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To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (64593)	3/16/2007 4:56:28 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 116555

Obviously the information is garbled nonsense as there is no Plaza Bank building in Seattle. I do however believe his confession to have been the sparrow who killed Cock Robin, ending a long-standing mystery. Plaza Bank has two offices, one is small office on the 37th floor of the 40 floor "US Bank Centre" in Seattle - a small building when compared with the 76 floor Columbia Center. Their new office is located in a one-story shopping center in Kent Washington. seattlepi.nwsource.com "Plaza Bank" in Washington on al-Qaida list THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE -- A document released by the Pentagon says the "Plaza Bank" in Washington was on al-Qaida's list of targets. Since al-Qaida targeted tall, high-profile targets it may be a reference to the 76-story Columbia Center, the tallest building in Washington. The document is the censored transcript of the closed-door tribunal at Guantanamo Bay for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. It says he confessed to planning Nine Eleven and 30 other plots. Another downtown Seattle bank is the "Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza." Seattle FBI agent Ray Lauer says he could not comment on what Mohammed might have meant or whether the FBI was previously warned to take any special precautions involving such a bank. crystalair.com Al Qaeda To Open Branches In Pakistan, Bahrain, Seattle KABUL, Afghanistan (CAP) - Senior leaders of al Qaeda have announced that the terrorist group is moving forward with plans to open a number of new branches, including expansion into the untapped markets of Pakistan, Bahrain and Seattle, Wash. The news comes after a massive restructuring that saw al Qaeda's workforce reduced by 25,000. "The Board of Directors has voted unanimously to provide the necessary funding for 12 to 15 new branches around the world," said al Qaeda CFO Abil MusDos al-Fraedo. "However, we are most excited about the possibilities of our new location in Seattle." al-Fraedo said the group hopes to move into its new digs on 1st Avenue South in Seattle by this fall. They're currently putting a contract out to bid to perform some renovations to the property, including 45 new double-paned windows, an additional 60 spaces in the parking lot, and a terrorist obstacle course and training center behind the building. "They were actually quite pleasant to deal with," said Seattle Zoning Board member Chad Barker. "They got their paperwork in on time, showed up at the hearings - I think we had one, maybe two death threats when we denied a rezoning request, but eventually they were understanding." While there were a few small protests when al Qaeda signed the purchase and sale, opponents of the deal were noticeably absent from the city meetings. Most city leaders remained nonplussed about the event, saying that terrorists eat and shop just like anyone else and that any money being put back into the local economy is good business. "You know, terrorists put their bombs on one strap at a time just like the rest of us," said City Council President Nick Licata. "While I'm not excited about having a terrorist cell right here in Seattle, legally our hands are tied. They could prove to be very good neighbors." al Qaeda also sought tax-exempt status as a non-profit organization, but the City Council turned that down by a vote of 6-3. A determination on the terrorist group's request for a common victualer's license is still pending. Police drawing of the late Cock Robin, Al-Qaeda victim. .

To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (64593)	3/16/2007 5:31:41 AM
From: critical_mass	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

"If you f___ing beat this prick long enough, he'll tell you he started the goddamn Chicago fire, now that don't necessarily make it f___ing so!" Nice Guy Eddie in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs en.wikiquote.org

To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (64593)	3/16/2007 3:41:32 PM
From: Kailash	Respond to of 116555

US posts 1st investment income deficit By Associated Press \| March 15, 2007 WASHINGTON -- The deficit in the broadest measure of trade hit an all-time high in 2006, and for the first time the United States even ran a deficit on investment income. The Commerce Department yesterday reported that the imbalance in the current account jumped 8.2 percent to $856.7 billion, representing a record 6.5 percent of the total economy. It marked the fifth straight year the current account deficit set a record. Investment flows turned negative by $7.3 billion from a surplus of $11.3 billion in 2005. It was the first time investment income has been negative on records going back to 1929. That means foreigners earned more on their US holdings than Americans earned on their overseas investments. While the United States has run deficits in its trade in goods every year since 1976, until last year it had still been able to record a surplus in investments. Analysts said that figure turned negative because of the large amount of US assets that have been transferred to foreign hands over the past three decades to pay for the imported cars, clothing, and electronic goods American consumers love to buy. --------------------------------------- Another nail in the coffin of the dollar's reserve currency status and the truncated Old American Century (1945-2005). Kailash