Saturday, June 4, 2011

Libya and Abramoff and Bob Dole hmm and The Billarys crookedness.

Disney Institute??????? 

(1/2) The Shocking Video Hillary Does NOT Want You To See!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq8aopATYyw&NR=1

(2/2) The Shocking Video Hillary Does NOT Want You To See!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMfUajhL24I&feature=related

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401661/
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Remember the "Hollywood gala" thrown for Pres Bill Clinton. At the time, the media portrayed it as an outpouring of love for the Clintons. Yeah right. This movie explores the natural affinity Hollywood celebrity has with power. It also explores the sums of money involved in throwing events like this together.

In fact, the gala was for the sole purpose of getting dry gunpowder (ie funds) for Hillary's upcoming (as yet unknown to the public) Senate bid from New York (the state was also unknown at that time). Well this documentary is told by THE guy who set up and produced that "gala".

Along the way, viewers get near "open-mic" or "open-lens" views of Hillary's fund raising. Watching this production made clear, to me at least, one of Hillary's "tells": when she opens her eyes up wide open, she's likely dissembling. This movie takes you behind the mystique and public persona of the Clintons, as told by someone who donated lots of money to Bill and Hillary, in return for what he thought would be the legitimate furtherance of a sound business, only to wind up being sucker punched just a day later by a gossipy (but true) press expose from the Washington Post. Watch as the protagonist goes from appearing to be consummate inside fund-raiser and savvy rainmaker to low-life pariah and convict in 2 days straight!

Then the real harrowing story begins for Mr Paul. He finds himself under sudden long term imprisonment in Brazil (of all jurisdictions!) During which, he finds himself declared as a "fugitive from justice" in the US rendering him defeats in his pending civil suits filed in the US! His business plans, like the business, go bankrupt. His former investment partner is now courted and effectively "married" to other Clinton business vehicles.

Also, as Mr Paul tries to clear his name by bringing suit against Hillary, he is dumbfounded to watch as the prosecutor and judge side with the defense (ie. Hillary) before the trial begins, influencing the jury right at the start!

What does it take to get a little justice? To be fair, there was some scandal associated with the protagonist in his earlier business dealings in Florida during the Nafta hey-day (including scandal around the Miami World Trade Center deals). But still, Mr Paul's intents in cozying up to the Clintons appear legitimate.

The film does not make clear in what capacity Mr Paul had met Presidents Carter, and Reagan and also, the film, *amazingly*, avoids ANY mention of Rahm Emanuel (which is rather shocking as he was fund raiser in chief in the white house at the time).




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_v._Clinton
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Paul v. Clinton is a civil suit filed in 2004 and currently being held in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The plaintiff Peter F. Paul, alleges that President Bill Clinton and his wife, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, deceived him into paying for the Gala Hollywood Farewell Salute to President Clinton, during Hillary Clinton's first Senate race in 2000, by making a promise that the President would work for Paul's company, Stan Lee Media, after his Presidential term was over. Paul alleges that the President broke his promise and stole his business partner, causing his business to crumble and, further, that his contributions to Hillary Clinton's campaign were falsely reported to the Federal Election Commission.[1] Besides the Clintons, three other individuals who were involved in fundraising for the gala, are named as defendants in the suit.[2]
In April 2006 the judge in the case dismissed all charges against Hillary Clinton,[2] for lack of evidence[2] and due to a California law that broadly protects political activities.[3] Paul filed an appeal of the decision to dismiss her from the case. A hearing was held on September 7, 2007;[3] on October 16, 2007, the appeal was denied by California's Second District Court of Appeal, which upheld the lower court's opinion and said that Hillary Clinton could recoup her legal costs.[4] After the ruling, Paul said he would consider a further appeal to the Supreme Court of California.[4] Most but not all of the charges against President Clinton have also been dismissed by the court, on procedural grounds.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Matz
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A. Howard Matz (born 1943) is a judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Matz was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in 1965 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1968. Matz clerked for Judge Morris E. Lasker of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and was in private practice in New York from 1970 to 1972.
Matz moved to Los Angeles with the law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, where he worked from 1972 to 1974. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California from 1974 to 1978, and was Chief of the Special Prosecutions unit from 1977 to 1978, when he left to return to Hughes Hubbard as a partner.
On October 27, 1997, President Bill Clinton nominated Matz to a seat on the Central District of California vacated by Harry L. Hupp. Matz was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on June 26, 1998.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_Report
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The Barrett Report is a 400 page report created by special prosecutor David Barrett. Initially tasked with investigating allegations of lying to the FBI against Henry Cisneros, Secretary of the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development under U.S. President Bill Clinton, the investigation eventually delved into allegations that President Clinton had used the U.S. Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service as political tools against American citizens.[1]
Before the release of the report, three Democrat U.S. Senators, John Kerry, Dick Durbin and Byron Dorgan, forced the redaction of certain pages by attaching a rider to an unrelated appropriations bill.[2]
Cisneros, a former San Antonio mayor, eventually pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of lying to the FBI. He paid a US$10,000 fine and was pardoned by President Clinton on Clinton's final day in office.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Schoen
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Douglas Schoen is an American political analyst, pollster, author, and commentator. He is a political analyst for Fox News. He partnered with political strategist Mark Penn and Michael Berland in the firm of Penn, Schoen & Berland.
Schoen graduated from Harvard College (magna cum laude) and Harvard Law School[1][3] and attended Horace Mann School in New York City.[4] While still a high school student, he canvassed the Upper West Side for Dick Morris.[2] Schoen and Mark Penn went to high school together, and they worked together on The Harvard Crimson.
He has worked on the campaigns of many Democratic party candidates including Ed Koch and Bill Clinton,[2] as well as on behalf of corporate clients. He also did work for Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.[5][6] Schoen was a consultant for Jeff Greene in the 2010 Florida Senate election.[7]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/pjones/docs/brown031398.htm
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Released on Friday, March 13, 1998
Following are excerpts from the deposition of L.D. Brown, a former Arkansas state trooper, taken on Nov. 10, 1997 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Little Rock.
The text of the deposition was released on March 13 by Paula Jones's lawyers, as part of their response to the Clinton legal team's motion for summary judgement.
Jones's attorneys replaced the names of some women with the name "Jane Doe." Jane Doe 2 is longtime Clinton friend Beth Coulson.
In these excerpts, Ferguson is being questioned by Jones attorney Robert E. Rader. Robert S. Bennett represented President Clinton.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945653/posts  (cannot copy and paste) LD Brown from above link. ...cal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Romney
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He joined Nash-Kelvinator in 1948, and became chairman and CEO of its successor, American Motors Corporation in 1954. There he turned around the struggling firm by focusing all efforts on the smaller Rambler car. Romney mocked the products of the "Big Three" automakers as "gas-guzzling dinosaurs" and became one of the first high-profile, media-savvy business executives. Devoutly religious, Romney presided over the Detroit Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gracen
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She was born on April 3, 1961[1] in Ozark, Arkansas, and raised in Booneville, Arkansas, U.S., the daughter of Jimmy Young Ward and Patricia "Pat" (Murphy) Ward. She later moved to Russellville, Arkansas with her family, where she graduated from Russellville high school in 1979. She won the titles of Miss Arkansas in 1981 and Miss America in 1982. She used her Miss America scholarship money to study acting at HB Studios in New York City before moving to Hollywood to pursue a film and television career. During this time, Gracen says she had a one-night stand with future President Bill Clinton.[2][3] She posed nude for Playboy magazine's May 1992 issue.


Elizabeth Gracen at Japan Expo 2010
BornElizabeth Grace Ward
April 3, 1961 (1961-04-03) (age 50)
Years active1987–present



http://www.ar-chambersingers.org/aboutus.htm
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http://www.amazon.com/Great-Tours-Thematic-Training-Association/dp/0759100993
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http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile-frame.aspx?act=agencies&year=0&ag=002&sub=3
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7172) Barbara Levy PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSN (PCMA)

http://pcmanet.org/about-pcma/barbara-a-levy
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Barbara A. Levy

PCMA STAFF

Barbara A. Levy

Vice President State Affairs, and General Counsel

Barbara Levy is the Vice President of State Affairs and General Counsel for the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association. In this capacity, she provides legal advice to PCMA’s senior management and oversees PCMA’s outside legal resources. Ms. Levy also directs PCMA’s state affairs activity providing policy, lobbying, and ally development support to the Association’s member companies. She also represents the Association’s interest before state intergovernmental organizations.
Ms. Levy has over 20 years experience in the health insurance industry. Prior to joining PCMA, she served as Legislative Director and Counsel for State Affairs for the Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA). She also spent more than seven years at Aetna where she worked in both legal and government affairs positions. She is also a veteran of the Florida and New Jersey Departments of Insurance.
Ms. Levy earned her Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Florida.

http://www.wittassociates.com/about/our-staff/mark-c-merritt/
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As President and a founding member of Witt Associates, Mr. Mark Merritt brings first-hand disaster recovery and operational expertise to emergency planning, and on-site disaster response and recovery projects for state, local and private sector entities.
Mr Merritt was project manager for Witt Associates efforts in the State of Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina, Cayman Islands after Hurricane Ivan, Houston after Tropical Storm Allison, and in Guam after Typhoon Chata'an. He provided expert evaluation and estimation of damages, prepared and submitted financial and related project work sheets, managed recovery operations, monitored recovery and response budgets, developed scopes of work to repair or replace damaged facilities, and coordinated donations. In addition, Mr. Merritt has developed and delivered training programs for local emergency responders for numerous government officials in Guam, Myrtle Beach, Key West, Miami, and Tampa.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/PCMA/Mark-Merritt/prweb8446709.htm
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U.S. Chamber Inducts PCMA President & CEO Mark Merritt to its Committee of Top Trade Assoc. Executives

Merritt joins Nick Calio, Gov. Mark Parkinson, Joe McClain, Scott Melville, Steven Wechsler & Paul Andrews in the ‘Association Committee of 100’

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Quote startI’m honored to be included and look forward to working with so many accomplished executivesQuote end
Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 17, 2011
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has welcomed Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) President and CEO Mark Merritt into its elite “Association Committee of 100,” which includes America’s top trade association executives.
Committee members recommend Chamber policy on association-related issues, propose programming, foster networking and collaboration, and encourage involvement in Chamber activities. The U.S. Chamber is the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than three million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region.
“I’m honored to be included and look forward to working with so many accomplished executives,” said Merritt.
Other new members to the committee include:
  •     Nick Calio, President and CEO, Air Transport Association of America
  •     Gov. Mark Parkinson, President and CEO, American Health Care Association
  •     Joe McClain, President, Beer Institute
  •     Scott Melville, President and CEO, Consumer Healthcare Products Association
  •     Paul Andrews, President and CEO, Western Stock Show Association
  •     Steven Wechsler, President and CEO, National Association of Real Estate

PCMA represents the nation’s pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), which improve affordability and quality of care through the use of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing), generic alternatives, mail-service pharmacies, and other innovative tools for 210-plus million Americans.
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Charles Coté, 202-207-3605

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=FEMA_contractors
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http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bob_Dole
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Robert Joseph Dole (1923- ), commonly referred to as Bob Dole is a former Republican U.S. Senator from Kansas and senior counselor for the global PR firm APCO Worldwide and special counsel in Alston & Bird's Washington, D.C. office.
After announcing that he had teamed up with APCO Worldwide, the company President and CEO Margery Kraus told PR Week that he would provide "some sage guidance as to how Washington works and how the administration functions." Kraus said that she had known Dole for 25 years and had worked with him in a number of projects in the preceding year.[1]

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=APCO_Worldwide
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1) Government Interference and Manipulation

APCO specializes in helping corporations advance their goals by manipulating legislators, and drafting and advancing model legislation and regulations. Key tools A&P uses include the creation of business coalitions and fake, corporate-funded "grassroots" groups tailored to specific issues. A 1995 APCO Associates pamphlet titled "Political Support Services" states,
APCO Associates, Inc. (APCO) specializes in grassroots organizing and coalition building. We use political campaign tactics to create an environment in support of our client's legislative and regulatory goals...We utilize the most effective, up-to-date technology and campaign tactics to help you achieve your legislative and regulatory goals...APCO has built numerous national and state coalitions on a variety of issues including the environment, science, energy, trade, intellectual property, education, tort reform and health care....APCO applies tactics usually reserved for political campaigns to target audiences and recruit third-party advocates. Our staff has the political field experience and has written the direct mail, managed the telephones, crafted the television commercials and trained the grassroots volunteers. We apply these hard-learned skills and tactics to mobilize hundreds, even thousands, of constituents. Or,when just the "grasstops" are needed, we recruit just a few of a target's key friends or contributors to join us. No matter the issue, we bring together coalitions that are credible, persuasive and cost-effective.
2)     

Personnel


Income and Employee Totals

O'Dwyer's PR lists APCO as earning $81,844,117 in net fees in 2006, up 11% on the previous year. It notes the firm has 470 employees. [4]
PR Week ranked APCO Worldwide as the number four PR agency in the United States in 2008 (after Edelman, Waggener Edstrom and Ruder Finn, respectively), with 2007 revenue of $57,386,800, a 16% increase from the previous year's total revenue of $49,454,766. The ranking also notes its staff total of 243 (2006 total: 229), with $236,160 in revenue per employee.[5]

Clients

According to APCO its client list includes "clients include governments, corporations, industry associations and non-profit organizations. APCO also includes among its clients six of the top 10 companies on Fortune's Global 500," it states. [13]
This client list includes both past and present clients and is compiled from selected clients listed on APCO's website, O'Dwyers PR Daily, Holmes Report and miscellaneous sources.

Contact Information

APCO Worldwide
700 12th St. N.W., Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 778-1000
Fax: (202)-466-6002
Email: information AT apcoworldwide.com
Web: http://www.apcoworldwide.com/

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_43/b4006070.htm
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OCTOBER 23, 2006


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Lobbying For Libya
Hired guns are helping it walk the D.C. walk

Libyan Colonel Muammar Qaddafi has never been to Washington. But that hasn't kept the leader of the once-rogue nation from making his voice heard in true American fashion: through a team of hired guns.



Libya, perhaps most reviled for its downing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, has taken steps in the past few years to legitimize itself. The country has paid millions to the families of Lockerbie passengers, and it shut down its program for weapons of mass destruction. In turn, the U.S. has lifted sanctions and set the stage for the return to Libya of American businesses, including oil and aerospace concerns.

But Libya still has a long way to go. ``The experience, the technology, and the economy of the U.S. will be very important to us,'' says Abdul Hamid Yahya, Libya's deputy ambassador in Washington. And that's where Libya's private-sector diplomatic corps comes in.

In 2004 the country began shopping for Washington hands. Former Senator Bob Dole (R-Kan.) and Greenberg Traurig, Jack Abramoff's former firm, vied for the work. The country opted for operatives with low profiles but deep connections in Washington's Arab circles.

One of the first hired was Fahmy Hudome International, founded by Randa Fahmy Hudome, a well-connected Arab American Republican and a former Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy in the second Bush Administration. Fahmy Hudome says she played a role in efforts to remove Libya from the U.S. terrorist list. Justice Dept. records show that in the past year she has also met on Libya's behalf with staff on the Senate Foreign Relations and House International Relations committees.

Fahmy Hudome subcontracted some lobbying work to JAS International, run by Jill A. Schuker, a former director of communications at the National Security Council during the Clinton years.

Meanwhile, C&O Resources Inc. has been the country's political tour guide. Chief Executive Sandra L. Charles set up meetings in March for Dr. Omran Bukhres, a Libyan American working on restructuring the Libyan economy, with Vice-President Dick Cheney's staff at the White House. Charles had earlier advised the Libyans on the benefits of demonstrating a commitment to economic and political reforms. ``When I talk to people in the Administration about Libya, everybody is keen to see reform,'' Charles says. Last year the Libyans organized a women's empowerment seminar in Tripoli.

The three small firms have reaped big money: C&O Resources billed almost $400,000 in its first year. Fahmy Hudome was paid $375,000, Schuker $120,000. The road ahead is not clear. In 2006, C&O Resources and Fahmy Hudome International have worked without contracts -- and without pay. ``We have no reason to believe they won't make good on it at some point,'' Charles says.

But Libya seems to be reevaluating its options. ``They still have a relationship with us, and they hope it will continue,'' says Libya's Yahya. ``The reality now is that the contract is expired.''









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