http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/fdic-sets-bank-interest-rate-caps.html
Your Take: FDIC Sets Bank Interest Rate Caps by Jim Wang
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation SealNear the end of May, the FDIC Board of Directors approved a rule that capped the interest rate “less than well capitalized institutions.”
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And, what part of fascism don’t you understand?
The gooferment is trying to run the banks.
What a joke.
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/06/e-gold/
Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online
Bullion and Bandits: The Improbable Rise and Fall of E-Gold
* By Kim Zetter Email Author
* June 9, 2009
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Jackson has finally registered E-Gold with FinCEN, and has begun applying to states for money transmitting licenses. The company is also blocking people who appear on the Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals and plans to follow bank procedures for verifying customer income and sources of transmitted funds. There are other plans in works to clean up the system as well.
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Read this with an eye towards why this fool was targeted.
Think they care about catch bad guys?
Or, could it be that he was undermining their monopoly over “money”.
That stuff they laughable call “money” … Federal Reserve Banknotes.
Paper!
Fiat trash.
No, he was giving people an easy and cheap way to store value.
That couldn’t be “taxed” by inflation.
Imagine how much better the Chinese would be if they had 5T$ of gold as opposed to Uncle Sugar’s little green pieces of paper.
No, anyone who messes with that monopoly, will bring the goons out in force.
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http://lewrockwell.com/north/north715.html
False Flag Infiltrators: Gold-Hating Fiat Money Inflationists Inside the Libertarian-Conservative Movement
by Gary North
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A web page by Ellen Brown is making the rounds. It is here. http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/hyperinflation.php
Ellen Brown is a lawyer. She is anti-Federal Reserve. So, she gets a hearing in conservative circles. This is unfortunate. There is nothing conservative about her. She is an apologist for statism and the United States Treasury (a wholly owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs).
Her article is about the hyperinflation of Germany, 1921–23. She has no understanding of what happened or why, but she talks as if she does.
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Interesting economic discussion about inflation. I remember hearing the same in Carter’s inflation. And, I’m sure we will hear it again in Obama’s. Evil speculators drive down the value of the dollar. Dont be fooled. It’s the FED; it’s always the central bank’s printing press of money; it’s the FED!
Argh!
Those that don’t learn from history are condemned … …
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Acting U.S. Attorney Edward R. Ryan of the Western District of North Carolina said, “When groups seek to undermine the U.S. currency system, the government is compelled to act. These coins are not government-produced coinage, yet purchasers were led to believe by those who made and sold them that they should be spent like U.S. Federal Reserve Notes. Such claims are in violation of federal law.”
I have never read such blatant nonsense.
Yes, the seek to return the United States to honest Constitutional money. At the very least, this is an exercise in political dissent protected by the First Amendment.
And, any REASONABLE person can instantly distinguish between a “Liberty Dollar” and the a paper Federal Reserve Banknote. Silver and gold are very different from paper.
In order to spend them like a Federal Reserve Note, one would have to have the intent to defraud!
Sorry, this is a political indictment intended to chill any inquiry into the nature of Federal Reserve Banknotes.
And, how is it that the Government has departed from money as defined in the Constitution.
Perhaps, we should be asking “Is the inflation of the value of Federal Reserve Banknotes a government “taking” under the terms of the Fifth Amendment?”
Hopefully, people will see this for what it is. An attempt to keep the people blind to the unConstitutional conduct of their government.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Acting United States Attorney Edward R. Ryan
Western District of North Carolina
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Suellen Pierce
JUNE 3, 2009 704.344.6222
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/ncw Fax: 704.344.6629
FOUR DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN UNLAWFUL COIN OPERATION
Former Executive Director of Liberty Dollar Services, Inc. Charged in Federal Indictment
ASHEVILLE, NC – Bernard von NotHaus, 65, formerly of Evansville, Indiana, and two
additional defendants from Evansville, along with William Kevin Innes, 53, of Asheville, North
Carolina, have been indicted in U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina on
conspiracy and other charges in connection with an alleged unlawful operation to publish,
possess and sell for profit, coins in resemblance and similitude to U.S. coins. All four defendants
are also charged in the alleged conspiracy with uttering and passing, and attempting to utter and
pass, a coin of silver in resemblance of genuine coins of the United States in the denominations
of five dollars and greater, and intended for use as current money. The four are also charged
with one count of mail fraud, while von NotHaus and Innes are both charged in two additional
counts each, with selling and possessing with intent to defraud, Liberty Dollar coins; and with
uttering and passing, and attempting to utter and pass, a coin of silver in resemblance of genuine
coins of the United States of the denominations of five dollars and greater, and intended for use
as current money.
Today’s announcement is made by Acting U.S. Attorney Edward R. Ryan for the Western
District of North Carolina; Owen Harris, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) in North Carolina, and Van Duncan, Sheriff of Buncombe County, North
Carolina.
Acting U.S. Attorney Edward R. Ryan of the Western District of North Carolina said,
“When groups seek to undermine the U.S. currency system, the government is compelled to act.
These coins are not government-produced coinage, yet purchasers were led to believe by those
who made and sold them that they should be spent like U.S. Federal Reserve Notes. Such claims
are in violation of federal law.”
Defendant William Kevin Innes was arrested on the charges on June 2, 2009, and made
an initial appearance before a federal Magistrate Judge in Asheville today. Innes was ordered
detained pending a detention hearing which is now set for Monday, June 8, 2009 at 9:35 a.m.
before Magistrate Judge David Cayer in the federal courthouse in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Bernard von NotHaus, 65, Honolulu, Hawaii
Pending arrest
Sarah Jane Bledsoe, 42, Evansville, Indiana
Pending arrestDistrict of North Carolina; Owen Harris,
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Rachelle L. Moseley, 34, Evansville, Indiana
Pending arrest
According to the allegations contained in the indictment, which was returned and filed
under seal by a federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 19, 2009, since
1998 NORFED, The National Organization for the Repeal of the Federal Reserve and Internal
Revenue Codes, together with its officers, members, associates, and customers (collectively
NORFED), has been issuing, disseminating, and placing into circulation, including by use of the
Postal Service and United States mails, the Liberty Dollar in all its forms throughout the United
States and Puerto Rico. The indictment alleges that the purpose of NORFED is to mix Liberty
Dollars into the current money of the United States, and further alleges that NORFED intends for
the Liberty Dollar to be used as current money in order to limit reliance on, and to compete with,
United States currency.
The indictment alleges that members affiliated with NORFED sell the Liberty Dollar coin
at a greater price than they pay for it, and that the profit for these individuals is the difference
between their discounted purchase price and the price for which they sell the coin. Additionally,
according to the allegations contained in the indictment, a person who is not affiliated with
NORFED pays the face value minted on the coin.
In the allegations of the indictment, Bernard von NotHaus is described as having been the
president of NORFED and the Executive Director of Liberty Dollar Services, Inc. until
September 30, 2008. He is also described in the allegations contained in the indictment as the
monetary architect of the Liberty Dollar and has been the Regional Currency Officer in
Evansville, Indiana where NORFED corporate offices are maintained. According to the
indictment, Bernard von NotHaus designed the Liberty Dollar currency in 1998. The indictment
alleges that William Kevin Innes is the Asheville, North Carolina Regional Currency Officer for
NORFED and one of three members of the NORFED Executive Committee. Also, according to
the allegations contained in the indictment, until around March 2008, Sarah Jane Bledsoe was the
NORFED Fulfillment Office manager in Evansville, Indiana, and Rachelle L. Moseley works in
the Evansville, Indiana corporate office of NORFED and has been employed as the Regional
Currency Office Manager and Chief Operations Officer.
“People understand that there is only one legal currency in the United States. When
groups try to replace the U.S. dollar with coins and bills that don’t hold the same value, it affects
the economy. Consumers were using their hard-earned money to buy goods and services, then
getting fake change in return,” said Owen Harris, the Special Agent in Charge of the Charlotte
Division of the FBI. “No one in this country is above or beyond the law, and our law
enforcement partners will continue to bring violators to justice.”
If convicted, each of the defendants faces a maximum sentence of five years’
imprisonment on the conspiracy charged in Count One and a maximum sentence of 20 years’
imprisonment on the mail fraud charge in Count Two. As to the additional counts with which
von NotHaus and Innes are charged, Count Three (publishing) carries a maximum sentence of 15
years’ imprisonment, and Count Four carries a maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment.
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The indictment includes a Notice of Forfeiture and Finding of Probable Cause that the
defendants forfeit to the United States all of the property involved in the offenses with which
they are charged in the indictment, and all property traceable to such offenses.
The case was investigated by the FBI, and the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, with
assistance from the U.S. Secret Service, Treasury OIG for Tax Administration, the NC Joint
Terrorism Task Force, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Acting U.S. Attorney Ryan
express his gratitude to the United States Mint for its role in the indictment. Ryan characterized
the Mint’s role as “significant and vital.” The prosecution is being handled by Assistant United
States Attorney Jill W. Rose of the Asheville Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District
of North Carolina.
The details contained in the indictment are allegations. The defendants are presumed to
innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
A copy of the bill of indictment can be viewed by visiting website:
http://www.ncwd.uscourts.gov and clicking on the word “news.”
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Dear Reader:
This is OUTRAGEOUS. Just as Sadam Hussein of Iraq learned when he suggested that oil be trade in gold, don’t mess with the US’s monopoly on the world’s reserve currency.
(Disclaimer, I think the Liberty Dollar is overpriced versus the spot price of the underlying commodity. But, maybe I don’t understand how expensive it is to mint medallions. They are cheaper than what is offered on the late night infomercials to buy “Liberian Silver” or such nonsense.)
Bernard and the Liberty Dollar folks are threatening to take the country back to Constitutional money of gold and silver. Single handedly! Interesting is they are the size of a gnat on a cow’s butt in comparison to the Federal Reserve. The “establishment” is so threatened as it has to persecute and prosecute them.
See the Establishment can NOT afford to have any one “look behind the curtain”! You might ask the question “What is a dollar?”. That question leads to the more “deadly” question — deadly to their ability to delude the people into allowing the Government have the ability to inflate — “What value does a Federal Reserve Banknote intrinsically have?”. That’s the question that puts a stake thru the heart of the vampire known as the Federal Reserve Bank. Inflation is the silent hidden tax.
(The Federal Reserve Bank is a misnomer. IT ain’t “federal”. It reserves nothing. And, it ain’t a “bank”. It is a private cartel of the elite banks run for their benefit and that of the entrenched politicians. )
(As an aside, just look at the reelection rate of incumbent politicians. And, where they are “replaced”, note that their “replacement” is a member of the opposite “major” party that follows the exact same agenda. And, you wonder why stuff doesn’t change. How can it? The elite are very content with the current system. It’s only the “unwashed” who get screwed. Repeatedly.)
So, the Federal Reserve Banknote allows the politicians to take everyone’s wealth by inflation. So they can have a “welfare / warfare” society and the sheeple don’t even known they are being shorn. In the last thirty years, the dollar has lost more than 95% of it’s purchasing power. Watch the old quiz show “Let’s Make a Deal” and see the price of a new car in the Sixties was less than 5,000 “dollars”. Why does a Government Motors car cost 50,000 now? It ain’t the same dollars. My first house cost 8,000 “dollars” when it was built in the Fifties, why is it worth 350,000 “dollars” now. Did the boards suddenly become more valuable? No, the Government money is worth less and they can’t print houses.
So, here we have the Government desperately trying to reign in the whole concept of “honest money”. There’s an old rhyme “Money has functions four: a medium, a measure, a standard, a store.” See in order to be “money”, it has to be a store of value. The Federal Reserve Banknote is: a medium of exchange (as long as the sheeple believe it to be), a measure (as long as you realize each year it’s different; imagine a measure of length getting shorter every year — giving the Government “more” land to sell), a standard (as long as you don’t mind a standard shrinking every year), and a store (where the rats in congress erode your wealth silently).
That’s why they have to surpress anything that reflects badly upon their “dollar” monopoly.
Forewarned is fore armed!
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From: Liberty Dollar <truth@libertydollar.org>
Date: June 5, 2009 2:35:24 AM EDT
To: reinkefj
Subject: FBI Arrests Bernard, Kevin, Sarah & Rachelle
LIBERTY DOLLAR ALERT:
June 2009 Vol. 11 No. 06-A
Urgent News for All Liberty Dollar Supporters!
FBI Arrests Bernard, Kevin, Sarah & Rachelle
The battle for a value based currency has began!
The last two days have been amazing! Just shortly after midnight on Tuesday, the phone started ringing and I let the answering machine take the call. But very soon there was another call… with an even more urgent message! Very quickly, a friend of Kevin Innes, explained to me that Kevin had been “detained” by the local sheriff and was being held for the FBI to arrest him! Holy Cow!! The #2 supporter for the Liberty Dollar and co-instructor at the Liberty Dollar University training sessions was in deep trouble with the Feds! I was sure to be next. But would they arrive in a few minutes or would it be a pre-dawn Nazi style assault?
Finally, I got up at 4:00 AM. I was very concerned for Kevin and wondered when the FBI would hit me. Fortunately the morning was quickly filled with a flurry of calls from Kevin’s friend, other interested parties, the usual business calls and making preparations for the inevitable knock on the door. But nobody came. Then just after noon, Niles, who’s wife, Rachelle, manages the Liberty Dollar Fulfillment Office, called to tell me that Rachelle had been picked up by the FBI at the LD Office and was due to be arraigned in just a few hours! The FBI strikes again!
Luckily, I was able to talk to Rachelle via her cell phone while the FBI was holding her. I was pleased that the FBI agents were the friendly professional types and afforded Rachelle and I quite a few minutes of private conversation. Under the circumstances, Rachelle’s demeanor and resolve was right on target. And very quickly, I learned that a warrant had been issued for my arrest. And just a quickly, Rachelle was off to court to be arraigned.
Much later in the afternoon, I learned to my surprise that three big FBI agents had arrested Sarah at work. She and Rachelle were arraigned together and quickly released to on their own recognizance (OR) before the sun set on a very eventful day for the Liberty Dollar. The quick, professional effort with Sarah and Rachelle were gratifying and encouraging. Unfortunately, I was to learn that Sarah lost her job because of this event.
By last afternoon it was clear that the Liberty Dollar would be best served by my turning myself in to the to the US Marshals, otherwise know as ‘self reporting.’ After a few calls, I found myself talking to Agent Andy (aka Agent F) who was his usual friendly, chatty self. He even recognized my voice although we had only spoken twice and that was over 18 months ago. Sure enough he confirmed that a federal arrest warrant for my arrest had been issued. And after a bit of gamesmanship with Agent Andy, I agreed to report to the US Marshal’s office in Fort Myers, Florida at 9:00 AM on Thursday morning as it was too late to be arraigned, plus an overnight in jail would have wrinkled by clothes :)
The following morning, Thursday, June 3, 2009, I actually arrived at the Marshal’s office at 8:30 due to light traffic. As the saying goes, “If you gotta do time, do federal time.” Quite simply, the federal boys are better educated, better trained and have better manners. I was immediately escorted to a holding cell. After an hour or less, I met with the Pre-Trila Service rep and made it to court at 11:00 in chains and handcuffs. The female judge was businesslike and granted my request to attend my son’s graduation in Physics from UCLA next week. After fingerprinting, signing a $50,000 Appearance Bond, one final meeting with the Pre-Indictment Service rep, I was free.
In general, the arraignment was a pleasant affair. The US Marshals did their job with very little attitude, as they should. After all, I am self reporting, and it is for anything violent, I just want to prove that I have a right to issue my own currency and if any body chooses to use it then it is a “private contract.” It is certainly not a crime.
And so it came to pass, 2009 years after the birth of Christ, that four regular Americans have taken a stand to defend the People’s right to protect themselves from a government currency that has a long and unforgiving history of stealing the people’s purchasing power. This is a test of individual rights, as protected by the Tenth Amendment. It is the deciding moment that a private voluntary barter currency (PVBC) is legal in the great United States of America. This is a test that the Liberty Dollar must and will pass, for that I have no doubt. But it will not be easy or cheap. Please, if you support our efforts, support us with any kind of money you have, including pro bono services. Now that the Liberty Dollar faces a federal criminal trial, it is the US Government v Liberty Dollar ala Bernard, Kevin, Sarah & Rachelle. Please help us win. Please help yourself win. Please help American win.
Very simply this is a Win or Lose battle. In addition to money for this legal fight we need articles that reference non-government currency, such as Air Miles as currency, legal research assistance, expert witnesses, legal assistance, etc. If you support the ideals of the Liberty Dollar, this is the time to get behind the Liberty Dollar. We critically need your help! Please send your digital info to Legal@LibertyDollar.org and your donations of value including other kinds of “currencies” to:
LIBERTY DOLLAR
225 N. Stockwell Road
Evansville. Indiana. 47715
The best news is that the Liberty Dollar finally has the opportunity to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is legal. Over two years ago I sued the US government for a Declaratory Judgment to resolve the legality issue. And how did they respond, they raided the Liberty Dollar and confiscated over $4 million dollars in gold, silver and cash. The US government has done everything possible to kill the Liberty Dollar! And guess what? It has not worked. The mere fact that the Liberty Dollar is still in business is a testament to your demand for Real Money and the ideals that the Liberty Dollar represents.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your support! Trust me, the Liberty Dollar is not made up of any fat cats. We are all just regular Americans. And we all just want good money, a lot less government and no damn war!
Click HERE for a stilted Press Release by the DOJ. Its three pages with a whopper by Owen Harris, Special FBI Agent in Charlotte who said, “When groups try to replace the US dollar with coins and bills that don’t hold the same value…” WOW what a telling statement of pure spin.
Click HERE for the 13 page Indictment.
Click HERE for Sarah’s Arrest Warrant.
Guess what?! Liberty Dollar still in business and we need more business! As there has been no Cease and Desist Order, Liberty Dollar remains OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Please visit our shopping cart for all the 2009 Liberty, Peace, Freedom, T-Dollars and more. Don’t be bashful or stupid. Silver is going to the moon, just as sure as the US dollar is going to hell with your purchasing power. Now is the time to protect your purchasing with the “inflation proof” currency and help usher in a new monetary model that provides the only proven, peaceful, and profitable solution to the monetary cancer that has infected America.
OUTSTANDING ORDERS: Please rest assured that we will fill all outstanding orders. Yes, after producing a sizable amount of pre-minted Silver Libertys and finally getting current with most orders, we changed mints and are now behind again. We apologize emphatically! Poor and/or slow delivery is not acceptable business. It hurts everyone. And just when we were about to get current again we were arrested. Please continue to support us with your patience too. We promise to get every order out ASAP. But as I hope you can understand, it is a struggle to run a business, any business, in such an environment and fight a major legal battle for our right to protect our purchasing power
The last few 2009 Arrest Dollars. Are you familiar with the Arrest Dollars? Starting in 2007 and continuing through this year the Arrest Dollar is one ounce Silver Liberty that is specially hand hallmarked with a micro “handcuffs” stamp and my federally registered mintmark. Issued only from the day of the raid to today. The last few 2009 Arrest Dollars are currently on the Shopping Cart. After these are gone, they are gone to eBay for much more money.
The 2009 Tea Party Dollar (T-Dollar) is still available and we are still waiting confirmation on the shipment. We are still expecting to have the first batch order in the first 24 HOURS here for the July 4 events. The T-Dollar is still only a buck for an ounce of copper AND you can still get them for 10% discount to they $1 face value for a 100 or more. Hey, they are only a buck… you can’t go wrong. Plus every copper issue has sold out. Get these while you can and help support our legal efforts tooJ
The 2009 Silver Libertys! The backbone of the Liberty Dollar model is the one ounce .999 fine silver Lib! Just in the last few days, silver has bounced back over $16, soon the 30 day moving average will be $16 and the Liberty Dollar will Move Up again to the $50 Silver Base. PLEASE don’t be dumb and buy silver when it is high. Get it NOW!!! Sure it is not $5 per ounce any more, nor will it ever be again. $5 silver is just not possible with the government spending phony baloney fiat money like a drunken sailor. Please order silver now and protect your purchasing power and profit tomorrow!
Stay tuned to the Liberty Dollar News as we vindicate and validate the legality of the Liberty Dollar. Please take an active role in this exciting and profitable time. Don’t lose out. Get involved with the Liberty Dollar to make money, do good and have fun. I am having as much fun in my 60’s and I did in The 60’s and hope you are too.
Thanks again for your support.
Bernard von NotHaus
Monetary Architect
Editor@LibertyDollar.org
888.LIB.DOLLAR
888.421.6181
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Posted by reinkefj
Interesting. Pensions are dead. The Social Security Ponzi scheme is “underfunded” (i.e., a polite way to say broke).
What does one do?
Accumulate 2M$!
Yes, you read it correctly.
$2,000,000
An investment portfolio of of 2M$ at 5% would throw off an annual income of $100,000.
There’s your “pension”.
Was much easier in the old days. The ancient history days of large stable enterprises like IBM and AT&T where one would go and spend a career. Work for forty plus years and leave at 65 with a gold watch and monthly check tht made a comfortable retirement.
Now only politician and bureaucrats have that. They’ve voted it for themselves at the taxpayers expense. (Unfortunately, the joke’s on them. Who will pay the taxes to pay these gold plated pensions? The taxpayers as broke as the gooferment.)
And, don’t be fooled by insurance company annuities. They just take your money for a promise to send you a monthly check. Madoff was a Ponzi. But, don’t think these “insurance companies” are any better than AIG or any Wall Street Financial Firm.
So, you take your 2M$ and invest to diversify getting your 5%.
For those of you who are aggressive savers and entrepreneurs: go for 10M$.
That’s the land of critical mass that Bob Brinker the financial radio show host talks about.
With 10M$, you have have a five year CD ladder with 2M$ in each “rung”, and get your 100K without ever thinking about it. By diversification, you can have it all FDIC insured. That’s about as close to rock solid as one can get.
Now, you may not get to 10m$, unless you’re entrepreneurial. You may not get to 2M$ unless you save your fool head off.
But that doesn’t absolve you from the consequences of not doing your financial planning.
You can only depend upon yourself.
Remember the new sucess formula is:
(1) ruthless financial discipline — no bad debt;
(2) a life long interest in learning — education — a degree — they can’t take it away from you;
(3) a white collar job in order to save big bux;
(4) a blue collar skill for hard times — never saw a poor plumber;
(5) one or more internet based businesses — your store is always open;
(6) a free time hobby that generates income; and
(7) a large will-maintained network of people who can “help” you.
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Posted by reinkefj
Dear Usual Suspects:
I’m a past fan of the Liberty Dollar until I got a good look at the extra cost of mark up for minting the coins. (Other bullion coins WERE cheaper. Today, due to demand, the markups are all significant! Low markups are essential in any bullion purchase.)
That’s not the issue today.
The Gooferment is attacking any form of alternative “money”. See they can’t afford to have anyone puncture their “balloon of illusion”. People might actually begin to “pay attention to the man behind the curtain”! If they begin to ask what is a “dollar”, then their whole house of cards since Roosevelt took us off the gold standard will come tumbling down. I’ve ranted at you and the world about the German WW1 hyperinflation, the Argentina inflation, the Carter stagflation, and the latest hyper inflation in Zimbabwe.
But that can’t happen here. Can it?
This is an interesting read of how far the powers in the District of Corruption will go to prevent anyone from pulling back the curtain on their “monetary paper monopoly”! See if the sheeple start to ask embarrassing questions, then the game is up. You’ll begin to ask questions. Embarrassing questions! And, they don’t have the answers.
What is your “dollar” really?
The politicians and bureaucrats will make up all sorts of “interesting” “barbara streisand” to take your eye off the fact that its just a green piece of paper. Worthless, unless you can find some fool to take it. The problem is now that the Chinese and the Arabs are growing reluctant to accept these at “face value”. What ever that is!
Time to smell the “barbara streisand” at the Federal Reserve Bank. (Which ain’t “federal”; “reserves” nothing; ain’t a “bank”!) Ron Paul has a bill that would audit this PRIVATE banking monopoly. (I thought monopolies were always bad? Only the gooferment can create a monopoly. Cause they will kill you if you don’t play along.)
(Adjusting my tin foil hat, it’s interesting to me that we invaded Iraq the second time with the intention of “regime change” shortly after Sadam had the impertinence to suggest that oil be priced and sold for gold. Now, was that just coincidence.)
Please read this with an open mind. You might be surprised.
fjohn
hopefully your favorite “tin foil” hat
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From: Liberty Dollar <truth@libertydollar.org>
Date: May 29, 2009 10:58:14 PM EDT
Subject: 75,000 T-Dollars! & FBI Dirty Tricks
LIBERTY DOLLAR NEWS:
May 2009 Vol. 11 No. 05
Welcome Liberty Dollar Supporters!
Table of Contents:
1. FBI Dirty Tricks & Target Letters
2. Tea Party Dollar… Going… Going… Soon to be Gone!
3. All Tea Party Dollar Orders are PRE-ORDERS
4. Federal Reserve to Create a Recession
5. Liberty Dollar M&M! How Sweet!
6. Bernard’s Personal Rule 41g Motion
1. FBI Dirty Tricks & Target Letters
In case you missed the last Newsletter that was mistitled – the Liberty Dollar is officially under “criminal investigation.” Have you ever heard the phrase, “Anything you say can and WILL be used against you?” Please be informed that if you have any Liberty Dollars you are NOT in any danger of going to jail but you may be contacted by an FBI agent who may take your comments out of context and be used against you and/or the Liberty Dollar. I know it is hard to imagine that our very own government might misrepresent the facts, but if you think that is not possible, just read the Affidavit (begins on page 9) submitted by Special Agent Andrew Romagnuolo for the original Search and Seizure Warrants.
So while I urge you to be respectful and helpful to the criminal investigation… My non-legal advise is: DO NOT talk to the FBI or any law enforcement officer without an attorney present. This is your right – please exercise it. Simply tell the law enforcement officer that you wish to have an attorney present. Why should you be at risk when there is so much mistrust? Remember you are not required to even talk to a law enforcement officer unless you are subpoenaed. And then you have still have a right to have an attorney represent you. And if you can’t afford an attorney, the court will provide one. Quite frankly, I think it would be GREAT if 1,000 people requested an attorney so we could all take part in this !@#$#@! criminal investigation. Meanwhile, Liberty Dollar is making as much Real Money as possible and remains dedicated to providing an “inflation proof” solution to our country’s mounting monetary problems.
Seriously, several calls have already been reported. So please be on guard for FBI, crank or mysterious callers. Given the government thirst for dirty tricks, scare tactics, misc. calls and other ploys of disinformation, please report anything out of the ordinary that you think might be related to the Liberty Dollar. Please call or email the Liberty Dollar office IMMEDIATELY: 888.LIB.DOLLAR or email: FBI@LibertyDollar.org.
Please note the government is not required to send out a Target Letter to anyone, even if they are the target of an investigation. In fact, Target Letter is a misnomer because it is NOT sent to “targets.” It is mainly used as a scare tactic against people who may be called to testify before the Grand Jury. Maybe 1,000 people whose property has been seized should call the FBI and volunteer to testify… all with a court appointed attorney of course.
In response to the FBI’s Target Letters to Sarah Bledsoe and Rachelle Moseley, some Liberty Dollar supporters feel cheated by the recent FBI action:
Matthew Pitagora – RCO of San Jose wants a Target Letter.
“What? The DOJ only targets women for their Grand Jury Investigations these days? I want to be the target of a Federal Grand Jury Investigation! Come on FBI! You know where I live, so come on over and deliver my target letter at 6:45 AM. Oh wait, I forgot… I’m a BoR, Article 2 militia man, so I will get the standard 3 AM, flash-bang no-knock, with the fully armed, armored and offensive assistance of the U.S. Marshalls and federally bribed, local LEOs! So much for equality, justice and the American dream!”
Art Nicolet – RCO of Tucson agrees!
“This is discrimination! How come the FBI picks on women?? I want my target letter too! Oh, by the way I was sworn in as an American Online Grand Jury member today through http://www.americangrandjury.org. You see, the government would have you believe that only the federal courts convene a grand jury. But wait! The Constitution provides a means for ordinary Americans to form a grand jury to investigate illegal and immoral acts of politicians, bureaucrats and even the FBI. Go check it out. Let’s convene a Grand Jury to investigate the illegal seizure of our personal property of gold and silver. We don’t have to wait for the government to decide what it is going to use as a ploy to postpone return of our assets. In the meantime I can’t wait to get my target letter.”
[Editor note: I must confess that I too feel left out of Agent F’s most recent holiday in Evansville. If he really wants to take a holiday he should “hand serve” my T-Letter in Hawaii! Now that would be real vacation. P.S.: Contrary to what you might think, “Agent F” does NOT stand for the F-word as defined by FCC. Nor does it stand for Fool, Fumbling or Funny. He is none of those. “F” simply stands for Failure because he is not an “A” agent nor is he going to win.]
2. Tea Party Dollar $1 Going… Going… Soon to be Gone!
I am still amazed that over 60,000 Tea Party Dollars were ordered in 24 hours! WOW! And the orders are continuing. The first T-Dollars have been shipped and are due to be in your hands by the Fourth of July! Please click HERE to avoid disappointment and order your Tea Party Dollar now. Still only a $1.00 or less! Disclaimer: Please note the Tea Party Dollar is NOT government issued money and is in fact a private voluntary barter currency (PVBC)dedicated to providing Americans with an inflation proof solution to our mounting monetary problems.
Get your Tea Party Dollar flag now! This terrific flag will be available in time for the Fourth of July! Currently we still have a limited number of 2 X 3 foot Tea Party Dollar flags for $6 each or order two or more for only $5 each! Please click HERE to order.
3. All Tea Party Dollar Orders are PRE-ORDERS
Let’s face it… the Tea Party efforts and the rise of the people’s opposition to government spending and bailouts is pretty damn amazing. And so is the Tea Party Dollar as evidence of that movement. Please note that all T-Dollars are ordered and paid for before delivery. This has been specified in all the offers. We had just enough lead-time to get the T-Dollars before the Fourth of July events. You can look forward to having your order in time IF YOU ORDERED IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS.
All orders placed after the initial 24 hours offer will not be available until after July 4th. We will ship them ASAP.
Meanwhile, I understand that the first $1 Tea Party Dollar has been posted on eBay for $5.99! And it is not even here yet. I am sure there is much fun to be had with such an inexpensive $1 item and I hope you have ordered enough. We do not plan to order more T-Dollars. Please click HERE to avoid disappointment and order Tea Party Dollars. It’s time to join the Party!
4. Federal Reserve can/will/have Created the Recession
Jon Nadler, Senior Analyst with Kitco Bullion Dealers in Montreal, finally gets it right in a long-winded article by quoting Marvin Goodfriend, a former official at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond: “Anybody who has been a central banker wouldn’t want to see inflation expectations become unhinged.” Goodfriend continues, “The Fed would have to create a recession to get its credibility back.” Goodfriend is now a professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business in Pittsburgh.
Look at that quote! A Harvard professor acknowledges that the Federal Reserve has the ability to “create a recession” in the U.S. economy to regain its credibility! They can… will… and have done exactly that! The only thing more amazing is that the American people are standing by while the government steals their purchasing power, retirement money and everything they and their children hope to enjoy! Simply amazing!!! Time for REAL MONEY to the rescue!!
If you have lots of time to waste, I recommend you read this looooooooooong article at:
http://www.kitco.com/ind/nadler/may192009A.html
Chris Powell, Secretary/Treasurer of Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. (GATA) confirmed, “Yes, the manipulation of interest rates is part of the manipulation of gold and the tyrannical power to control the whole economy.” If you are not familiar with the great work by GATA, please visit them at http://www.GATA.org.
5. Liberty Dollar M&M! How Sweet!
Now on a sweeter note. Did you know you can order custom M&Ms?! And as you may guess there are LIBERTY DOLLAR M&Ms!!! This is all the great work by Dave Gillie – RCO for Flint. Recently, I stopped by Dave’s Coney Island Restaurant and discovered… the Liberty Dollar M&M! They are the real thing and packaged 50 per bag. Just click HERE to design your custom M&M, select color and package! WOW what a great idea for a sweet commodity currency!
6. Bernard’s Personal Rule 41g Motion
The court denied my Motion to give the government an additional 60 days to reply to my motion for recovery of the office computers, etc., that were not covered by the overly broad Search and Seizure Warrants. The DOJ’s 137 days to reply ends on June 17, just three days before the DOJ must reply to the much larger Rule 41g Motion for recovery of all the gold, silver, copper, etc., seized in Evansville and Coeur d’Alene over a year and a half ago. Stay tuned and responsive to these actions to help get your property back ASAP!
Closing Remarks:
Thank you for reading this newsletter. The first 50 people to email Thanks@LibertyDollar.org with the word FREE in the subject field will receive a free Tea Party Flag! As the Liberty Dollar heads to court, we all need to hang together or we will all hang separately. And as our Founding Fathers discovered, it was advantageous and just more fun to hang out together. Please continue to spread the Liberty Dollar solution to the current government created monetary problems. Real Money is the solution!
Many thanks for your continued support. For it is only by banding together and adopting a free and independent currency that provides us with “just weights and measures” will we be able to throw off the yoke of a manipulated monetary/tax system and generate a peaceful and prosperous society.
Thank you again for all your efforts to return America to value – one dollar at a time!
Bernard von NotHaus
Monetary Architect/Editor
Editor@LibertyDollar.org
http://www.LibertyDollar.org
888.LIB.DOLLAR
888.421.6181
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http://ludwig-1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/21/2847441-time-for-revolution?email=html
Time for Revolution!
News Type: Event — Thu May 21, 2009 11:58 AM EDT
politics, government, taxes, liberal, freedom, liberty, revolution, libertarian, jefferson, roosevelt, conservitive, authoritarian
Ludwigc
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We need a revolution in this country. Not of violence, but a purging of what our apathy has created.
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I work hard for my money. I’m self employed and in this economy I work harder than ever. After all that struggle and hard work I lose over 50% of my total income to the government per year. That is completely unacceptable.
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May I point out two things that make the definition or calculation of “taxes” harder:
(1) Corporate taxes are passed along for real people to pay. So when I pick up a can of something in the store, it’s IMPOSSIBLE for me to know how much tax I am paying. And, it’s like looking at a mirror with a mirror behind you. The progression is infinite. The can was taxed. The delivery was taxed. The production equipment is taxed. It’s an accounting nightmare.
(2) The money is no longer a “standard of account”. A 1970 dollar is “different” than a 2010 dollar. In purchasing power. It’s inflation by the Federal Reserve. And, it is the “hidden tax” on dollars. It too is difficult to calculate. If you think in terms of dollars, it’s like doing carpentry where this year’s inch is different than last year’s inch. It’s inconceivable. The definition morphs with time. And, it’s deceptive in that it impacts any dollar denominated asset. This means that you can actually pay more than 100% of your income in tax. Have a half million in assets and inflation is 5%, then you are paying a 25k$ in tax. And, how do you calculate inflation. The FED and the gooferment fudge the numbers.
So, we are slaves. We can’t even guesstimate how much we are paying taxes!
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Posted by reinkefj
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Shelby-assails-large-govt-apf-15380626.html?.v=4
Shelby assails large gov’t role in General Motors
Top Banking panel GOP member raps large federal stake in financially beleaguered GM Corp.
* On Friday May 29, 2009, 8:27 am EDT
* General Motors Corporation
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Richard Shelby said Friday the government should have allowed the marketplace to decide General Motors’ fate and that the huge federal stake in the company puts Washington on “the road to socialism.”
Shelby, ranking Republican on the Banking Committee, argued that the financially beleaguered GM could have saved “lots of money” if it had chosen six months ago to file a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition.
“What I worry about” is Washington’s large interest in the company, the senator said in a nationally broadcast network interview. “It’s basically going to be a government-owned, government-run company … a company that has been sadly run into the ground.”
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IMHO, the gooferment has no right to steal from the bond holders their rightful value. It would seem that there is a Fifth Amendment (“takings”) suit here.
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Posted by reinkefj
http://www.reason.com/blog/show/133627.html
If You Care About the Uninsured, Please Drink Budweiser. Or Schlitz. Or Coors. Or Hamm’s. It Doesn’t Really Matter What Beer You Drink, Only That You Drink a Highly Taxed Beer. And If You Really Care About The Uninsured, Why Not Drink a Case of Beer?
Nick Gillespie | May 21, 2009, 7:21am
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Is it too late to take it all back, this loose talk about legalizing “vices” and then taxing them?
Some details on a “proposed beer tax” currently working its way through Congress like a kidney stone through Ted Kennedy’s man-parts. It’s all over but the shouting, screaming, and gnashing of teeth:
Consumers in the United States may have to hand over nearly $2 more for a case of beer to help provide health insurance for all.
Details of the proposed beer tax are described in a Senate Finance Committee document that will be used to brief lawmakers Wednesday at a closed-door meeting.
Taxes on wine and hard liquor would also go up. And there might be a new tax on soda and other sugary drinks blamed for contributing to obesity. No taxes on diet drinks, however.
Beer taxes would go up by 48 cents a six-pack, wine taxes would rise by 49 cents per bottle, and the tax on hard liquor would increase by 40 cents per fifth. Proceeds from the new taxes would help cover an estimated 50 million uninsured Americans.
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And, of course, there won’t be any discussion of:
(1) Why do beer drinkers have to pay for the “uninsured”?
(2) Who is in the 50M “uninsured”? (Young people, people who could afford insurance, illegal aliens, UAW pensioners)
(3) Why is the government in the health insurance business in the first place?
Argh!
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