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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (21005)	6/25/2003 1:12:42 PM
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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (21005)	6/25/2003 1:26:13 PM
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ABOUT RAND rand.org Our job is to help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. We do that in many ways. Sometimes, we develop new knowledge to inform decisionmakers without suggesting any specific course of action. Often, we go further by spelling out the range of available options and by analyzing their relative advantages and disadvantages. On many other occasions, we find the analysis so compelling that we advance specific policy recommendations. In all cases, we serve the public interest by widely disseminating our research findings. RAND (a contraction of the term research and development) is the first organization to be called a "think tank." We earned this distinction soon after we were created in 1946 by our original client, the U.S. Air Force (then the Army Air Forces). Some of our early work involved aircraft, rockets, and satellites. In the 1960s we even helped develop the technology you're using to view this web site. Today, RAND's work is exceptionally diverse. We now assist all branches of the U.S. military community, and we apply our expertise to social and international issues as well. For example: We partnered with health experts throughout the United States to identify specific health care improvements to help millions of children with asthma. RAND collaborated with other research groups to study how anti-drug laws help prevent illicit drug use by teenagers. The Department of Labor asked RAND to examine how economic conditions affect the availability of health insurance for workers. We're now working with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to better understand how technology can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In all of our work, we strive for the highest levels of quality, objectivity, and innovation -- hallmarks that have earned us a prominent reputation throughout the world. Our commitment to these standards will continue to define our work into the future. RAND at a glance Corporate mission: RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. Areas of expertise: child policy, civil and criminal justice, community and U.S. regional studies, drug policy, education, health, infrastructure, international policy, methodology, national security, population and aging, science and technology, and terrorism. Employee Statistics: The full- and part-time staff of more than 1,600 represents diversity in work experience; political and ideological outlook; race, gender, and ethnicity; and academic training. Eighty-five percent of the research staff hold advanced degrees, with more than 65 percent having earned Ph.D's or M.D.'s. More... Locations: RAND has four principal locations, Santa Monica, California; Arlington, Virginia (just outside Washington, D.C.); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and RAND Europe headquarters in Leiden, The Netherlands. RAND Europe also has offices in Berlin, Germany, and Cambridge, the United Kingdom. RAND's other offices in the United States include Council for Aid to Education in New York City and several smaller sites.

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (21005)	6/25/2003 2:44:15 PM
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POLL: MOST HARDENED CONVICTS REFUSE TO SHARE CELLS WITH CEOs Fear Losing Personal Belongings, Life Savings borowitzreport.com In a new survey of career criminals serving time in America’s federal penitentiaries, a whopping 83 percent of the hardened convicts “strongly object” to the notion of sharing their cells with disgraced CEOs. Across the board, America’s prisoners cite “fear of losing personal belongings” as the main reason for refusing to bunk with the former top executives. “Fear of losing cigarettes or other personal effects” was most often cited by the prisoners polled, with “fear of losing life savings” and “fear of losing all of the assets in my 401(k) account” also mentioned frequently. Anecdotal evidence illustrates the strongly negative opinions the prison population holds about America’s CEOs, with many prisoners preferring to share their cells with violent offenders rather than with former chief executives. “When you’re behind bars with an armed robber, you know you can’t turn your back on him or he’ll try to pull something,” said one prisoner serving a fifteen year sentence. “But these CEOs will look you right in the eye and rob you blind.” With over 100,000 CEOs heading to prison within the next five years, the crisis in America’s penitentiaries is expected only to worsen, says Professor David Morton of the University of Minnesota. “If you’re a prisoner and you look to the left of you and to the right of you, chances are fifty-fifty that you’ll see someone from your business school class,” Dr. Morton says. “That number is slightly higher if you went to Harvard.”

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (21005)	6/26/2003 9:11:49 AM
From: Rascal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Rand is a front for Carlyle. hereinreality.com How does RAND affect the War on Terror? Who are we paying to think about the situation in the Middle East? Well, there's former Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci. He's on the RAND Board of Trustees and he's also the co-chair of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy Advisory Board. But isn't he also the chairman of The Carlyle Group, a defense contractor with ties to the Saudi Royal Family and the Bin Ladens? That's right. He's the head of a $13 billion dollar private firm that invests people's pension funds in companies that make money when our nation is at war. The Carlyle Group stands to make many billions of dollars from the War on Terror.[3] So, someone we're paying to tell us what to do in the Middle East is a person who stands to get rich from increased military spending? That's right. But Frank Carlucci isn't the only one making decisions about the war who will be making a fortune from Carlyle Group money. President Bush also stands to make a fortune. His father is a Senior Advisor in The Carlyle Group, and he gets paid in Carlyle shares that just keep going up in value. George Bush, Sr. recently visited Saudi Arabia twice and met with the Saudi royals and the Bin Laden family. The Bin Ladens and the Bushes have been doing business together for a very long time. [4 Rascal@ justscratchthesurface.com