[cia-drugs] A Case of Hearing Without Listening: MAUREEN DOWD - Grilling Petraeus +
A Case of Hearing Without Listening: MAUREEN DOWD - Grilling Petraeus + by MAUREEN DOWD - The New York Times Wednesday Jan 24th, 2007 DOWD: At a critical hearing Tuesday, senators happily blew a chance to grill Gen. David Petraeus, President Bushs choice to try to rescue Iraq. THE COMPLETE ARTICLE AND MORE -- OP-ED COLUMNIST A Case of Hearing Without Listening By MAUREEN DOWD Published: January 24, 2007 Madame Speaker didnt lean over and boink the president on the head with her gavel, or garrote him with her red pashmina. No one was gelded or cuckolded or left to bleed on the floor of the Senate, as in HBOs Rome, that other gory saga of a declining empire with people who cant stop talking. Still, the nations capital had the aroma of treachery, as former allies brutally turned on one another. Despite W.s attempt to salvage his presidency last night by changing the subject and going all domestic-sensitive, Washington was more consumed with betrayal than substance. The city was riveted by opening statements in the Scooter Libby trial, where the aspens were turning but not in clusters. Scooters lawyer claimed that the White House had made his client a scapegoat in the Valerie Plame case to protect Karl Rove because Boy Genius, as W. calls him, was critical to keeping the Republican Party in power. In light of the 2006 debacle, the White House might have been better off saving Scooter and making Karl the fall guy. Vice got an extra dose of unflattering limelight in the debut issue of The Politico, a Capitol Hill publication. In an interview with Roger Simon, John McCain stopped pandering to the White House long enough to lambaste Dick Cheney for stirring a witchs brew of a terribly mishandled war. What took the brave senator so long? The president listened too much to the vice president, he said, adding, Of course, the president bears the ultimate responsibility, but he was very badly served by both the vice president and, most of all, the secretary of defense. At a critical hearing yesterday, senators happily blew a chance to grill Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, W.s choice to try to rescue Iraq, on whether those 21,500 additional troops will be cavalry to the rescue or lambs to the slaughter. Why dwell on the most consequential elements of American strategy when they can linger over something even more repercussive: their own political reputations? Hillary Clinton, who dodged a recent important Iraq hearing by flying to Iraq, did not have any questions at all for the general. She simply lectured him crisply on her belated discovery that the administration has a dead-end and blank check policy, as she tried to seem like the kind of gal who could command the most powerful military on earth. This is odd from someone who is running infomercials on her Web site promising a conversation. In their questioning, Senator Joe Lieberman and Mr. McCain seemed most interested in enlisting the generals prestige for their own campaign to discredit colleagues in both parties who are tired of passively watching W.s disaster unfold. If the Senate sends the additional troops but conveys the belief they cannot succeed, Mr. McCain asked, what effect does that have on the morale of your troops? It would not be a beneficial effect, the general replied. Senator Lieberman also asked whether a Senate resolution expressing disapproval of The Surge would give the enemy in Iraq encouragement that the American people were divided. The general agreed: Thats correct, sir. Much of the rest of the hearing was squandered in attempts by Democrats and Republicans who had criticized the war to get the general to back away from his opinion that the troops would be hurt and the enemy emboldened by any impediment that the legislative branch might throw in W.s way. --MORE-- http://mparent.blogspot.com/2007/01/case-of-hearing-without-listening.html Labels: Bush, congress Iraq, Karl Rove, Libby, Lieberman, MAUREEN DOWD, McCain, Military, Nancy Pelosi, New York Times, News, Petraeus, Plame, Politics, Senate, SOTU, war STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS: TEXT http://mparent.blogspot.com/2007/01/state-of-union-address-text.html Democrats Response To President Bush's State Of The Union Address http://mparent.blogspot.com/2007/01/democrats-response-to-president-bushs.html STOP HIM, before he kills again: Americans dismayed by Bush http://mparent.blogspot.com/2007/01/stop-him-before-he-kills-again.html And More http://mparent-2.blogspot.com/ New website http://mparent.blogspot.com/ Alternate website with unique articles CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS MARC PARENT mparent mparent - Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger with Voice
[cia-drugs] Take property first, ask questions later?
Take property first, ask questions later? Timothy Sandefur, The Examiner Jan 23, 2007 12:00 AM BALTIMORE - K elo v. New London, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2005 decision giving government the right to use eminent domain powers to take property and give it to private developers, outraged most Americans. But Baltimore City officials viewed the case as a green light for their ambitious urban renewal schemes. In fact, in a case now pending before the state’s highest court, the city is trying to seize land without even allowing an owner to defend himself before the land is taken. This is possible thanks to a procedure, called “quick take,” originally designed for rare cases in which government needed to take land immediately. By filing an affidavit explaining the emergency, and depositing an amount of money they estimate the property to be worth into an account controlled by the court, officials may take immediate possession of property. The owner receives a hearing later, but government is allowed to use the land in the meantime. This means that even if the owner wins, he is likely to return to a damaged home, a destroyed business or even a vacant lot. Baltimore officials targeted George Valsamaki’s bar for a quick take as part of its plan to redevelop a major portion of the city. But there was no emergency—they simply wanted to get the land as quickly as possible to ensure private developers would not have to wait while Valsamaki defended himself in court. The trial judge refused to issue the order, and the city took the case to the Maryland Court of Appeals. Unfortunately, Valsamaki is not alone. Governments abuse quick takes around the country. Cities use the procedure as an end-run around property owners’ constitutional right to a fair hearing. In some places, the rules are even harsher. In California, for example, a home or business owner whose land is targeted for quick take is not even allowed to touch the money the government deposits in the court, unless he or she gives up the right to challenge the government’s taking of the property. Quick take encourages government to bend the rules, because once judges allow the government to take possession of land, owners are much more likely to just take the money and leave. Given how heavily the law is stacked against property owners, that’s usually the wisest course. Worse, as law professor Nicole Garnett points out, quick take encourages government to overuse eminent domain: Owners are forced to spend time and money waiting for a trial to win just compensation — but the government is allowed to use it in ways that might increase the government’s income. This allows government to take property more cheaply, even where the taking ultimately costs taxpayers more. And because it works so quickly, quick take short-circuits citizens’ ability to rally in opposition to the government’s plans or to petition officials to change their minds. This is particularly important since, in the wake of the Kelo decision, political activism is almost the only route left for landowners who hope to protect their property from seizure. But most fundamentally, the abuse of quick-take procedures violates the most basic rule of fairness in American law: That, whenever possible, people are entitled to a hearing before the government takes away their life, liberty, or property. If the right to a fair trial means anything, it means that bureaucrats shouldn’t get a head start in using a person’s property before a judge decides whether the taking is legitimate. Now that George Valsamaki’s case is before the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state’s judges have an opportunity to help protect Marylanders from the abuse of their property rights. They should make it clear that government may not exploit emergency rules to take first, and ask questions afterward. Timothy Sandefur is an attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, and author of “Cornerstone of Liberty: Property Rights in 21st Century America.” He filed a friend of the court brief on behalf of property owners in the Valsamaki case. http://www.examiner.com/a-523359~Timothy_Sandefur__Take_property_first__ask_questions_later_.html
[cia-drugs] The 2006 Agricultural Identification Survey and the NASS-NAIS Identity
The 2006 Agricultural Identification Survey and the NASS/NAIS Identity By Mary Zanoni, Ph.D., J.D. January 20, 2007 Like many small-farm advocates, I have been fielding questions over the past few weeks about the above survey being sent out by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Many people ask if there is any relationship between the survey and the data being collected (often without the knowledge or consent of farmers) for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). As we shall see, although USDA personnel won't admit it, NASS data is the foundation of the USDA's aggressive pursuit of NAIS. To my great surprise, in this morning's mail I myself received a 2006 Agricultural Identification Survey (2006 AIS). I say to my great surprise, because I am not, and never have been, engaged in any type of commercial agriculture whatsoever. I have never before received any type of communication from NASS. The envelope states in very large letters, YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW. The envelope further states that the due date is January 29, 2007. As explained below, it is clear that many people receiving this form are not in fact REQUIRED BY LAW to answer it. Further, a recipient has only a couple of weeks between the receipt of the form and the purported deadline, and it would be impossible for the average non-lawyer to do enough research within that time to figure out whether he/she is or isn't actually required to respond. The form itself begins with several general questions, such as Do you own or rent any land? Do you grow vegetables, hay, or nursery stock? Do you receive government payments? The questions appear deliberately designed to imply that anyone who would answer yes is among those REQUIRED BY LAW to fill out this form. The USDA is thus casting a very wide net in this particular intrusion into the lives of American citizens, because, frankly, just about everyone who is not homeless owns or rents real estate; some 75 million people in the United States grow vegetables; and some 60 million people receive government payments. (See 2007 Statistical Abstract of the United States, Table 1226 (vegetable gardening); Table 528 (government transfer payments).) Now, perhaps it is possible that this wide net might not be as intrusive as it appears. After all, maybe NASS has only sent this form to people reasonably assumed to be farmers. But, in fact, it was distressingly easy to confirm that intrusiveness and deliberate over-inclusiveness are the hallmarks of the NASS approach. This morning, I called the information number listed on the form, and spoke to a woman at the USDA's Helena, Montana, call center. According to her, the call center is being swamped with calls from people who live in cities, and have nothing to do with agriculture. She stated that the call center employees really have no idea of why or how all these people have been sent the 2006 AIS. When asked for some conjecture as to how so many unnecessary people could have been included in the mailings, the woman explained that, for example, anyone who had ever subscribed to a horse magazine might have been included in the database. Now, that raises interesting questions. How is the USDA/NASS getting the subscription lists of horse magazines? Why and how are horse magazines, or, for that matter, any rural-life publication, any breed association, feed store, or private or public livestock or horticultural enterprise whatsoever, giving their member/subscriber/customer lists to the government without telling their members, subscribers, or customers? Or, worse yet, how is the government accessing such lists or databases without the awareness of the businesses or organizations in question? During times when the Executive Branch of the United States Government has secretly gathered the records of most people's incoming and outgoing phone calls, and the President asserts a right to open your mail and my mail without a warrant, this is not a trivial question. Returning to the first page of the form, we see the wide net growing ever wider. The form states: Many people who don't consider themselves farmers or ranchers actually meet the definition of a farm or ranch and are important to agriculture. We need your completed form, even though you may not be actively farming, ranching, or conducting any other type of agricultural activity. Finally, the first page of the form reinforces the threat of the REQUIRED BY LAW language of the envelope: Response to this survey is legally *required* by Title 7, U.S. Code. (Emphasis in original.) (Note the single-double quotation marks (on the form) the threat actually is in quotation marks, employing that common tenth-grade stylistic conceit of quoting something to make it appear extra-important.) One senses evasions aplenty here - the form has referred to the definition of a farm or ranch, but nowhere tells us that
[cia-drugs] The Enemy Within
The Enemy Within Journalists, under fire today by the Bush White House, have been the enemy before by Nat Hentoff January 21st, 2007 3:06 PM I can say, as a matter of first principle, that unauthorized disclosure of classified information [by the press] has actually led to the death of individuals [who would not have been killed] had this information not been inappropriately put into the public domain. Michael Hayden, Director of the CIA, New York Daily News, December 1, 2006 What we're really looking at is the criminalization of investigative reporting in this country, and we're on a very slippery slope that we're already starting to slide down. Brian Ross, investigative reporter, ABC News, PEN Press Freedom Petition to Congress, National Press Club, September 28, 2006 The Government's power to censor the press was abolished . . . by the Founding Fathers . . . so that the press would remain forever free to censure the government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, New York Times Company v. United States (1971), Pentagon Papers case. In the more than half a century I've been a reporter, there has never been as systematic an operation to intimidate and then silence the press as is now taking place under the Bush-Cheney-Gonzales administration. Along with a sharp increase in subpoenas for reporters' notes and telephone records, there are threats of prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 for reporting such classified information as the president's secret authorization of the National Security Agency's warrantless secret authorization of the National Security Agency's warrantless eavesdropping on us. Adding to the shroud of secrecy, Alberto Gonzales's Justice Department has convinced a number of judges to close down cases before they're heard in a courtroom, lest state secrets concerning national security be revealed by the press to the public. Paul McMasters, the First Amendment Center's ombudsman, makes the necessary point that while the First Amendment protects the press from overt government censorship, it can't fully protect the press from full-time government hostility or part-time citizen apathy. Nor can the First Amendment prevent certain corporate owners of newspapers, radio and television networks, and other media from ordering reporters and editors to give up the information the government wants. Those who refuse are left to find other legal aid, and possibly other jobs. A number of us staunchly pledge that we'll go to prison rather than betray our sources and become agents for the government, but there are always—as some reporters have found out—enough cells to accommodate principled followers of James Madison. It is time to remind the citizenry and Congress—and the press—of a crucial Supreme Court case, decided in wartime, that makes unmistakably clear how and why the First Amendment to the Constitution mandates that there shall [be] no law . . . abridging freedom of speech, or of the press. Usually referred to as the 1971 Pentagon Papers case—in the law books, it's formally known as New York Times Company v. United Sates because the Times, despite enormous pressure from the Nixon administration, decided—after a fierce internal debate at the paper involving the Times' lawyers—to print a more-than-top-secret study commissioned by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. Stolen by a former Defense Department and RAND Corporation officer, Daniel Ellsberg—a patriotic constitutionalist—the study revealed that vital decisions about the war in Vietnam had been made at the highest levels in ways that deliberately deceived the American people. The Washington Post had also been given a set of the Pentagon Papers, and Attorney General John Mitchell—the Dick Cheney of the Nixon administration—warned the Post's owner, Katharine Graham, that she'd get her tit caught in a big fat wringer if she violated national security in time of war by printing the classified report. Katharine Graham was not intimidated. The Times, however, had hesitated. As noted in Oxford University Press's First Freedoms: A Documentary History of First Amendment Rights in America (2006), the newspaper's [ law firm] warned that publishing classified documents might violate federal espionage laws. At that point, The Village Voice and this columnist silently and unknowingly became a factor in the Times' decision to publish the Pentagon Papers, leading to the subsequent Supreme Court decision. I was then writing what was essentially a press column for the Voice and got a call from someone I knew at the Times. I know you don't run blind items, the person said, but this is very important. Somewhere in your next column, just say that a secret debate is going on at the Times in an undisclosed hotel room. I can't
[cia-drugs] Central bank chief denies planning to end capital controls soon
http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=27475 Central bank chief denies planning to end capital controls soon BANGKOK, Jan 24 (TNA) - Bank of Thailand Governor Tarisa Watanagase on Tuesday denied rumours that the central bank might end the 30 per cent reserve requirement soon, saying she could not tell exactly when the measure would be scrapped. She said the central bank had closely monitored the baht movement following the imposition of the capital controls on December 18. She conceded the bank did not intend to see the measure last long and was ready to adjust it. However, any adjustment must not make the baht fluctuate or change so rapidly that exporters and the overall economy are affected. She reiterated the bank would attempt to the utmost to prevent the baht speculation hidden in a daily inflow and outflow of money for business transactions. The Dec 18 rule requires financial institutions to withhold 30 per cent of foreign inflows interest-free with the central bank. Funds will be returned after one year, with a 10 per cent penalty imposed if money is withdrawn before one year is up.(TNA)-E005
[cia-drugs] Thai central bank says it may ease capital controls if baht steadies
http://www.abcmoney.co.uk/news/24200710821.htm Thai central bank says it may ease capital controls if baht steadies Published on : Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:11 By : Agencies URL : http://www.abcmoney.co.uk/news/24200710821.htm BANGKOK (XFN-ASIA) - The central bank said that it may consider relaxing capital control rules if authorities are convinced that the baht could hold steady against the dollar. 'We are ready to do anything that will not make our (currency) fluctuate so much. We are especially ready to do something for money coming in for real investments and not just for hidden speculation,' central bank governor Tarisa Watanagase told Agence France-Presse. 'The bank does not want to impose this measure for a long time and it is ready to ease the measure if the baht's stability would not be affected,' she said. The remarks came one day after Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula surprised markets by saying that the capital controls would remain in effect, despite widespread expectations that they would be relaxed. Reserve requirements imposed in mid-December effectively lock up for a year 30 pct of any fund inflows coming into Thailand for financial investment. The imposition of the controls sparked a stock market crash in December, prompting authorities to allow an exemption for investment in shares. Other type of investments remain subject to the new rules. The rules were designed to control the baht's rapid rise, which hurts Thailand's critical export sector by making Thai goods more expensive overseas. The export sector accounts for some 60 pct of Thailand's economic output. Suchart Sakkankosone, who heads the central bank's exchange control department, said the central bank was considering a range of ways to adjust the controls. He said that rules might be eased for Thai subsidiaries of international companies, as well as on borrowing to invest in expanding a business. 'Any relaxation of the measures is expected to come out soon. The central bank is considering all the details,' Suchart said. Since the controls were imposed, the baht has held at around 36 to one US dollar but there also has been some volatility.
[cia-drugs] Bombings and baht volatility shakes SME confidence
http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=27482 Bombings and baht volatility shakes SME confidence BANGKOK, Jan 24 (TNA) - The New Year's Eve bombings and the baht volatility have shaken confidence among entrepreneurs in running small-and medium-size business, according to the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce's SME Study Centre. Uth Pisalvanich, the centre's director, said SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) in the production, wholesale and retail, and service sectors are expected to grow continuously. The SME index in the production sector this year is projected to rise by 5.2 per cent to 109.38 from 103.98 last year, that in the wholesale and retail by 3.5 per cent to 104.26 from 100.74, and that in the service by 4.8 per cent to 108.26 from 103.25. Should the index stay above 100, he said, it should be considered sound. Mr. Uth said risk factors to business performance of SMEs, particularly operating costs, this year include concerns over possible bombings, political sensitivity, stronger baht, and an amendment to the Foreign Business Act. He projected the gross domestic product (GDP) of SMEs to be 812.57 billion baht in the first quarter of this year, down 0.17 per cent from 813.99 billion in the fourth quarter of last year. The marginal decline stemmed from concerns over bombings in Bangkok and the volatility of the baht. He said SMEs in the wholesale and retail, and service sectors are of most concern because foreign investors had penetrated into the sectors. To boost competitiveness of Thai SMEs, he said, the government needed to develop them in terms of finance, marketing, human resource, research and technology to ensure sustainable growth. (TNA) - E005
[cia-drugs] Fw: [GATA] Kuwait may switch from dollar peg to currency basket
- Original Message - From: Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:57 AM Subject: [GATA] Kuwait may switch from dollar peg to currency basket Kuwait may switch from dollar peg to currency basket Submitted by cpowell on 05:57AM ET Wednesday, January 24, 2007. Section: Daily Dispatches By John Fraher and Will McSheehy Bloomberg News Service Wednesday, January 24, 2007 http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601170sid=ajeGEZzXBwfY DAVOS, Switzerland -- Kuwait, the third-largest Arab oil producer, may abandon the dinar's peg against the dollar in favor of a basket of currencies to help minimize losses from a weakening U.S. currency. We might go to a basket for an interim period, Bader al-Humaidhi, Kuwait's finance minister, told reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, today. The dollar fell a lot against the euro last year, but if we'd been linked to a basket we wouldn't have suffered as much. Al-Humaidhi declined to comment on which currencies might be in the basket. A switch from the dollar is being studied by Kuwait's central bank, he said. In 2003 Kuwait became the last of a group of six Gulf Arab monarchies including Saudi Arabia and Qatar to peg its currency to the dollar in readiness for a single currency planned for 2010. A study of the Gulf Cooperation Council states' current account balances, inflation, and costs of goods and services shows most of their currencies are undervalued against the dollar, Deutsche Bank AG said in a Jan. 11 report. The Kuwaiti dinar is trading at the top of a 3.5 percent range around a reference rate set when the dollar peg was established in January 2003. Sheikh Salem Abdul Aziz al-Sabah, Kuwait's central bank governor, last month said he may decide to widen the band or change the peg if the U.S. currency continues to weaken and threatens domestic growth. * * * Help Keep GATA Going GATA is a civil rights and educational organization based in the United States and tax-exempt under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Its e-mail dispatches are free, and you can subscribe at www.GATA.org. GATA is grateful for financial contributions, which are federally tax-deductible in the United States. Contact GATA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee 7 Villa Louisa Road Manchester, Connecticut 06043-7541 USA www.gata.org Recommended Sites Recommended Internet sites for daily monitoring of gold and precious metals news and analysis. Free sites: http://www.jsmineset.com http://www.cbs.marketwatch.com http://www.mineweb.com/ http://www.gold-eagle.com/ http://www.kitco.com/ http://www.usagold.com/ http://www.usagold.com/amk/usagoldmarketupdate.html http://www.GoldSeek.com/ http://www.GoldReview.com/ http://www.capitalupdates.com/ http://www.DailyReckoning.com http://www.goldenbar.com/ http://www.silver-investor.com http://www.thebulliondesk.com/ http://www.sharelynx.com/ http://www.mininglife.com/ http://www.financialsense.com http://www.goldensextant.com http://www.goldismoney.info/index.html http://www.howestreet.com http://www.depression2.tv http://www.moneyfiles.org/ http://www.howestreet.com http://www.minersmanual.com/minernews.html http://www.a1-guide-to-gold-investments.com/euro-vs-dollar.html http://www.goldcolony.com http://www.miningstocks.com http://www.mineralstox.com http://www.freemarketnews.com http://www.321gold.com http://www.SilverSeek.com http://www.investmentrarities.com http://www.kereport.com (Korelin Business Report -- audio) http://www.plata.com.mx/plata/home.htm (In Spanish) http://www.plata.com.mx/plata/plata/english.htm (In English) http://www.resourceinvestor.com http://www.miningmx.com http://www.prudentbear.com http://www.dollarcollapse.com http://www.kitcocasey.com http://000999.forumactif.com/ http://www.golddrivers.com/ http://www.goldpennystocks.com/ http://www.oroyfinanzas.com/ Subscription sites: http://www.lemetropolecafe.com/ http://www.goldinsider.com/ http://www.hsletter.com http://www.interventionalanalysis.com http://www.investmentindicators.com/ http://www.caseyresearch.com/ Eagle Ranch discussion site: http://os2eagle.net/SSL/phpentry.php Ted Butler silver commentary archive: http://www.investmentrarities.com/ Recommended Gold Bullion Dealers Coin and precious metals dealers who have supported GATA and been recommended by our members: Blanchard Co. Inc. 909 Poydras St., Suite 1900 New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 888-413-4653 http://www.blanchardonline.com Centennial Precious Metals Box 460009 Denver, Colorado 80246-0009 1-800-869-5115 http://www.USAGOLD.com Michael Kosares, Proprietor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Colorado Gold 222 South 5th St. Montrose, Colorado 81401 http://www.ColoradoGold.com Don Stott, Proprietor 1-888-786-8822 [EMAIL PROTECTED] El Dorado Discount Gold Box 11296 Glendale, Arizona 85316 http://www.eldoradogold.net Harvey
[cia-drugs] Fw: [GATA] Another day, another currency manipulation -- or two
- Original Message - From: Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:05 AM Subject: [GATA] Another day, another currency manipulation -- or two Another day, another currency manipulation -- or two Submitted by cpowell on 10:05PM ET Tuesday, January 23, 2007. Section: Daily Dispatches Drop in Hong Kong Dollar Was 'Stage-Managed,' UBS Says By Jake Lee Bloomberg News Service Wednesday, January 24, 2007 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080sid=an04BjqGCZC8 HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong dollar's drop to the lowest since 1991 was stage-managed to deter speculators from betting the city's 23-year old link to the U.S. dollar will end, said Jonathan Anderson, UBS AG's chief Asia economist. China's central bank has allowed faster gains in the yuan after it rose above 7.8 against the U.S. dollar on Jan. 11, the central exchange rate in the port city's currency system. The Hong Kong dollar fell to 7.8122 on Jan. 19, the lowest in 15 years, damping speculation that it will come under appreciation pressure. Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Executive Joseph Yam last week said his body hasn't sold the currency. All the indications are that the authorities are doing it, said Anderson in an interview yesterday. That's what I'd do: Accelerate the movements so it doesn't give the market a chance to go crazy and think the Hong Kong dollar is going to start going up as well.'' The Hong Kong dollar fell 0.44 percent last week against the Chinese currency to HK$0.9955 per yuan, the biggest drop since China scrapped the yuan's decade-long peg to the dollar in 2005. It was at 7.8024 per U.S. dollar as of 11:14 a.m. local time, compared with the Chinese yuan's rate of 7.7732 per dollar. Hong Kong's currency is allowed to trade 5 cents either side of 7.8 to the U.S. dollar. Anderson, who published a report on the Hong Kong dollar yesterday and has previously worked for the International Monetary Fund and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., says the Hong Kong currency won't weaken much further and sees the yuan climbing to 7.5 by year end. That's more bullish than the 7.77 median forecast of 18 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. It's likely there was cooperation between the People's Bank of China and the HKMA before the yuan broke past equal value with the Hong Kong dollar, says Anderson. HKMA's Yam and China's central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan have been working on an agreement to sell yuan-denominated bonds in Hong Kong that was signed in Beijing on Jan. 16. The key now is for the yuan to keep moving up, in an expedited manner, and the Hong Kong dollar probably won't weaken much more, said Anderson, who is based in Hong Kong. The city introduced the peg on Oct. 17, 1983, after the currency slumped 48 percent against the dollar in the nine previous years as China asserted its claim to the former British colony. Since then, the link has weathered the 1987 Black Monday stock-market crash, the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 and the city's handover to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. Yam said last week there are no plans to change the peg. We have not intervened in the Hong Kong dollar, said Yam on Jan. 18. The Hong Kong dollar is not weak, it's just on the weak side of 7.8, and we don't see a need to do anything. Since the yuan surpassed parity, the discount for banks to borrow in Hong Kong dollars for a year compared with the U.S. dollar has narrowed to 1.1 percentage points, reflecting demand for the former colony's currency. Because the Hong Kong Monetary Authority keeps the Hong Kong dollar pegged to the U.S. dollar, there should be no difference in borrowing costs. There's no reason for the spread to exist, said Anderson. It's highly unusual, and will probably go close to zero in the coming months. Craig Chan, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s Asian-currency strategist, disagrees and says the gap may widen as speculation stays that the Hong Kong dollar will appreciate. He sees the currency rising to as strong as 7.75 in the next six months. Hong Kong's economy is strongly tied with that of China so if we're going to see consistent pressure on the yuan to rise, then there'll also be some on the Hong Kong dollar, Chan in an interview in Hong Kong. The widening of the interest gap with the U.S. is going to continue as people pile into Hong Kong pushing the rate down there. * * * Argentine Peso Declines on Central Bank Dollar Purchases By Matthew Craze Bloomberg News Service Tuesday, January 23, 2007 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086sid=amkWg2K_6ZME BUENOS AIRES -- Argentina's peso weakened for a fourth day as the central bank stepped up dollar purchases. Banco Central de la Republic Argentina bought $2.2 billion in the past three weeks to boost its foreign reserves and to prevent a peso rally that would threaten the country's export growth. The purchases are almost
[cia-drugs] Central Bank Mulls Diversifying Reserves
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/01/25/046.html Thursday, January 25, 2007. Issue 3582. Page 6. Central Bank Mulls Diversifying Reserves By Gleb Bryanski Reuters TULA -- Russia may diversify further the currency structure of its $300 billion in gold and foreign exchange reserves, the world's third largest, a senior central banker said Wednesday. Diversification will happen. It makes sense. We are discussing it, Alexei Ulyukayev, first deputy chairman of the Central Bank, told a seminar for journalists. The Central Bank keeps its reserves in four currencies -- dollars, euros, pounds and yen. Their exact structure is a secret, but Chairman Sergei Ignatyev said last July that they were composed of roughly 50 percent dollars and 40 percent euros. Ulyukayev said the bank might fully disclose the currency structure of its reserves this year. Officials have named the Canadian and Australian dollars and Swiss franc as possible candidates for diversification. Falling oil prices are likely to reduce Russia's current account surplus, which hit a record $95.6 billion last year, reducing pressure on the Central Bank to intervene on foreign exchange markets to curb excessive ruble appreciation, Ulyukayev said. All other things being equal, we may continue to use this instrument. It is very effective, said Ulyukayev, a liberal economist widely regarded as the Central Bank's top policy spokesman. There are fewer reasons [than there were previously] for us to use the exchange rate mechanism to fight inflation, but we are free to use it. He said the Central Bank wants to move to pure inflation targeting but that this could not happen as long as it runs a managed float of the ruble using a currency basket, composed of $0.60 and 40 euro cents, as its policy guide. Inflation targeting combined with a regulated exchange rate is impossible. Targeting requires a free float, Ulyukayev said, adding that the bank would be ready for a free float in three years.
[cia-drugs] AN EYE OPENER FOR PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nancy Levant January 23, 2007 Screen Addiction: Manipulating America By Nancy Levant How do free people say good-bye to freedom? This is the only real question people must ask themselves unless one happens to be a billionaire. As wealth is now the only badge of freedom, and as the American masses continue to lose jobs, private property, Constitutional rights, opportunity, and intellectual capacity, it is clear that our trajectory is spiraling downward into the new dictatorial definitions of our political handlers. Feudalism is alive and well on the homeland, and we are trapped like rats in constant states of mass manipulation and unadulterated ignorance. Its been obvious for centuries that clear warnings cannot be heard by historically challenged people. Americans are completely ignorant when it comes to the history of this nation and the world remarkably ignorant. They have never studied the history of the Federal Reserve, their educational system, nor their Constitutional government. Instead, they have blindly accepted everything that televised elites have dictated on their behalf. American people STILL havent learned to READ pending legislation or to watch the money exchangers. They are playing the global monopoly game. Todays American has fallen victim to reality manipulation through all forms of screen entertainments from tell-a-vision to computer game addictions. The science of visual manipulation is hard core science, and why American people are, in fact, addicted to screens. Between the flashing lights, colors, and sound combinations, American people are now literally addicted to computer and tell-a-vision devices. Silence in homes has become virtually impossible to bear, and both children and adults find themselves virtual slaves to the electronics in their possession. This addiction was not by accident. This was science created to pacify and capture the attention of entire nations so that a new breed of government and governors could take control unnoticed. It worked, and it is called mind control. Add to visual mind control techniques the other sciences, such as electromagnetic pulsing technologies, widespread use of pharmaceutical drugs, readily available recreational drugs, and food, air, and water that has been modified and altered, and layers upon layers of mind controlling technologies have served to enhance what was originally standard human ignorance. Todays American people are but pale comparisons to yesterdays citizens, and they are literally incapable of standing for, caring about, or comprehending anything. Frankly, our brains have been captured, and they no longer think for themselves. They think like TV. American people are addicted to screens of every make and measure, to junk food, bottled water, pharmaceutical drugs, and debt. Their addictions are chronic. The people are a wreck, and they are wrecks by psycho-dynamic design. People believe tell-a-vision sets over flesh and blood human beings. They believe the rich over the un-rich. Welcome to the quintessential state of the dialectic. Right is now left. Today, our national leaders are yanking every freedom guaranteed to the people. They do so unfettered and unnoticed. Even if noticed, the people dont care because they are incapable of caring. Their addictions take precedence over all else. As an addict, freedom does not exist on any level. You cannot focus upon reality, because reality becomes a daily, self-centered, and private embarrassment. Science has assured this desperation. Financial science, technological science, all sciences of genetic modifications, and most surely the social sciences have altered reality in completion and directly beneath our noses, and we have become true-blue addicts to this altered society. Addictions destroy ethical concerns of every make and measure. Ethics dont matter to addicts particularly screen addicts. Pleasure becomes manic attempts to have, see, or win something, and addictive visuals assure users that all things soulfully destructive are literally fair game. Addiction games are also plaguing our tell-a-vision sets. In fact, it is fair to say that much of prime time broadcasting is now game-based and reinforces the new governments social manipulation through enforced socializing entertainments including, but not limited to, p.m. game shows and paramilitary drama series each with their own brand of color and light flashing brain manipulations and social propaganda. And then there are our childrens computer/Internet games. Build and control human beings. Build and control human villages. Decide who breeds and who does not breed in cultures where marriage does not exist - and all marketed to children. And these games also request extraordinary information from our children information like their mothers maiden names and the childrens birth
[cia-drugs] Militarization and The Moon-Mars Program: Another Wrong Turn in Space?
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticlecode=COO20070122articleId=4554 Militarization and The Moon-Mars Program: Another Wrong Turn in Space? by Richard C. Cook Global Research, January 22, 2007 The way NASA has started its new moon-to-Mars exploration program, the October 2006 White House announcement of a new national space policy, and subsequent statements by the State Department raise grave concerns about whether a new push to militarize space has begun. Events are pointing to an aggressive extension of U.S. supremacy beyond the stratosphere reminiscent of Reagan administration actions in the 1980s. Then it was the militarization of the space shuttle and the start-up of the Strategic Defense Initiative-Star Wars-which were gaining momentum until space weapons technology testing halted with the space shuttle Challenger disaster. To date, the principal beneficiary of the moon-Mars program is Lockheed Martin, to which NASA awarded a prime contract with a potential value stated at $8.15 billion. Already the world's largest defense contractor, Lockheed Martin's stock yielded an instant bonanza, rising more than seven percent in the five weeks following NASA's August 2006 announcement. NASA is not paying the giant of the military-industrial complex $8.15 billion to have people hop around and hit golf balls on the moon. The aim of the moon-Mars program is U.S. dominance, as suggested by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin's statements that my language-i.e., English-and not those of another, bolder or more persistent culture will be passed down over the generations to future lunar colonies. The first step will be a colony at the moon's south pole, described by NASA in a December 2006 announcement. According to Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, In the end, NASA's plan to establish permanent bases on the moon will help the military control and dominate access on and off our planet Earth and determine who will extract valuable resources from the moon in the years ahead. NASA's plans appear to be a step backward to the Cold War perspective which the International Space Station (ISS) was supposed to transcend and is contrary to its original mission. NASA's 1958 authorization stated that, The Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of the United States that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes for the benefit of mankind. Fostering a 21st century race to the outposts of the solar system, which Griffin has likened to the armed scramble by European nations for colonies, would not appear to further the visionary goals for which NASA was created. These goals were compromised by the words and actions of the Reagan administration in the 1980s and are being repeated today, as shown by the new national space policy outlined by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. At the landing of the fourth space shuttle mission by Columbia on July 4, 1982, nine months before his March 1983 speech inaugurating SDI, President Ronald Reagan told an audience at Edwards Air Force Base in California that a primary goal of the space program was to strengthen the security of the United States. A fact sheet issued that day said that the use of space for peaceful purposes.allows activities in pursuit of national security goals. The language of the October 2006 White House announcement is similar, defining peaceful purposes in the use of space as including all U.S. defense and intelligence-related activities in pursuit of national interests. The announcement was amplified in a December 2006 speech by Undersecretary of State Robert G. Joseph, where he stated that We reserve the right to defend ourselves against hostile attacks and interference with our space assets. We will, therefore, oppose others who wish to use their military capabilities to impede or deny our access to and use of space. We will seek the best capabilities to protect our space assets by active or passive means. Joseph spoke at the George C. Marshall Institute, which had published a policy statement two months earlier entitled, The War in Space Has Already Begun. The mixing of civilian and military priorities by NASA led to the Challenger disaster of January 31, 1986, an incident which showed how muddled motives and lack of candor in public programs can result in tragedy. On February 9, 1986, almost two weeks after Challenger was lost, the New York Times published a series of explosive documents, including a memo I had written the previous July-and which I shared with Times science writer Phil Boffey- warning of a possible catastrophe from a flawed O-ring joint. Thus began a cascade of disclosures that included the account of how contractor engineers protested against launching in the cold weather and
[cia-drugs] Fw: [GATA] Fed economist proposes revaluing coins before they're melted down
- Original Message - From: Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:03 PM Subject: [GATA] Fed economist proposes revaluing coins before they're melted down Fed economist proposes revaluing coins before they're melted down Submitted by cpowell on 07:03PM ET Wednesday, January 24, 2007. Section: Daily Dispatches Yes, we have no inflation, We have no inflation today * * * Coin Shortage Could Turn Pennies Into Nickels By Kevin Plumberg Reuters Monday, January 22, 2007 http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=reutersEdgestoryID=... NEW YORK -- Talk about pennies from heaven. A potential shortage of coins in the United States could mean all those pennies in your piggy bank could be worth five times their current value soon, says an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Sharply rising prices of metals such as copper and nickel have meant that the face values of pennies and nickels are worth less than the material that they are made of, increasing the risk that speculators could melt the coins and sell them for a profit. Such a risk spurred the U.S. Mint last month to issue regulations limiting melting and exporting of the coins. But Francois Velde, senior economist at the Chicago Fed, argued in a recent research note that prohibitions by the Mint would be unlikely to deter serious speculators who already have piled up the coinage. The best solution, Velde said, would be to rebase the penny by making it worth five cents rather than one cent. Doing so would increase the amount of five-cent coins in circulation and do away with the almost worthless one-cent coin. History shows that when coins are worth melting, they disappear, Velde wrote. Rebasing the penny would ... debase the five-cent piece and put it safely away from its melting point, he added. Raw material prices in general have skyrocketed in the last five years, sending copper prices to record highs of $4.16 a pound in May. Copper pennies number 154 to a pound. Prices have since come down from that peak but could still trek higher, Velde said. Since 1982, the Mint began making copper-coated zinc pennies to prevent metals speculators from taking advantage of lofty base metal prices. Though the penny is losing its importance -- it is worth only four seconds of the average American's work time, assuming a 40-hour workweek -- the Mint is making more and more pennies. Velde said that since 1982 the Mint has produced 910 pennies for every American. Last year there were 8.23 billion pennies in circulation, according to the Mint. These factors suggest that, sooner or later, the penny will join the farthing (one-quarter of a penny) and the hapenny (one-half of a penny) in coin museums, he said. * * * Help Keep GATA Going GATA is a civil rights and educational organization based in the United States and tax-exempt under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Its e-mail dispatches are free, and you can subscribe at www.GATA.org. GATA is grateful for financial contributions, which are federally tax-deductible in the United States. Contact GATA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee 7 Villa Louisa Road Manchester, Connecticut 06043-7541 USA www.gata.org Recommended Sites Recommended Internet sites for daily monitoring of gold and precious metals news and analysis. Free sites: http://www.jsmineset.com http://www.cbs.marketwatch.com http://www.mineweb.com/ http://www.gold-eagle.com/ http://www.kitco.com/ http://www.usagold.com/ http://www.usagold.com/amk/usagoldmarketupdate.html http://www.GoldSeek.com/ http://www.GoldReview.com/ http://www.capitalupdates.com/ http://www.DailyReckoning.com http://www.goldenbar.com/ http://www.silver-investor.com http://www.thebulliondesk.com/ http://www.sharelynx.com/ http://www.mininglife.com/ http://www.financialsense.com http://www.goldensextant.com http://www.goldismoney.info/index.html http://www.howestreet.com http://www.depression2.tv http://www.moneyfiles.org/ http://www.howestreet.com http://www.minersmanual.com/minernews.html http://www.a1-guide-to-gold-investments.com/euro-vs-dollar.html http://www.goldcolony.com http://www.miningstocks.com http://www.mineralstox.com http://www.freemarketnews.com http://www.321gold.com http://www.SilverSeek.com http://www.investmentrarities.com http://www.kereport.com (Korelin Business Report -- audio) http://www.plata.com.mx/plata/home.htm (In Spanish) http://www.plata.com.mx/plata/plata/english.htm (In English) http://www.resourceinvestor.com http://www.miningmx.com http://www.prudentbear.com http://www.dollarcollapse.com http://www.kitcocasey.com http://000999.forumactif.com/ http://www.golddrivers.com/ http://www.goldpennystocks.com/ http://www.oroyfinanzas.com/ Subscription sites: http://www.lemetropolecafe.com/ http://www.goldinsider.com/ http://www.hsletter.com
[cia-drugs] HR 563 bill to pardon Ramos and Compean
We believe this is the right thing to do. Please unite with this bill and see to it this bill to pardon the two Boarder patrols, Ramos and Compean How can the DEA go in and have a Drug Bust and Shoot all the crooks in there and even kill then and it is o.k. How come the Boarder Patrols cannot stop a shipment of drugs if the crook refuses to be arrested? come now, we need some clarification to protect the patrols and also give them the right to confisake and turn the drugs over to the correct department? Also I personally think the National Guard should be armed as well, We know very well they have come across the boarder with their contraband and shooting toward the Boarder Patrol and also the National Guard. I think it is time to decide if we are going to guard our boarders or not. For all we know there are also Al Quida terrorist slipping in, several airlines have sent them back who were attempting to enter Mexico...why did they do that? Because that is a sure way they can get into the country without being detected. Isn't it time we bring real immigation to the order of law in this country? Also, we don't need another work visa, that is just their way of trying to get the People to pay their hired hands.. There has to be an alternative reason. Why do they want another one? Doesn't make since unless they are going to change the bill so we can pay theprice at midnight. Oh, I forgot, we voted that folks out of office. Every single day this president does more to complicate and cause caos. We can't be spending all of congress's time on correcting this administration mistakes and law breaking. Also we need to have an understanding with the Atty General and explain to him, he must enforce the law, the real law not the one he gets from the WH. Regards, Theresa J. Steed [EMAIL PROTECTED] HR 563 bill to pardon Ramos and Compean Posted by: John Perna [EMAIL PROTECTED] savefreedom2005 Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:08 am (PST) HR 563 bill to pardon Ramos and Compean If your Representative is not on this list, call him / her and tell them to co-sponsor HR 563. Call Pelosi and demand this bill be brought forward for a vote. If you need phone numbers just ask me via email. No media is covering this bill or even mentioning it. Write letters to the editor, post on newspaper message boards, call talk shows and get publicity for this bill. Call both of your Senators as it states below and demand a similar bill in the Senate. More info follows the list of Representatives. Rep Akin, W. Todd [MO-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep Alexander, Rodney [LA-5] - 1/22/2007 Rep Baker, Richard H. [LA-6] - 1/18/2007 Rep Barrett, J. Gresham [SC-3] - 1/18/2007 Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] - 1/18/2007 Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] - 1/18/2007 Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] - 1/18/2007 Rep Bonner, Jo [AL-1] - 1/18/2007 Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] - 1/18/2007 Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] - 1/18/2007 Rep Cannon, Chris [UT-3] - 1/18/2007 Rep Cantor, Eric [VA-7] - 1/18/2007 Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] - 1/18/2007 Rep Coble, Howard [NC-6] - 1/18/2007 Rep Cole, Tom [OK-4] - 1/18/2007 Rep Cubin, Barbara [WY] - 1/18/2007 Rep Davis, David [TN-1] - 1/18/2007 Rep Davis, Geoff [KY-4] - 1/18/2007 Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep English, Phil [PA-3] - 1/18/2007 Rep Everett, Terry [AL-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep Foxx, Virginia [NC-5] - 1/18/2007 Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-2] - 1/22/2007 Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 1/18/2007 Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. [MD-1] - 1/18/2007 Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] - 1/18/2007 Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [VA-5] - 1/18/2007 Rep Hastings, Doc [WA-4] - 1/18/2007 Rep Hayes, Robin [NC-8] - 1/18/2007 Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep Hobson, David L. [OH-7] - 1/18/2007 Rep Johnson, Sam [TX-3] - 1/22/2007 Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 1/18/2007 Rep Kingston, Jack [GA-1] - 1/18/2007 Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] - 1/18/2007 Rep LaHood, Ray [IL-18] - 1/18/2007 Rep LaTourette, Steve C. [OH-14] - 1/18/2007 Rep Lewis, Ron [KY-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep Manzullo, Donald A. [IL-16] - 1/18/2007 Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 1/18/2007 Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] - 1/18/2007 Rep McKeon, Howard P. Buck [CA-25] - 1/18/2007 Rep Mica, John L. [FL-7] - 1/18/2007 Rep Miller, Gary G. [CA-42] - 1/18/2007 Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] - 1/22/2007 Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] - 1/18/2007 Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 1/18/2007 Rep Pearce, Stevan [NM-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep Peterson, John E. [PA-5] - 1/18/2007 Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] - 1/18/2007 Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep Porter, Jon C. [NV-3] - 1/18/2007 Rep Renzi, Rick [AZ-1] - 1/18/2007 Rep Rogers, Harold [KY-5] - 1/18/2007 Rep Rogers, Mike D. (AL) [AL-3] - 1/18/2007 Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] - 1/18/2007 Rep Royce, Edward R.
[cia-drugs] HR 563 bill to pardon Ramos and Compean
We believe this is the right thing to do. Please unite with this bill and see to it this bill to pardon the two Boarder patrols, Ramos and Compean How can the DEA go in and have a Drug Bust and Shoot all the crooks in there and even kill then and it is o.k. How come the Boarder Patrols cannot stop a shipment of drugs if the crook refuses to be arrested? come now, we need some clarification to protect the patrols and also give them the right to confisake and turn the drugs over to the correct department? Also I personally think the National Guard should be armed as well, We know very well they have come across the boarder with their contraband and shooting toward the Boarder Patrol and also the National Guard. I think it is time to decide if we are going to guard our boarders or not. For all we know there are also Al Quida terrorist slipping in, several airlines have sent them back who were attempting to enter Mexico...why did they do that? Because that is a sure way they can get into the country without being detected. Isn't it time we bring real immigation to the order of law in this country? Also, we don't need another work visa, that is just their way of trying to get the People to pay their hired hands.. There has to be an alternative reason. Why do they want another one? Doesn't make since unless they are going to change the bill so we can pay theprice at midnight. Oh, I forgot, we voted that folks out of office. Every single day this president does more to complicate and cause caos. We can't be spending all of congress's time on correcting this administration mistakes and law breaking. Also we need to have an understanding with the Atty General and explain to him, he must enforce the law, the real law not the one he gets from the WH. Regards, Theresa J. Steed [EMAIL PROTECTED] HR 563 bill to pardon Ramos and Compean Posted by: John Perna [EMAIL PROTECTED] savefreedom2005 Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:08 am (PST) HR 563 bill to pardon Ramos and Compean If your Representative is not on this list, call him / her and tell them to co-sponsor HR 563. Call Pelosi and demand this bill be brought forward for a vote. If you need phone numbers just ask me via email. No media is covering this bill or even mentioning it. Write letters to the editor, post on newspaper message boards, call talk shows and get publicity for this bill. Call both of your Senators as it states below and demand a similar bill in the Senate. More info follows the list of Representatives. Rep Akin, W. Todd [MO-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep Alexander, Rodney [LA-5] - 1/22/2007 Rep Baker, Richard H. [LA-6] - 1/18/2007 Rep Barrett, J. Gresham [SC-3] - 1/18/2007 Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] - 1/18/2007 Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] - 1/18/2007 Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] - 1/18/2007 Rep Bonner, Jo [AL-1] - 1/18/2007 Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] - 1/18/2007 Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] - 1/18/2007 Rep Cannon, Chris [UT-3] - 1/18/2007 Rep Cantor, Eric [VA-7] - 1/18/2007 Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] - 1/18/2007 Rep Coble, Howard [NC-6] - 1/18/2007 Rep Cole, Tom [OK-4] - 1/18/2007 Rep Cubin, Barbara [WY] - 1/18/2007 Rep Davis, David [TN-1] - 1/18/2007 Rep Davis, Geoff [KY-4] - 1/18/2007 Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep English, Phil [PA-3] - 1/18/2007 Rep Everett, Terry [AL-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep Foxx, Virginia [NC-5] - 1/18/2007 Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-2] - 1/22/2007 Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 1/18/2007 Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. [MD-1] - 1/18/2007 Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] - 1/18/2007 Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [VA-5] - 1/18/2007 Rep Hastings, Doc [WA-4] - 1/18/2007 Rep Hayes, Robin [NC-8] - 1/18/2007 Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep Hobson, David L. [OH-7] - 1/18/2007 Rep Johnson, Sam [TX-3] - 1/22/2007 Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 1/18/2007 Rep Kingston, Jack [GA-1] - 1/18/2007 Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] - 1/18/2007 Rep LaHood, Ray [IL-18] - 1/18/2007 Rep LaTourette, Steve C. [OH-14] - 1/18/2007 Rep Lewis, Ron [KY-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep Manzullo, Donald A. [IL-16] - 1/18/2007 Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 1/18/2007 Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] - 1/18/2007 Rep McKeon, Howard P. Buck [CA-25] - 1/18/2007 Rep Mica, John L. [FL-7] - 1/18/2007 Rep Miller, Gary G. [CA-42] - 1/18/2007 Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] - 1/22/2007 Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] - 1/18/2007 Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 1/18/2007 Rep Pearce, Stevan [NM-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep Peterson, John E. [PA-5] - 1/18/2007 Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] - 1/18/2007 Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] - 1/18/2007 Rep Porter, Jon C. [NV-3] - 1/18/2007 Rep Renzi, Rick [AZ-1] - 1/18/2007 Rep Rogers, Harold [KY-5] - 1/18/2007 Rep Rogers, Mike D. (AL) [AL-3] - 1/18/2007 Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] - 1/18/2007 Rep Royce, Edward R.
