/2010 Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 5/13/2009 Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 6/10/2009 Rep Miller, Candice S. [MI-10] - 12/1/2009 Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 7/28/2010 Rep Mollohan, Alan B. [WV-1] - 11/6/2009 Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] - 5/11/2010 Rep Murphy, Patrick J. [PA-8] - 4/13/2010 Rep Murphy, Tim [PA-18] - 5/13/2009 Rep Murtha, John P. [PA-12] - 6/4/2009 Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 5/13/2009 Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 9/22/2010 Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 5/13/2009 Rep Owens, William L. [NY-23] - 9/22/2010 Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 9/16/2010 Rep Perriello, Thomas S.P. [VA-5] - 10/29/2009 Rep Peters, Gary C. [MI-9] - 6/4/2009 Rep Petri, Thomas E. [WI-6] - 9/16/2010 Rep Pingree, Chellie [ME-1] - 9/14/2010 Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] - 5/21/2009 Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] - 5/13/2009 Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] - 5/18/2010 Rep Richardson, Laura [CA-37] - 7/7/2009 Rep Rogers, Harold [KY-5] - 10/29/2009 Rep Rogers, Mike D. [AL-3] - 11/3/2009 Rep Rogers, Mike J. [MI-8] - 5/13/2009 Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] - 5/13/2009 Rep Ross, Mike [AR-4] - 5/18/2010 Rep Rush, Bobby L. [iL-1] - 9/23/2010 Rep Salazar, John T. [CO-3] - 9/23/2010 Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] - 5/11/2010 Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] - 3/25/2010 Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [iL-9] - 6/28/2010 Rep Schauer, Mark H. [MI-7] - 12/9/2009 Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] - 6/4/2009 Rep Sestak, Joe [PA-7] - 7/29/2010 Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1] - 3/25/2010 Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 6/10/2009 Rep Shuler, Heath [NC-11] - 5/13/2009 Rep Shuster, Bill [PA-9] - 5/13/2009 Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 5/21/2009 Rep Souder, Mark E. [iN-3] - 5/13/2009 Rep Space, Zachary T. [OH-18] - 6/26/2009 Rep Speier, Jackie [CA-12] - 9/14/2010 Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. [sC-5] - 10/8/2009 Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 6/22/2010 Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1] - 7/13/2010 Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 5/13/2009 Rep Thompson, Glenn [PA-5] - 5/21/2009 Rep Tonko, Paul [NY-21] - 9/22/2010 Rep Turner, Michael R. [OH-3] - 3/2/2010 Rep Upton, Fred [MI-6] - 9/14/2010 Rep Visclosky, Peter J. [iN-1] - 5/13/2009 Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 4/13/2010 Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A. [GA-3] - 5/13/2009 Rep Whitfield, Ed [KY-1] - 10/8/2009 Rep Wilson, Charles A. [OH-6] - 5/13/2009 Rep Wilson, Joe [sC-2] - 5/13/2009 Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 5/6/2010 Rep Young, Don [AK] - 7/14/2010
  8. I spoke with Adbusters, the creators of $OccupyWallStreet. They are telling people to donate to the following organizations. nycga.net occupywallst.org I will check them later.
  9. Spoke with Jeremiah today @ e-onlinedata.com also known as PowerPay 320 Cumberland Ave, Portland ME 04101 Toll Free: (877) 877-3737 Local: (207) 775-6900 Fax: (888) 204-4040 info@powerpay.biz The are handling the Occupy Wall Street Donations Payment Process. Jeremiah of PowerPay stated that I should contact the Alliance for Global Justice. I have left three messages to Chuck Kaufman about this. Alliance for Global Justice Headquarters 1247 E St., SE Washington, DC 20003 202-544-9355 afgj@afgj.org Chuck Kaufman National Co-Coordinator (ext. 500) chuck@afgj.org I am going to leave chuck an email. I would beware of donating to this organization until they respond.
  10. Should a Canadian magazine be allowed to control all these OccupyWallStreet and other occupy domain names? In my opinion, Adbusters should them over to the movement, otherwise people will view the leaders of this movement as AntiAmerican and just an example of foreign powers trying to directly encroach into American politics.
  11. Archive.org had some information about Kevin Zeese http://web.archive.o...tent/view/18/35 Kevin Zeese. Photo: Jefferson Jackson Steele, Baltimore City Paper Highlights 'Peace, Justice, Democracy and Prosperity' I'm running for U.S. Senate because the two major parties no longer represent the interests of most Americans. A recent poll described in July 16 th Economist, asked voters if they thought their elected officials represented their priorities. Only 17 percent said yes. And, if we look at the policies being put in place by those in office we repeatedly see that the American people are correct – their views are unrepresented. Most recently, Hurricane Katrina has painfully exposed years of misplaced priorities and spending. Critical National Guard Troops were diverted to Iraq and unavailable when disaster struck. Billions spent on the war left urgent domestic needs unaddressed – resulting in thousands of lost lives and livelihoods. It is not only the levees in New Orleans which were left to crumble. The American Society of Civil Engineers has reported the entire basic infrastructure of the United States including bridges, roads, sewage systems, and dams is rapidly deteriorating. They give the country's infrastructure a 'D' and describe a "looming crisis that jeopardizes our nation's prosperity and quality of life." Just as lawmakers ignored the coming crisis in Louisiana, and our failing infrastructure, they are ignoring changes in climate which will bring increased frequency and severity of storms like Katrina. Adding to incompetance and neglect, Katrina made longstanding class and racial divides visible to all and highlights the need for a change in the direction of our country. If ever there were a moment to 'throw the bums out', this is it. A majority of Americans -- some polls show up to 60% -- believe the Iraq War was wrong and want the U.S. to start withdrawing our soldiers. Only 35% of Maryland voters think the war in Iraq is worth it. Yet the U.S. Senate voted 99-0 for continuing to fund the occupation and is not even considering an exit strategy. Shouldn't there be at least one Senator that represents the view of a majority of Americans on this critical issue? The same is true on other important issues: Americans want a government of 'we the people' yet we have a government dominated by wealthy interests. 'Big Business Socialism' is disguised in the rhetoric of 'free market.' Americans want an economy that creates prosperity for all – yet we have crippling trade deficits, skyrocketing federal spending, and mushrooming international trade defecits. On the personal level median income is diminishing, poverty is increasing, retirements are insecure and the U.S. has the largest rich-poor divide since the 1920s. Neither major party is willing to face up to these issues because doing so is against the interests of the monied elite who fund their campaigns. Confidence in Maryland's democracy is threatened by paperless electronic voting that does not provide a paper record for open, transparent and independent vote counts. Two-thirds of Marylanders favor ending the failed war on drugs and putting in place treatment not incarceration, yet the two major parties continue to spend $50 billion annually on the failed drug war. These issues need to be debated -- people want choices – but they will not be debated by candidates from the two corporate-dominated parties. This campaign will seek support from voters across the political spectrum whose views are not represented by the two major parties. Third party campaigns are often marginalized and ignored but this is not going to be your typical third party campaign. This campaign will be a Unity Campaign that brings together multiple third parties. Why a "Unity Campaign" and not one party? Each of the parties represent values that are important: The Populist Party stands for economic fairness for working families and recognizes how the U.S. has rigged our tax laws, finance system and corporate welfare to help the wealthiest while shrinking the middle class and undermining those whose work makes our country great. The Libertarian Party emphasizes the central value of liberty – freedom – which is under attack in the United States with laws like the Patriot Act, eminent domain and a government that intrudes into private life. We need to consider the question of liberty in every action the government takes because it is our basic freedoms that unleash the creativity, entrepreneurship and greatness of Americans. The Green Party's ten key values are a common sense outline of where our country needs to go. These values include: grassroots democracy, social justice, ecological wisdom, non-violence, decentralization, community-based economics, feminism, diversity, responsibility and future focus. Many Democrats and Republicans are disenchanted with the direction of their parties' leadership. As a result the United States is going in more wrong directions at once than ever in my lifetime. Many Democrats and Republicans recognize that their parties represent the interests of big business donors, and are thirsting for a new approach to politics. I plan to provide voters with that new approach. Maryland is ready for an independent alternative to the two major parties – a candidate for Senate who is free to serve the people of Maryland without divided loyalties or conflict of interest. Statewide, the fastest growing group of registered voters are independents and non-major party voters, who now make up 15.4% of the electorate. According to a Baltimore City Paper article about the Unity campaign, since the presidential election of 2004, the number of voters who do not affiliate with either party was up by 6,517. During that time, the Maryland Republican Party gained 4,648 new members and the Democratic Party lost 450 members. Please join me in supporting Unity and Democracy. We must end the corruption of our government. Senator John McCain said the electoral system "is nothing less than an elaborate influence-peddling scheme in which both parties conspire to stay in office by selling the country to the highest bidder." This is, in reality, such open corruption that all political commentators and most voters know it. If you know both parties are selling the country to the highest bidder we have a choice – remain silent, be complicit and join the conspiracy by our inaction (or worse) – or challenge the system. I've decided to challenge the system. I am grateful to all those Marylanders who will join me. Kevin Zeese U.S. Senate Campaign Committee Nathan Bahn Co-Chair, Montgomery Greens Rockville, MD Bill Barry Baltimore City Green Party| Baltimore, MD Michael Cornell Co-Chair, Maryland Green Party Howard County, MD Chris Driscoll Chair, Populist Party of Maryland Baltimore, MD Kay Dellinger Coalition Against Global Exploitation, Baltimore Pledge of Resistance, Populist Party of Maryland Central Committee Baltimore, MD Pat Elder Co-founder DC Anti-War Network Iraq Pledge of Resistance Bethesda, MD Tomas Estrada-Palma Libertarian Party of Anne Arundel Annapolis, MD Kristin Famula TrueVoteMD Severna Park, MD Robert Ferraro Eyes Of Paint Branch, TrueVoteMD Colesville, MD Lorenzo Gaztanaga Baltimore Libertarian Party Baltimore, MD Susan Gaztanaga Baltimore Libertarian Party Baltimore, MD Saul Iversion TrueVoteMD Howard County, MD Joseph Klockner Klockner & Company Takoma Park, MD Barry Kissin Attorney Democratic Candidate for Congress (6th District) Frederick, MD Ken Lerch National Association of Letter Carriers President, Local 3825 Rockville, MD Jay Levy Takoma Park City for Peace Takoma Park, MD Robert Lanza Democracy for Maryland Takoma Park, MD Sheldon H. Laskin Baltimore County Green Party Baltimore, MD 21209 Mike Livingston Montgomery County Green Party Silver Spring, MD John Low Principal, Banning+Low Kensington, MD James Madigan Correctional Lieutenant, Maryland Reception Center Baltimore County Green Party Parkville, MD Douglas McNeil Baltimore Libertarian Party Baltimore, MD Dick Ochs Populist Party State Central Committee Member Chair Green Party, Committee on Democratic Reform of Party Processes Baltimore, MD Anne Polansky Energy and Environmental Consultant Takoma Park, MD Linda Schade TrueVoteMD Montgomery County Green Party Takoma Park, MD Joseph Schroeder Populist Party of Maryland Central Committee, Treasurer Baltimore, MD Mounzer Sleiman Vice President, National Council for Arab Americans Poolesville, MD Eileen Scott Co-Chair Maryland Green Party Silver Spring, MD Eric Sterling President, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation Counsel, U.S. House of Representative, Committee on the Judiciary, 1979-89 Chevy Chase, MD Robert Tufts Anne Arundel Green Party Churchton, MD Pam Rasmussen Montgomery County Coalition for Alternatives to War Gaithersburg, MD Virginia Rodino Steering Committee, United for Peace and Justice Baltimore, MD Whitney Trettien Co-chair, Frederick Green Party Frederick, MD Yvonne Wall Montgomery County Coalition for Alternatives to War Montgomery County, MD Bahram Zandi Montgomery County Green Party Gaithersburg, MD Organizations listed are for identification purposes only and does not mean the organization is involved in the campaign in any way.
  12. I have been told that you produced 'Never Ever.' The rhythm flow is divine. This piece has soul. Amazing. Tell me the inspiration.
  13. The websites -- occupywallst.org and nycga.cc -- and in person to members of what the movement calls its "Finance Working Group." Here is what the Russian Times is reporting. Where do these Occupy Wall Street protesters come from? Are they just violent slackers who need to lay blame on others? Or do they really represent the 99 percent of society? How reasonable is it to point the finger at Wall Street? And can they become a new force in politics? CrossTalking with Tony Katz, Kevin Zeese and Jason Del Gandio on October 12. CT on FB: http://www.facebook.com/crosstalkrulez
  14. Is this the Falcon Punch John? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFtw7qW7Vcw
  15. Occupy Wall Street's demands and grievances are numerous and varied, but one general theme is that the coalition believes both public policy and tax law changes in the past 30 years have resulted in a a dysfunctional society. In reality, Occupy America is engaging in the same type of protest phenomenon as the conservative Tea Party faction. I am trying to engage them on fair trade. There will always be consumers looking for the lowest price. Being a dad to a family of 5 (nine including the dog and two cats) I cannot always afford the very best. But, I am trying to better save for things the family needs and wants. I am upset that the value of the dollar is going down the crap hole. I also have another family, which is the people that support my business and other endeavors. These people are ones that I grew up with throughout my life that took a chance on working with me. They have their own welfare to worry about too. Good booze is not cheap
  16. I decided to visit Occupy DC this weekend. I found no major standoff between law enforcement and the protestors. In fact, it was the opposite. There was peaceful Americans of ages, creeds, and colors occupying a space. Everything within the movement is done by unanimous consent. Instead of screaming the group has devised wiggling their fingers up for like, down, for dislike, and twisting side-to-side for indifferent. What I liked hearing is at this point is that the Occupy movement is not taking political sides. What I liked even better is Democrats and Republicans at Freedom Plaza were talking about things in common they have with each other, rather than just barking out differences. What I found shocking was how many senior citizens were there. I think they are half the movement. Many of them flew in or took the train from across the country to show their support. At this point, Occupy DC can be found in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza. There are other groups that share similar beliefs as well. The grievances I found most prevalent were corporate greed, bank bailouts, nationalize the Federal Reserve, and bring back our troops back from Iraq and Afghanistan. I thought entitlements, and outsourcing jobs would be big issues, but there was no media or discussions during my visit. Special thanks for the staff of DCpages helping caption my photos. I think it is important to engage and voice our freedom of speech and assembly in this issue. This is what makes our country great. God Bless America. My journey can be view here. http://www.dcpages.c...-Washington-DC/
  17. WE WANT COOKIES!!! #OCCUPYSESAMESTREET
  18. SHARE THE COOKIES!!!
  19. U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) made this statement in response to criticism from the Chinese government’s Central Bank, Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Commerce over Senate legislation to crack down on Chinese currency manipulation. Last night, the Senate voted to proceed to debate on legislation cracking down on Chinese currency manipulation. The procedural vote was 79-19. The Senate continues to debate the legislation today. Graham said: “China’s threats to the United States Senate should fall on deaf ears. We should be examining their business practices, not their rhetoric. China should be rewarded and engaged when they play fair and we should push back when they continue to cheat. “The Chinese government’s criticism of our efforts to bring about long-overdue currency reform is ill-advised. We all want a healthy trading relationship with China, but their business practices – from intellectual property theft to currency manipulation, has created an unhealthy business relationship. “China’s pegging of the yuan to the dollar and keeping it consistently undervalued continues to create a competitive advantage for the Chinese. China has too big of an economy to allow them to continue creating an unfair trade advantage. Chinese currency manipulation has resulted in 2 million jobs being lost in the United States and over 40,000 in South Carolina. China must stop cheating.”
  20. Apple touched many lives. My Powerbook 170 got me through college. http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/
  21. Harry Potter's invisibility cloak is now becoming reality.
  22. What are you thoughts on whether our government should allow a one year tax amnesty on foreign earnings to stimulate the economy?
  23. Spoke with Rabbi Ben Geiger about the Star of David. He stated that the Star in kabbalistic writings was originally called Seal of Solomon. I am sure he can give more accurate information. http://www.myqjc.org/family.htm
  24. This is starting to get really big. http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/story/2011-10-04/wall-street-protests/50654534/1 Protests against Wall Street entered their 18th day Tuesday as demonstrators across the country show their anger over the wobbly economy and what they see as corporate greed by marching on Federal Reserve banks and camping out in parks from Los Angeles to Portland, Maine.
  25. Here is a classic spam just sent to me. Hi,I am Mr. Sven Andre Model the Assistant Director Inspection Unit/United Nations Inspection Agent in Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport Georgia USA. During our recent withheld package routine check at the Airport Storage Vault, I discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat from London, United Kingdom under ship forwarder from J.F Kennedy Int Airport to our facility here in Atlanta and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in two Metal Trunk Boxes weighing approximately 110kg each. The consignment was abandoned because the Contents of the consignment was not properly declared by the consignee as “MONEY” rather it was declared as personal effect to avoid diversion by the Shipping Agent and also the inability of the diplomat to pay for the United States Non Inspection Charges.On my assumption, each of the boxes will contain more than $4 Million to $5.5 Million each and the consignment is still left in our Storage House here at the Atlanta Int Airport till date which was delivered through a registeredshipping Company known Courier Dispatch Service Limited a division of Tran guard LTD. Please be informed that the Consignment are two metal boxes with weight of about 110kg each (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm). Effective capacity: 180 L.) Approximately, the details of the consignment including your name, your email address and the official document from the United Nations office in Geneva are tagged on the Metal Trunk boxes.However, to enable me confirm if you are the actual recipient of this consignment as the assistant director of the Inspection Unit, I will advise you provide your current Phone Number and Full Address, to enable me cross check if it corresponds with the address on the official documents including the name of nearest Airport around your city and other details. Please note that this consignment is supposed to have been returned to the United States Treasury Department as unclaimed delivery due to the delays in concluding the clearance processes so as a result of this, I will not be able to receive your details on my official email account. So in order words to enable me cross check your details, I will advise you send the required details to my "SECURED" email address which is ( sven.model@inspectionagent-un.ce.ms ) for quick processing and response. Once I confirm you as the actual recipient of the trunk boxes, I can get everything concluded within 3-6 hours upon your acceptance and proceed to your address for delivery.Lastly, be informed that the reason I have taken it upon myself to contact you personally about this abandoned shipment is because I want us to transact this business and share the money equally since the consignment has not yet been returned to the United states Treasury Department after being abandoned by the shipper so immediately the confirmation is made, I will pay for the United States Non Inspection Fee and arrange for the boxes to be moved out of this Airport to your address. Once we are through with this process, I will deploy the services of a secured shipping Company geared towards providing the security it needs to your doorstep. Or I can bring it by myself to avoid any more trouble. But I will share it 50%/50% with you. But you have to assure me of my 50% share.Below are my direct telephone numbers as I wait to hear from you urgently if you are still alive.Mr. Sven Andre ModelAssistant Inspection DirectorHartsfield Atlanta International AirportAtlanta, GA 30349-8642Email: svandre.model@gmail.com
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