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My Letter To The Pennsylvania U.S. Congress

To: Congresspersons: Congressman Tim Murphy, Congressman Jason Altmire, Senator Arlen Specter, Senator Bob Casey, jr, and Senator Max Baucus

From: Jerry ******
120 ****** Av.
*************, PA 15***


October 6, 2009

Dear Congresspersons,

I am writing to all of you, at one time, in order to let each of you know exactly what I think and how I feel regarding the current state of affairs inside the Obama administration and its Congress.

I am thoroughly disgusted with the Democratic Party and the Obama administration. It appears that what has occurred following the regime of Little Boy Bush, which was supported by the coward Congressman Murphy, who supported that failed president and all his neo-fascist ideas for 8 years, is more of the same. Now, CONgressman Murphy should be replaced in the next election cycle, as should be CONgressman and Blue Dogshit Coalition member Jason Altmire.

Now, regarding the Democrats, I am sick of them, as well. As Michael Moore recently stated, because the Democrats have failed their populist roots and have fallen lock step behind the CONservative Repugni-CONS, they have sent many hard working Americans adrift toward the falls to be washed underwater by the tidal pools.

Senator Baucus has turned out to a Democratic Turncoat by giving up, at the very least, a Public Health Care Option. And, at the very best a Single Payer health care program. Instead, Baucus has decided to support a nice insurance industry gift horse called health care exchanges. Now, the health care companies will begin to become the biggest investment industry in the nation, offering health insurance as a side business. There already exists a economic financial crime syndicate, which CONgress has failed to investigate. Instead, CONgress has been engaging in the biggest economic stimulus program, which should be called Bail-Out Plus, and has included TARP, TALF, PPIP, Fed Fund Window Cash for Trash handouts and more. This has amounted to over $2T for the economic financial crime syndicate, instead of it money going into the real jobs manufacturing economy.

The Federal Reserve needs to be audited and then, once it is discovered, to no one’s surprise that it has been engaged in an economic crime syndicate take over by the US government and Bernanke, the crooks should be prosecuted for crimes against our country’s national security. Just look at the secret meetings that went on between GS, Bernanke and Paulson!!! Don’t forget the incompetent Geithner’s role as the New York Federal Reserve Chairman and his role of the do-nothing-regulatory-but-thought-he-wasn’t-a- regulator-yet-should-have-been!

What we have now is a no government government. What is in power is an oligarchy---the financial banking investment crime syndicate. What we have is not a Congress or Executive Branch, but a financial investment corporate board room with bought and paid for board members, called President Obama and Vice President Biden. Then we have the bought and paid for share holders called Congress.

Obama has shown to be a coward, jetting around the world, shaking hands and giving worthless speeches as the citizens lose their jobs, homes, retirement, health care, and watch their credit card interest rates being jacked up handing over massive gains to the financial banking investment crime syndicate. I am sorry I voted for him and should have voted third party instead. I have been a tried-and true Democrat, but no more!! I will vote third party every time now. The two parties show no difference, for the most part.

Where is FDR when you need him the most?

Senator Specter has turned Democrat, but that seems just about it. Nothing more. A Public Option is demanded by the public, therefore it must be included in any bill and let the traitors turn it down filibuster it and show the voters just who they are.

In addition, the war in Afghanistan should be ended. The war in Iraq must be ended now. The funds must be returned home, along with all the soldiers. 8 years in Afghanistan and nearly 7 years in Iraq are quite enough. END THEM NOW! The military/surveillance industrialization of American must be given a major haircut, as was warned by President Eisenhower.

We will see, in spite of the head fakes on Wall Street as they and Bernanke manipulate the stock prices, the economy further collapsing and commercial real estate taking a nosedive worse than during the subprime mortgage debacle. The dollar will become subverted, as the dollar will eventually no longer be used as the world’s reserve currency, especially when traded for world oil. This means that Treasury Bills and Bonds will tank and Bennie Bernanke will have to raise interest rates in order to attract dollars back to the Fed, which will kill development in the United States.

I could rant on and on, but you get my point. You are all a failure. You all should resign or declare this to be your last term. We need term limits!!! You all get the nation’s best health care and retirement program, but, in your eyes, the rest of us don’t deserve what you have been given by all of us!!!

Senators Specter, and Casey, and CONgressman Murphy and Altmire, what went on here in Pittsburgh during the G-20 was shameless. The exercise in Martial Law was deplorable. The invasion and lock down of the city by the several thousands of military and paramilitary was disgusting. The actions by the military against US citizens was an assault upon all of us living in and around Pittsburgh and probably immoral, if not illegal. Where is YOUR outcry? Instead, we have officials and corporate representative apologizing for the university student’s actions when Obama needs to be apologizing for his embarrassing remarks dismissing the protesters.

As it has come out, the main action by the G-20 was to turn the IMF into the agent for the world’s currency. The IMF has become the recipient of G-20 funds, which will be used to create a currency called SDR, or Special Drawing Rights. The “IMF Slush Fund” created by the G-20 members will be loaned out to very depressed Third World countries not to improve their economies, but to pay the interest on their loans to the G-20 members, so those poor nations can borrow more principal funds. This is called a Ponzi Scheme, and you are all engaged in it.

We Americans want REAL change NOW! Not later. We want real economic regulation and transparency. No more investment banking handouts or Cash for Trash programs. No more bonuses or raises or big salaries for CEOs that fail a company and the stockholders and bondholders. We all want the Fed audited and a Grand Jury investigation into why the economy went South and who are at fault. Then we want indictments.

We want all the corporations that sent jobs overseas and hired cheap, non-regulated workers to make their cheap stuff, while the corporate headquarters held their profits in off-shore accounts, told to bring all that money back or face indictment for creating a national security crisis.

We want term limits for all of you, and public funding for all campaigns. We want it forbidden for lobbyists and corporations to contribute to a single candidate or official. We no longer want corporations to have the rights of a person.

It is clear that none of you are capable of standing up for the average American worker, nor the dedicated Democrats, progressives and liberals, who were the very voters who swayed the election bringing Obama to the White House and YOU Democrats to Congress.

Your time is up. You have failed to deliver the goods. The economy has been given away and all of you are responsible. We have had enough of the smoke and mirror game playing. Either stand up for workers, or we will send you walking.

Sincerely , Jerry *****

P.S.

The Pentagon has just sent over 24 IAV Styker armored combat vehicles, made by General Dynamics at a cost of $1.42 million per vehicle. One-third have been decommissioned already due to bomb attacks or maintenance. $34 million has just been spent for these vehicles when suffering working Americans could have used that money to rebuild US manufacturing. But instead, General Dynamics got rich with unsustainable manufacturing. How many more millions are about to be wasted, along with the lives of soldiers, in Afghanistan?

The G-20 Brought Martial Law Exercises to Pittsburgh

During the days leading up to and throughout the visit by the G-20 plus 3 add-on members, the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania experienced an excessive military and paramilitary invasion of the city. What was blatantly clear was that this city was used as an exercise in Martial Law. To put this into perspective, back in December of 2001, before the Iraq War, and as the Taliban was a force to fear, 5000 International Assistance Forces were on the ground securing the capital—Kabul, from the Taliban, spreading over 16 square miles. Pittsburgh had between 4000-5000 military and paramilitary forces within 7 square miles.

Carl and I were on the ground photo documenting this military style takeover of an American city by our own national guard, who violated the Posse Comitatus Act by manhandling and arresting civilians because the civilians were not responding to their Martial Law maneuver dictates, such as “move along or step back” commands to their liking.

It was very clear that the local governing bodies: city and county officials were made impotent as they were pushed aside by higher commanding authorities. Watching the invasion was not unlike witnessing what one has seen occur in other countries.
The comical part of the display of brand new “GI Joe toys”, equipment and riot gear “outfits” accessorized the Martial Law-like invasion. The several thousand paramilitary Jackboots swarmed Pittsburgh from as far as Tucson, Arizona, and Border Patrol stations, as well as from Montgomery County, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and a variety of surrounding towns and suburbs encompassing Western Pennsylvania, in addition to other locations around the country, which were not noticed. In addition to these Jackboots, there were troops from the Pennsylvania National Guard, Port Authority police, Homeland Security suits, Secret Service suits, FBI suits, Norfolk and Southern police, Allegheny County police, Pennsylvania State police, Coast Guard, and others that manned the skies with surveillance aircraft and helicopters.

This was a show-of-force never before seen in any city in the United States! Of course, there were similar “Force Invaders” seen in cities hosting presidential nominating national conventions, and in Seattle, Washington during the World Trade Organization gathering.

It was perfectly clear that more paramilitary forces were being trained in the execution of Martial Law. Forces in Pennsylvania have now experienced how such actions are performed. One can say that 3000-4000 protesters made up of college and university students, labor, anti-war, single-payer health care, and anti-G20 demonstrators, as well as others, including Tibetans, Burmese Monks, Africans, and individuals and groups objecting to free-trade policies, and the theft of global capitalism by the world’s financial and corporate elites who have destroyed the nation’s economy and manufacturing sectors appeared to be a national security threat. What has amazed all of us was what was so frightening about these protesters who have been given the right to protest their government under the U.S. Constitution? Theoretically, to have had around one
“Force Invader” for every 75 square feet was an occupation.

But wait! There were 25-50 twenty-something “anarchist” types referred to as Black Blockers and sympathizers. Now, that must have been why the “Force Invaders” were so scared, and the G-20 held up in the fenced off Pittsburgh Convention Center’s Green Zone needed so much protection!!! For every single anarchist-type, a mass of 1000 “Force Invaders” were required to keep the peace.

On Thursday, in a section of the city called Lawrenceville, around 400-500 people gathered in Arsenal Park with signs to begin their protest march. What would have been a mile and one half walk toward the city had been cut off because their permit had been denied in spite of multiple requests. This angered the crowd.

I, and many others, have to believe this permit was denied to incite trouble. The “Force Invaders”, who turned into “Force Herders” wanted to anger the protesters enough so they could practice maneuvers and strategies that would likely be used under an authorized and declared Martial Law scenario.

The core 25-50 protesters were immediately blocked from the streets and so began the “Force Herding” process. The attempt to herd the protesters began to immediately break down as the protesters found alternative routes in their attempt to fulfill their protest march objective. Once the protesters realized that the “Force Herders” would use all tactics to break up their crowd, the tactics failed completely.

Surrounding Arsenal Park were paramilitary and military forces numbering up to two dozen each covering street corners within 2-3-4 square block areas.

The “Force Herders” were in full regalia donning brand new riot gear outfits with shiny new crowd control weapons, and Transformer-like helmets. They brought in an LRAD deafening sonic sound machine mounted on the back of a spanking new armored assault pickup truck, along with a Brinks sized armor plated newly bought flat black assault monster truck. The LRAD had never before been used on U.S citizens, so this was its national debut test run. Unfortunately, the renegade marauding anarchist-types decided to fight back and unleashed their vengeance upon LRAD forces by pushing a rolling Dumpster down from the top of the hill they had occupied for a brief moment. The Dumpster came twisting and rolling down the fairly steep hill finally coming to an abrupt stop by making contact with the LRAD pickup. The anarchist types dressed in black pants and black T-shirts, sneakers, chain belts, tattoos, and pierced skin, as well as face masks resembling 1880 cowboy bank robbers, cheered and jumped up and down in victory, and then vanished into the allies and back streets of Lawrenceville evading the Keystone Cop type troopers who showed signs of fatigue after chasing the kids all around the several block area. Remember, the cops wore over 60 pounds of riot gear as they carried smoke and tear gas weapons, in addition to rubber and real bullet weapons, while the kids wore only their Keds, P.F. Flyers, Michael Jordans, and Sketchers. Watching all of this was not unlike observing the Roadrunner out smarting Elmer Fudd dressed up as a soldier. The cat and mouse game the youthful anarchist-types engaged in demonstrated their anger and strategy by breaking a few store windows and turning over Dumpsters in the roadways so as to block the “Force Herders” in their pursuit.

The residents of the community watched their neighborhood being taken over by the “Force Herders”. The people began to cheer for the underdogs in this reenactment of Martial Law.

Later, well into the cat-and-mouse, catch-me-if-you-can-Kopper game, the anarchist-types moved a few blocks north where the “Force Herders” began to unleash their frustrations from being fooled-with onto a bicyclist who did not “step back” fast enough, whereby several “Force Herders” pounced on him. What was so poignant was in front of the broken plate glass windowed Boston Chicken, where nearly two dozen bike cops had amassed ready to offer support to the herd of riot cops blocking Baum Boulevard, around 4-6 African American middle school and high school kids began laughing and taunting the “Force Herders” by yelling out in chant “Who do you serve. Who do you protect?” They laughed out loud and pointed at the riot cops totally unafraid of the Jackboots, since such encounters were not foreign to them.

One reason the Jackboots were protecting this street’s intersection from onlookers was because the world’s lady elites left the G-20 Green Zone and were chauffeured along the overpass as their limos drove off to Theresa Heinz’ estate for drinks and catered finger foods showing off their glittered gowns of glamour.

As evening fell over Pittsburgh, the exercise in Martial Law went into full riot mode as college students, in the section called Oakland, were herded and controlled. Another bicyclist was clubbed off her feet, as a single student was muscled by a few National Guard soldiers into an unmarked tan Crown Victoria. We could not figure out if this was set up by the military to scare the protesters, or if it was real.

Now the jailed amounted to somewhere between 75-95. Ooh, the bad kids were locked up and off the streets. I feel saver already.

Friday pushed away the drizzly rain for nice protesting weather as a peaceful gathering of marchers assembled in Oakland, and with an approved permit, headed toward downtown Pittsburgh, the site of the G-20, along 5th Avenue to the front entrance of the City-County Building, where speakers and musicians had been eagerly waiting on the steps. Cindy Sheehan was in the crowd witnessing all the excitement.

The “Force Invaders” had erected Jersey Barriers, and paramilitary, along with military from everywhere had assembled covering every 5 feet of sidewalk for blocks of downtown Pittsburgh. The riot machinery had been moved in and was on the prowl ready to engage in trouble. Yet, none occurred.

Later that night, in the student section of Oakland, around 400 young people amassed to the chagrin of numerous riot police. Crowd control was executed, while most of the G-20 members and their entourage got the hell-outa-town! Rolling highway closures were in full usage. President Obama’s ceremonial closing remarks were now a thing of the past, as many students were taken away to the jail.

All-in-all, this was a waste of hundreds of millions of dollars, probably exceeding billions, when considering salaries, benefits, relocation expenses, all the new equipment, outfits, rentals, machines, commercial aircraft diversions, air space control, and more spent on the Martial law exercise. Added to the cost would be lost wages, and lost business for those who never saw a penny of the G-20 money.

Now, Pittsburgh can resume its normal life without all the blockade cages, para-military and military forces embarrassing the city.

Thanks for reading, jerry

A Wall Street Revolt

Sell All Your Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds!

Mr. Jim Cramer of the popular investment television program called Mad Money, on CNBC, is just a tool for the corporate elite: those 10% of all the income earners who now earn 50% of all the nation’s income.

If you want to make a statement and shake up Wall Street, then sell all your equities soon. I suggest that date be around October 23, 2009. Wall Street has demonstrated that it can push the DOW up without any real recovery.

What we continuously hear is how homes are selling slightly up, but when compared from a year ago, it remains negative. We hear how consumer buying is slightly up, but when compared to a year ago, it still is way down and remains in negative territory. With savings significantly up, how can the consumer, who is strapped for expendable cash, be spending? If it isn’t a Cash-For-Something-government program, then there is no real spending.

Look at the facts. Credit card default is increasing, as is commercial real estate defaults. So, where is the recovery?

Without the real economy recovering, there is no spending. Without wages increasing, and people going back to work, then there is no real recovery, but only a hyped one by the likes of such people as Ben Bernanke and the money mad hatters. President Obama continues to hide the real facts.

If you want to send a powerful message to Wall Street, President Obama, Ben Bernanke and TimmieG Geithner that the other 90% of the wage earners will not support the economic crime syndicate and the top 10% damaging the real economy at the expensive of everyone else, then pull your money out of equities and bonds and put it into money markets or cash. Force our officials to tell the truth and pass legislation that helps the Real Economy and not just the Investment-Corporate Elite Economy.

Even if it were for a month or two, the message would be sent. The Market would drop 1000 or 2000 points in a matter of hours and days. The message would be that unless there was fairness, as well as market regulation and controls, the real people would not play. Also, if the Justice department continues to seriously resist a grand jury investigation that would delve deeply into the economic financial investment banking crime syndicate, then the Real People will not play. We need to know why the economy went south, who were those that were responsible, what criminal activity led up to it and ran through it, and why it was allowed to occur in the first place, to just list a few basic questions.

Ben Bernanke appears to have committed fraud when threatening Congress to hand over $700 billion in the form of TARP or else the economy would collapse. It appears that the threat was erroneous. He said that unless the billions were given up, the commercial paper market would freeze and businesses would come to a halt. The threat made it look like business would not be able to function unless TARP (Toxic/Troubled Asset Relief Program) was put into place. Yet, the next day, Bernanke opened up a commercial paper facility, whereby he was open for business buying commercial paper. Bernanke had the authority to do this without Congress’ cash. This looks like fraud, as well as extortion.

And, former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, another field marshall for the financial crime syndicate bosses told Congress that if they did not issue TARP, Marshall Law would likely have to be put into place. He threatened that if a bailout was not passed, then the economy would collapse, there would be panic in the streets, a run on the banks, and Marshall Law instituted by the likes of LittleBoy Bush. This sounds like blackmail!

The investment banks were thrilled! They got their bonuses and Goldman Sachs, along with AIG got billions to bailout their counterparty colluders.

By keeping your money in equities, bonds, and mutual funds, instead of shifting over into cash or money market funds, then you are supporting this theft and fraud.

President Obama has shown his complete support for Bernanke, the Fed Field Marshall for the financial crime syndicate. TimmieG Geithner allowed these investment banks, such as Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America, as well as the others located in New York to go unregulated when he was the chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. This is their game, which is to keep them flowing with cash, while looking the other way, and lending them U.S dollars at zero percent interest. Now, the FDIC is considering asking these investment banks to loan it money, since it is almost broke. This is like asking bank robbers for a loan. Oh, isn’t that exactly how the Mob operates?

It is not all that painful. You have had worse!! Just sell and put your holdings into cash. Keep it there for a month or two, and then buy again, if you wish, at new lower prices. The message will be sent if the nation does this. Change would occur because the FatCats would not know when the Real people would pull this stunt again.

This is the change WE can make happen!!! We cannot wait any longer.

Thanks for reading, jerry