Disturbing

·  Romney's Billionaire Vulture
Paul Singer, the GOP's Baddie Sugar Daddie

The untold story of the sources of the loot controlled by Paul "The Vulture" Singer and why he needs to buy the White House

by Greg Palast for TruthOut/Buzzflash - update

Greg Palast has been investigating Singer and other finance vultures for BBC Television's Newsnight. His new book is Vultures' Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates and High-Finance Carnivores.

It's out of the closet –– or, more accurately, out of the coven.  The list of the billionaires who have given at least $1 million to Restore Our Future, the pro-Romney Super PAC, is headed by Paul Singer.  Singer and his hedge fund crew at Elliott Associates, with their donations to the Republican National Committee and other "independent" groups like the Swift Boat campaign, makes it likely that Singer is now the top funder for the GOP.

For BBC-TV, I've been tracking Singer for five years.  And this is the key fact you need to know about the man whose cash would pick our President:  Paul Singer likes to breakfast on decayed carcasses.

The carrion king is known as Singer The Vulture. I didn't give him the moniker. The name Vulture was tagged on him and his speculator colleagues by the Prime Minister of Britain and the World Bank. Recently, former Deputy Secretary-General of the UN Winston Tubman suggested I ask Singer or his business associates, "Do you know you're causing babies to die?"

What does this guy do—put poison in kiddies' milk? Worse: he takes away the milk. (Show me more...)

Comments

[Antonio Andolini]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iran-unable-to-stabilize-its-plunging-currency/2012/02/01/gIQAJ175hQ_story.html

[Antonio Andolini]

Erin Burnett did a segment on "the carry," which I agree needs to be reviewed.
http://outfront.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/24/the-romney-returns-what-is-carried-interest-and-why-does-it-matter/

I do not support "tort reform." Closing the courtroom door to deserving persons, because some abuse the system, is not the answer.

But to blame malnutrition in a land where the cash crops are coffee, rubber, palm oil, cotton, cocoa, sugar, tea, and the food crops are manioc, corn, legumes, plantains and peanuts, on corporate raiders does no one any good.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2823.htm

[Rocky]

I believe Erin Burnett will become an important feature at CNN, she seems to have the moxie to call it as it is, I hope she doesn't get silenced. The more I learn about "Mitt" the more I see him not only as being in the 1% club, but as an officer of the club. Want to learn about the financial ills of the world? Follow Mitt and his club members.

[Antonio Andolini]

I started watching her on CNBC. She is bright and does her homework.
Mitt and friends seek to show us that there is a better life out there.
They're not interested in sharing it, of course.

[warren,]

Hey Tony, Here is what happened in the Congo. This was made a long time ago, and it is severely "Dated" in its Style of Presentation.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6018322738378856681#

From Your Post, as a Referance Point:

"Within the first year of independence, several events destabilized the country: the army mutinied; the governor of Katanga Province attempted secession; a UN peacekeeping force was called in to restore order; Prime Minister Lumumba died under mysterious circumstances; and Col. Joseph Desire Mobutu (later Mobutu Sese Seko) took over the government and ceded it again to President Kasavubu.

Unrest and rebellion plagued the government until 1965, when Mobutu, by then a lieutenant general and commander-in-chief of the national army, again seized control of the country and declared himself president for 5 years. Mobutu quickly centralized power into his own hands and was elected unopposed as president in 1970.

Embarking on a campaign of cultural awareness, Mobutu renamed the country the Republic of Zaire and required citizens to adopt African names. Relative peace and stability prevailed until 1977 and 1978 when Katangan rebels, staged in Angola, launched a series of invasions into the Katanga region. The rebels were driven out with the aid of Belgian, Moroccan and French paratroopers."

Unmentioned is the Importance of Mineral Wealth, in Particular Copper Mines.

[warren,]

This is a Hillarious Cartoon I saw in the Boston Herald;

http://news.bostonherald.com/holbert/?gallery_id=791&p=3

It looks like Mitt is on a Roll right now. I think Nevada was a Given with the Mormon population, but it is still early Days.
I still say Mitt will not survive after the Convention if Nominated. So Paul Singer is to the GOP what George Soros is to the Dems, huh? The Corruption is Universal.

[warren,]

BTW, I do support Tort Reform ( AND "Tart Reform" ...as in Hollywood! ) as this will severely Curtail the Destructive Influence of Slimeballs like James Sokolove http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/he_s_attorney_james_sokolove/
and John Edwards
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71410.html

I have a Solution. I hear it works well in "parts of Europe"...
It might even bring the Costs of Insurance - and Simply doing Business down as well.

- Bring a Frivolous Lawsuit, and Lose. Pick up ALL the Costs, Including those of the Defense!!!
We are plagued with Low Life Lawyers who become Politians and Sleep with their Partners from the Insurance Racket. You must Know this Well, being from Massachusetts.

[Antonio Andolini]

"Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney last week, proving that it is true after all. The rich just keep getting richer.

Now if those two put their heads together, well, there would be a lot of hair.

The endorsement came right after Romney said he wasn’t worried about really poor people. Timing, they say, is everything."
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120206/LOCALVOICES02/702069983

[Antonio Andolini]

"Canada is not only the world’s fifth-largest energy-producing country, it’s also the United States’ largest supplier of oil. That’s right, those crazy Canucks who play hockey, live in igloos, drink beer and eat back bacon provide more heat for your homes than anyone else. In particular, the Keystone pipeline was going to transport synthetic crude oil and diluted bitumen from Alberta’s Athabasca oil sands to states including Illinois, Oklahoma and Texas. It would have earned both countries a great deal of money, increased business opportunities and helped create thousands of new jobs.

Instead, Mr. Obama turned off the Canadians with a simple flick of the political switch.

To be sure, Canada and the United States have had bilateral trade disputes on agriculture, fishing and automobiles in the past. All of them have been resolved through trial, error and extensive negotiations. It’s possible, therefore, that Mr. Obama, if re-elected, could sign a new agreement with Trans-Canada in 2013 or 2014 - or that a new GOP president could resolve this problem immediately.

It could be different this time, however. Canada may decide against fixing this problem and take its ball elsewhere to more willing customers."
Michael Taube, former speechwriter for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/3/the-great-north-american-divorce/

[warren,]

"Poor is a State of Mind that the DNC wishes to Perpetuate for its Own Political Ends" - Me.

Are those Canadians still thinking about selling to China? Is China still Interested in Buying? Would Your Opinion of the XL Pipeline be any differant if it were to run through New Hampshire...maybe even through Berlin...instead of Far Away Out West and Out of Sight?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDQV-KJnIbU

[Antonio Andolini]

What da youse means, state of mind? The DNC does not want you to have a mind!
Great tune. I seem to recall Three Girls and Their Buddy doing a beautiful version.
As for your hare-brained hypothetical, that would be more than "500 Miles" out of the way.

[warren,]

*************TOWN HALL MEETING*************

Please Join Charlie Bass and Special Guest, Mayor Paul Grenier
to disscuss the Issues facing New Hampshire and Our Nation.

Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 11:00am - 12 pm.

Berlin City Hall
168 Main St.
Berlin, NH.

- Be There or Be Square!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a12b4BJ_QqE !

[Get a job!]

And there's a couple of issues that New Hampshire is facing!

[warren,]

So, Newton...Did Ya Check out that Cartoon I Posted @ 5:20pm yesterday? Maybe Newt should just Take a Vacation in the Greek Islands....somewhere...and Not Come Back. America Needs a True Conservative.

[warren,]

Newt's Contract with Freddy....

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71930.html

"Gingrich argues that he was simply acting as an adviser and has advocated increasing homeownership of the poor."

ie the "Unqualified"? .... This Sounds Familiar....

[Antonio Andolini]

One whole hour on a Saturday morning. He'll spend more time driving up and back. :)
Give the "Special Guest" credit, though. I hear Saturday is a busy day for truck sales.

[Antonio Andolini]

It's eerie how timely this speech, from nearly fifty years ago, is for today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXBswFfh6AY

[Antonio Andolini]

Happy 101st Birthday, President Reagan!

[Antonio Andolini]

I'm no fan of monarchy, but give credit where credit is due. Congratulations, Your Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, on this 60th anniversary of your ascension.
"Her Majesty is probably the only person in the whole of history to have gone up a tree as a Princess and come down as a Queen." Lady Pamela Hicks
http://www.angelfire.com/realm3/memorials/georgedeath.html

[warren,]

Many Thanks, Tony for that Great Moment in History, The Speech by Ronald Reagan for Barry Goldwater. I watched it to the End and it was Excellent. A Govt. Agency is the Nearest We will come to Eternal Life in this World?!!!! No Govt. Voluntarily gives up Control? Great Lines, Well Written and as True Today as back then. I believe the Republican Party Died in Spirit after 1964 in part due to Early RINO's like Former CIA member William F. Buckley. I remember Reagan's Presidency as a Great Time to be an American after the Disgrace and Shame of James Earl Carter.
Watch Out for the Royal Family. The Duke of Edinburgh is an Alright Guy, but the Rest including the Queen are Left of Center. I think it goes back to when they Refused to Help the Tsar and His Family, abandoning them to the Bolsheviks.

[Antonio Andolini]

"If ever the Time should come, when vain & aspiring Men shall possess the highest Seats in Government, our Country will stand in Need of its experienced Patriots to prevent its Ruin." - Samuel Adams, Letter to James Warren, October 24, 1780

Read more: http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/samuel-adams-quotes-2.html#ixzz1li4JQcRN

[Antonio Andolini]

"If it's true that you always can tell one's positions by the enemies he has -- and I believe it is -- then Newt is exactly where he needs to be, battling the trifecta of tyranny: Mitt's treasuries, the MSM and the GOP elite."
http://townhall.com/columnists/chucknorris/2012/02/07/waging_war_on_the_trifecta_of_tyranny

[Antonio Andolini]

Meanwhile the battle of PSNH and deregulation continues.
http://www.nhpr.org/post/some-key-arguments-and-against-making-psnh-sell-its-generating-facilities

[Wing Nut]

Disturbing is the thought of 4 more years of Obama. I guess that is what you get when the current President and Administration wages a war against Capitalism.

Take care,
WN

[warren,]

Ç WN, Did You watch the Historic Speech by Reagan that Tony posted yesterday? What are Your Thoughts as to the Message Ronnie was so eloquently eludidating back in '64? If You will allow Me the Comparison, Todays Republican Message to the One in '64 is like the New Living Translation of The Bible as to The King James Version. Something Very Important has been Lost.
It is not all about Capitalism, which in It's -Extreem- is a Bad Thing. It's also about Our Constitution, which Both Parties are now Trampling at Will. When the GOP Loses in November by 51 / 49 %, They will only have Themselves to Blame.