Dear Fellow Patriots:
What follows is a letter that I recently forwarded to news outlets around the country regarding the Congressional Insider Stock Market Trading and Agenda 21 (Land Grab Movement) issues:
“December 8, 2011
Dear Investigative News Reporters:
I would like share the following letters that I recently forwarded to my NM U.S. Senator Tom Udall and Congressman Martin Heinrich, along with numerous other news outlets here at home and around the country, regarding the following extremely disturbing issues:
1. The supposedly legal insider stock market trading by some of our elected officials in Congress that occurred in the days leading up to the 2008 economic crash, which may have contributed to the crash and seems to be an ongoing practice to this date. What I find disturbing about this practice by our elected officials is that it ultimately enriched them and their families while millions of Americans lost their jobs, homes and life savings; and
2. Agenda 21, which is an ongoing land grab movement by certain hedge managers and other elites, to include some members of Congress. What I find disturbing about this issue is that this ongoing movement by our elected members of Congress, along with other hedge fund managers and elites requires Americans to give up their individual freedoms, personal property and redistribute their wealth.
These disturbing issues are excellent examples of crony-capitalism by officials that unsuspecting Americans elect to serve them in Congress. I also believe that these practices are not only extremely disturbing, but they are literally destroying our Capitalist system in our country, which seems to be the ultimate goal by some traitors within our own government or country.
I am also outraged that American’s across the country are not out in the streets protesting these repulsive actions by our elected officials, hedge fund managers and other elites. I also wonder why the “Occupy Wall Street” protestors were not protesting some of their own Congressmen that are still taking part in these repulsive practices, along with Wall Street, big corporations and banks-You Decide:
“December 7, 2011
The Honorable Tom Udall
United States Senate
110 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-3101
Congressman Martin Heinrich
Capitol Office
336 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6316
Fax: (202) 225-4975
Dear Senator Udall/Congressman Heinrich:
I am writing to inform you that I have become extremely concerned about the supposedly legal, but questionable insider stock market trading by some of our elected officials in Congress, which occurred in the days leading up to the 2008 economic crash and seem to continue to this date.
The reasons for my concerns are as follows:
On or about March 5, 2011, there was an article published by Nancy Morgan, a columnist and news editor, that revealed that after two full years following the 2008 economic crash a Pentagon contractor had finally issued a report on the series of events that led to the crash. The report suggested that financial subversion was carried out by unknown parties, such as terrorists or hostile nations, which contributed to the crash by covertly using vulnerabilities in the U.S. financial system and that “there was sufficient justification to question whether outside forces triggered, capitalized upon or magnified the economic difficulties of 2008.”
What follows are pertinent excerpts from this article:
“Notable for its absence is any suggestion that the economic events that arguably catapulted Obama into the White House may have originated in our own political system.
Consider: The economic house of cards started tumbling on June 26, 2008, when Senator Chuck Schumer leaked a memo questioning the solvency of IndyMac bank. This memo precipitated a run on IndyMac, which led to its failure. Federal regulators pointedly cited U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., in explaining the bank's failure.
"The immediate cause of the closing was a deposit run that began and continued after the public release of a June 26 letter to the OTS and the FDIC from Senator Charles Schumer of New York."
As I wrote in February of 2009, this event, coupled with the Lehman Brothers collapse in September, marked the beginning of the current economic meltdown and provided the environment that enabled Barack Obama to focus on the economy instead of his position on Iraq - and, not incidentally, resulted in his election as President.
For the last two years, the media has neglected to connect the dots regarding the strange gyrations in our financial markets that started in the summer of 2008. After Schumer caused the run on IndyMac in June, the government moved in:
July 12, 2008: The federal government takes control of the $32 billion IndyMac Bank. *
* Six months later, Jan 2, 2009, a seven-member group of investors agreed to buy the remnants of failed lender IndyMac for $13.9 billion. Other investors included a fund controlled by billionaire George Soros' Fund Management.
Sept. 6, 2008: Fannie Mae begins its downward spiral, which will end with a crash in November. This crash was avoidable, as the problems with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were identified in June of 2006, when 15 Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee introduced legislation to address the problem. Democrats, led by Barney Frank, killed the reform efforts.
Sept. 15, 2008: Obama and McCain are virtually tied in their race for the presidency. Out of no-where, in the space of less than 2 hours, the Federal Reserve noticed a tremendous drawdown of money market accounts in the U.S. to the tune of $550 billion. Rep. Paul Kanjorski of Pennsylvania said that if authorities had not closed the banks, $5.5 trillion would have been withdrawn from US banks, which would have caused the collapse of the US within 24 hours.
This seminal event marked the ascendancy of Obama's candidacy, and arguably resulted in his election as president.
Fast forward to February of 2009:
The markets reacted to Obama's proposal to bail-out mortgages and Senator Christopher Dodd's talk of nationalizing banks by reaching 11-year lows.
Obama continues to stoke the fears of imminent crisis, actually using the word 'crisis' a total of 26 times in one speech.
Enter George Soros. The infamous one-worlder, billionaire George Soros adds his voice to the media doomsayers by opining that the world financial system has effectively disintegrated, adding that there is yet no prospect of near-term resolution to the crisis.*
The series of 'inadvertent errors', deliberate obstruction, political shenanigans, behind the scenes manipulation of the money markets and non-stop calls for immediate infusions of taxpayer cash brought the U.S. to its knees by February 2009. And continues to this day.
The newly issued Pentagon report, along with the media and our elected officials, seem intent on not connecting the dots, considering only foreign enemies as the possible cause of the financial meltdown:
Suspects include financial enemies in Middle Eastern states, Islamic terrorists, hostile members of the Chinese military, or government and organized crime groups in Russia, Venezuela or Iran. Chinese military officials.
This author believes there is enough information to at least consider that this crisis was manufactured for political gain. Right here at home.”
Source:
Was the Economic Crisis Manufactured?-Posted on American Thinker-By Nancy Morgan-On March 5, 2011:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/03/was_the_economic_crisis_manufa.html
What crossed my mind when I initially read the above article was that it had to be another conspiracy theory because I couldn’t imagine that any individual and/or individuals within our own government would be that corrupt, unethical and heartless to either allow and/or do anything that would contribute to an economic crash that literally destroyed so many American’s lives, but much to my dismay, I discovered that it was no conspiracy theory when I read a CBS News Report that was published on November 13, 2011, along with viewing a CBS 60 Minutes broadcast that aired on November 14, 2011, that revealed that in the days leading up to the 2008 economic crash some of our elected officials in Congress had made a variety of insider stock trades, which ultimately enriched them and their families while millions of Americans lost their jobs, homes and life savings.
What follows are pertinent excerpts from this CBS News report:
“The next national election is now less than a year away and congressmen and senators are expending much of their time and their energy raising the millions of dollars in campaign funds they’ll need just to hold onto a job that pays $174,000 a year.
Few of them are doing it for the salary and all of them will say they are doing it to serve the public. But there are other benefits: Power, prestige, and the opportunity to become a Washington insider with access to information and connections that no one else has, in an environment of privilege where rules that govern the rest of the country, don’t always apply to them….
Most former congressmen and senators manage to leave Washington - if they ever leave Washington - with more money in their pockets than they had when they arrived, and as you are about to see, the biggest challenge is often avoiding temptation.
Peter Schweizer: This is a venture opportunity. This is an opportunity to leverage your position in public service and use that position to enrich yourself, your friends, and your family.
Peter Schweizer is a fellow at the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank at Stanford University. A year ago he began working on a book about soft corruption in Washington with a team of eight student researchers, who reviewed financial disclosure records. It became a jumping off point for our own story, and we have independently verified the material we’ve used.
Schweizer says he wanted to know why some congressmen and senators managed to accumulate significant wealth beyond their salaries, and proved particularly adept at buying and selling stocks.
Schweizer: There are all sorts of forms of honest grafts that congressmen engage in that allow them to become very, very wealthy. So it’s not illegal, but I think it’s highly unethical, I think it’s highly offensive, and wrong.
Steve Kroft: What do you mean honest graft?
Schweizer: For example insider trading on the stock market. If you are a member of Congress, those laws are deemed not to apply.
Kroft: So congressman get a pass on insider trading?
Schweizer: They do. The fact is, if you sit on a healthcare committee and you know that Medicare, for example, is—is considering not reimbursing for a certain drug that’s market moving information. And if you can trade stock on—off of that information and do so legally, that’s a great profit making opportunity. And that sort of behavior goes on.
Kroft: Why does Congress get a pass on this?
Schweizer: It’s really the way the rules have been defined. And the people who make the rules are the political class in Washington. And they’ve conveniently written them in such a way that they don’t apply to themselves.
The buying and selling of stock by corporate insiders who have access to non-public information that could affect the stock price can be a criminal offense, just ask hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam who recently got 11 years in prison for doing it. But, congressional lawmakers have no corporate responsibilities and have long been considered exempt from insider trading laws, even though they have daily access to non-public information and plenty of opportunities to trade on it.
Schweizer: We know that during the health care debate people were trading health care stocks. We know that during the financial crisis of 2008 they were getting out of the market before the rest of America really knew what was going on.
In mid September 2008 with the Dow Jones Industrial average still above ten thousand, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke were holding closed door briefings with congressional leaders, and privately warning them that a global financial meltdown could occur within a few days. One of those attending was Alabama Representative Spencer Bachus, then the ranking Republican member on the House Financial Services Committee and now its chairman.
Schweizer: These meetings were so sensitive—that they would actually confiscate cell phones and Blackberries going into those meetings. What we know is that those meetings were held one day and literally the next day Congressman Bachus would engage in buying stock options based on apocalyptic briefings he had the day before from the Fed chairman and treasury secretary. I mean, talk about a stock tip.
While Congressman Bachus was publicly trying to keep the economy from cratering, he was privately betting that it would, buying option funds that would go up in value if the market went down. He would make a variety of trades and profited at a time when most Americans were losing their shirts….”
Sources:
Congress: Trading stock on inside information?-Posted CBS.com-On November 13, 2011:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57323527/congress-trading-stock-on-inside-information/
Video: ‘60 Minutes’ Blows The Lid Off Congressional Insider Trading!-Posted on Business Insider-By Zeke Miller-On November 14, 2011:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x95uC_wzUX4&feature=related
I have to admit that I totally agree with Mr. Schweizer’s statement contained in the above CBS News report, which is that “it is unethical, highly offensive, and wrong for members of Congress to be able to legally use non-public insider information they obtain during their official duties to make well-timed stock market trades in the very industries that they regulate” and believe that those members that used the non-public insider information to make stock market trades in the days leading up to the 2008 economic crash while millions of Americans lost their shirts and are still trading should be impeached or voted out of office and not be allowed to serve in public again.
Additionally, the following recent article and video revealed an ongoing land grab movement by members of both the Democratic and Republican party, along with other hedge fund managers, which will require Americans to give up their individual freedoms, personal property and redistribute their wealth. Also included are recent articles that revealed that Sheriffs around the country, to include here in New Mexico, are now rising up against this despicable movement:
Agenda 21:
Agenda 21 and the Threat in Your Backyard!-Posted on The Heritage Foundation-By Mike Brownfield-On December 5, 2011:
Video: How your community is implementing AGENDA 21!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEHWsdimVO4&feature=player_embedded
Sheriffs Rising-Up Against Agenda 21:
Sheriffs Rise Up Against Feds!-Posted on American Free Press-By Pat Shannan-On November 2011:
http://www.americanfreepress.net/Issue_fronts/Issue_47_AFP_2011_1.pdf
New Mexico Law and Local Sheriff Trump the Feds in Agenda 21 Land Grab!-Posted on The Truth is Treason-By KEVIN HAYDEN-On November 8, 2011:
http://www.truthistreason.net/new-mexico-law-and-local-sheriff-trump-the-feds-in-agenda-21-land-grab
I am outraged that American’s across the country are not out in the streets protesting these repulsive actions by our elected officials and hedge fund managers. I also wonder why the “Occupy Wall Street” protestors were not protesting some of their own Congressmen that are still taking part in the insider trading and land grab movement, along with Wall Street, big corporations and banks.
What I find just as deplorable, reprehensible and unforgiving is not only that these actions are contributing to the further destruction of so many American’s lives, but now, as a result of the failure of the Congressional defense-reduction super-committee to do their job, which I now see as another distracter, we will experience additional tax hikes for the middle class, along with cuts to the Defense budget, especially when we’re asking our military to do more, will not only send a “horrible message” to Americans here at home and abroad, but “our adversaries and our enemies all across the world.” And, if our President (Commander-In-Chief) is willing to put politics over the men and women that we have in uniform serving all over this country and world that were asked to stand on freedom’s ramparts and protect us so that we could enjoy a Merry Christmas, instead of looking at places within the executive branch where he can look at agencies, failed programs, and duplicative programs that could be put on the table for now, I believe the president is being misguided.
I hope and pray that you were not one of our elected officials that profited by making well-timed stock market insider trades during the economic events that led to the 2008 economic crash, along with the ongoing land grab movement and would urge you to consider sponsoring and/or supporting a bill that would prohibit members of Congress and staffers from using knowledge gained from their jobs to trade in securities and a bill that would put a stop to the land grab movement.
I look forward to hearing back from you regarding this extremely disturbing matter, along with the numerous other issues that I shared with you in my letter of November 23, 2011, which I believe are just as important and, if not immediately dealt with, they will continue to covertly erode our Constitutional Rights and/or Bill of Rights and ultimately destroy our state, country and our Republic, which seems to be the ultimate goal by some within our own government or country.
May you and your loved ones have a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Thank you again for your continued public service to this state and our country.
Respectfully,
Jake L. Martinez
Captain-USMC-Retired
Automatic Electronic Response Received From Senator Udall’s Office Regarding My Email Above:
Thank you for your message!
I look forward to reviewing your comments and questions.
Before you leave, I hope you'll explore my website. On this page, you can learn more about the work that I've been doing on important issues and legislation as your U.S. Senator.”
Personal Note From Me: Please be aware that I am not senile enough (YET) to believe that any of my NM Representatives will ever respond to my numerous letters regarding this or any other issues that I feel will eventually destroy this great country of ours as we know it, but that's not going to discourage or stop me from staying in their face, which I will do until the day I get called home by my beloved Creator who has graciously allowed me to survive two colon cancer surgeries to continue the fight so that my four sons, fourteen grandchildren and one recent great grandson can enjoy the great opportunities that I've enjoyed in my 65 years of life on this earth, which includes the opportunity to honorably serve this great country of ours as a Marine Mustang Officer for twenty years. I honestly couldn't live with myself if I did what so many other Americans seem to be doing at this crucial time when our Republic needs us more than ever, which is taking the easy road by sticking their heads in the sand hoping that it would all go away like a bad nightmarish dream-not going to happen! REMEMBER WHAT A FORMER MARINE & EX-CIA OFFICER RECENTLY SHARED WITH US ON THE FOLLOWING VIDEO:
"YOU ARE THE RESISTANCE"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI0cd_aIxVg&feature=related
Note: The following articles and/or blog posts and videos relate to this disturbing issue-You Decide:
I. ‘Legalized Bribery’: How Bad is Congressional Insider Trading?
Outrageous!!!
Posted on The Blaze-By Becket Adams-On December 6, 2011:
“How can we fix our country with this going on?” Glenn Beck asks Peter Schweizer.
“We can’t,” Schweizer responds, shaking his head. “And you know, Glenn, if we can’t fix this?”
“You can’t fix anything,” Beck says, finishing the sentence for him.
What are they discussing that’s so serious as to prohibit America from being fixed? Congressional insider trading.
In case you‘re unfamiliar with Washington’s most recent scandal, Peter Schweizer has written a bombshell book titled “Throw Them all Out” that carefully details multiple cases where members of Congress have made outrageous gains in the stock market by trading on information available only to them. Ordinarily, that’s called “insider trading” and it’s highly illegal. Yet, somehow, Congress is able to get away with it.
And it doesn’t end there. It seems that several people have been profiting from Washington’s insider information. As reported earlier on The Blaze:
Similar to some members of Congress, billionaire philanthropist and market speculator Warren Buffett has allegedly been using an “informational advantage” to make bets and investments on the market.
The man who once said, “Through the tax code, there has been class warfare waged, and my class has won,” might have been investing in the markets with information that only he and a select few had been given access [because of his government connections].
You think that’s bad? How about this:
. . . in July 2008, then-Treasury Secretary Paulson met with several hedge fund managers and told them that a government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was a very real possibility.
Why is this shocking? Consider the fact that just a week before informing hedge fund managers that the Fed would be moving in on Fannie and Freddie, Paulson testified before the U.S. Senate (as well as various media outlets) that government intervention in Fannie and Freddie was near “impossible.”
…the group of managers could have profited off the the information Paulson gave them…
What’s most disturbing–and frustrating–is that this been going on for some time and it’s all completely legal.
How?
“The rules for what can or cannot be disclosed by government officials are often either unclear or nonexistent,” writes Richard Teitelbaum of Bloomberg. Simply put, there’s no law against members of Congress engaging in the same behavior that put Martha Stewart behind bars.
Makes sense. Think about it: if you are a government official acting in a way that many would view as illegal, but is only legal because you “failed” to make a law against it, what are the voters going to do? Call a cop?
See Glenn Beck and Peter Schweizer reveal which members of Congress profited from insider information, how much they made, and how they did it via GBTV:
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Source:
II. Behind the financial crisis: A fraud investigator talks!-Posted on CBS.com-By 60 Minutes Overtime Staff-On December 4, 2011:
III. Congressional insider trading ban gains momentum, but has far to go!-Posted on MSNBC.com-By Tom Curry, MSNBC.com’s National Affairs Writer-On December 2, 2011:
IV. Throw Them All Out on O’Reilly: Unusual Monday Features Author Schweizer with Steve Kroft of CBS!-Posted on Big Government-By Publius-On November 20, 2011:
V. Video: Peter Schweizer Author of "Throw Them All Out!"-Posted on YouTube.com-By ybgrsfd-On November 18, 2011:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGIl4X-ECwc&feature=related
VI. Video: Rick Perry On Hannity!-Posted on YouTube.com-By agitatorxmedia-On November 17, 2011:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4iN04oI9_s&feature=related
VII. Video: Peter Schweizer: Throw Them All Out!-Posted on YouTube.com-By agitatorxmedia-On November 16, 2011:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy20mLAx7Y4
VIII. Video: '60 Minutes' Blows The Lid Off Congressional Insider Trading!-Posted on YouTube.com-By NeedToAwaken-On November 14, 2011:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x95uC_wzUX4&feature=related
IX. Congress: Trading stock on inside information?-Posted CBS.com-On November 13, 2011:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57323527/congress-trading-stock-on-inside-information/
X. 80% of ‘Green Energy’ Loans Went to Top Obama Donors!-Posted on Big Government-By Wynton Hall-On November 16, 2011:
http://biggovernment.com/whall/2011/11/16/80-of-green-energy-loans-went-to-obamas-top-donors/
XI. George Soros Helped Craft Stimulus Then Invested in Companies Benefiting!-Posted on Big Government-By Wynton Hall-On November 21, 2011:
XII. Solyndra to Cost You Another $14.3 Million!-Posted on Western Journalism-By BEN JOHNSON-On November 23, 2011:
XIII. The Judas Media!-Posted on Floyd Reports-Guest Writer-On April 27, 2011:
Note: My following blog post contains numerous articles and/or blog posts and videos that relate to this disturbing issue-You Decide:
Was the Economic Crisis Manufactured?
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/was-the-economic-crisis-manufactured/
Who or what caused the economic crisis that propelled President Obama into office?
Is the Fed’s concept of buying $600 billion of Treasuries just a smokescreen?
ACORN-The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)-Automaker Labor Unions!
Treasury Secretary hired firm to help cover-up stimulus records!
The Obama Fiscal Responsibility Farce Continues!
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/the-obama-fiscal-responsibility-farce-continues/
New World Order By Executive Order!
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/new-world-order-by-executive-order/
Is it important to understand the Marxist assault on the foundations of our system?
Who owns our supposedly fair and balanced airwaves and news outlets?
Note: If you have a problem viewing any of the listed blog posts please copy web site and paste it on your browser. Be aware that some of the articles and/or blog posts or videos listed within the contents of the above blog post(s) may have been removed by this administration because they may have considered them to be too controversial. Sure seems like any subject matter that may shed some negative light on this administration is being censored-What happened to free speech?-You Decide.
“Food For Thought”
My main purpose and/or reason for sharing these letters with you is simply to ask you to assist me in getting my concerns out to other unsuspecting Americans residing in our great Land of Enchantment and country. And, as I’ve stated above, I am not senile enough to think that you will even assist me because I now believe that there is a concerted effort to keep some of these repulsive issues that are literally destroying our Capitalist system and ultimately our country by some of our own elected officials, both here at home and in Congress, with the help of the main stream media. Regardless, rest assured that this will not discourage or stop me from getting the word out by myself because I love this great country of ours. I just hope and pray that you love this country enough to do some serious soul searching and step up to the plate to assist me in getting the word out to your viewing and listening audience.
I look forward to hearing from you regarding these disturbing and time sensitive issues.
Here's Wishing You & Your Loved Ones Have A "Very Merry Christmas" & A "Prosperous New Year."
God Bless You and God Bless the U.S.A.!
Thanks.
Jake L. Martinez”
“Food For Thought”
God Bless the U.S.A.!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65KZIqay4E&feature=related
Semper Fi!
Jake
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