Ex-UBS whistleblower hits out at ‘corrupt’ US justice

By Agence France-Presse
Saturday, August 28, 2010 18:03 EST
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GENEVA — Former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld hit out on Saturday against the “corrupt” US judiciary which sent him to jail even though he was the whistleblower who led to the US tax fraud case against the bank.

“The Department of Justice’s corruption is evident today — why am I the only one in prison when I had revealed everything?” the US banker asked in a French-language interview with Swiss newspaper Le Temps.

Birkenfeld turned in thousands of people for trying to evade taxes in the United States. But he was sentenced in August 2009 to three years and four months in jail for inciting UBS clients to commit tax fraud.

Martin Liechti, who headed the bank’s wealth management service in the Americas, was detained by US authorities, but later allowed to return to Switzerland.

Birkenfeld claimed that officials had allowed Liechti to get away as he knew too much about high-profile clients of the bank.

“Why did they let Martin Liechti go?” he asked.

“Martin Liechti knew all the big clients. He knows the secrets that the Bush administration did not want revealed. They made an arrangement to allow him to leave for Switzerland where no one would be able to interrogate him,” claimed Birkenfeld.

He charged that the fact that the Department of Justice failed to uncover the tax fraud without his help showed that it was “not only incompetent, but corrupt.”

He also claimed that UBS’ senior management was well aware that bankers were helping rich Americans to evade taxes illegally.

“Of course they knew. All these trips, the encrypted laptops — the management knew all that, and had even authorized them.

“Denying it is just like saying that the Japanese generals did not know that an attack on Pearl Harbor was being prepared,” he charged.

When contacted by AFP, UBS declined to comment on the interview.

Birkenfeld’s revelations about the bank had led to US tax authorities’ offensive against UBS in 2008. In a prosecution through US courts, the bank was forced to hand over 300 client names and pay a 780-million-dollar fine.

US tax authorities subsequently threatened the Swiss bank, which by then was struggling to survive the global financial crisis, with more litigation over another 52,000 suspected tax evaders.

The lawsuit was averted after the Swiss government intervened to negotiate a settlement with Washington, fearing that further damage to Switzerland’s then biggest bank could have undermined its whole banking system.

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  • Anonymous

    I am sure all 52,000 tax evaders got away too!

    http://RepublicansAreADisease.com

    Once you are rich enough now laws apply. This dude is right.

  • http://www.windstonemusic.com hourglass1

    United States Department of Justice – oxymoron

  • Anonymous

    As long as your financial cancer doesn’t spread too out of control and take down the people protecting you and the government, such as Bernie Madoff and ENRON did. Only then will you be stopped.

  • Anonymous

    … but the US Dept of Justice won’t go after the war criminals of the W Bush regime.

  • Anonymous

    “Denying it is just like saying that the Japanese generals did not know that an attack on Pearl Harbor was being prepared”

    You could tell the American public the above line about the Japanese generals and half would believe it. Like the August 6th memos. Like when Bush kept reading the story about the pet goat. Like all the evidence WTC was a demolition.

  • TomOfMd

    If you want to get to the heart of it -go to Gunderson.net- near blew my mind.
    Ex FBI division chief reaveals all-much to his peril!

  • TOmOfMd

    OOPS! CORRECTION! – i meant http://www.tedgunderson.net (for the mind blowing.)

  • Bandit1414

    we need a real revolution people. rich people run the world and the rules we live by dont apply to them. we go to jail for anything and they always go free.

  • Anonymous

    The US government protecting rich American criminals? What’s new?

  • yvonneo

    You know, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised that the shadow govt (international banksters/multinational corporations) are planning to take obama out (assassinated), and they’re probably setting the teabaggers up to take the fall for it. And when the dirty deed is done, this same shadow govt will turn on these teabaggers so fast it’ll make their heads spin. The sad part is that they’re are too ideologically blind or stupid or both to realize that they’re being setup.

    I’m convinced that there are a bunch of sociopaths that have managed to gain an extreme amount of wealth and power, and they have absolutely no problem with killing many innocent people just to get rid of someone they perceive to be a threat to their agenda.

  • FlatBaroque

    Yes. The United States Department of Justice is a completely corrupt, criminal protection enterprise.

  • Anonymous

    As if Obama was a real threat. What, did he not bail out domestic and foreign banks enough? The problem with the “shadow govt” is that they’ve got people like you believing Obama will change things.

  • Anonymous

    They need to check out Neil Bush and the bank shenanigans. Remember Silverado? And I’m not talking about the movie with Kevin Kline either.

  • yvonneo

    I get so tired of people like you making stupid partisan assumptions based on absolutely NOTHING. I do not in any way believe that obama can change anything–he’s just another puppet on the stage. And the shadow govt (aka the puppetmasters) isn’t just about bailing out “domestic and foreign banks.” They are the real PTB operating behind the scenes, enforcing their will on the rest of us through their bought and paid for congressional puppets. And those congressional puppets that don’t dance as they’re commanded find themselves discredited or dead. Obama the puppet stays alive just as long as he does exactly what the puppetmasters tell him to do. And I think because he is acutely aware of this, just like many other presidents since the assassination of John Kennedy, he does exactly what he’s told to do. Get a fucking clue.

  • Anonymous

    Cleaning woman!!! cleaning woman!! aaaggugututth!!! NOOOOOOOOO…..I’m an innocent man! I’m being framed! I’ve got no lawyer, no defense!!! I wouldn’t hurt a fly, I swear!! Gee, poppy, I never meant harm, I DIDN’T KNOW, please don’t hurt me, poppy!!!

  • yvonneo

    Speaking of whistleblowers, I was just reminded about another person by the name of Kurt Sonnenfeld, who is currently in exile in Argentina. He worked for FEMA as a cameraman and was one of the 9/11 first responders. He apparently has several video tapes (physical evidence) in his possession of what he saw and filmed, which is why he had to flee the US. He is about to be extradited back to the US (which means he and his family will be in grave danger) so his story needs to be put out there everywhere. Here are some excerpts of an earlier interview with Mr. Sonnenfeld discussing his autobiography:

    “Kurt Sonnenfeld: Although it is autobiographical, it is not my life story. Rather it is a history of the extraordinary events that have happened to me and my family at the hands of U.S. authorities over the course of more than seven years, spanning two hemispheres, after my tour of duty at Ground Zero and becoming an inconvenient witness.”

    “There were many things, in hindsight, that were disturbing at Ground Zero. It was odd to me that I was dispatched to go to New York even before the second plane hit the South Tower, while the media was still reporting only that a “small plane” had collided with the North Tower — far too small of a catastrophe at that point to involve FEMA . FEMA was mobilized within minutes, whereas it took ten days for it to deploy to New Orleans to respond to Hurricane Katrina, even with abundant advance warning! It was odd to me that all cameras were so fiercely prohibited within the secured perimeter of Ground Zero, that the entire area was declared a crime scene and yet the “evidence” within that crime scene was so rapidly removed and destroyed. And then it was very odd to me when I learned that FEMA and several other federal agencies had already moved into position at their command center at Pier 92 on September 10th, one day before the attacks!”

    I really encourage people to read the entire interview:
    http://republicbroadcasting.org/?p=2722

  • mick

    I’ve been waiting for this guy to release his tapes…good post

  • kcidymkcus

    So…Obama met secretly with who?

    Full press pool report:

    Pool report #5
    November 10, 2008
    Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

    President Bush escorted President-elect Obama out of the Oval Office and walked him to down to the motorcade waiting on the south driveway.
    (Josh Bolten separately escorted John Podesta to a car much further back in the motorcade.)
    As they walked down the path, the president could be seen pointing things out to his soon-to-be successor.
    They did not linger at the car and the motorcade took off at 3:45 p.m.

    Michelle Obama left before her husband for her own separate schedule in Washington for the remainder of the day and will be traveling separately back to Chicago later tonight.
    We’re not being told what she will be doing in her extra time here, so we leave it to your imagination and reportorial instincts.

    The motorcade encountered crowds of people gathered outside the White House as it made its way off campus and headed toward Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
    After arriving, President-elect Obama went into a previously unannounced “private” meeting at the airport’s Fire Station 301.
    We’re not being told who it’s with but it will last about an hour. Podesta was not in the meeting, or at least did not stay around in the meeting,
    because he was spotted walking the other direction down the tarmac a few minutes after we arrived.
    O Force One Frequent Flier Bonus Points to the first blogger to post 10 guesses about the identity of today’s future cabinet secretary.

    We’re holding on the plane.

  • Anonymous

    huh?

  • Srthd98

    The Justice Department, yea justice for the rich.Check out this clip from 9/11 http://www.richplanet.net/911.php. I also read that Obama (cia) isnt black he is Thai and the Bush family are nazi’s and their real name is Scherff and it is documented that Prescott (www.hoaxofthecentury.com/911GermanConnection2.htmott) Bush was Hitler’s bankster.

  • Anonymous

    Well Birkenfeld, don’t you know it isn’t nice to tattle on drug lords especially when they are Hold Up in the white house. Ya see, the white house is the perfect cover for the perfect caper. But there is one, maybe a couple million (with a complimentary $$$$ in front) questions that has peeked my curiosity, Why would all these rich pedaifelic assholes who got an estimated three million Dollars in TAX CUTS over (now this gets kinda has a conjectured flavor) !. 1. each year, 2. five years, 3. life of the TAX WELLFARE LAW whose Recipients, were mad asHELL because NOBODY EVER GAVE THEM ANYTHING! HEY That Gabreaella was USED!!! when I got it, THAT don’t count.
    Yea, like your capital gains, an the undocumented contraband that the Texas Rangers caught you with and the family’s lawyer and “members only” presiding judge ruled the Rangers legally
    blind and case was dismissed, the witnesses were persuaded to take an early retirement, muzzle included, no batteries needed. “and a complimentary”Family Plot” in the cemetery of their choice. sssiiyyyhh, we will miss you beloved America. THAT IS if those damn Demo(gratis)(to the thugs at Wriot leaning Wing of the (G)[oebels] (O)[rganisation] (P)[ropaganda] INC. “where the lies flow as majesticly over the “PEOPLES” OWNED AIRWAVES, OURS AND OURS WAS ISSUED WITHOUT ANY NOTICE TO THE OWNERS”….US! US! US! outsourced to Rupert Merdock, from the former Penal Continent, Australia, Territorial control of Her Majesty’s United Kingdom, where convicts were sent ,sentenced of breaking her Majesty’s Laws. And was illegal to procure ownership in this country until the “Ultimate Whistleblower” whose testimony during the infamous Joe McCarthy witch hunt of which RUINED the reputations of many a GOOD Americans, our beloved Iran/Contra (band) illegal weapons deal with an enemy of the state and ANYONE should recognize the initials, RONALD REAGAN, our sleeping WONDER BOY on the JOB, leader of the EMPIRE!!!!!

  • http://voxmagi-necessarywords.blogspot.com/ VoxMagi

    Welcome to the land of the free (lunch) for those who destroy and defame the brave.

    300 out some 52,000 candidates for investigation get noticed…probably because they were nouveau-rich and lacked connections.

    The whistleblower bites the dust and the company stooge flies free…

    …oh yeah…the fix was in on this one. Naturally…MSM probably won’t cover much of this…otherwise the cries for his release might kick in somewhere other than out here in the interwebs.

  • Prattvictory

    Obama is no different than George

    He rides in the parade, waves at the crowd and speaks pleasantly while the crooks who own this country are working behind the scenes stealing everything.

  • Elim

    “The Department of Justice’s corruption is evident today — why am I the only one in prison when I had revealed everything?”

    Because you didn’t reveal it from a safe location, moron. Ask Julian Assange about that.

  • Anonymous

    AUCKTUNE!! CORRECTION ADVISORY!! The error made, no matter small must be address, THE AUTO MENTIONED Owned by the little WEALTHY Prick, someone who would look a lot like the Arrogant, AFFLICTED WITH ALOOF AND MOUTH DISEASE, yea,looks like NEAL CAVATO, sometime having an expression that his Constipation came from a more dignified class family tree than YOURS. Well, you can rest easy, I ran across CAVATO’S FAMILY and I say …..A DOG PISSING ON IT!! Oh, back to my train of dark thoughts, the car, yea, THE CAR WAS A LAMBORGHINI not the GABREALLA, as previously thought, Sorry, I mistook the latter name, it just wouldn’t remove itself from my brain, yes, little “b” It finally dawned on me after some real serious vegiaro, (not up to Yoga yet) it was little bordello I remember as a child, down the street where I had been held against my will by Mom and Dad.

  • Elim

    I did read this some time ago. It’s fascinating. This is the account I always point to when some clueless fool says no black boxes were ever found. This guy witnessed them being found, and apparently, photographed the finders.

    It’s criminal the way he is being treated. He is a hero.

  • Ducky

    So why doesn’t he release the footage? Once it’s out there’s no reason to go after him.

  • Anonymous

    I DONT KNOW BUT I SUSPECT THE PLANES USED WERE RETROFITTED BY RAYTHEON AND REMOTELY CONTROLLED WHILE THE PASSENGER JETS WERE PROBABLY CRASHED INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO SILENCE THE UNFORTUNATE PASSSENGERS.

    one thing i do know after working with metallurgy for years is that kerosene will not burn anywhere close to hot enough to weaken steel. jet fuel is nothing more than kerosene with an additive.no way whatsoever that office materials and kerosene were able to generate enough heat to weaken steel. if that were the case why would there be need for foundrys.

  • Anonymous

    marvin bush was in charge of security on 911 at ????

    if we were on jeopardy this is when you’d respond to alex as where is the world trade center towers , united airlines dulles airport and logan airport.

    purely coincidental of course that a bush would be in charge of security where there were breeches at on 911

    yeah right

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DRU2G2W4WAZYK4QBJK6YGU2COQ danieliukas

    like we did not know that our justice system is completely broken. The country is finished, our rights are gone.

  • Anonymous

    Here is a story that needs to be told over and over again: our “leaders” are criminals, corrupt and deserve recompense.

  • Anonymous

    Yvonneo, you miss a huge point if you think that Obama is a threat to the establishment. Why do you think he sucks so much? A most intriguing comment addresses Obama’s turning point, which she called his pretzel moment, when the Salahis crashed the White House dinner, suggesting that they could get to Obama or his famiy anytime they wanted.

    While I believe Obama was already on board before his selection (i.e. the day after the election he announced he was keeping all of Bush’s team), this theory possibly explains, or reinforces, the notion that Obama may have been straying from the company line and they wanted to impress upon Obama how easy it would be to take him out.

  • Anonymous

    Don’t you think that Enron and Madoff were sacrificial lambs, and who knows what really happens with any of those fuckers once they fade from the public eye.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/F7IZ5A7XOSD6FY7ZINV3LBQKXM John

    We live under one of the most corrupt governments in the world. Our very own government murdered, in premeditated cold blood, over 3,000 American citizens in the false flag attack on the World Trade Center which was a controlled demolition. Over 1,000 engineers agree that the World Trade Towers could not have fell from the airplanes hitting them. Add to that the fact the “Dancing Israelis” who claim they were there to film the event. How did the Israelis know the event was going to occur? Almost our entire government is Washington DC is guilty of treason. They should be put on trial and if found guilty, taken out and shot multiple times. Our country has been destroyed by these spies and foreign agents working on behalf of Israel. Washington DC is Israeli occupied territory.

  • Anonymous

    This puts me in mind of the FBI caper – concerning high-level government officials using off-shore Bahamian banking to hide their real income and wealth.

    I think it was in the early 90′s (forgot now) when a couple of enterprising agents suckered a bank courier – enroute from the Bahamas.via Florida and carrying a locked briefcase with the names and associated bank numbers (maybe balances too), of the clients – into taking a break with a local hooker somewhere in Florida. While occupied, one of the agents got to the briefcase, picked the lock, and photographed the lists.

    As best I remember, some hand-picked judge (Justice Dept. again) decided that the evidence was either illegally obtained or, some-such excuse, and the case disappeared from public view or discussion.

    The circumstances surrounding the present case make Birkenfeld’s claims seem plausible and while his arrogance and insults to the Justice Department probably had something to do with its turning on him, his attitude should not have made any difference in their treatment of him.

    Worse, the agreement with the Swiss government – not to get the added names, makes a lie of Obama’s pledge to get tough on off-shore tax dodgers. The next time someone suggests a VAT to pay off the enormous debts incurred to stimulate our way through the chaos caused by corrupt financiers, tell them to get if from the banks.

  • http://proudprimate.com Anonymous

    Thanks for the reminder and the link, Yvonne. I read some of Sonnenfeld’s story years ago, and had quite forgotten it. It should be on the front burner as far as possible.

  • http://proudprimate.com Anonymous

    following a comment on Gordon Duff’s piece at Veterans Today, “9/11 PLANNERS CONFESS ON NETWORK TELEVISION”, I came across Wayne Madsen’s three-part exposé of Obama’s parents and grandparents, all deeply involved in the work of the CIA for longer than he’s been alive. Example, his stepfather Lolo Soetoro was a colonel in the Indonesian army under Suharto when some million were killed in the CIA overthrow of Sukarno.

    Check it out at Bombshell: Barack Obama conclusively outed as CIA creation

  • Anonymous

    You went to jail because you ratted out a bunch of rich folks. What the fuck did you think would happen, douchebag?

  • Anonymous

    Don’t allow your hate of Israel to get in the way of the truth. It was dancing Arabs on rooftops in NJ, or so the story goes. My take is this: Neocons in Washington who stood to benefit from the US insanity that followed 9/11 ‘knew’ something was coming, and chose to ignore it, or worse, chose to let it happen, or even worse, to facilitate it. Israel, in order to survive surrounded by hostile neighbors, has a deep intel system, and also knew something was up. They DID try to warn us, (as well as warn some of their expat countrymen and women working in the WTC.) Their warnings fell on the deaf ears of those neocons in power here who WANTED it to happen. Don’t let your hatred get in the way of the facts. (or the Theory.)

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/L5PHKRPFHK3LLTRDNVH2ZBIWOA Cal

    I gotta admit, Mr. Birkenfeld has a very valid point. If he is the only one to suffer after revealing details that the government readily wanted to know about massive money laundering and tax evasion, then the system really is broke! Let that be a warning to all the would be whistleblowers out there. One other thing…why do you suppose when someone informs the law about high level corruption it is called whistleblowing? Why does it have its own name? Why do ‘whistleblowers’ need laws to protect them? I’m gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that there are two types of justice in this world. The justice that clogs the nations jails with mostly non-white drug offenders who cant afford good legal advice, and the justice that permits mostly white criminal millionaires to avoid jail forever. Pretty sweet…I wanna be in the millionaire group….yeeehhaaa

  • Anonymous

    Any calm and honest person would have to admit that he’s better than bush. At the worst, incrementally better, doing good on the sidelines; at best, really trying to change SOME things, within the shackles that being President, and surviving, allow. Agreed: the US govt. is SO corrupt, The Dept. label ‘Justice’ is starting to look like an Orwellian irony, Obama like a con.
    But as much as ‘The Wizard of O’ disappoints us, I keep seeing signs of small changes, that may grow, and that would have never happened under George the Travesty.

  • Anditico

    Well, it was 5 Israelis, subsequently detained and released and later interviewed in Israel where one admitted they were there to ‘film the event’. But that’s not conclusive proof of Israeli involvement, just an interesting indicator.
    And the Israelis did seem to warn us at several layers, that could be true. I think we have to remember that these large agencies have several layers themselves.

  • Anditico

    Interesting, according to this video, the Israelis attempted to get away by calling in a fake report on 5 Palestinians but that actually led to their capture. I didn’t know that.

    youtube: watch?v=X63CQ-dXkwU

  • Anonymous

    Don’t letfacts get in the way of your ignorant comments.

    Dancing Israelis on 9/11
    Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X63CQ-dXkwU

    This was also reported in the New York Times and on Fox News shortly after 9/11.

    It has nothing to do with “hating the Jews” as you put it. It’s just fact.

  • Anonymous

    Tell us something we didn’t already know.

    You can read many more similar stories here: http://www.whistleblowers.org/

  • Anonymous

    The Justice Department is a oxymoron letting the big fish get away while validating their existence with minnows.

  • Anonymous

    America the worlds real ‘failed’ State.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Sisyphus73 Kevin A Maynard

    Yes and I am sure all the media reports of Israeli spy-rings were just “interesting indicators” too.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Sisyphus73 Kevin A Maynard

    It’s called bread and circuses. Otherwise known as the status quo. He’s nothing but the good cop still being the bad cop..only a bit nicer. He’s part of the system stop deluding yourself that he isn’t.

  • Anonymous

    I’ve noticed that neocon is the new way to say Israeli. It isn’t Jews fault Israel has subverted our own self interest but it’s hard to keep the traitors straight without a supercomputer so one has to be understanding

  • http://www.facebook.com/Sisyphus73 Kevin A Maynard

    Well If I were him I’d get those videos out now while he still has his freedom, or at least have them in the hands of someone who can if he gets extradited.

  • Anonymous

    Dude you’re on crack. Bush didn’t even think he could get away with murdering American citizens without trial. Obummer not so much. If you’d get your nose out of Obummers ass you’d see he is more evil than Bush because he pretends to be something other than what he is. Frontman for a different group of thieves.

  • Elim

    Well, then he ought to have both the Salahi’s killed and send a message back.

  • Anonymous

    I believe Bush did in fact get away with murdering Americans. Do we know who did the 911 attacks? Did he send thousands to die in a useless war? Then worse than murder, he severely eroded our rights without basis in law, which kills a country rather than an individual. He created an economic climate in which the hungry and those without medical insurance increased dramatically, both of which are substantial causes of death.

  • Anonymous

    This is the same story that befell the man who revealed felony murder from a helicopter in Bagdad. He reported the murder to wikileaks when his commanders covered it up. He is not likely to ever see the light of day again.

  • Ce2756

    There’s a new ending to The Emperor’s New Clothes. The villager who points out that the emperor is naked goes to jail, the emperor remains naked, and the villagers keep pretending they can see his clothes.
    Seems dysfunctional at best, But try selling it to an editor, anyway.

  • Prattvictory

    So you’re calm and honest and we’re not?

    Perhaps we of the “professional left” are tired of the sugar words and the continuation of wars and political intrigues need to be drug tested or is it that we’re just fucking retarded?

    The ship is sinking and people like you argue about whether it leans too far to the right or left. It’s sinking from the bow dumb ass and while you were having your “calm and honest debate” the rich stole all the lifeboats.

    You’re calm and honest? Maybe just drunk, stupid and delusional.

  • Anonymous

    They sacrifice the very worst offenders to make it look like the system is working in the public eye. It’s the same case in the medical community which only allows a few special medical malpractice cases to go forward, again to make it look accountable. A lawyer proceeding with a malpractice case must have the cooperation of the local medical industry or else he will only receive falsified reports, tampered records and no professional witness from within the state.

  • Anonymous

    You invited us to swim in your conspiracy pool. Now that we’re here please don’t pee in it. You seem very upset with my comment when all that I wrote was that Obama is NOT a threat to your “shadow government” and therefore will not be assassinated by your “shadow government.” Not sure how my response could be a stupid partisan assumption, could you share the fucking clue?

  • Anonymous

    Obama just played golf with the US CEO of UBS on Martha’s Vineyard. NYC mayor Bloomberg was with them too.

  • Prattvictory

    And Obama gave him a pass.

  • Anonymous

    *sigh* http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/535351/America-Won-the-Cold-War-But-Now-Is-Turning-Into-the-USSR%2C-Gerald-Celente-Says

    I think its best for all the intelligent folks of America to simply emigrate to a new country, this one is going down one road and you only need to look at the USSR or ancient Rome for a reference.

    Or, if you want to stay and fight, take your guns and do it. And yes, it is that black and white. There is no “its not that simple” its the way it is.

  • Atilla

    ENRON was only the tip of the iceberg that has sunk the USS United states. The Israeli government using their agents that the DOD is infested with, with the help of some US traitors, Dick and W being two, perpetraited the biggest theft in the history of man. 9-11 hid the breaking news of this theft, and hid the destruction of the evidence and the money trail. The discovery of this theft is why the perps took such great risks in rigging the 2000 election, and threating SCOTUS into appointing W and keeping everyone else quiet in fear of their lives. The current recession is due to the theft of those funds. Since 9-11-2001 the USA is officially a banana republic.

  • Atilla

    The only thing that may save our beloved nation is a new program, quietly unfolding named, “No Banker Left Alive.” Their families have to go too.

  • Anonymous

    Of course so what else is new? The corrupt government punishes the whistle blower for trying to upset the status quo.

  • Langdon

    Yeap – its worth noting that Martin Luther King was killed only after his oratory turned from the furphy of race rights, to the true issue of class. Money is the dividing line, not race/education/sex/….

  • Langdon

    Sad but true.

    Personally I believe that once your total assets reach a certain (generally insane) level a whole new bunch of laws (with very evil sentences) should start to apply. Lets face it the Wall Street crims do ever soooo much more damage than the corner drug providers (for a reasonable price) and yet the later are clogging up the world’s justice systems.

  • Langdon

    Ummm they were definately Isreali “students” (lol) – hard to hide the facts when they themselves filmed it.

  • Langdon

    But you forget we are meant to be looking forward not backward *listens to the laughs in the background*

    All country’s governments who supported the ‘War on Terror’ need to seriously investigate their past and bring it all to light – bastards should not so easily get away with being bastards (mind you I not holding my breath – none of the ‘winners’ of WWII faced war crime tribunals…).

  • Langdon

    Hehe I had to giggle because when criticising the essense of capitalism I tend to use the “life boat” scenario. The capitalist owns all the life boats and will sell/rent them to you at the right price – and that price is very very high when an emergency calls (wonder how much Halliburton charged for fixing their failed well cap….).

    Of course what the capitalist forgets is that s/he is only one person and the rest of the passengers will only put up with hir sh*t for so long, before they just resort to violence. The forward thinking capitalist has already promised a birth or two on the boats to the biggest peeps on the ship (if those peeps have a brain they will take out the capitalist and claim the lot….hence why TPTB are always scared crapless and trust no one).

  • Langdon

    *cry* :-(

  • Langdon

    Alas he is probably waiting for vows of protection or money – so we not likely to see anything, and he is likely to be well set up (in either sense of ‘set up’).

  • Anonymous

    I take your point, but that hardly makes him a douchebag.

    As I’ve said here before, there are two enemies to a prosperous US for all… corporate robber barons and reactionary religion.

    Get lawmakers with balls of steel and impervious to bribery and you can nail the first one for sure.

  • Langdon

    that site doesnt seem to exist – ah its http://www.tedgunderson.net/

  • mick

    The Israel asswipes appear on Israeli TV saying “they where there to document the event” .

    Seriously some people are such fucking idiots ,it doesn’t matter if you show them countless facts ,their bias is stronger than their intellect.

    google Carl Camerons Fox News series on Israeli’s spying on America and post a fucking link to “Arabs on rooftops in NJ”

    On second thoughts you obviously don’t know about the “googles”
    so here a link (you know ,click on it and it will take you to another web site…)
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7545.htm

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