I LOVE IT!!!
Our own Socialist, Bernie Sanders, treats his family just as Tom DeLay does. Jim Barnett (the story has it wrong) has it right.
"Jim Barrett, chairman of the Vermont Republican Party, used Sanders' family payments to highlight what he said is Democratic "hypocrisy" for fiercely attacking DeLay. "It's the standard hypocrisy from the left," Barrett said. "When a Republican does it, it's inappropriate and front page news. But now it turns out, our own Bernie Sanders has been doing it for a long time."
April 13, 2005
The New York Times > Business > The Former Chief of A.I.G. Is Silent Before Regulators
The Freeman Foundation located in Vermont has been very generous to many Vermont non-profits with its philanthropic contributions. I understand that the Freeman Foundation's resources are created from AIG. It's sad that the CEO of AIG for decades seems to be a crook.
"A.I.G. is cooperating with the investigation. The company is scrambling to file its annual financial report with regulators by April 30. But according to a recent state insurance filing made by A.I.G., outlining all of the companies it owns completely or partially, the company is complex. As of the end of 2003, the most recent document that is available, A.I.G.'s corporate structure included 812 entities. The entities are either wholly or partly owned by A.I.G."
"A.I.G. is cooperating with the investigation. The company is scrambling to file its annual financial report with regulators by April 30. But according to a recent state insurance filing made by A.I.G., outlining all of the companies it owns completely or partially, the company is complex. As of the end of 2003, the most recent document that is available, A.I.G.'s corporate structure included 812 entities. The entities are either wholly or partly owned by A.I.G."
The New York Times > Business > The Former Chief of A.I.G. Is Silent Before Regulators
If Greenberg is a crook, the prosecutors should find a way to take the $billions he transferred to his wife. This is a travesty. While I support capitalism, these greedy crooks should be hung out to dry. They deserve to die as paupers.
"On the same day he appeared before investigators, a new regulatory filing showed that Mr. Greenberg transferred $2.6 billion worth of A.I.G. stock to his wife three days before he stepped down as chief executive. The gift of 41.4 million shares, now worth about $2.2 billion, represents most of Mr. Greenberg's ownership of A.I.G. shares and might have been done to try to protect the assets. "
"On the same day he appeared before investigators, a new regulatory filing showed that Mr. Greenberg transferred $2.6 billion worth of A.I.G. stock to his wife three days before he stepped down as chief executive. The gift of 41.4 million shares, now worth about $2.2 billion, represents most of Mr. Greenberg's ownership of A.I.G. shares and might have been done to try to protect the assets. "
Frequently Asked Questions about the Armenian Genocide
A very dear friend of mine who I grew up with in Massachusetts is a first generation Armenian. His parents fled the genocide of the Armenians by the Ottoman Empire. The story of the Armenians is a woefully tragic tale every bit as evil as the genocide of the Jews in Germany. The story is seldom recounted by today's media. Here is a link describing this horrible history.
When we foolishly consider ourselves 'enlightened,' we must never forget the many sordid tragedies in the 20th century. Among them:
The Armenian Genocide
The Jewish Holocaust
The Cambodian Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide
The Darfur Genocide
Millions of people were systematically slaughtered by their governments for no reason other than their ethnicity or their religion. They were considered somehow inferior by their governments and destined for death.
Consider these tragedies and then try to convince me and yourself that man's nature is not inherently evil.
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The People God Forgot
April 24th will come and go.
There will be no front page stories depicting the horror that the Armenian population of Ottoman Turkey endured.
There will be no stories of survivors telling first hand how their parents were buried alive on forced marches from historic Armenian villages to destinations in Syria.
There will be no stories of how Ottoman Empire soldiers would bet on the sex-gender of an unborn child being carried by a pregnant woman, then would slash her abdomen open with a bayonet to determine the winner.
There will be no mention of the village Doctor, an Armenian, who tended to both Turkish and Armenian patients, who was crucified upside down on the front door of his home-office.
April 24, 2005 denotes the 90th Anniversary of the attempted extermination of the Armenian population of Ottoman Turkey. A population that had occupied the territory since at least 200 years BC. More than 1,500,000 Armenians lost their lives. The survivors were scattered throughout the Middle East. Families were splintered. The surviving generation was never to know their grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Their crime? Being Armenians.
Hitler said it in 1936 in Munich.
"After all, who remembers the Armenians?"
Adolph Hitler said it in context when he was outlining his plan for the extermination of the Jewish population of Germany.
And he knew of the Armenians and he remembered - enough to use as a pattern for his own genocidal actions.
It is chronicled that German officers, in Turkey to advise their Turkish allies during the genocidal attack on the Armenian population, and those same officers are said to have advised Hitler on the extermination of the Jewish population.
A New York Times Columnist, in writing of the survival of the Armenian church, in Etchmiadzin, Armenia, erected in 331 AD, and a symbol of the nation, the first to embrace Christianity as a nation in 301 A.D., dubbed the Armenians, "the people God forgot."
The State Department refers to it as an alleged Genocide-Massacre. The Washington Post, until recently, used the same terminology, yet history tells us otherwise.
The U.S. Congress attempted to pass a mandate in 1918 to protect the newly established Republic of Armenia. The mandate failed. The Soviet Union attacked from the east and Turkey attacked from the west. The republic crumbled. A Soviet state survived in the east, which today is the Republic of Armenia.
Franz Werfel wrote about the genocide in his book "The 40 Days of Musa Dagh."
Missionaries of the time wrote about it. The then U.S. ambassador to Turkey, Henry Morgenthau wrote about it.
Who then are the Armenians?
William Saroyan said it best. They are a resilient, energetic, industrious people who have risen from ruin. Put two Armenians in a room, and they will sing and dance and work diligently to create a life.
Who are the Armenians?
Their survivors and children of the survivors are industrialists-The Masco Corporation, entrepeneurs,-MGM Corporation, inventors-the MRI machine. They are lawyers, and doctors, and college professors, businessmen, and scientists.
They survived and thrive.
They are the Ottoman Empire's successors' worst nightmare, for they have not forgotten.
On April 24th, they will march on the Turkish embassy in Washington. They will march in New York, and in California and in Rhode Island and in Michigan and in Illinois. There are not many survivors. Many with their horrific memories are buried, but their children and grandchildren are striving to keep the memory alive.
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When we foolishly consider ourselves 'enlightened,' we must never forget the many sordid tragedies in the 20th century. Among them:
The Armenian Genocide
The Jewish Holocaust
The Cambodian Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide
The Darfur Genocide
Millions of people were systematically slaughtered by their governments for no reason other than their ethnicity or their religion. They were considered somehow inferior by their governments and destined for death.
Consider these tragedies and then try to convince me and yourself that man's nature is not inherently evil.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The People God Forgot
April 24th will come and go.
There will be no front page stories depicting the horror that the Armenian population of Ottoman Turkey endured.
There will be no stories of survivors telling first hand how their parents were buried alive on forced marches from historic Armenian villages to destinations in Syria.
There will be no stories of how Ottoman Empire soldiers would bet on the sex-gender of an unborn child being carried by a pregnant woman, then would slash her abdomen open with a bayonet to determine the winner.
There will be no mention of the village Doctor, an Armenian, who tended to both Turkish and Armenian patients, who was crucified upside down on the front door of his home-office.
April 24, 2005 denotes the 90th Anniversary of the attempted extermination of the Armenian population of Ottoman Turkey. A population that had occupied the territory since at least 200 years BC. More than 1,500,000 Armenians lost their lives. The survivors were scattered throughout the Middle East. Families were splintered. The surviving generation was never to know their grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Their crime? Being Armenians.
Hitler said it in 1936 in Munich.
"After all, who remembers the Armenians?"
Adolph Hitler said it in context when he was outlining his plan for the extermination of the Jewish population of Germany.
And he knew of the Armenians and he remembered - enough to use as a pattern for his own genocidal actions.
It is chronicled that German officers, in Turkey to advise their Turkish allies during the genocidal attack on the Armenian population, and those same officers are said to have advised Hitler on the extermination of the Jewish population.
A New York Times Columnist, in writing of the survival of the Armenian church, in Etchmiadzin, Armenia, erected in 331 AD, and a symbol of the nation, the first to embrace Christianity as a nation in 301 A.D., dubbed the Armenians, "the people God forgot."
The State Department refers to it as an alleged Genocide-Massacre. The Washington Post, until recently, used the same terminology, yet history tells us otherwise.
The U.S. Congress attempted to pass a mandate in 1918 to protect the newly established Republic of Armenia. The mandate failed. The Soviet Union attacked from the east and Turkey attacked from the west. The republic crumbled. A Soviet state survived in the east, which today is the Republic of Armenia.
Franz Werfel wrote about the genocide in his book "The 40 Days of Musa Dagh."
Missionaries of the time wrote about it. The then U.S. ambassador to Turkey, Henry Morgenthau wrote about it.
Who then are the Armenians?
William Saroyan said it best. They are a resilient, energetic, industrious people who have risen from ruin. Put two Armenians in a room, and they will sing and dance and work diligently to create a life.
Who are the Armenians?
Their survivors and children of the survivors are industrialists-The Masco Corporation, entrepeneurs,-MGM Corporation, inventors-the MRI machine. They are lawyers, and doctors, and college professors, businessmen, and scientists.
They survived and thrive.
They are the Ottoman Empire's successors' worst nightmare, for they have not forgotten.
On April 24th, they will march on the Turkish embassy in Washington. They will march in New York, and in California and in Rhode Island and in Michigan and in Illinois. There are not many survivors. Many with their horrific memories are buried, but their children and grandchildren are striving to keep the memory alive.
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The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Calm Before the Storm?
Friedman may be right. If he is, then we must redouble our efforts to eliminate as many terrorists as we can, both at home an abroad. Wheteh by killing them or by tying them up at Guantanamo or other places and in the courts when we have valid charges against them.
We must increase our vigilance and not be lulled into some false sense of 'things are better now."
"I fear that when and if the Jihadists conclude that they have been defeated in the heart of their world, they will be sorely tempted to throw a Hail Mary pass. That is, they may want to launch a spectacular, headline-grabbing act of terrorism in America that tries to mask, and compensate for, just how defeated they have become at home.
In short, the more the Jihadists lose in Iraq, the more likely they are to use their rump forces to try something really crazy in America to make up for it. So let's stay the course in Iraq, but stay extra-vigilant at home."
We must increase our vigilance and not be lulled into some false sense of 'things are better now."
"I fear that when and if the Jihadists conclude that they have been defeated in the heart of their world, they will be sorely tempted to throw a Hail Mary pass. That is, they may want to launch a spectacular, headline-grabbing act of terrorism in America that tries to mask, and compensate for, just how defeated they have become at home.
In short, the more the Jihadists lose in Iraq, the more likely they are to use their rump forces to try something really crazy in America to make up for it. So let's stay the course in Iraq, but stay extra-vigilant at home."
The New York Times > Business > 15 Specialists From Big Board Are Indicted
Kudos for the S.E.C. The rash of investigations and indictments of the market makers is welcome news. Also, the investigation by Spitzer of the insurance industry is needed.
April 12, 2005
The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: A Slap in the Face
Kristof just doesn't get it. He's blind to the reasons why America does not trust its media. The basic reason is that people do not see balance in a specific outlet. While some, but not equal, balance may exist among media outlets, people expect better balance within a large media outlet and that's not what we have today. Polls of reporters reveal an ultra-left leaning group. To think that reporting and editing is divorced from that bias is foolish.
There's no doubt that the largest media outlets, both in reporting and editorial commentary, are biased to the left. The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times are prime examples. The Washington Post is a little more balanced, but for better news and views, have a look at the Christian Science Monitor.
There's no doubt that the largest media outlets, both in reporting and editorial commentary, are biased to the left. The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times are prime examples. The Washington Post is a little more balanced, but for better news and views, have a look at the Christian Science Monitor.
MPR: Minneapolis is going WiFi
This is a reasonable model as long as the duration of the franchise was not infinite.
"The Minneapolis plan is different than wireless services in Chaska and Moorhead, where the city owns and operates the system. It's also different from Philadelphia's network run by a separate non-profit organization. In Minneapolis, the entire system would be privately owned and operated."
"The Minneapolis plan is different than wireless services in Chaska and Moorhead, where the city owns and operates the system. It's also different from Philadelphia's network run by a separate non-profit organization. In Minneapolis, the entire system would be privately owned and operated."
About.com: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/04-05/04-10-05/b07lo222.htm
Jane Fonda is a flake. She has shown by her choices to be unworthy of respect.
Shoot First and Don't Flee? | csmonitor.com
The right to defend one's family and property against violence assault, damage or theft should be the rule. Florida is doing the right thing. Most people averse to firearms have never owned or fired one. Misguided social values will not protect people from evildoers.
Sign it, Jeb.
Sign it, Jeb.
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