Sunday, January 4, 2009
MichaelMoore.com : Archive
MichaelMoore.com : Archive: "On the morning of September 11, 2001, “in the plush setting of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Washington, DC, the Carlyle Group was holding its annual international investor conference. Frank Carlucci, James Baker III, David Rubenstein, William Conway, and Dan D’Aniellow were together, along with a host of former world leaders, former defense experts, wealthy Arabs from the Middle East, and major international investors as they terror played out on television. There with them, looking after the investments of his family was Shafiq bin Laden, Osama bin Laden’s estranged half-brother. George Bush Sr. was also at the conference, but Carlyle’s spokesperson says the former president left before the terror attacks, and was on an airplane over the Midwest when flights across the country were grounded on the morning of September 11. In any circumstance, a confluence of such politically complex and globally connected people would have been curious, even newsworthy. But in the context of the terrorist attacks being waged against the United States by a group of Saudi nationals led by Osama bin Laden, the group assembled at the Ritz-Carlton that day was a disconcerting and freakish coincidence.” Dan Briody, The Iron Triangle, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003, p. 139-140. See also, Melanie Warner, “What do George Bush, Arthur Levitt, Jim Baker, Dick Darman, and John Major Have in Common? (They All Work for the Carlyle Group),” Fortune, March 18, 2002,"
CorpWatch : US: Wal-Mart Bank faces tough opposition
CorpWatch : US: Wal-Mart Bank faces tough opposition: "The FDIC hasn't issued a comment on the letters.
Wal-Mart spokesman Marty Heires said the company hopes that 'people understand the scope of the [proposed] bank operation' and insisted that the company, which has 1,100 third-party bank branches already in its stores and 300 more commitments to open branches, isn't interested in opening branches of its own.
The Independent Community Bankers of America, which is leading the charge against the formation of a Wal-Mart bank, isn't buying it.
'Fifteen years ago, Wal-Mart said it had no designs on the grocery business and 20 years ago, they said they had no designs on the hardware business but now they dominate both businesses,' said ICBA president and chief executive Camden Fine. 'You have to judge future action based on past record.'"
Wal-Mart spokesman Marty Heires said the company hopes that 'people understand the scope of the [proposed] bank operation' and insisted that the company, which has 1,100 third-party bank branches already in its stores and 300 more commitments to open branches, isn't interested in opening branches of its own.
The Independent Community Bankers of America, which is leading the charge against the formation of a Wal-Mart bank, isn't buying it.
'Fifteen years ago, Wal-Mart said it had no designs on the grocery business and 20 years ago, they said they had no designs on the hardware business but now they dominate both businesses,' said ICBA president and chief executive Camden Fine. 'You have to judge future action based on past record.'"
Meet The Carlyle Group - Former World Leaders and Washington Insiders Make Billions from the War on Terrorism
Meet The Carlyle Group - Former World Leaders and Washington Insiders Make Billions from the War on Terrorism: "EXPOSED: The Carlyle Group
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EXPOSED: The Carlyle Group48 minute Real Player video ~ watch now
48 minute Real Player video ~ watch now"
EXPOSED: The Carlyle Group48 minute Real Player video ~ watch now
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