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To: mcg404 who wrote (20002)	1/4/2004 1:54:29 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 81973

John > Is there an example of this transfer of land used as collateral for a debt? Or did this guy dream up this scenario? According to what Raymond said, I think I also got the story wrong. > I just enjoyed reading a discussion that was elevated above a level of ‘evil’ this and ‘evil’ that, my god’s bigger than your god, they hate us because we love freedom, we need to make the world safe from terrorism, blah, blah, blah… I'm surprised you allow stuff that that near you. I should teach you how to use the volume control on the TV and the blinkers on the eyes. "You can kid some of the people all the time --- and those are the ones they concentrate on." > I wish there had been a wholly benign force what the journalist David Aaronovitch called the Nelson Mandela Peace Corps available to overthrow dictatorships. In my opinion, the first job for Mandela's Peace Korps would be to "liberate" the US.

To: mcg404 who wrote (20002)	1/7/2004 5:11:31 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81973

John > Is there an example of this transfer of land used as collateral for a debt? How does this grab you? rense.com >>>...guess who was greatly rewarded by Barrick Goldstrike, the fabulous creature assembled with a little help from friends in federal bureaucracies, which essentially gave away the mineral rights to his cronies. "In his last days as President, Bush Sr. sold U.S. government asset worth $10 billion to a friend for a mere $10 thousand dollars, pardoned his business colleagues, and then went on the company's payroll for seven years. "At the very end of his Presidency Papa Bush gave a sweetheart deal to the Canadian company Barrick Goldstrike. They got the rights to US land worth $10 billion in return for a nominal payment to the treasury of $10,000. But that does not seem to be all they got, or all they paid for either. "The money behind Barrick is from Saudi arms dealer and Bush family friend Adnan Khashoggi, who was identified as conduit in the Iran-Contra conspiracy. In 1986 he was arrested and charged with fraud but failed to be convicted. In one of his last acts as president Bush pardoned Khashoggi's alleged co-conspirators, who were key members of Bush's own cabinet. As a result, no case could be made against Khashoggi or against Bush himself. "To express its gratitude for these favors, Barrick Goldstrike hired Papa right after he left office and donated $148,000 to the Republican Party, at least that is the amount that can be traced."<<<