{"article":{"id":19460,"heading":"Who Owns US?","author":"Jon Chance","created":"2002-10-01 18:40:51","modified":"2005-08-15 01:02:11","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:02:11","article":"<p>It's extraordinary how well the media-money monopoly has brainwashed most \"liberals\" from Boston to DC to believe such lies as 1) American elections are legitimate, and 2) \"U.S. dollars\" are issued by \"our\" government.  <br><br> All one need do to begin penetrating these lies is visit the websites of the FEC (Federal Election Commission) and the Fed (Federal Reserve Bank of New York).  <br><br> (It's also interesting that as soon as I begin typing these commentaries about the Fed, my computer gets hacked. And that \"Indymedia\" censors posts regarding the Fed.)  <br><br> See for yourself who counts the votes:  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fec.gov\/pages\/vendorslist.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.fec.gov\/pages\/vendorslist.htm<\/a>  <br><br> And who issues so-called \"U.S. dollars\":  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ny.frb.org\/pihome\/orgchart\/board\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.ny.frb.org\/pihome\/orgchart\/board<\/a>  <br><br> January 2002  <br>  <br> (See also Fedpoint 10, \"The Role of Reserve Bank  <br>  <br> Directors.\")  <br><br> Terms expire December 31 of the year indicated  <br><br> Class A  <br>  <br> (elected by member banks to represent member banks)  <br><br> George W. Hamlin, IV (2002)  <br>  <br> President and Chief Executive Officer  <br>  <br> The Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Company  <br><br> Jill M. Considine (2004)  <br>  <br> Chairman and Chief Executive Officer  <br>  <br> The Depository Trust Company  <br><br> Sanford I. Weill (2003)  <br>  <br> Chairman and Chief Executive Officer  <br>  <br> Citigroup Inc.  <br><br> Class B  <br>  <br> (elected by member banks to represent the public)  <br><br> Ann M. Fudge (2002)  <br>  <br> Former Executive Vice President, Kraft Foods, Inc.,  <br>  <br> and President, Coffee and Cereal Division  <br><br> Jerry I. Speyer (2003)  <br>  <br> President and Chief Executive Officer  <br>  <br> Tishman Speyer Properties  <br><br> Ronay Menschel (2004)  <br>  <br> Chairman  <br>  <br> Phipps Houses  <br><br> Class C  <br>  <br> (elected by the Board of Governors to represent the  <br>  <br> public)  <br><br> Gerald M. Levin (2003) DEPUTY CHAIRMAN  <br>  <br> Chief Executive Officer  <br>  <br> AOL Time Warner Inc.  <br><br> Peter G. Peterson (2004) CHAIRMAN  <br>  <br> Chairman  <br>  <br> The Blackstone Group  <br><br> Albert J. Simone (2002)  <br>  <br> President  <br>  <br> Rochester Institute of Technology  <br><br>  <br>  <br> TREASURY LINKS:  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/egroups.com\/group\/jpchance\/links\/Treasury_000993420879\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/egroups.com\/group\/jpchance\/links\/Treasury_000993420879<\/a>  <br><br> ELECTIONS LINKS:  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/egroups.com\/group\/jpchance\/links\/Elections_000993420693\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/egroups.com\/group\/jpchance\/links\/Elections_000993420693<\/a>  <br><br> *************  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/egroups.com\/group\/jpchance\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/egroups.com\/group\/jpchance<\/a> - United States President.  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/egroups.com\/group\/Time-Energy-Accounting\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/egroups.com\/group\/Time-Energy-Accounting<\/a> - TEA.  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/bfi.org\/operating_manual.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bfi.org\/operating_manual.htm<\/a> - R. Buckminster Fuller.  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/66.250.38.106\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/66.250.38.106<\/a> - What Really Happened.  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awea.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.awea.org<\/a> - Prosperity, Not War &amp; Pollution.  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/antiwar.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/antiwar.com<\/a> - Exposing the Military-Industrial Complex.  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/treasurynet.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/treasurynet.org<\/a> - Time + Energy = Wealth. <br><br> <\/p>\n","contact":"jpchance@egroups.com","link":"egroups.com\/group\/jpchance","address":"72 Peterborough Street, Boston MA 02215 USA","phone":"617-859-8155","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Who &quot;owns U.S.&quot;? Is the &quot;U.S. government&quot; a private corporation? If so, why protest individual sub-corporations rather than taking lawful action against the biggest coup d'etat in history?","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/americanrevolution.jpgaqsbuz.jpg","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2002\/10\/19460.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/americanrevolution.jpgaqsbuz.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}