Re: [CTRL] Fw: Will Dems steal the WA governorship?
-Caveat Lector- Not a "Dead" constitution but a stable one. One that can only be changed by the Congress and states. If they were following original intent, we wouldn't have most of the "Patriot" Act and the other abominations. You and the public have been conned into believing that once the president declares a state of national emergency, the restrictions of the Constitution no longer apply.to arbitrary and patently unconstitutional actions of the government. It's the "living constitution" that is allowing the erection of a police state. You have no basis for complaining since you are championing the anti-constitution forces and making up strawmen to denigrate the real defenders of freedom and the constitution. JR - Original Message - From: flw2 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [CTRL] Fw: Will Dems steal the WA governorship? -Caveat Lector- This is so outrageous it certainly will be reversed on appeal if these tactics change the vote totals in favor of Gregoire. Judge Lum should be impeached and removed from office. This is a good example of the attitude too many judges have that they can ignore or overrule the law to reach a "desirable" result. That's the "living constitution" in action. - JRHa Ha. Guess the RepubliKrats prefer a 'dead' Constitution. Such as whenthey push through Police State anti freedom anti Bill of Rights travestieslike the Patriot Act and pro Taliban stuff like anti pornography obsessionsor banning pain killers for dying people.fl.ctrl.orgDECLARATION DISCLAIMER==CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandicscreeds are unwelcomed. Substanceâ?"not soap-boxingâ?"please! These aresordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'â?"with its many half-truths, mis-directions and outright fraudsâ?"is used politically by different groups withmajor and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought.That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, andalways suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives nocredence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply.Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.Archives Available at:http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/A HREF="">ctrlhttp://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/"ctrl/ATo subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]Om www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Key Antigun Program Loses Direct Financing
-Caveat Lector- http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/politics/02guns.html?pagewanted=printposition= December 2, 2004 Key Antigun Program Loses Direct FinancingBy ERIC LICHTBLAU ASHINGTON, Dec. 1 - Congress has eliminated direct financing for a Justice Department program that has been the centerpiece of the Bush administration's efforts to prosecute black-market gun crimes. The move, which Congressional officials attributed to competing budget priorities, cuts federal grants to local and state law enforcement agencies in investigating and prosecuting crimes committed with guns. It also raises questions about the administration's ability to persuade the Republican-controlled Congress to support its legislative priorities, after Republicans last month blocked an intelligence overhaul backed by the White House. The administration had sought $45 million for local grants under the gun prosecution program, Project Safe Neighborhoods. That would have represented a sharp increase in grants for a program that President Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft have hailed as a critical way to crack down on gun trafficking and gun-related crimes. "If you use a gun illegally, you will do hard time," Mr. Bush is quoted as saying on the Web site for the neighborhoods program, www. projectsafeneighborhoods.com. But in passing a $388 billion spending bill on Nov. 20, Congress erased all the direct money sought for the program. A related program to track and intercept illegal purchases of guns by youngsters, for which the administration sought an additional $106 million, also received nothing in the final spending package, although the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which administers it, received an overall increase of $20 million. "We didn't specifically set aside any money for the program," a spokesman for the House Appropriations Committee, John Scofield, said. "But we think we've taken care of the need because we provided $900 million over what the administration asked for in other general assistance for states and locals." Most of those broader programs are not specifically tied to gun enforcement, but instead provide money for a variety of law enforcement problems like detaining illegal immigrants and gang violence and could be used to supplement gun programs, Mr. Scofield said, adding that the reduction in direct financing for the gun program "is the reality of a lean budget." "It's a matter of priorities," he said, "and there are going to be things you can fund and things you can't." A spokeswoman for the Justice Department, Monica Goodling, said that the department "was disappointed that Congress did not provide the full amount that President Bush sought" but would "continue to vigorously combat gun crime in America." The immediate effects of the cutback on gun investigations and prosecutions is unclear. Financing for other antigun programs related to Safe Neighborhoods remain intact, totaling $200 million, and administration officials said they would try to find money from elsewhere to offset the gap that Congress left. Indeed, Chris W. Cox, chief lobbyist for the National Rifle Association, which has been a major backer of the gun program as a way to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals, said he believed that financing in the federal pipeline and improved cooperation in place at the local, state and federal levels would allow the initiative to continue uninterrupted "whether or not there's a specific line-item." Gun control advocates and some law enforcement officials said they believed that the cutback sent a troubling message about the federal commitment to fighting gun crime and trafficking. "The administration has been touting this program as one of their great successes," John Lacey, an official with Americans for Gun Safety, said. "So the fact that they're letting this program just disappear speaks to the fact that either they are unwilling to combat gun crime or their promises on gun crime have been just empty rhetoric." Joe Vince, a former official at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms who is a private consultant on gun safety, said the elimination of important parts of the program suggested a lack of commitment to cracking down on crimes involving guns. "Across the country, cities are starting to see an increase in gun-related violent crimes, and Project Safe Neighborhoods was a way for local law enforcement to
[CTRL] Prince Bernhard, Father of Dutch Queen, Dies at 93
-Caveat Lector- Sounds harmless doesn't he? - JR http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/international/europe/02bernhard.html?pagewanted=printposition= December 2, 2004 Prince Bernhard, Father of Dutch Queen, Dies at 93By DOUGLAS MARTIN Prince Bernhard, a bon vivant and outspoken member of an ancient German royal family who became husband of one queen of the Netherlands and father of another, died yesterday at a hospital in Utrecht near Amsterdam. He was 93. The Royal House of the Netherlands said that in November he was diagnosed with cancer, which spread to his stomach and lungs. For six decades, Prince Bernhard lived at the royal palace in Soestdijk with his wife, Queen Juliana. His daughter Beatrix became queen in 1980. Juliana died this March at the age of 94. Prince Bernhard earned global prominence by helping to establish the World Wildlife Fund in 1961 and serving as its president until 1977. He used his many contacts to set up the annual Bilderberg conferences, an annual gathering of top business and political leaders to discuss great issues facing the Western Alliance. He emblazoned his dashing personality on his nation with his first official visit to the Netherlands in 1936 with his fiancée, the crown princess. He arrived in a powerful car, racing along the dikes until he was stopped by a policeman for exceeding the speed limit. The Dutch had expected a royal entourage, maybe a whole train. The young German prince wore a white carnation in his buttonhole. It soon became a popular decoration and within a few years would become a symbol of resistance against Nazi Germany. Prince Bernhard led that resistance after first being suspected of having Nazi sympathies, which he resolutely denied, despite his brief service in a German SS brigade. When the Nazis tried to portray the marriage as an alliance, Queen Wilhelmina, Juliana's mother, declared, "This is a marriage of my daughter to the man she loves. This is not the marriage of the Netherlands to Germany." The prince drove fast cars, skied fearlessly and rode his horses hard, but business was at least an equal passion. Not only did his business activities make him one of the richest members of European royalty, but his apparent acceptance in 1976 of a bribe of more than $1 million from Lockheed for steering business to the aerospace company, sparked an international scandal. Bernhard was born on June 29, 1911, in Jena, Germany, into the princely family of Lippe, which was founded in the 12th century by the first Prince Bernhard. The modern prince was named Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter Lippe-Biesterfeld of Lippe-Biesterfeld. His childhood was spent in the waning days of the splendor of German nobility. After World War I, German nobility had little left beyond a ruined castle or two. Bernhard studied the legal aspects of international trade at universities in Lausanne, Switzerland, Munich and Berlin, earning his law degree in Berlin. He joined the staff of the German chemical giant, I.G. Farben and worked at its offices in Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam. He met his future wife at the 1936 Olympic Winter Games in Bavaria. They were married on Jan. 7, 1937, in a simple Calvinist ceremony. The prince made a simple speech in fluent Dutch promising to study the country's culture and become a good Dutchman. At first, his mother-in-law, and certain of her subjects were publicly critical of his fast driving and absences from church, but his dignified, effective handling of a variety of government jobs quickly won him favor. Queen Wilhelmina appreciated his industriousness. "He wanted to earn his own living, and that was an idea of which I very much approved," she said in an interview with The New York Times in 1937. "Princes must work nowadays." In May 1940, Hitler invaded the Netherlands, and the prince joined the Dutch forces. He was with the last contingent to hold out in the province of Zeeland. He then headed the Dutch resistance from London where the Dutch government and Queen Wilhelmina resided in exile. His wife left for Canada with the couple's two daughters, Beatrix, who was born in 1938, and Irene, born in 1939. A third daughter, Margriet, was born in Canada in 1943, and a fourth royal daughter, Christina, followed in 1947. Bernhard is survived by all his daughters and more than 20 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, the Associated Press reported. During his last years, he
[CTRL] 9/11 Families Back Sensenbrenner in Intel Fight
-Caveat Lector- http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/12/2/03602.shtml 9/11 Families Back Sensenbrenner in Intel Fight Leaders of a group representing more than 300 family members of 9/11 victims urged Congress on Tuesday to scrap the intelligence reform bill because it doesn't include key provisions to secure the nation's borders against terrorist infiltration - the same objection raised by one of the bill's leading opponents, Wisconsin Rep. James Sensenbrenner. "No bill should pass the Senate, the House, anywhere, unless it contains immigration reform," said Joan Molinaro, the mother of a New York City firefighter killed on September 11 and a member of the group "9/11 Families for a Secure America." Holding up a picture of her son and then a picture of her two daughters, Molinaro testified: "You allowed the murder of my son. I will not allow you to kill my daughters." In quotes picked up by the Washington Times, she added, "You secure our borders, you keep my girls alive." Debra Burlingame, a spokeswoman for the group whose brother Charles piloted the jet that struck the Pentagon, said Wednesday that border enforcement is key to any intelligence reform bill. Explaining her opposition to the bill, Burlingame told WWRL Radio's Steve Malzberg and Karen Hunter that the immigration provisions were opposed by special interests in Washington. "The agricultural and construction businesses who employ [illegal aliens] have big lobbies in Washington," Burlingame said. "You have the banks, who get billions of dollars from illegal aliens because they use banks to wire money back home." "The biggest contributor of all are the immigration lawyers, whose entire income stream is derived from getting illegal aliens here and keeping them here," she said. Burlingame said that "tens of thousands of immigrants who come are undocumented people who are claiming asylum, but there is no space to detain them," forcing the release of 94 percent of that group into the general population. "One of the provisions that Rep. Sensenbrenner was trying to get was additional bed space so that was can hold them pending a hearing," she explained. Molinaro, Burlingame and other 9/11 familles who back Sensenbrenner's efforts have been largely ignored by the media, which has focused instead on other victim families aligned with 9/11 Commission Chairman Tom Kean, who strongly backs the bill. But Burlingame blasted Chairman Kean on Tuesday, saying he was wrong when he insisted that tighter border controls wouldn't have stopped the 9/11 hijackers. "He should read his own report," she said. 9/11 Families for a Secure America plans to launch a radio ad campaign praising key House Republicans for opposing the flawed intelligence bill www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Vioxx critic tied to fund?
-Caveat Lector- This just sounds like smart investing. Not like shorting based on inside information. - JR http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/02/news/fortune500/vioxx_fortune.reut/ Vioxx critic tied to fund?Fortune: Doctor who questioned arthritis drug was adviser to hedge fund that shorted Merck.December 2, 2004: 10:32 AM EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A prominent cardiologist who became a chief critic of Merck Co.'s arthritis drug Vioxx several years before it was withdrawn has been an adviser to a hedge fund that shorted Merck's stock, according to a recent magazine article. Fortune said Dr. Eric Topol, chairman of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic, began serving on the scientific advisory board of the $176 million Biomedical Value hedge fund long before Merck withdrew Vioxx in September. It said the fund is run by Great Point Partners of Greenwich, Conn. Great Point Partners said it could not immediately comment on the report. (For full story click here.) The article said the fund had performed strongly, in part by shorting Merck, and in a September 2004 performance summary had praised Topol for highlighting the dangers of Vioxx since 2002. Topol said in a statement that the Fortune article had used "innuendos and speculations" to challenge his credibility and that he had no knowledge of any investment by the fund in Merck and never discussed Vioxx with the fund. Copyright 2004 Reuters All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Find this article at: http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/02/news/fortune500/vioxx_fortune.reut SAVE THIS | EMAIL THIS | Close Check the box to include the list of links referenced in the article. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Meteorologist Likens Fear of Global Warming to 'Religious Belief'
-Caveat Lector- http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200412/CUL20041202a.html Meteorologist Likens Fear of Global Warming to 'Religious Belief'By Marc MoranoCNSNews.com Senior Staff WriterDecember 02, 2004Washington (CNSNews.com) - An MIT meteorologist Wednesday dismissed alarmist fears about human induced global warming as nothing more than 'religious beliefs.'"Do you believe in global warming? That is a religious question. So is the second part: Are you a skeptic or a believer?" said Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Richard Lindzen, in a speech to about 100 people at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C."Essentially if whatever you are told is alleged to be supported by 'all scientists,' you don't have to understand [the issue] anymore. You simply go back to treating it as a matter of religious belief," Lindzen said. His speech was titled, "Climate Alarmism: The Misuse of 'Science'" and was sponsored by the free market George C. Marshall Institute. Lindzen is a professor at MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.Once a person becomes a believer of global warming, "you never have to defend this belief except to claim that you are supported by all scientists -- except for a handful of corrupted heretics," Lindzen added. According to Lindzen, climate "alarmists" have been trying to push the idea that there is scientific consensus on dire climate change."With respect to science, the assumption behind the [alarmist] consensus is science is the source of authority and that authority increases with the number of scientists [who agree.] But science is not primarily a source of authority. It is a particularly effective approach of inquiry and analysis. Skepticism is essential to science -- consensus is foreign," Lindzen said. Alarmist predictions of more hurricanes, the catastrophic rise in sea levels, the melting of the global poles and even the plunge into another ice age are not scientifically supported, Lindzen said."It leads to a situation where advocates want us to be afraid, when there is no basis for alarm. In response to the fear, they want us to do what they want," Lindzen said. Recent reports of a melting polar ice cap were dismissed by Lindzen as an example of the media taking advantage of the public's "scientific illiteracy." "The thing you have to remember about the Arctic is that it is an extremely variable part of the world," Lindzen said. "Although there is melting going [on] now, there has been a lot of melting that went on in the [19]30s and then there was freezing. So by isolating a section ... they are essentially taking people's ignorance of the past," he added.'Repetition makes people believe'The climate change debate has become corrupted by politics, the media and money, according to Lindzen."It's a sad story, where you have scientists making meaningless or ambiguous statements [about climate change]. They are then taken by advocates to the media who translate the statements into alarmist declarations. You then have politicians who respond to all of this by giving scientists more money," Lindzen said. "Agreement on anything is taken to infer agreement on everything. So if you make a statement that you agree that CO2 (carbon dioxide) is a greenhouse gas, you agree that the world is coming to an end," he added. "There can be little doubt that the language used to convey alarm has been sloppy at best," Lindzen said, citing Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbles and his famous observation that even a lie will be believed if enough people repeat it. "There is little question that repetition makes people believe things [for] which there may be no basis," Lindzen said. He believes the key to improving the science of climate change lies in altering the way scientists are funded. 'Alarm is the aim' "The research and support for research depends on the alarm," Lindzen told CNSNews.com following his speech. "The research itself often is very good, but by the time it gets through the filter of environmental advocates and the press innocent things begin to sound just as though they are the end of the world."The argument is no longer what models are correct -- they are not -- but rather whether their results are at all possible. One can rarely prove something to be impossible," he explained. Lindzen said scientists must be allowed to conclude that 'we don't have a problem." And if the answer turns out to be 'we don't have a problem,' we have to figure out a better reward than cutting off people's funding. It's as simple as that," he said. The only consensus that Lindzen said exists on the issue of climate change is the impact of the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty to limit greenhouse gases, which the U.S. does not support.Kyoto itself will have no discernible effect on global warming regardless of what one believes about climate change," Lindzen said. "Claims to
[CTRL] Merck's Vioxx Liability Could Reach $38 Billion
-Caveat Lector- Merk will probably be acquired by another pharmaceutical in bankruptcy triggering golden parachutes for 150 perpetrators,excuse me, I meant executives. - JR http://www.forbes.com/2004/12/03/1203automarketscan13_print.html FORBESMerck's Vioxx Liability Could Reach $38 Billion 12.03.04, 2:31 PM ET The legal liability to Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) for the withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx could be huge, according to Richard Evans, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, who cut his target price to $30 from $33. If all the patients who had heart attacks as a result of taking Vioxx were to receive an average-sized legal settlement, Evans wrote in a research report, Merck's liability could reach $38 billion. That assumes that 58,000 heart attacks could be linked to the drug, and that the average settlement would be $650,000. At current prices, Evans wrote, the company's share price assumes about $25 billion in risk. Evans, who rates Merck at "market perform," cautions that it's not yet clear whether trial lawyers can win settlements or at jury, but if they do the liability is likely to far exceed his previous estimates. Bernstein or its affiliates own 1% of Merck, which is a non-investment banking client of the bank. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om ?tax0_SiteID=1JS=False Description: Binary data 1203automarketscan13.htmlsr=800x600cd=16lg=en-usje=yck=ytz=-5ct=lanhp=ntl= Description: Binary data m?ci=us-forbescg=0 Description: Binary data
[CTRL] Vioxx Scandal Opens Door To Drug Safety Pandora's Box
-Caveat Lector- http://www.healthtalk.ca/vioxx_scandal_12032004_9099.php Vioxx "Scandal" Opens Door To Drug Safety Pandora's Box December 03, 2004 When Merck's arthritis drug Vioxx was withdrawn from the market in September, concerns over drug safety were pretty much under the radar for the most part, but not today. Today, the acting head of the Food and Drug Administration, Lester Crawford agreed to meet with a Republican lawmaker intent on getting to the bottom of the Vioxx scandal. Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, is concerned that a FDA whistleblower will be punished by his employer, the FDA, for opening a pandora's box. David Graham, the FDA whistleblower, told a Senate Finance Committee that his study earlier this year showed Vioxx increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes, compared to other similar painkillers. However, Graham said he faced intimidation within the FDA when he brought the results of his study to his superiors. Graham also told the committee that the FDA was "virtually incapable" of protecting the public from unsafe drugs. He also raised safety concerns over five other drugs on the market which he said could become the next Vioxx. Graham fears the FDA will retaliate by transferring out of the Office of Drug Safety for blowing the whistle. Grassley demanded the FDA respond to the allegations in a letter dated November 29. Crawford responded on Friday, indicating he takes all of the Senator's concerns seriously, and agreed to a meeting. "FDA will also continue to use a transparent process that not only respects the rights of all employees but also strives to facilitate a meaningful dialogue between employees at the agency and committee staff," said Crawford in his letter to Senator Grassley. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] IMF: Outsourcing not draining jobs
-Caveat Lector- This won't help the IMF's credibility. - JR http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/10350190.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp Posted on Mon, Dec. 06, 2004 IMF: Outsourcing not draining jobsBloomberg News The movement of labor to India and other developing nations by U.S. corporations has little effect on jobless rates at home, International Monetary Fund economists say. "Even if outsourcing leads to some shedding of labor, the increased efficiency could lead to higher production and an expansion of employment in other lines of work," IMF economist Mary Amiti and Shang-Jin Wei, head of the IMF's trade unit, write in Finance and Development, a quarterly in-house magazine. The percentage of U.S. imports of private services, which includes labor outsourcing, from developing countries has grown to 32 percent in 2002, compared with 28 percent in 1992, the IMF said. Support for free trade among wealthy Americans has eroded on concern that opening markets helped trigger the 2.7 million lost jobs since George W. Bush took office in January 2001. In 2003, 28 percent of individuals earning more than $100,000 a year favored free trade, compared with 57 percent in 1999, the IMF said, citing a University of Maryland study. © 2004 Star-Telegram and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved.http://www.dfw.com www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
