tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post284856547186997641..comments2024-03-12T21:13:06.850-05:00Comments on Legal Schnauzer: Judge In Siegelman Case Displays Monumental Arrogance and a Seriously Faulty Memorylegalschnauzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-10428114967987605782012-08-06T20:44:11.642-05:002012-08-06T20:44:11.642-05:00Everyone that put just a moment of thought in this...Everyone that put just a moment of thought in this case helped Don. Is the media or other defendents being bluffed? If I'm accused of a crime I didn't think I comitted, I will use every resource available to my advantage. If that means running my mouth then that is what I'll dochoggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626362713385459691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-50088941516034444312012-08-06T19:33:28.157-05:002012-08-06T19:33:28.157-05:00statement sounds telling of the judge, though afte...statement sounds telling of the judge, though after the fact his mind was made up prior to judgment,ie:judge jurist, and exicutioner, avAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-43364665104567471132012-08-06T19:02:31.348-05:002012-08-06T19:02:31.348-05:00Well the judge thinks the media contributed to his...Well the judge thinks the media contributed to his downfall, I think he is sadly mistaken. When it gets to be at your disadvantage to dissent, its a bad day to be in American. In truth the people, in general, both parties, questions the way this case was handled. I think the judge shot his mouth at sentencing and it will come back to haunt him. The media should take offense to his words. So he has to report on 9/11 ewwww dramatic.<br /><br />History has already judged you Judge Fullerchoggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626362713385459691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-22456529950640980852012-08-06T17:29:12.305-05:002012-08-06T17:29:12.305-05:00Jeff:
An en banc hearing was denied. So the 11th ...Jeff:<br /><br />An en banc hearing was denied. So the 11th Cir. is doing much more than just picking its collective nose. It is actively engaged in a coverup.legalschnauzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-23217401155158897312012-08-06T17:08:57.085-05:002012-08-06T17:08:57.085-05:00What are the jurists who sit on the United States ...What are the jurists who sit on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit doing---picking their noses?<br /><br />Wasn't this case eventually heard "en banc?"<br /><br />The Supremes are to busy indulging politics so I understand that one!jeffrey spruillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-79946671615908080792012-08-06T16:59:11.594-05:002012-08-06T16:59:11.594-05:00Why can't Obama pardon him now? Why does he h...Why can't Obama pardon him now? Why does he have to wait until December. I'd do it now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-46958988829428651072012-08-06T13:08:02.152-05:002012-08-06T13:08:02.152-05:00Obama will pardon him in December---take it to the...Obama will pardon him in December---take it to the bank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-39139166405536006872012-08-06T07:48:07.449-05:002012-08-06T07:48:07.449-05:00Mark Fuller may be in for a BIG shock, when the &q...Mark Fuller may be in for a BIG shock, when the "justice" in the US meets its "Waterloo"<br /><br />". . . The rotten heart of finance" The Economist, "There is a degree of cynicism and greed which is really quite shocking" Lord Turner Bank of England , Financial Service Authority <br /><br />Introduction<br /><br />Never in the history of the United States have we witnessed crimes committed on the scale and scope of the present day by both private and state elites.<br /><br />An economist of impeccable credentials, James Henry, former chief economist at the prestigious consulting firm McKinsey & Company, has researched and documented tax evasion. He found that the super-wealthy and their families have as much as $32 trillion (USD) of hidden assets in offshore tax havens, representing up to $280 billion in lost income tax revenue! This study excluded such non-financial assets as real estate, precious metals, jewels, yachts, race horses, luxury vehicles and so on. Of the $32 trillion in hidden assets, $23 trillion is held by the super-rich of North America and Europe .<br /><br />A recent report by a United Nations Special Committee on Money Laundering found that US and European banks laundered over $300 billion a year, including $30 billion just from the Mexican drug cartels.<br /><br />New reports on the multi-billion dollar financial swindles involving the major banks in the US and Europe are published each week. England 's leading banks, including Barclay's and a host of others, have been identified as having rigged the LIBOR, or inter-bank lending rate, for years in order to maximize profits. The Bank of New York, JP Morgan, HSBC, Wachovia and Citibank are among scores of banks, which have been charged with laundering drug money and other illicit funds according to investigations from the US Senate Banking Committees. Multi-national corporations receive federal bailout funds and tax exemptions and then, in violation of publicized agreements with the government, relocate plants and jobs in Asia and Mexico .<br /><br />Major investment houses, like Goldman Sachs, have conned investors for years to invest in 'garbage' equities while the brokers pumped and dumped the worthless stocks. Jon Corzine, CEO of MF Global (as well as a former CEO of Goldman Sachs, former US Senator and Governor of New Jersey) claimed that he "cannot account" for $1.6 billion in lost client investors funds from the collapse of MF Global in 2011.<br /><br />Despite the growth of an enormous police state apparatus, the proliferation of investigatory agencies, Congressional hearings and over 400,000 employees at the Department of Homeland Security, not a single banker has gone to jail. In the most egregious cases, a bank like Barclay's will pay a minor fine for having facilitated tax evasion and engaging in speculative swindles. At the same time, the principle 'miscreant' in the LIBOR swindle, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Barclay's Bank, Jerry Del Missier, will receive a severance payout of $13 million dollars. <br /><br />The Ascendancy of a Criminal Financial Elite, The Two Faces of a Police State: Sheltering Tax Evaders, Financial Swindlers and Money Launderers while Policing the Citizens, by Prof. James PetrasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-51404954749879949912012-08-06T07:44:53.698-05:002012-08-06T07:44:53.698-05:00". . . Failure to Enforce the Rule of Law Des...". . . Failure to Enforce the Rule of Law Destroys Economies, August 1, 2012, Punishment is justice for the unjust. - Saint Augustine (354 - 430)<br /><br />The Main Driver of GDP Growth: A Strong Rule of Law, by George Washington, July 30, 2012<br /><br />Economist Woody Brock says that a nation's GDP growth is based mainly on whether or not it follows the rule of law. Economist and investment adviser John Mauldin notes:<br /><br />I had dinner with Dr. Woody Brock this evening in Rockport. We were discussing this issue and he mentioned that he had done a study based on analysis by an institution that looks at all sorts of "fuzzy" data, like how easy it is to start a business in a country, corporate taxes and business structures, levels of free trade and free markets, and the legal system. It turned out that the trait that was most positively correlated with GDP growth was strength of the rule of law. It is also one of the major factors that Niall Ferguson cites in his book Civilization as a reason for the ascendency of the West in the last 500 years, and a factor that helps explain why China is rising again as it emerges from chaos.<br /><br />One of the very real problems we face is the growing feeling that the system is rigged against regular people in favor of "the bankers" or the 1%. And if we are honest with ourselves, we have to admit there is reason for that feeling. Things like LIBOR are structured with a very real potential for manipulation. When the facts come out, there is just one more reason not to trust the system. And if there is no trust, there is no system.<br /><br />Dr. Brock is not alone. Economists have thoroughly documented that failure to enforce the rule of law leads to a loss of trust ... which destroys economies. This is true whether it is in the West, in Nigeria, or any other country.<br /><br />WE'RE NUMBER ... WHAT?<br /><br />Economic historian Niall Ferguson notes:<br /><br />The World Economic Forum's annual Global Competitiveness Index and, in particular, the Executive Opinion Survey on which it's partly based ... includes 15 measures of the rule of law, ranging from the protection of private property rights to the policing of corruption and the control of organised crime.<br /><br />It's an astonishing yet scarcely acknowledged fact that on no fewer than 15 out of 15, the United States now fares markedly worse than Hong Kong. In the Heritage Foundation's Freedom Index, too, the U.S. ranks 21st in the world in terms of freedom from corruption, a considerable distance behind Hong Kong and Singapore. [Transparency International puts the U.S. at 24th.]<br /><br />Is it any wonder that we're still in an economic crisis?<br /><br />Source: "The Main Driver of GDP Growth: A Strong Rule of Law," by George Washington, ZeroHedge.com, July 30, 2012 (Original article with links and notes)<br />http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-07-30/main-driver-gdp-growth-strong-rule-lawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com