Snow White and the Seven Dorks!
At Your Service!
Snow White, Skanky, Sleazy, Fishy, Queeney, Dopey, Cheaty, and Gaffy!
Tea Party Sign.. It’s A Winner!
By Bridgette
Just a few pictures of the “elites” that inhabit the WH Elementary School’s Juvenile Halls of Slime and Crime in Dork City, USA. A few of these are tooted as the best of the rest…and I say, “Put it to rest.” They’ve lowered the bar so far, that it now only takes a baby step to reach their level, ground level. Dirt.
This radical group and their supporters and associates with their ”pie in the sky transformational ideas” are so out of touch with “normal” Americans that they can only be described as pathetic. Yes, sick, pathetic, delusional, and dangerous. They need to be permanently reeled in. Taking advice from their Alinsky, Marxist playbook, let’s reel them in, slice ‘em, and dice ‘em!
Whatever they touch turns not to gold, but instead to mold. Our patience is wearing, our tolerance paling, and their significance failing. News bits and pieces detail their ineptitude, delusions, and collusion. We count the days; yet, the days don’t pass fast enough. These B and C actors, and the main puppet, aren’t worthy of having bit parts on any stage, and certainly not the world stage. There isn’t one that is worth their salt, and not one deserves their name on a marquis. And just like salt and fatty foods that hold no nutritional value, these people will be slammed and banned because they have no value.
The devil’s in the details, and we’ve had enough of their criminal, corrupt, demonic, and anti-American ways. Get the heck out of our White House and let those doors hit ya smack dab in the #ss…on the way out! If our country is broken..they are the ones that broke it!
As they said on the old time TV series, “Head ‘em up and Move ‘em out.”
Bork the Dorks!
itooktheredpill
newssleuth
Miri
reneemary1001
Bridgette
Obama Should Withdraw Kagan Nomination
05-16-10
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called on President Obama to withdraw the nomination of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, calling her views anti-military and airing, for one of the first times, concerns that during her time as Dean, Harvard Law accepted money from Saudi Arabia.
Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Gingrich even dismissed the notion that a Senate confirmation process was needed to properly judge or vet Kagan’s credentials for the Court.
“I think the president should withdraw it,” he said. “You don’t need a lot of hearings. The very fact that she led the effort which was repudiated unanimously by the Supreme Court to block the American military from Harvard Law school — we’re in two wars, and I see no reason why you would appoint an anti-military Supreme Court justice or why the Senate would confirm an anti-military Supreme Court justice.”
“I think the president has every right to nominate a liberal,” he added, when reminded by host Chris Wallace, that Kagan’s position on executive power are much in line with Gingrich’s. “He is the president and that is his value system. I think the fact is if you look at the brief you filed, if you look at what she wrote at the time, it’s a very myopic view. On the one hand, Harvard accepts money from Saudis. Saudi Arabia, by the way, executes homosexuals, Saudi Arabia represses women, Saudi Arabia doesn’t allow Christians or Jews to practice their religion, but Saudi money is fine.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/16/gingrich-on-kagan-obama-s_n_577808.html
This is frightening!
May 17, 2010
Naked Emperor News – Boston, MA
Cass Sunstein: “Sometimes people don’t do what’s best for our society.”
His idea, So if you are reading/watching a conservative website, a liberal viewpoint box would pop up so you would have to listen to the other viewpoint! A link would be provided. For example, CNN would have to provide a link to another site, say Fox. Say there are 25 random sites that would show up to choose as the alternative viewpoint.
Congress would provide a legal mandate to do this.
http://www.breitbart.tv/uncovered-audio-obamas-regulatory-czar-pushes-creepy-plan-for-legally-controlling-internet-information/
Tea Party Winner! I wonder if the GOP and Democrat parties are hearing the astroturfed Tea Party now!!! The ALLEGED mobsters win!
Rand Paul (R) wins with 60% of the vote. Trey Greyson had 35% of the vote in the Kentucky primary. It appears this was a Randslide.
The establishment GOP better be listening.
Tea Party Winner! I wonder if the GOP and Democrat parties are hearing the astroturfed Tea Party now!!!
Tea anyone ? Sugar ? one lump or two dear ?
Amazing ! LOL !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul
Under the Bus! Arlen Specter (D- PA) is under the bus! No support from the White House! He changed parties from Republican to Democrat and gave the democrats their major votes they needed to pass the stimulus and healthcare and others.
A WH official said to Major Garrett earlier today, that ‘We got what we needed out of Specter!” Doesn’t that sound like this how the WH is operating. Promises of major support by Obama for making the party change and giving them the votes didn’t happen!
The winner is Sestek over Specter in PA!! Now will we find out if Sestek was offered a job by the White House if he bowed out of the race? Unlikely. Who will win in November Pennsylvania?
Believe it! It is another emergency. The Dems NEED to spend another 300 Billion in the next 10 days before recess time!
That will take the deficit up to 1.6 TRILLION in one year!
No pay as you go needed to figure out where this money comes from because it classified as an EMERGENCY!
kidding me..no way
LA received a letter from AZ regarding their boycott that was aimed at AZ. They wanted to know if it would help them if their lights are turned off. AZ provides the electricity for Los Angeles. Tit for Tat! What will the city do..will they hold the line and continue their boycott of AZ or will the LA City Council decide they want to keep the lights on?
Maybe when one of these graduates shakes Obama’s hand (yuck), he or she can return the favor and ask Obama for his citizenship:
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/05/obama_may_personally_greet_eac.html
btw, Gateway Pundit reports that the WH is hosting Mexican officials but first they’ll ask for IDs.
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/05/obama-holds-state-dinner-with-mexican-president-will-check-ids/
He says the Mexican president had the gall to criticize AZ from the WH lawn.
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/05/mexican-president-bashes-arizona-id-law-from-white-house-lawn-video/
GB read the AZ law on his radio station this morning……. He came to a part about probable cause to see proof……which then he made a joke about states like ha that passes laws where you can’t request records……….
He definitely knows what is going on
Lots happening…. The pressure is getting more intense
He revealed that the Left is now trying to boycott his show..He is exposing so much information that they are getting worried. The far left Rep. Weiner is involved along with Andy Stern, AFL-CIO, Van Jones, and the religious adviser..Julius. They are all trying to get people to boycott Beck’s show.
Weiner’s (the little weasel) new press secretary worked for Media Matters. Surprise..another Soros puppet.
So Soros’ puppets are getting involved. Peculiar that they are calling Beck ..McCarthy. McCarthy had the power to do something about outing the communists. Beck is working through the people to expose the Progressive/communist agenda.
Media Matters was the one publishing that Beck was losing viewers when his audience has increased 22% in the last month.
Media Matters was the one publishing that Beck was losing viewers when his audience has increased 22% in the last month.
hummmm…
Oh, my aching head. Isn’t this a case of a bailout with bailout money? I can’t keep it straight. Bottom line: More help for Obama’s connections:
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/finance/lenders-agree-prop-ailing-shorebank/
“The banks have agreed to contribute $140 million to bail out the bank, while the federal government will donate tens of millions more, according to people close to the talks. In addition to major Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs (GS: 139.98, 2.57, 1.87%), which agreed to contribute $20 million to the bailout effort, as well as Citigroup (C: 3.82, 0.1, 2.69%) and JPMorgan (JPM: 38.88, -0.14, -0.36%), General Electric’s (GE: 17.25, 0.02, 0.12%) GE Capital will also contribute $20 million to the rescue effort. All the firms have either received massive government assistance during the financial crisis or, in the case of Goldman Sachs, are facing multiple regulatory investigations into their business practices.
The bailout has been controversial. Senior Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett served on a Chicago civic organization with a director of the bank, and President Obama himself has singled out the bank for praise in lending to low-income communities.”
I looked into Shore bank at one time and as I recall it appeared to be a front for something. They were doing microfinancing, and their website had obscure information. Obama was at their grand opening in Chicago. I think it was connected to a Detroit bank. Then I think it went to another microfinancing arm that was connected to Clinton and Carter. Lending at outrageous interest amounts to unsuspecting people in foreign countries and that was how they were making money? That is how they were helping them to become self-sufficient. I’ll have to look up the information once again. There were archived articles about Obama and Shore Bank.
I wonder what else Shore Bank is up to. It is peculiar that now the banks are being contacted to “help” out this bank, rather than having the regulators close it. Doesn’t make much sense does it. Why is this bank so important?
Money laundering?
Bridg
Shore Bank ……hmmmm
Very interesting history
apparently there is a connection between Shore Bank, BO and a Kenya project
When I try to get info weird things happen to my screen
read history at:
http://centralillinois912project.com/?p=3814
Great find Aone. The person that investigated Shore Bank did a great job of pulling people together that are involved in this. Bill and Hillary Clinton, Van Jones, Rev. Wright, Ron Grzywinski, Mary Houghton, James Fletcher and Milton Davis. Howard Stanback , Tony Rezko, Allison Davis, Annenburg, U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky are a few. Less I forget Soros.
“During the 2008 Presidential campaign, while still a Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama visited Kenya, the former home of his biological father. He promoted the application of microfinancing (an activity for which ShoreBank has been a major promoter) as a way to fight poverty world-wide. Chicago’s Shorebank donated $1 million to Kenya and also assisted in setting up financial institutions in Kenya and many other locations throughout the world.” So he went to see “relatives” in Kenya to discover his roots..really?
From memory…There is an organization, Group of Elders or a name close to that that advises. Then there is a link to Grameen out of Bangladesh. Whoever started that Foundation and bank of the same name got the Nobel prize under Clinton. The founder started the bank involved in micro-financing also. It was a huge web that I was following and I didn’t recognize the names like I do now. Seeing the names now, there are a lot of people involved in some illegal activities.
Bridge
didn’t manning just have ” testimony” that early 1980′s MAD was officer of bank of ha and SAD was wiring for Bank in Pakistan? ( can’t remember the name of the Bank)
the Grameen foundation was somehow tied to the annenberg challenge and the woods foundation………. Need to refresh our memories
but I do think this all is very very important in unravelling this mess.
Grimaldi,
Gamiel (?) foundation
hummm..need soundex as usual..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser
Gamal
Grimaldi
Gameen
Gamiel
Something else I read last year, same names..Need to remember…
“The New Kind of Capitalism” sounds a lot like Socialism to me.
Yes, yes Pill..it was Grameen Bank! Thanks. I fixed it for Aone and for me so we wouldn’t get confused. ( I was thinking of that other organization that Obama and Jarret belonged to in Chicago that begins with a G – Gamaliel).
I found many connections to organizations and people through micro-financing.
Bridge
They all ARE related……….look at the dates…. All did community organizing….. Loans to the poor…
Microfinancing……….
Probably all goes back to the Ford Foundation and our friend Horance Rowen Gaither and family
Was the World Bank or USAID involved with any of this?????
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grameen_Bank
http://www.grameen-info.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=114
http://www.grameenamerica.com/
Ah hah…….bingo!!!!!
Grameem Bank
1968
“Bankers Ron Grzywinski and Mary Houghton of ShoreBank, a community development bank in Chicago, helped Yunus with the official incorporation of the bank under a grant from the Ford Foundation.[8]“
Correction. I think it was 1983 or 1986
This is exactly what one of O’s advisors said during the campaign. Was it Sunstein who said that people will be able to concentrate less on what they make and more on what they do? In other words, be satisfied with less (don’t be GREEDY) and serve others, in this Obama nation, changed, NWO. Set up for communism, for sure. World wide.
gamaliel ? foundation ….. Interesting …. Check the dates…… All created early 1980′s when BO was traveling to visit his microfinancing relatives in Pakistan and Ha……. Around the world we go
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/09/29/creepy-o-cult-video-of-the-day-deliver-us-obama/
Do I believe that these microfinancing operations are philanthropic operations and that they give out loans of $100 or less and make money?
Obama promoted/set up micro-financing businesses in Kenya on a taxpayer paid trip? Is that legal?
Obama and ShoreBank in Kenya (ABC 7)
They need campaign money.
Get the bailed out to bail them out with our money, launder it, then “give back to the community” (organizer).
Now why would Mexico be upset about our nation’s immigration laws when theirs are so much worse. Money. All the money that is sent back to their country keeps their failing economy going. They depend on USA dollars from the illegals flowing freely into their country.
If we stop the money flow they will have to handle their own problems and to something to stop the corruption that runs rampant. It is about $1 billion per year of money that is sent back to keep their economy afloat. That is why the Pres. of Mexico doesn’t want us to stop the illegals. They need the cash. We support Mexico by allowing money to flow freely from the illegals back to their families. It keeps Western Union, for one, in business along with all of those Check Cashing operations the the US.
Long read, but interesting !!
Mexican Revolutionaries in America
By Cliff Kincaid | May 18, 2010
There are many obvious flaws in the book, and the treatment of communist subversion in the Western hemisphere is one of them.
One of Bill Ayers’ courses at the University of Illinois includes Pedagogy of the Oppressed as required reading. Author Paulo Freire, a Brazilian Marxist, declared:
“This, then, is the great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well.”
It turns out that the Freire book is required reading in “Raza Studies” or Mexican-American courses in the high schools in Tucson, Arizona, where students have been protesting Arizona’s new immigration law. Other required books are Occupied America by Rodolfo Acuña, a professor emeritus of Chicano studies at California State University in Northridge (CSUN), and Prison Notebooks by Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Communist.
Occupied America, the fifth edition, includes an image of Fidel Castro on the front cover, and Castro and Che Guevara on the back cover. It refers to white people as “gringos” and actually includes a quotation on page 323 from Jose Angel Gutierrez of the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO), who was angry over the cancellation of a government program. He declared:
“We are fed up. We are going to move to do away with the injustice to the Chicano and if the ‘gringo’ doesn’t get out of our way, we will stampede over him.”
The book goes on:
“Gutierrez attacked the gringo establishment angrily at a press conference and called upon Chicanos to ‘Kill the gringo,’ which meant to end white control over Mexicans.”
Reviewing this material for the National Association of Scholars, Ashley Thorne commented that, “Actually, ‘kill the gringo’ meant ‘kill the gringo.’ But admitting that makes Mexicans look radical, infuriated, revolutionary, Acuña sidestepped that image and substituted it with one of browbeaten Latinos rising to overthrow injustice.”
http://www.worldviewweekend.com/worldview-times/article.php?articleid=6106
Peach I saw another article on Trevor’s new blog about Mexico. Key-Wiki…that you might find interesting. I didn’t have time to post it. Their call to a revolution or the background information. It was a few days ago, so my memory isn’t great.
Their website has changed since I last saw it. It still doesn’t look like a “Normal” bank website, but is now connected to other Shorebank locations.
In the early 1990s, a Detroit neighborhood development corporation became intrigued with the notion of ShoreBank expanding to Detroit. It mobilized others to the cause, including Wayne County and Detroit Renaissance, a private organization dedicated to accelerating economic growth in the Detroit region. By 1995, $11 million in capital was raised through Detroit leadership to fund ShoreBank’s expansion to Detroit and in 1996, ShoreBank opened its doors on the city’s east side.
ShoreBank partners with its nonprofit affiliate ShoreBank Enterprise to increase its impact beyond just what a bank can do. ShoreBank Enterprise provides pre-development, pre-construction and contractor financing, as well as complementary small business loans.
Locations:
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Portland, Oregon
Coastal Oregon & Washington
Washington D.C.
International
https://www.sbk.com/locations/detroit/
ShoreBank Corporation has approximately 70 SHAREHOLDERS, consisting of financial institutions, foundations, insurance companies, faith-based institutions, trusts and individuals. Following is a selective list of shareholders. [I put an * in front of the ones I recognize).
Allstate Insurance Company
*** Bank of America Corporation
BP Corporation North America Inc.
Bullitt Foundation
Calvert Social Investment Equity Fund Catholic Healthcare West
Center for Community Change
***Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Chicago Community Foundation
Cleveland Tomorrow
CNA Financial Corporation
Cooperative Assistance Fund
Cummins Foundation Inc.
Development Equity Fund, L.L.C
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the US
Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL
Ecotrust
Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan
F.B. Heron Foundation
***Ford Foundation
****Harris Bankcorp, Inc.
Health Care Service Corporation
Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund
Irving Harris Foundation
Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Foundation
***JPMorgan Chase & Co.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
***Joyce Foundation
LaSalle National Corporation
Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company
MAF Investments, Ltd.
Marquette Community Foundation
MBNA Community Development Corporation.
New Prospect Foundation
Northern Michigan University
***Northern Trust Corporation
Piton Foundation
Prudential Insurance Company
R.D. Merrill Company
Regency Savings Bank, F.S.B.
South Shore Commission
State Farm Mutual Automobile Company
Twenty-First Century Foundation
UIDC Holdings, L.P.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock
***United Church of Christ/ Local Church Ministries.
***Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Wieboldt Foundation
http://www.shorebankcorp.com/bins/site/templates/child.asp?area_7=pages/titles/about_title.dat&area_2=pages/about/shorebankshareholders&area_4=pages/nav/about/right_side.dat
bridge
And the spider web gets tighter ……….
http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=agha_hasan_abedi_1
BCCI
Connections to Pakistan
http://www.alamo-girl.com/0336.htm
AOne,
The far-sighted Abedi had cultivated Sheikh Zayed well before the mid-seventies boom in oil prices, taking the avid falconer on lavish bustard hunts in the wilds of Pakistan. (Abedi’s agents also catered to the less wholesome tastes of the portly Crown Prince Khalifa.) Zayed became the primary financial backer of the BCCI and still owns its remains. When Abedi decided to buy the Washington, D.C. bank that Jack Stephens was peddling, he advanced one of Sheikh Zayed’s minor sons as a stockholder, with Darwaish acting as the boy’s agent..The deal apparently whetted Darwaish’s appetite for American investments. Around October 1979, he and several assistants set up a Panamanian shell corporation to trade in the American commodities markets. They worked through a Swiss brokerage and placed their orders with Refco. Through November, they transferred more than $100 million of Sheikh Zayed’s money to America, primarily through BCCI headquarters in London.
Falcoln hunting in Paki..
Jackson Stevens…..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_bin_Hamad_bin_Isa_Al_Khalifa
His father;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamad_ibn_Isa_Al_Khalifah
ibn like ibn Saud too ?
Aone, those are enlightening articles. Especially using the BCCI to fund terrorists and offer them a way of transferring their money. I don’t get it, why aren’t these people all arrested. Those articles gave me the shivers.
I wonder if we are getting ahead of GB???!!!
I am not sure of these sources but they seem to be legit. I think we should copy them so we will have them if they are scrubbed……
Do you want to notify GB of these connections?
AOne, I am not sure…bet he knows where it goes, but may go to his bosses somewhere up the line..pondering this..
Good idea. Better that they get some of the same information from several sources. I did find that Beck might already know some of the information because he shares information with Breitbart. One of the initial articles on this thread was on Big Govt in March. It was in my notes. But I don’t know if that writer has the rest of the information. In the list of shareholders, Joyce Foundation was mentioned and that is the one that Beck has outed recently that is part of Crime Inc.
And his grandpa;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isa_ibn_Salman_Al_Khalifah
Salman
Soloman
Soloman Bros Bankers too ?
hummm…
And his great grand daddy;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_ibn_Hamad_Al_Khalifa_(1895-1961)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakim_of_Bahrain
The mayor of Costa Mesa, CA Declares their city a “Rule of Law City” on Immigration. What a novel idea for anyone in the age of Obama to follow the law.
The ILLEGAL population is furious!
I guess that is the opposite of being a sanctuary city! The ripple effect begins after AZ passed their law to clamp down on illegals crossing the border. They should expect ACLU and La Raza to issue lawsuits and protests. Expect words from the race inciter, Al Sharpton. Expect words from Obama to say they are a misdirected city. Expect Holder to give another opinion on what he reads in the NY Times.
Labor union SEIU bussed 500 protesters (14 buses) on Sunday afternoon to protest. Threatening, intimidating, bank executives at their homes!
They went to Greg Baer’s, Senior officer of B of A. Afterwards, they went to a another home.
Pakistan has blocked Facebook and You Tube from its citizens. It isn’t good for their Muslim populaton! How about if they monitor their jihadist websites too. I wonder who is making those decisions for their people. I wonder if Karzai talked to Obama or Sustein about their ideas on net neutrality and controlling the internet.
Random things:
Weenie goes after Beck. Glenn must be on to something big:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100519/pl_ynews/ynews_pl2136
Did you see this hail video?
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/giant-hailstorm-hits-oklahoma-city/20tkkqvm
Shades of Joe McCarthy:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/education/story/A37EC23F3494702D862577290006CBFD?OpenDocument
“Just a week after being asked to join an elite team of scientists working on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a controversial Washington University professor has been dismissed from the group. Physics professor Jonathan Katz’s tenure on the team was cut short after Obama administration officials — under pressure from gay rights groups — decided his polarizing opinions and writings could get in the way. . . . Katz, whose academic credentials have not been questioned, has long been known for his controversial views. They attracted attention as early as 2005, when several students complained about things he had written on his university website.”
If you don’t tow the PC line, they WILL destroy you. You will never work again. Even if this man can solve the oil leak problem, it’s more important to Obama to kick him off the team because of the way he thinks. Unbelievable! So much for open-mindedness, tolerance, diversity. Nazis would be proud. Is that racist, Mike? I’m sorry.
AZ loves boycotts. They PREFER that illegal aliens boycott their state.
Will the last legal person out of LA, please turn off the lights? Oh, wait, AZ is already handling that.
Is that racist, Mike? I’m so sorry. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. When you guys over there get a handle on your illegal immigration problem, let us know how you did it. Send a dispatch from the dhimmi UK.
What ho?
Ohhh Miri, you are too funny today!
There are quite a few of the Weinies starting to shake in their boots. The light is beginning to shine on the corruption we are watching. Who is going to do the prosecuting? Where is our Elliott Ness? I thought it was going to be Fitzpatrick, but he is silent. Where are the state AG’s?
Today, scientists are faulting the government for its failure to handle the oil spill faster. (My, a month later and someone is telling the truth! But O’s puppets said they were on it immediately. Incompetence raises its ugly head again and again!) Substantial oil is now reaching the beaches in Louisiana today.
I just listened to Mexico’s president tell us how to run our country…and blast AZ’s new law. Interesting, he is tooting the same line as Obama. I wonder if he read the law or was given his talking points from Holder, Podesta, Obama, or Media Matters. He should have said our country can’t survive without the $1 Billion that our border hoppers send back to their families.
Migration isn’t just the USA’s problem, it is Mexico’s problem, he said. One day Mexico will offer the same things for its citizens that are offered in the USA.
I’m in a fey mood today.
Hahhaahha ! B, She is rollin today ! You have 2 of us now ! LOL !
Miri,
He didn’t lie. He used “misplaced words.” He “misspoke.” We really need a copy of the Democrat’s dictionary, so we can get it straight.
The Democrats align themselves with Abe Lincoln who never told a lie. Think how they marketed Obama as Abe. They are unable to deferentiate between right and wrong and honesty and dishonesty. They would be classified as psychopathic liars. In other words, they believe what they lie about. It really is a psychiatric terminology and classification.
Change topic..I just saw a Union member smiling about all the protesters trespassing on the B of A’s executive’s lawn and thinking that their behavior was warranted and perfectly ok. That is where our current resident came from. It is a real sickness.
I heard some asshat reporter this morning, asking Rand Paul whether having his victory party at a “country club in Kentucky” might send a mixed message. Subtext being:
Paul’s a hypocrite;
if he’s a Tea Partier then it’s a given that he can’t belong to a country club, despite that the club is relatively cheap and Paul’s a doctor, because, you know, all us Tea Partiers are poor, teeth-picking, miniature golf-playing yahoos who didn’t go to college;
if it’s in Kentucky, it MUST be racist because you know all southerners are racist and all their country clubs exclude “persons of color”; and
Paul must really be a undercover “country club Republican”.
RACIST, RACIST, RACIST!!!!! Did I say racist?
However, will any of the asshats ask if THIS sends a mixed message?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl2153
MO’s “cobalt blue gown was designed by Peter Soronen.”
“Lots of celebrities were there, including Beyonce (who performed), Eva Longoria Parker, Whoopi Goldberg, talk show host George Lopez, Oprah’s BFF Gayle King, Olympic speedskater Shani Davis, and New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, who brought his teammate, left tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson.”
“Celebrity chef Rick Bayless, a favorite of the Obama’s back in Chicago, manned the White House kitchen last night, serving up several Mexican-influenced dishes, including the main course: Oregon wagyu beef in Oaxacan black mole. For dessert was a chocolate-cajeta tart with toasted homemade marshmallows, graham cracker crumble and goat cheese ice cream. It was accompanied by Mumm Napa’s Carlos Santana Brut. And yes, that would be the sparkling white quaff marketed by guitar legend Carlos Santana.”
Let them eat Wagyu beef! On our dime, of course!
No pork!
I bet Calderon thought it was in the best of taste to serve him MEXICAN food at the WH. He doesn’t get enough of it at home. What class.
Watch how the Democrat jerks respond to Calderon lecturing one of our sovereign states in OUR house:
http://www.breitbart.tv/calderon-before-congress-az-immigration-law-carries-great-amount-of-risk/
Risk for him. Without the billions of dollars sent home by illegal immigrants, he might lose his job. (Or, given recent news, he might even lose his head.)
Go home, Calderon. Fix your own country. If you did that, you wouldn’t have to send your people up here.
Right on cue: They’re planning to push immigration “reform”.
Can you believe this one?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100520/ap_en_mo/as_indonesia_little_obama
A movie about Barry’s Excellent Adventures in paradise, aka Indonesia. Starring Hasan Faruq Ali, “who was born in America in Questa, New Mexico, but has lived in Indonesia since he was about 2 years old, was an obvious casting choice to play the young Obama. Fluent in English and the Indonesian language, and the son of a white mother and African American father, Hasan fit the bill.”
Right. And his name just happens to be Hasan Faruq Ali. Sounds American to me. And we’re supposed to believe that he’s NOT Indonesian. He just happens to be half white/half black, just like Barry. He looks just like him, except his ears don’t stick out so much.
Fantasy bio, redux.
It is a mining and ski resort area. Not a poor lil shack in the wilderness kind of place. Have spent several holidays in that area. Mucho expensive for wilderness.Great place if you love to ski. Like Sedona area, said to have magical powers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questa,_New_Mexico
Good catch, Renee:
“As of the census of 2000, there were 1,864 people, 741 households, and 512 families residing in the village. The population density was 365.0 people per square mile (140.8/km²). There were 888 housing units at an average density of 173.9/sq mi (67.1/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 50.16% White, 0.11% African American, 0.70% Native American, 0.05% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 43.40% from other races, and 5.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 80.53% of the population.”
LARGE black population there. Wonder what their definition of “white” is?
How many black Muslim families? So this kid was born to one of the 18 blacks in that tiny little town in NM? Or could it have been to one of those Pacific Islanders?
Totally believable. Of all places!
The only thing they got right was the religion, apparently.
“The movie is taken from Dematra’s book “Obama Anak Menteng” — “Obama, the Menteng Kid” — a fictionalized biography based on interviews with about 30 old friends and neighbors. It is the first in a planned trilogy about Obama in Indonesia. The second book is to focus on his education at a Catholic school and the third on his relationship with his mother.”
FICTIONALIZED biography. Uh, huh. Uh, huh. Nothing new there.
Thirty friends? Of course, they all live in Indonesia. They all have great memories from when they were in 3rd or 4th grade. What great reading! A trilogy you say…another 28 friends from 5th grade perhaps? Oh,then a mother dearest book too. Half brother already wrote the book on daddy dearest. I am seeing book burning parties. If you want to read a couple of Obama’s other fake books, they are now available at Half Price Books. They have hundreds of copies I am told. They are shelved right next to “Cooked Books.”
Didn’t his friend Scott say that Barry was in Hawaii for third grade? Oh, the competing memories. There certainly are more who remember him in Indonesia than in the good old US of A. Wonder why?
Cooked books!
Check out the new article about the COLB and Factcheck at the Post and Email News.
http://www.thepostemail.com/2010/05/20/is-factcheck-org-working-with-obama/
Answer in a nutshell: YES! Duh.
Sharon Rondeau put up that story about FactCheck and nearly instantaneously, “Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage.” Interesting.
If you want to read a couple of Obama’s other fake books, they are now available at Half Price Books. They have hundreds of copies I am told. They are shelved right next to “Cooked Books.”
LOL ! Need cooked book to make cooked cake ?
Nah, thats’s half baked cherry pie I mean !
Krauthammer (The Hammer) weighs in again: “You can’t have it both ways. Particularly coming from Mexico, a country where if you enter illegally, it’s a felony and you get up to two years in prison. And if you do it a second time, you get 10 years. . . . So he’s got a country which is extremely strict–draconian, if you like–about illegals entering into Mexico. And he’s lecturing us on our laws here where it isn’t a felony, it’s only a misdemeanor. And then, even worse I think, is to see our president refusing to stand up for his own country, joining in the attack on Arizona.”
He will always stand with the Muslims, the persons of color, the Marxists, the communists, and anyone who hates America. Nothing new there, either.
Do you think they’re bringing out the proof of North Korea sinking that South Korean ship in order to be able to punish North Korea for, but not admit, that they also torpedoed the oil rig?
And if you steal (as into the country too) in an Islamic kinda place you get your hand or fingers chopped off.
Thumpies, that is what they would have in Saudi Arabia-thumpies ! No hands to make money with ! We are really too nice here it may seem to them !… China… I have heard what happens there if you break laws…so who’s head is up who’s butt here ? Our laws have zero to do with them, but they are our LAWS….
To enforce…LAWS ! All together now !
What part needs explaining to anyone in any other country ? HELLO..
Again, lights are on but no one is home…
When they wrote the AZ law, instead of modeling it only on the US Federal law, they should have also modeled it on Mexican law: Violation of the state law is punishable by a mandatory 2-year sentence for the first offense, and a mandatory 10-year sentence for subsequent offenses.
Do you think they’re bringing out the proof of North Korea sinking that South Korean ship in order to be able to punish North Korea for, but not admit, that they also torpedoed the oil rig?
hummmm….
That goes along with that “conspiracy” theory about it being blown up that was on the Second Rig thread. Didn’t I read that there should never have been an explosion.
Oh, the jerk is on TV for his photo op ..about financial reform. Blaming the republicans …once again. “When the economy prospers…we all win!” Those the words of the man who is behind not letting the economy prosper and making sure that it doesn’t.
Shareholders will get to say what executives are paid. Oh that should work well. Oh, he is tooting his blown horn..many that’s why we did, that’s why we did, that’s why we did…we will build an economy that is stronger than before. Sure, sure. And Fannie and Freddie aren’t mentioned in this gem of a resolution. Pull out your rugs, On your knees pilgrims…he has saved us once again!
Forgot to mention that it was the two ladies Collins, Snow, and Brown that brought this bill out of the debate. (Brown was PROMISED BY HARRY that his concerns would be reviewed in the future. NEOPHYTE…doesn’t know Harry, does he! Welcome to the Senate, Mr. Brown) The new Consumer Protection Group will be able to examine your financial records without your permission. No warrant, no nothing. Isn’t that great. Can’t wait to see who is part of this “Protection Group” and how they will work with the IRS to get information…especially if set up close to election time. Enemies of the regime..watch out. Did Big Brother get this far? Must get that book again, because it seems this is another one of the subplots of the administration’s playbook.
Scott Brown switches vote to advance financial regulation overhaul
May 20, 2010
Senator Scott Brown switched a key vote from yesterday and joined 57 Democrats and two Republicans this afternoon in advancing a massive financial regulation overhaul.
The Massachusetts Republican said that over the last 24 hours he received assurances – from the chief negotiators in the House and Senate, Senator Christopher J. Dodd, and Representative Barney Frank — that changes he was seeking would be addressed. Those assurances came during a phone call with Frank last night, while the Newton Democrat was working out in the House members gym.
Boston Globe
Bridge, I read that. TRAITORS! What the heck is up with those embarrassments to the female sex? Those RINOS get on my last nerve. Did this get through the House yet? Big Brother WILL be watching. I heard a blurb on the radio that said auto dealerships will be exempt from oversight by the Consumer Protection Group. Say what?
Can you try to pull up the Post and Email News and let me know if it’s their site or just my computer?
Miri, couldn’t get into the Post either. They have had this problem before.
Unions have something to say about those auto dealerships. They don’t want anyone seeing how much goes back to GM from the dealers is what I suspect. If GM was on the up and up before, they are now on the way down to the gutter compliments of the union.
Beck is on and he is covering Shorebank and micro-financing. He is covering the bases from the one article that was the beginning of the thread. Mentioned so far, Joyce Foundation, Jan, Hillary’s roommate, Harry S, Hillary and Bill, Rezko, Ron, the founder, ….
Goes to commercial..and says we are only getting started!
Shorebank …not in the news. But they don’t want it taken over by the FDC.
Ron, the Shorebank Founder, Cloward and Piven, only banker that was for the Reinvestment Act.
Clinton’s thought it was such a great bank, they wanted one in Arkansas just like it.
Love it, Jan, VP of the bank.. was Hillary Clinton’s roommate. She was/is on Council of Foreign Relations,
Adele a Board Member, Council of Foreign Relations, a member of the Commission on Global Governance.
Mary is a co-founder and an Expert in micro financing. Mary was giving advice to Barack’s mother, and Ann was working for the Ford Foundation.
Timothy Geithner’s dad also worked for the Ford Foundation. Amazing.
Loans – $10 Million line of credit to Rev. Jeremiah Wright
This guy, has a Bank Account, but doesn’t live there. Van Jones has an account there. He is promoting for Shorebank. It must be a green bank.
They got Stimulus money – $35 Million because into green jobs. Not enough money for them, so there is Trouble right here in Chicago…let’s change the world. They don’t want to be a burden to the taxpayers, so they are reaching out to others to save them now. Who will bail them out?
Goldman Sachs is going to bail them out. Along with Bank of America and GE. JP Morgan Chase and Citi Bank mentioned.
They are the Leading “Faith Based Lender” is on their website. More on Shore bank on Monday.
bridge
I sent information to glen this morning…… The sites we found last night! I just got home and saw your comment……can’t believe it!!!
I have it recorded so I will watch it……wow….
Renee ….I sent it right after I asked you if we should send it……..you were pondering !
Ditto here – sent it also. Maybe more information from us will be covered on Monday. I didn’t know they had received the stimulus funds, so that was new information. Nor did I see the faith based lender or else it didn’t register. As I said, I know it was a different site and added all the locations to one website. The fact he tied it to Crime Inc. too through Joyce and Ford Foundation.
It is nice to know that someone comes up with the same information we do!
Bridge. Renee
it all makes sense to me ……. I got it!!!!!!!
It all began with the Ford foundation who spread out thru the globe and funded Microfinancing. SAD and her mother were already working in microfinance.
In 1980′s SAD was working for a bank in Pakistan. At that time BO traveled there and eventually the scheme was set up…”solve world poverty ”
Gamliel foundation was a faith based initiative operating under the Alinski principle….Mcknight, a professor at Northwestern began a training Obama.
Obama was an apprentice with the Gamaliel Foundation and
studied under McKnight for three years, beginning in 1982.
program. (Tom Ayers was on the board of Northwestern………).
Obama was trained by Gamliel in community organizing for 3 yes 1982-1985. (confirmed by McKnight)
Obama was chosen because of his connections to the Banks and Ford.
Shore Bank was reorganized and set up
The Grameen Bank in Bangladesh (established by Yunus funded by the Ford foundation)
The Clintons got involved thru Jan Piercy who was then a VIP of Shore bank.
The scheme was simple……. The Foundations gave grants back and forth from one to another….. They all sat on the different boards that were involved with “giving money to the poor thru microfinance”. Woods, Annenberg challenge, Gamliel.
Only it is controlled by bigger players who are now calling the shots……….
BO had to distance himself away from SAD because the whole scheme originated with her, the Ford foundation Geithner and the connections In Chicago Pakistan Bangledesh etc.
The whole purpose was in theory to set up a one world order as envisioned by Horace Rowan Gaither as he laid out in 1949
All of his recruits believed in some sort of socialist/Marxist ideals.
Power and control ……..
Aone, I can see it. Ok, so their foundations can apply for federal grant monies to support their poverty initiatives. That money is put into the bank and an account is set up for the Foundation. Then what do they do with all of the money? They loan some of it to the poverty stricken at loans of around $100. Give out 100 of those loans and they have done their job, and wait for the default or return of the interest on those little loans. Now what do they do with the majority of the money?
Now they were jgiven Stimulus money of $35 Million (inthe last year) and it is gone so they are going to their politically connected friends for a cash infusion. What did they do with that $35 million that they wouldn’t have any money left? As a bank they aren’t very responsible at giving out loans if they aren’t getting a return. So what is the money paying for? Who or what are they sponsoring?
Well, how much does it really cost to stay in power? They aren’t really through with the set up part. The way I see it , is that it has cost millions keeping their foundations going. The charade must be kept up until everything is in lace.
They basically are buying votes.
I knuw they are buying up land.
It also seems that their ultimate power fepends on other countries….. Not just ours….
It seems that we have rolled over alot quicker than other countries. They are naive, I don’t think everything is going as planned.
I can’t help but believe there is a religious contingent that has taken over that is changing the game plan.
Seems to be socialism vs Sharia law
AOne, Bridgette, Miri, Shore Bank/Key people.
I am still pondering.This is very deep and connections go way back. Note the info on Aga Kahn especially. That is the Shah of Iran group..More later.
Jamil Ahmad is the Senior Technical Advisor for the USAID sponsored project in Pakistan for Advancing Microfinance for Post-disaster Economic Reconstruction in the earthquake affected region of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Mr. Jamil has 12 years of experience in the microfinance industry. He worked in operations, alliances, training and development with leading microfinance institutions of Pakistan. Mr. Jamil specializes in policy development and implementation, operations management, process reengineering, product development, training module development and financial modeling and financial analysis. Mr. Jamil is a Cost and Management Accountant and Certified Financial Consultant. He is a certified microfinance trainer and was a Boulder Graduate in 2006. He speaks Pashto and basic level of Persian.
Agil Abdullayev is Senior Attorney with SOA Kredit (previously named Shore Overseas Azerbaijan), an SBI owned and operated non-bank finance company which provides microfinance and real estate loans to small businesses and entrepreneurs in Azerbaijan. Prior to joining SOA Kredit in 2005, Agil was an attorney at BSS, a local law firm, and served as outside legal counsel for SOA. Mr. Abdullayev graduated from Baku State University and is expected to have his master’s degree in law in summer of 2007.
Michael Alcorn is a Senior Advisor for ShoreBank International. Michael has worked for SBI on a variety of assignments in Central Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Most recently, these projects have included support to the EBRD Multibank Framework Facility for Mongolia as well as the USAID funded Agriculture Rural Investment and Enterprise Strengthening (ARIES) project in Afghanistan. Based in California he holds a BS in International Relations from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Manuel Alegre is Senior Consultant working for ShoreBank’s Real Estate Department in Chicago doing business development and providing multifamily loans to Latino developers in the city of Chicago and as Project Manager for the IFC Mortgage SOFOLes Project in Mexico where a team of SBI consultants is providing Technical Assistance in the implementation of mortgage lending best practices to a group of small mortgage companies. Previously he was the Fund Manager of Fondo Capital Guanajuato (FOCAP) in Leon, Mexico when SBI advised the Inter-American Development Bank in the launch of an $8 million investment fund targeting small and medium-sized businesses in Mexico. Mr. Alegre is a banking and finance specialist and brings to SBI over 12 years of experience both in consulting recommending and implementing best business practices and in the banking and investment fund industry conducting financial analyses, risk assessment and the structuring and disbursing of short, medium and long-term loans, quasi-equity and equity for SMEs, corporate enterprises and real estate developers. Mr. Alegre has an MBA from the Universidad de Piura in Peru and an MIM (Master of International Management) with a specialization in International Development from Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona. He is a Peruvian national fluent in Spanish, English and conversant in French.
Azhdar Aliyev is Credit Team Manager at SOA Kredit. His responsibilities include management of two credit teams, SME and Real Estate lending groups, their performance oversight, control over portfolio quality and marketing activities. Azhdar joined SOA in 1999 as Loan Administrator and has built up his career with the company being promoted to Loan Officer, then to Senior Loan Officer and finally to Deputy Director /Credit Team Manger positions. He received his CFA charter in 2006. He also holds a Master of Science in International Finance degree from University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and MBA from Western University, Baku.
Amjad Arbab serves as Head, SBI Pakistan, where he is charged with overall responsibility for ShoreBank’s technical and business development operations across the country, as well as within the broader region on a strategic basis. Mr. Abab is a long-standing friend and colleague to many at SBI, most recently in his role as CEO of the Microfinance Investment Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA), which has set the global standard for best-practice in developing an effective “capital plus” wholesale and technical assistance facility in the microfinance and SME arenas for post-conflict reconstruction. Prior to this role, Mr. Arbab was a founding member of the executive management team of the Bank of Khyber (BOK), where he also served in several executive roles including as strategic architect and Head of BOK’s microfinance division in the mid-late 1990′s. Mr. Arbab has also served in senior positions with the Agha Khan Rural Support Programme and the Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan, and holds a Masters in International Relations from Johns Hopkins/SAIS as well as a Masters in Political Science from the University of Peshawar.
Maricela Arroyo is a Project Accountant at SBI where she works on foreign project accounting and reporting, billing, and leads accounts receivable efforts for work with several of the company’s clients, primarily on USAID. Ms. Arroyo works along with the full accounting team at the company’s headquarters in Chicago. Ms. Arroyo is an accountant by trade and brings more than 10 years of experience in the field. Ms. Arroyo holds an Associate Degree in Applied Science from Northwestern Business College, Chicago, IL, and a Bachelor Degree in Applied Science from Kendall College, Chicago, IL. Ms. Arroyo is fluent in Spanish.
Aurica Balmus, Business Analyst for ShoreBank International coordinates all organizational aspects of SBI’s new project development process, conducts focused research and writing. Ms. Balmus also supports the field teams by assisting with project management, market research and production of project deliverables. She provided project support to the FMO Low Income Housing Roundtable in Vietnam, assisted with coordinating the event in Hanoi and with the production of deliverables. She also assisted with backstopping the Feasibility Study on Microfinance Housing in the East Africa Region: Market Assessment, Proposed Financing Mechanisms, and Technical Assistance. Ms. Balmus has a background in program management, project implementation and, design of monitoring and evaluation systems. Ms. Balmus holds a Masters in International Development from University of Pittsburgh and is fluent in Romanian, Russian and proficient in Spanish.
Sonya Bearden is the Executive Assistant and Strategy Analyst in SBI’s Chicago office. Her responsibilities include conducting research on emerging markets and financial institutions, preparing various written reports and proposals, and providing business development and administrative support for the Office of the President. Since joining SBI in November of 2007, she has served as a member of the BRAC Africa team, providing research and administrative support. Prior to joining SBI, Ms. Bearden interned with ShoreBank, working in Cleveland with Stephanie McHenry to develop the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Initiative, and in Chicago with Lynn Railsback on numerous projects, including the Latino Strategy. Ms. Bearden holds an undergraduate degree from Cornell University in Urban and Regional Studies and South Asian Studies and is conversant in Arabic and Hindi.
Diana Bialus is a member of the SBI International team, currently working as Analyst within the credit scoring practice, ensuring support for the team in both general and technical issues. Ms. Bialus is based in Bucharest, Romania. Her activities include research and project work on credit scoring approaches, as well as business development activities for the credit scoring practice. Prior to joining the credit scoring team, Ms. Bialus worked with SBI on the USAID-funded Microfinance Coalition Project in Bucharest. Her professional experience includes collaboration on EU-funded projects aimed at the development of the microfinance sector in Romania. Ms. Bialus holds a Masters Degree in European Financial Management Practice from the European Academic Centre in Nancy, France and a BA in International Business from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, Romania. She is fluent in Romanian, English and French.
Bridget Burkhardt is Senior Consultant based in SBI’s Chicago office. Since joining SBI in September 2006 she has worked on a variety of projects ranging from the feasibility study for a housing fund to the launch of a USAID project to develop the rural lending industry in Afghanistan. Her responsibilities include the provision of financial modeling and analysis support to SBI projects, the creation of financial and other analyses to support internal SBI business decisions, and general participation as a consultant on SBI projects, particularly in a strategic advisory or funds development capacity. Ms. Burkhardt is a private equity specialist with a general corporate finance background. Prior to joining SBI she spent two years as a financial analyst in investment banking and six years as an investment professional with private equity funds in New York, London and Chicago, including three years with community development venture capital funds. Ms. Burkhardt holds an undergraduate degree from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Pam Champagne, an independent consultant, began her association with SBI in 2002, through the then SBI Advisory Services. After 20 years commercial banking experience, most of which as an Internal Auditor, in Maine, Mrs. Champagne began a new life overseas, beginning as a volunteer through the Trickle Up Program assisting women’s groups in Uganda to start and grow small businesses, and continuing that program under the auspices of the United Nations Volunteer program, before moving into the consulting field in bank and microfinance audit and operations in Uganda, Tanzania and Eritrea. With SBI Advisory Services, and now through ShoreCap Exchange, Mrs. Champagne has continued to focus on strengthening internal control and risk management practices in microfinance institutions and banks in Cambodia, India, South Africa, Kenya, and most recently, The Gambia. Through SBI in partnership with MicroSave, Mrs. Champagne has co-authored the initial versions of toolkits for Institutional and Product Development Risk Analysis, Process Mapping, and Individual Lending for Credit Managers. Mrs. Champagne has a BA from Colby College, achieved the Certified Internal Auditor designation, and speaks basic French.
Gregory Chen, Head, South Asia, the SBI branch office in Pakistan managing a $5 million microfinance technical assistance project on behalf of USAID. His responsibilities include engagement management with seven financial institutions and managing a team of twelve professional staff. In addition to overseeing a range of technical assistance engagements in Pakistan, Mr. Chen is a regular advisor to the Central Bank, the national wholesale apex fund for microfinance, the national association and international donor agencies on development finance. Mr. Chen’s has over 13 years of experience in microfinance holding positions with CGAP, with the Aga Khan Development Network and the Pakistan Microfinance Network. He has substantial experience working with development finance institutions on: institutional assessments, technical assistance needs identification, strategic planning, financial modelling, individual small business lending, portfolio reviews, credit risk management and NGO/Bank transformation. In addition to his extensive international microfinance experience, Mr. Chen also has worked as a commercial banker with Bank of America in the United States. Mr. Chen holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Wesleyan University, a Masters in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and speaks basic level Urdu.
Daniel Citbaj is credit scoring expert at SBI and is currently involved in providing scoring technology for consumer and small business lenders in Slovak Rep., Romania, Czech Rep., Poland, Manchester and Georgia. He’s been with SBI for over 3 years and worked on various EBRD projects for a total of six years; he is experienced in MSE lending, training of MSE lending and has some experience in conducting performance evaluations of financial institutions. Mr. Citbaj graduated at Slovak Technical University; scientific subjects included mathematics and statistics. Mr. Citbaj is fluent in Slovak and English; understands Russian, German and has proficient expertise in several programming languages.
John David Crouch is a Consultant at SBI working as an SME Advisor on the USAID-funded ARIES project in Afghanistan. As an SME Advisor, he works with partner banks such as First Microfinance Bank and Afghanistan International Bank to build their SME lending capacity. Mr. Crouch holds a BA in Liberal Arts from the College of Charleston and completed his graduate course work in International Relations at Georgia State University. Prior to joining SBI, Mr. Crouch worked at Emerging Markets Group and from 1997 – 1999 he served as Peace Corps Volunteer in Kazakhstan.
William Dewey is a Vice President of SBI based in the Chicago office. In his current position, Mr. Dewey oversees SBI’s Chicago-based administrative and support functions. In addition, Mr. Dewey plays a leading role in business development with a principal focus on corporate and retail banking strategy, organization and governance, and credit risk management. His many years of experience as both a banker and a consultant, most of which involved overseas assignments, leaves Mr. Dewey with a deep understanding of issues attendant to financial sector reform and development in emerging markets. Following a banking career which began in 1974 in Singapore and later included assignments in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and North America, Mr. Dewey was assigned by the US Treasury Department to the Hungarian and Czech governments as a senior advisor in conjunction with those governments’ financial sector reform efforts. Mr. Dewey now comes to SBI from A.T. Kearney where he built and managed the financial institutions practice in Central & Eastern Europe and later undertook a similar role in Beijing, China. A fluent speaker of Spanish, Mr. Dewey has a MA from The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame.
Ann E. Dobbyn is Controller at SBI where she oversees the financial and accounting management of the company. She directs the financial affairs of SBI and prepares financial analyses of operations and is responsible for the company’s financial plans and policies, its accounting practices, the conduct of its relationships with lending institutions and the financial community, the maintenance of its fiscal records, and the preparation of financial reports. She also monitors SBI field offices which she visits for audit purposes. Ms. Dobbyn is a certified public accountant in the US and has over 20 years of experience in accounting and finance control. She is an Irish national and has extensive international experience, having traveled to over 40 countries. Ms. Dobbyn has an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and a graduate degree from DePaul University.
Ryan Falvey, Associate Consultant, is a member of SBI’s Strategy and Capital Mobilization practices. His duties include conducting external and internal assessments and financial modeling. Since joining SBI in 2008, Ryan has assisted in the development of a strategy for small business lending for a microfinance bank in Mongolia, created a business plan for a Greenfield lending institution in South Africa, and assessed the M&A strategy of a leading microfinance institution. While in graduate school, Ryan interned with the Capital Markets Bureau of the New York State Insurance Regulator where he conducted portfolio reviews and assisted in the regulators response to the global credit crisis. Prior to SBI, Ryan started a successful small business in Los Angeles and served as business development manager for a venture-backed start-up in San Francisco. Ryan possesses an M.A. in International Relations from Yale University and an undergraduate degree from UCLA.
Brandon Ferry serves as Business Analyst for SBI’s Capital Mobilization practice and the BRAC Africa Loan Fund. Mr. Ferry supports business development, client relationship management, and the implementation of long-term projects. Before joining SBI, Brandon spent two years as a finance paralegal for Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York. There he gained substantial experience in the legal and administrative aspects of debt transactions for financial institutions, including experience with development finance organizations like Grameen Foundation. Following his two years in New York, Brandon spent a year working as a consultant for Lok Capital, a private equity firm focused on the Indian microfinance sector, in Hyderabad, India. Through this assignment he took on the role of business development manager within one of Lok’s portfolio institutions, Spandana Microfinance. At Spandana, he assisted in the raising of equity and grant capital and the development of new products and services such as micro health insurance, mobile phone service, solar lanterns and water filters to be introduced to Spandana’s client base. Mr. Ferry earned a BA with distinction from the University of Virginia.
Bryony Fitzjohn is a Business Analyst for SBI’s subsidiary in the United Kingdom. Based in London, Ms. Fitzjohn’s responsibilities include the management of accounts and billing from the UK. Ms. Fitzjohn provides critical support to the London office’s proposal production, research, data gathering, knowledge management, business development, administrative support and marketing functions. She also maintains and updates the company website. Her field experience includes research in Aswan, Egypt and two years living in Japan where she taught English at elementary and high schools. Ms. Fitzjohn has an MA in Geography from The University of Glasgow. She is a British national and is conversant in French and Japanese.
Anna Fogel is a Business Analyst in SBI’s Washington DC office. Prior to joining SBI, she was a Benjamin A. Trustman Traveling Fellow and studied low-income housing finance and development. She spent six months in India, working with a housing finance team at the Institute for Financial Management and Research, evaluating the potential for standardizing the financial relationship between banks and housing NGOs. She then worked in Israel for six months, studying mortgage repayment and foreclosure crises and researching community participation in housing production and development. She has focused on American housing policy and programs while working with a number of housing organizations in Washington D.C., Boston and New York. Ms. Fogel graduated from Harvard College cum laude and completed an honors thesis on the design and theories of a low-rise, high-density housing project in New York City.
Jesse Fripp is a Vice President for SBI, based in Washington, DC and leads SBI’s Global Microfinance Community of Practice as well as managing the MENA and South Asia regional project portfolios. With nearly fourteen years of international experience in the Balkans, the Middle East, and South Asia, Mr. Fripp has designed and managed large-scale development finance and economic development programs including projects recognized for their innovations and impact in such forums as the World Bank’s Global Development Network and elsewhere. In addition to his economic development experience, Mr. Fripp has designed and/or overseen Greenfield microfinance institution start-ups in four countries (Romania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Iraq, and Afghanistan), including non-bank financial services companies, credit unions, and traditional MFIs, as well as MFI commercialization/transformation initiatives in Pakistan and Romania. He has directly managed and/or overseen micro & small enterprise, energy-efficiency, and housing loan portfolios ranging from $1 million to $25 million in size, and built operations processes and professional teams in challenging development and post-conflict environments. Mr. Fripp holds a Master’s in Public Management with a concentration in International Economic Development from the University of Maryland at College Park.
Daniel Gies is a Consultant for SBI where he serves as programme manager to three EU/EBRD SME Finance Facility projects in support of leasing companies (two Soci�t� G�n�rale affiliates and one Raiffeisen Landesbank affiliate) in the Czech Republic and Slovenia. Before this assignment he implemented a 12-month SBI assignment in the rural finance sector of Afghanistan, where he served on the credit committees as relationship manager for three financial institutions, including a leasing company and major international bank. He joined SBI from Croatia where he served as Chief of Party on a 3-year, $2.5 million USAID-funded program for SME development and microfinance. During the project he fund-raised, set-up and managed a microfinance organization, Delaware International, to provide micro-loans and technical assistance to agricultural producers in the rural, war-affected areas of Croatia. At the end of the project in 2005, he supervised the merger of this organization into a larger microfinance institution, remaining as board chairman in order to assist in its transformation into a licensed bank. Before assuming this position, Mr. Gies had founded and managed a Croatian start-up internet company, raising debt and equity to form Croatia’s largest digital souvenir company. Mr. Gies has an MBA in International Business from Thunderbird, an undergraduate degree from the State University of New York, and speaks fluent English, German and Serbo-Croatian, and proficient Russian and French.
Pierre Hoessler is Consultant at SBI where he has since July 2007 been project manager for Bank of Africa -Mali in Bamako. The objective of the project is to develop credit for SME’s .The mission provides technical assistance in the various aspects of the credit process. In addition to this, the project benefits from a risk sharing facility granted by IFC. SBI’s contract is for two years. Pierre Hoessler worked 15 years at BNP Paribas in the corporate departments. He has been an independent consultant for emerging countries since 2000. He conducted missions of training and consulting in Mediterranean countries, Africa and Middle East. In particular, he took part in the launching of a new guarantee fund for SME’s in Lebanon. Pierre Hoessler is graduate of the Ecole Sup�rieure de Commerce de Paris and of L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.
Salim Jiwani is currently a Senior Consultant with SBI and Pakistan Project Director for the Advancing Microfinance for Post-disaster Economic Reconstruction project in partnership with USAID and NRSP. Mr. Jiwani is a policy planning and design, organizational structure, management, product development, product costing, institutional assessment, institutional transformation and auditing specialist with more than 14 years of hands-on experience in the microfinance industry. Mr. Jiwani has worked with several MFIs, local government, NGOs and multilateral organizations and made microfinance practices sustainable in Pakistan. Mr. Jiwani has extensive experience with USAID and World Bank projects, including coordination of multi-stakeholder initiatives. Mr. Jiwani has successfully led transformation of Pakistan’s first NGO Microfinance Program operated by the Aga Khan Development Network into a country-wide licensed Microfinance Bank. Mr. Jiwani has over twenty-five years of operations management experience for development financial institutions in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Syria and Tajikistan. Mr. Jiwani is a Chartered Accountant and speaks basic level Bengali and Hindi.
Valentin Kanev, CPA, CIA, is Assistant Controller at SBI where he works on the foreign subsidiaries financial statements consolidation, project accounting and reporting, billing, and leads accounts payable and accounts receivable effort for the company’s control department at headquarters in Chicago. Mr. Kanev is an accountant by trade and brings more than 10 years domestic and international experience in the field. Mr. Kanev has direct experience with financial systems development including management, operations and technology platforms. Mr. Kanev holds a master’s degree in Accounting from Loyola University Chicago and a master’s in Industrial Management from University of Economics Varna in Bulgaria. He is fluent in several languages including Bulgarian and Russian.
Roger Keighley is Head, Africa for ShoreBank International, where he oversees business development and provides project backstopping throughout the region, as well as managing client and partner relationships. For the last 29 years, Mr. Keighley has worked predominantly in Sub-Saharan Africa, working on projects encompassing development finance, SME leasing, bank privatisations, commercial and investment credit banking and treasury operations. He has also worked in the Balkans, undertaking an EU funded privatisation project, dealing with Socially Owned Enterprises in Kosovo. Experienced in working with international Development Finance Institutions, he has been involved in raising and managing lines of credit for a variety of projects. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa where he will continue to be based, with extensive travel across the continent. Mr. Keighley is an Associate of the UK Chartered Institute of Bankers and is studying for a Masters in Development Finance (MDF) with the University of Stellenbosch Business School.
Natalya Klimova is Senior Consultant and currently working for SBI on EBRD project to establish a greenfield MSME bank in Belarus. Prior to that Natalya worked as an SME Advisor under a DFID sponsored Technical Assistance Program at FINA Bank in Nairobi, Kenya. Ms. Klimova joined the company in 1995 when SBI launched the first EBRD funded Small Business Lending Program in Russia and has held positions from Interpreter to Loan Developer. Ms. Klimova worked as Manager of the regional Small Business Lending Program for the Eurasia Foundation in Saratov, Russia and was a Board Member of a local microfinance organization funded by the UN. She served as Manager of the IFC Real Estate Finance Program in the Caucasus, implementing a new credit product in Georgia from 2000 to 2002 and launched the first mortgage program for Shore Overseas Azerbaijan in 2003. As a Real Estate Advisor she helped to oversee the operations of Domenia Credit, the first specialized Mortgage Company established by SBI in Bucharest, Romania. She has ten years of lending experience in emerging markets as it relates to SME and housing lending in Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Romania, Egypt and Kenya. Ms. Klimova earned a degree in English from the Teachers Training University in Tula, Russia and a Certificate from the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies, MIT, Massachusetts. Ms. Klimova is a Russian national and is fluent in several languages including her native tongue, Russian.
Santhosh Kumar Thiruthimana currently works as a Consultant for Shore Bank International. Mr. Kumar is an expert practitioner in the area of development finance, especially micro, rural and community based finance. Most of Mr. Kumar’s experience comes from the work he did for eight years as the Agricultural Extension Officer with Canara Bank, India at very diverse locations in Southern India. He has recorded tremendous success in promoting rural banking and agricultural finance, formation of women self help groups to access micro finance and establishing community development projects through the groups. Having worked with farmers at the rural level, he was involved in promoting new technologies for the improvement of their livelihoods. He was also actively engaged in community development activities of partner NGOs to promote gender equality and economic development. His efforts in the state of Kerala led to the successful formation of more than 500 SHGs comprising nearly 10,000 women. In addition to this work, he also led efforts to form five “Farmer’s Cooperative Clubs” in the state of Kerala to spread new agricultural technologies and to promote rural and agricultural finance. In recognition of his work, he was adjudged one of the best rural bankers by NABARD, the apex agricultural finance institution in India. His tasks in commercial banking also included managing all aspects of a credit portfolio of $5 million in 4 branches. Mr. Kumar has completed his Masters in “International Development Policy” at the Duke Center for International Development, Duke University, NC, and BS in Agriculture from Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala state, India.
Ellen Lederman is Senior Consultant at SBI based in London, UK where she currently advises BIGinvest, a ?3.5 million loan fund in the UK focusing on social enterprises and CDFIs. Ms. Lederman is a finance specialist with over 15 years of practical international experience in capital raising, strategic advice, investments, fund design, fund management, financial institution assessment, and capacity building. Ms. Lederman is a member of the board, finance committee and credit committee of a UK CDFI; has conducted assessments of six microcredit organizations in Bosnia; led risk management assignments in Bosnia, Bangladesh and Uganda; and published guides and studies on financing social enterprises in the UK. Ms. Lederman also worked in investment banking at Drexel Burnham Lambert in NY and J.P. Morgan in London and Prague and with the IFC in Prague. Ms. Lederman has a MSM from MIT Sloan School of Management, a MPA from Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a BA Summa Cum Laude in Economics from Cornell University.
Guy Mallett is Senior Consultant at SBI where he is Project Coordinator for the six-country IFC Africa SME Access to Finance project with EcoBank, a leading African commercial bank. Prior to this Mr. Mallett led SBI’s team in Madagascar, providing technical assistance to BFV Soci�t� G�n�rale, one of the major targeted banks, under an IFC sponsored SME project for bank downscaling, capacity building, market entry and IT solutions. The project was one of several to be implemented by the Government to encourage the development of private sector economic activity. As a native bilingual English/French speaker, Mr. Mallett brings to SBI over twenty years of experience in commercial banking in emerging markets with particular emphasis on the SME sectors in Africa, central Asia and certain areas of Europe. Having served with both the Barclays and Fortis banking groups in junior and senior positions his experience and knowledge of emerging markets extends virtually across the entire African sub-Saharan region. Mr. Mallett is a graduate of the London School of Economics, having previously attended the Sorbonne and the Westminster School London.
Alan Martinez is Senior Manager at SBI where he provides strategic consulting, implementation support and investment advice to financial institutions. Mr. Martinez is currently based in Chicago and is involved in the design and management of client engagements with a focus on strengthening credit, investment and risk management decision making. In addition, Mr. Martinez leads SBI’s credit scoring practice which provides scoring technology to consumer and small business lenders. Over the last seven years – in Europe, Latin America and the United States — Mr. Martinez has managed long-term projects with seven large scale commercial banks, conducted performance evaluations of 29 financial institutions, and advised two SME investment funds. Prior to joining SBI, Mr. Martinez worked as a small business lender in Chicago with ShoreBank. Mr. Martinez earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy from the University of Texas and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard University.
John Mayshak is Senior Consultant with SBI where he currently is Project Manager of an EU/EBRD SME Rural Finance Facility at BGZ in Warsaw, Poland. The 15.0 million Euro credit line and technical assistance package are aimed at strengthening the capacity of the bank in providing access to finance for farms and small enterprises in rural areas. Mr. Mayshak previously served as the Director/CEO of SOA Kredit, SBI’s non-bank finance company in Azerbaijan and the country’s first residential mortgage lender. Before joining SBI in 2004, he spent three years running LINK, a UNHCR funded rural micro loan program in Serbia. He was a community development lender with Bank One in Arizona, specializing in affordable multifamily housing and small business loans and investments. Mr. Mayshak managed a large portfolio of USAID capital markets development projects in Poland in the early Nineties. He has a proven track record in institution capacity building, operations and personnel management, portfolio risk management, MIS implementation, training program development, staff mentoring, and due diligence. Mr. Mayshak received a Bachelors Degree in Finance (specialization in Banking) from Arizona State University and an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management. Mr. Mayshak is fluent in Polish and conversant in German.
Oswaldo Mendoza is a Junior Consultant at SBI. As a Consultant, he works in different projects in Mexico and Central America, ranging from assessing current practices at Specialized Mortgage Financial Institutions in Mexico, to assessing the creation of a Mezzanine Fund in Central America from the Projected Financial point of view. Oswaldo Mendoza holds a bachelors degree in Public Accounting and Finances from the Technological Institute of Superior Studies of Monterrey, Mexico. Oswaldo Mendoza has been working with ShoreBank International since September 2002 when SBI advised the Inter-American Development Bank in the launch of an $8 million investment fund targeting small and medium-sized businesses in Mexico. Oswaldo Mendoza is fluent in Spanish and English.
Stephanie McKeiver is Head, Human Resources and Contracts Management. Ms. McKeiver manages the human resources function for SBI and participates in development of career development initiatives. In addition, Ms. McKeiver manages the processes related to SBI’s contractual relationships, both with donors and clients (external) and contractors (internal). Finally, she oversees development and implementation of policies and procedures designed to ensure the security and safety of SBI personnel and contractors and serves as a liaison to ShoreBank Corporation’s crisis management team. Ms. McKeiver has been employed by SBI for 10 years, and has an undergraduate degree from DePaul University.
Stefan Merjavy is a Senior Consultant at SBI with six years of lending and risk experience and extensive credit training experience from eight EBRD Finance Facility projects in Slovakia and Czech Republic. He was involved in various Strategic Planning processes and Credit Scoring development/testing. Mr. Merjavy has a BA in Economics and Information Technologies and has undergone several courses in Credit Risk, Accounting and Banking. Native Slovak, he is fluent in English and German, and has a moderate knowledge of Russian language
Tocher Mitchell is a Consultant for ShoreBank International where he is the long-term advisor to SBI’s portion of the USAID-funded Southern Africa Financial Sector Program. Tocher brings more than thirty years of experience in commercial and development banking as a loan officer, manager, consultant and financial analyst, with SMEs, micro enterprises and municipalities. He also has extensive project management experience and strong credit skills, including certification as a US SBA SME lender. Prior to working as an independent consultant, Mr. Mitchell held senior positions at several banks, including Vice President of Chittenden Bank, Financial Analyst at the Asian Development Bank and Vice President and Manager of Credit at Chase Manhattan Bank. Mr. Mitchell’s geographic experience includes work in the Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Philippines, Mongolia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and South Africa. Mr. Mitchell holds a Masters in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a BA from Lawrence University.
Nicholas Molodyko serves as Head, Practice Management and is assigned primary line management for SBI’s intellectual capital (IC) development activities; capturing, storing and disseminating (internally and externally). Prior to joining SBI, he was involved in the start-up of SBI’s sister company, ShoreCap Exchange, where he developed an approach for the procurement of consultants and operations policies and procedures. Before joining ShoreBank, Nicholas spent over a decade managing grant-funded international public health projects where he provided technical assistance, managed logistics and served as a institutional liaison to the United Nations, and Sub-Saharan African NGOs and government agencies. He has co-authored papers in the areas of adult learning and data collection methodology. He majored in music performance at the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music and public health at the University of Alabama School Of Public Health. Currently, Mr. Molodyko also serves as Chief Editor for UPsides with the Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV (FMO) and serves on the CGAP Steering Committee for Knowledge Management. He is conversant in French and Russian.
Lauren Moser, CFA, is Vice President at SBI and heads the company’s Washington, DC office, where she leads the design and oversight of international development projects in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Ms. Moser is a MSME and housing finance specialist and brings over 13 years of international finance experience, in which she has designed and managed funds in Mexico and Argentina, utilizing traditional debt and quasi-equity investment structures, as well as engaged in microfinance upscaling and commercial bank downscaling in the former Soviet Union, Asia, and Africa. She has also designed and currently oversees the Global Financial Innovations Project GDA with USAID, aimed at leveraging private sector funding towards generating slum improvement, and is currently assisting in leveraging DCA guarantees for pilot projects in South Africa. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Barnard College and holds a Masters from the Center of Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies of Georgetown University. Ms. Moser is a Chartered Financial Analyst and speaks fluent Russian and is proficient in Spanish.
Donna Nails is a Consultant for SBI. Ms. Nails provides consultative services on risk management to financial internationally including credit risk review of transforming MFI in Pakistan, risk assessments of a small business lending institution in Azerbaijan, developing the credit department of a bank in Kenya, and providing training to mortgage finance lenders in Egypt. Previously, Ms. Nails held the following positions at SBI Corporation: Special Projects Manager for the CFO, Deputy Director of the Corporate Risk Management Department. Ms. Nails began her career as a business lender at SBI. Prior to working at SBI, Donna Nails worked for USAID in Ukraine and was a Peace Corp Volunteer in Moldova. Ms. Nails holds a BA from the University of Illinois and a MBA from
DePaul University in Chicago.
Stephen Orlesky is a Senior Consultant at SBI and CEO of a Greenfield bank in Belarus – the Belarusian Bank for Small Business. Mr. Orlesky has over 10 years of developmental finance experience in the field – mainly in the former Soviet Union, Romania and Southeast Asia – coupled with 9 years of corporate and investing banking experience in North America. He is an MBA graduate from the University of Toronto and has a good working knowledge of Russian and Ukrainian and is also conversant in French and German.
Lara McCoy Pawlak is manager of Global Talent Resourcing for ShoreBank International, based out of the Chicago office. Prior to joining SBI, Ms. Pawlak had fourteen years of experience in project management, business development and business technical assistance, working in diverse private and nonprofit organizations devoted to international development assistance, consulting, and database analytics for financial services firms. In the early 1990s, Ms. Pawlak worked at a small business fund in St. Petersburg, Russia, supporting the due diligence process for equity investments. Ms. Pawlak received her BA in International Studies, with a focus on International Development, from American University in Washington, DC and completed her MBA at the University of Kentucky.
Jan Piercy is Executive Vice-President with ShoreBank Corporation and is charged with fostering internal and external relationships relating to capital raising, business development and professional capacity for the three sister international companies (SBI, SCI and SCE) and SBI Corporation. Ms. Piercy also handles some senior executive searches for SBI and advises on recruiting, managerial development and the SBI intern and fellowships program. Ms. Piercy oversees the direction, operation and management of SBI’s international group of companies. Ms. Piercy rejoined SBI in April, 2005 as Executive Vice President, where she had earlier been a Senior Vice President. In 2002, Ms. Piercy concluded a seven year term representing the United States on the Board of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. At the World Bank, she chaired the Board Personnel Committee and the Committee on Development Effectiveness and served on the Board Audit Committee. She received the U.S. Treasury Medal of Honor in 2001 for her service at the World Bank. Prior to her nomination to the World Bank Board, Ms. Piercy was Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Presidential Appointments in the White House. She graduated with honors from Wellesley College, and completed Stanford Business School’s Senior Executives Management Training program. She serves on the Boards of the Global Health Council and Vital Voices, and the Advisory Councils of the Acumen Fund and the Global Philanthropy Forum. Ms. Piercy is a frequent speaker on economic development policy and issues.
Rupini Deepa Rajagopalan, International Development Associate is located at SBI’s Chicago office. Prior to joining SBI, Ms.Rajagopalan worked in the Islamic wholesale banking division at Standard Chartered Bank in Malaysia where she was responsible in identifying, developing and managing its Islamic business/portfolio. She has experience in structuring term sheets, preparing business credit applications and managing product development. Ms Rajagopalan holds an undergraduate degree from Victoria University, Melbourne in Banking and Finance. She is a Malaysian national fluent in Malay, English, Bengali, conversant in Indonesian and speaks basic level Hindi.
Daniel Popa has worked in the Romanian banking sector for ten years in a variety of roles, most recently as an SBI Country Manager/ Project Manager for the EBRD SME Finance Facility project with CEC Bank Romania. In this role he successfully implements the SME Project for the bank and carries out staff training in SME finance. Previous to this he was involved in SBI’s TA programmes for AlphaBank, BCR, and Banca Transilvania. Mr. Popa worked for SBI as a Financial Sector Specialist in Pakistan under a USAID-funded project to improve the access of Pakistani MSMEs to finance. In this capacity he has developed and implemented training courses for bank and MFI lenders throughout Pakistan, mentored Pakistani staff in small business lending techniques and managed relationships with partner financial institutions. He also had short-term international assignments in training (Kenya, Mali) and Portfolio Risk Assessment (Azerbaijan). Mr. Popa has an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, a BA in Engineering and another one in Economics at Babes Bolyai University of Cluj- Napoca, Romania.
Hala Razian, a Business Analyst for ShoreBank International UK Ltd., is based in SBI’s UK Office. Ms. Razian is responsible for project support on several Central and Eastern European and Former Soviet Union (CEE/FSU) small business lending capacity building and technical assistance projects. In addition, Ms. Razian supports Francophone and Anglophone business development and project management in Africa. Areas of specialization include small business lending and energy efficiency financing. Ms. Razian has three years experience in the public sector including at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Lebanon. She has served as the Corporate Social Responsibility Officer for UNDP, working towards institutionalizing legal reforms in support of socially responsible business as well as working with SMEs and larger corporations to develop sustainable public private partnerships for development between them. While acting as Program Assistant to UNICEF Lebanon’s Greeting Cards and Women’s Program Operations, Ms. Razian managed the strategy, budgeting, fund raising, statutory and regulatory reporting, and monitoring adherence to financial controls, tax planning and compliance to support the business lines of the UNICEF National Greeting cards sales campaign. She also provided support on assignments such as business valuations, feasibility studies, proposal writing, project administrative duties, workshop and seminar organizing, marketing and advertising, and any backstopping activities as necessary throughout her professional career. Ms. Razian speaks fluent English and Arabic and intermediate French and holds a First MSc in Development Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.
Arif Rizvi is Chief Operating Officer for SBI. Prior to joining our team, Mr. Rizvi was Vice President and Business Manager, Shared Services, at ABN AMRO. In that role, he created the vision of a comprehensive program for evaluating Operational and Financial performance for all of ABN’s Consumer Operations and Operations control business units. He also developed strategy and tactics for implementation, and convened working teams of US Operations Heads / CFOs to present and implement programs, generated buy-in, and monitored impact and results. Mr. Rizvi is a senior executive experienced in Finance, Operations, and Corporate Governance having worked across Asia, Europe, and United States.
Magda �est�kov� is a Credit and Risk Management Consultant with SBI, based in Prague, and has over five years experience as a team member of EU/EBRD SME Finance Facilities in Czech and Slovak Banks and Leasing companies. Ms. �est�kov� serves a pivotal role in training and coaching loan officers and working with managers to develop processes and procedures for SME lending. She is fluent in several languages including her native tongue Czech, Slovak and Hebrew.
Afsheen Shakoor is a Senior Analyst/ Finance Officer at SBI, as a Senior Analyst she works in close coordination with company’s clients to provide technical assistance services and as a finance officer she works on finance, accounting and reporting for Pakistan based projects. Ms. Shakoor holds Chartered Accountant (Finalist) degree from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and she is also a Certified Internal Auditor from the Institute of Internal Auditors, Florida U.S.A. Ms. Shakoor brings more than 6 years of experience in the field. Ms. Shakoor is fluent in English, Urdu and Punjabi.
Laurie J. Spengler is President of SBI. Ms. Spengler leads the senior management team of SBI and is responsible for the strategic direction of the company. Having founded and managed a business solutions and legal services firm in Central Europe for the past 15 years, Ms. Spengler brings to SBI an entrepreneurial perspective and an understanding of the challenges and opportunities of working in transitional economies. Ms. Spengler has over 20 years of experience as a strategy and transaction services professional, with significant experience in capital raising, M&A, and private equity transactions. Over the past decade, she has developed a particular focus on access to capital for individual entrepreneurs and small businesses. Previously, Ms. Spengler worked as an attorney with the New York, Brussels and Prague offices of White & Case. Ms. Spengler has a JD from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree from Stanford University.
Paula Storch Tjossem is an individual lending, microfinance and SME specialist and possesses over 12 years of practical experience in developing and transitional economies of Africa, Eastern Europe, South Asia, and the former Soviet Union. She designed, created, managed, and operated two microfinance / SME financial institutions as well as has managed and operated loan funds. Micro and small business development skills include assessment; product design and development; execution and direct management of financial institutions; commercial lending; grant management; institutional development and capacity building; operational management; monitoring and evaluation; business development services; impact survey design and implementation; extensive practice in creation and presentation of trainings; and provision of technical expertise in formal and informal settings, rural and urban areas, and diverse political environments. Ms. Tjossem has also worked with refugee and internally displaced persons in war torn areas in the areas of income generation and sustainable livelihood in rural and urban settings. Prior to Ms. Tjossem’s international experience, she worked in the U.S. banking corporate trust area. Ms. Tjossem holds a BS in finance from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and studied contemporary Economic Policy at the American University.
Frances Toomey is a Senior Manager at SBI where she currently provides oversight for a $15M SME Rural Investment Fund for Afghan financial institutions under the Agriculture, Rural Investment and Enterprise Strengthening (ARIES) program. Previously, Ms. Toomey was the Rural Finance Director for the Rebuilding Agricultural Markets Program (RAMP) in Afghanistan. Ms. Toomey is a banking and microfinance specialist and brings to SBI over 16 years of practical international experience managing and supporting the development of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises including commercial lending, grant management, business development services, institution capacity building and training in transitional economies of Southeast Asia, Africa, and the former Soviet Union. Ms. Toomey has direct experience with program development including personnel management, financial operations, program evaluations, logistics and security issues. Ms. Toomey also worked in sales management, market research and administration for five years in the U.S. private sector. Ms. Toomey has an MBA from the University of Cincinnati.
Vanina Vincensini is a Consultant at SBI. Based in Brazil, she oversees the collection of SBI’s lending and development output data. She is responsible for producing the various reports which summarize the company’s activity in the world. Before moving to Brazil, Ms. Vincensini was a fellow in the ShoreBank group in Chicago. There, she worked on growth plans and market assessments in the real estate lending department of the Bank as well as on various strategic issues at SBI. Interested in international and local economic development, Ms. Vincensini has also been advising the World Bank on a variety of topics, including municipal finance, social protection, and human development policies. She has experience working in the French administration on diplomatic affairs and economic support for small businesses. A Fulbright Scholar, Ms. Vincensini holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago and a Master in Public Administration from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, France. She is a native French speaker and is fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Kirsten Weiss is Senior Consultant at SBI where she currently works in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. Ms. Weiss is an SME and microfinance specialist and brings to SBI over 12 years of practical international experience managing and supporting the development of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises including commercial lending, grant management, business development services, institution capacity building and training in transitional economies of Central and Southeast Asia, and the former Soviet Union. Ms. Weiss has direct experience with program development including personnel management, financial operations, program evaluations, logistics and security issues. Ms. Weiss also worked in marketing, tourism development, and accounting in both the private and public sectors. Ms. Weiss has an MBA in International Management from Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management.
Thomas Welfle, a Consultant for SBI, currently works in Kenya with our partner K-Rep Bank on the Kenya Rural Enterprise Project. In 2002 he began his career with Internationale Projekt Consult GmbH (IPC) on the EBRD Kyrgyz Micro and Small Enterprise Finance Facility (MSFF), a $15.3 million facility to support the growth of Micro and Small Enterprises in the Kyrgyz Republic. Initially he worked on the expansion of the micro crediting activities in partner banks in Bishkek and Osh. As a member of various credit committees, Mr. Welfle has experience in the development and management of micro, small and medium-sized enterprise finance institutions. He has organized and carried out assessment centers for new loan officer recruitment, overseen loan officer training, daily crediting operation and implementation of efficient micro crediting procedures with partner banks. He advises small companies and bank management in the areas of organisational and operational structure, information management, human resource management, marketing, risk identification and risk control. Mr. Welfle holds a degree in Economics from Humboldt-University Berlin and speaks fluently German, English and Russian.
Stephanie Wescoat is a Project Accountant at SBI, based out of the Chicago office. She works on foreign project accounting and reporting, billing, and accounts receivable, primarily with ERBD. Being an accountant by trade, Ms. Wescoat brings over 5 years of experience in the field and plans on taking the CPA exam in 2009. She received a BS in Geography and an MBA with a concentration in Strategic Management from Central Michigan University. She also holds a post-graduate certificate from Davenport University specializing in Forensic Accounting
The Shore Bank Is set up for complete economic restructuring after an economic collapse!!
Do they have sufficient funds to cause the collapse?
Bridgette – is that what you meant ?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=78106
“Between 1998 and 2001, the Obama and Ayers-led Woods Fund also gave nearly $300,000 to Northwestern University, where Bill Ayers and his wife, Castro trained Bernardine Dohrn Ayers, had secured teaching jobs. Bill Ayers’ father, Tom Ayers, also sat on the Board of Trustees for Northwestern, as did Howard Trienens, who was a partner at the law firm (Sidley Austin) that hired Obama for an internship when he was only a first-year law student. Here are the grants in detail:”
ck this out the details!
Are their two factions? Interesting!
Director of National Intelligence is being replaced. Did he quit, resign, or was he fired? Tension between Blair and Leon Panetta before.
Our Traitorous Congress
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Hard to say which is more distasteful: Mexico’s President Calderon berating America, or the United States Congress giving him a standing ovation for it… VIDEO
UPDATE: At least Sen. Hatch had the (in honor of Pres. Calderon’s visit) cojones to call foul:
“It’s inappropriate for a head of state to question our laws, especially when the state of Arizona only acted in the best interest of its citizens and with the support of seventy percent of its people.”
http://grandrants.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/our-traitorous-congress/
Amjad Arbab serves as Head, SBI Pakistan, where he is charged with overall responsibility for ShoreBank’s technical and business development operations across the country, as well as within the broader region on a strategic basis. Mr. Abab is a long-standing friend and colleague to many at SBI, most recently in his role as CEO of the Microfinance Investment Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA), which has set the global standard for best-practice in developing an effective “capital plus” wholesale and technical assistance facility in the microfinance and SME arenas for post-conflict reconstruction. Prior to this role, Mr. Arbab was a founding member of the executive management team of the Bank of Khyber (BOK), where he also served in several executive roles including as strategic architect and Head of BOK’s microfinance division in the mid-late 1990′s. Mr. Arbab has also served in senior positions with the Agha Khan Rural Support Programme and the Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan, and holds a Masters in International Relations from Johns Hopkins/SAIS as well as a Masters in Political Science from the University of Peshawar.
Mr. Arbab has also served in senior positions with the Agha Khan Rural Support Programme and the Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan
Agha Khan…
The link to all above. I forgot to add it.
http://shorebankinternational.com/index.php?p=304
Bridget Burkhardt is Senior Consultant based in SBI’s Chicago office. Since joining SBI in September 2006 she has worked on a variety of projects ranging from the feasibility study for a housing fund to the launch of a USAID project to develop the rural lending industry in Afghanistan. Her responsibilities include the provision of financial modeling and analysis support to SBI projects, the creation of financial and other analyses to support internal SBI business decisions, and general participation as a consultant on SBI projects, particularly in a strategic advisory or funds development capacity. Ms. Burkhardt is a private equity specialist with a general corporate finance background. Prior to joining SBI she spent two years as a financial analyst in investment banking and six years as an investment professional with private equity funds in New York, London and Chicago, including three years with community development venture capital funds. Ms. Burkhardt holds an undergraduate degree from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Burkhardt..
W.E.B. DuBois and Shirley GRAHAM DuBois
(His name was :William Edgbert-sp ?BURKHARDT DuBois)
DuBois in French is WOOD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Shah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is the US federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. President John F. Kennedy created
USAID in 1961 by executive order to implement development assistance programs in the areas authorized by the Congress in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
An independent federal agency, USAID receives overall foreign policy guidance from the United States Secretary of State [Hillary Clinton]and seeks to “extend a helping hand to those people overseas struggling to make a better life, recover from a disaster or striving to live in a free and democratic country…”
USAID is headed by an Administrator appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The USAID Administrator is Rajiv Shah, appointed by President Obama.
It has been said that in the 1960s and early 1970s USAID has maintained “a close working relationship with the CIA, and Agency officers often operated abroad under USAID cover.”[26] The 1960s-era Office of Public Safety, a now-disbanded division of USAID, has been mentioned as an example of this, having served as a front for training foreign police in counterinsurgency methods.[27]
Support of forced sterilization
***In Peru, former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) pressured 200,000 indigenous people in rural areas (mainly Quechuas and Aymaras) into being sterilized.[29] In July 2002, a final report from the Health minister proved that between 1995 and 2000, 331,600 women and 25,590 men had been sterilized. The program was mainly financed by the USAID ($36,000,000 dollars) and the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund).
US Aid to Pakistan by the Numbers – Center for American Progress
US Aid to Afghanistan by the Numbers – Center for AAmerican Progress
Agha Hasan Abedi[Source: Terry Kirk / Financial Times]
Investigative journalist Joseph Trento will later report that
in 1976, the Safari Club, a newly formed
secret cabal of intelligence agencies (see September 1,
1976-Early 1980s), decides it needs a network of banks to help finance its intelligence operations.
Saudi Intelligence Minister Kamal Adham is given the task…
Adham transformed a small Pakistani merchant bank, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), into a world-wide money-laundering machine, buying banks around the world to create the biggest clandestine money network in history.
http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=agha_hasan_abedi_1
Really good catch AOne. Kahn name again..many spellings, many places in time. This stuff has been going on for a long time it seems. Now another name I keep coming across is Ghulum/Ghulam, etc..the one I have been tracing goes to Egypt. President. Relative to Helena Fauthia Ritz-Rizk. Like Ritz Carlton Hotels. Geoege W.Bush has a business w/ Middle east royals called the Carlton Group right ?
Helena was wife of Kwamie of Ghana. Kwamie and Helena best friends to W.E.B. DuBois and Shirley GRAHAM DuBois.
Carlton Group. Includes the Bin Laden family ?Bin Laden family is like Sarah Lee to us.Bread. Barbari Bread. Also called Afghani bread. It is different then Pita bread. It is a long flat piece of unleavened bread, very long and thin. It is eaten w/ feta cheese over there for breakfast with hot tea. A HUGE selling grocery staple.
That menu at the White House is all about symbolism…down to the GRAHAM cracker desert….All a big funny to laugh about…Kid you not..Far east beef, feta, GRAHAM cracker desert…
all have meaning…to some in the know..hope it was funny…Wish some put that much planning and thought into running this country.
Funny…haha.
Another thought also. Refugees fleeing Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan war, went to Pakistan through hard mountain route. The same route used by the Freedom Fighters. Alot of those refugee Afghan women and kids were looked over and even married some of those Freedom Fighters. Alot settled in Pakistan, USA, England and other places.
AOne,
Great Catch, your on the right tract with your great research! Here’s some info. I’ve looked up that I think will help you.
Dubai and Abu Dhabi have been wealthy smuggling ports since the invention of boats.
The player behind Dubai Ports World, UAE President and Emir of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan, is the son of the founder of Bank of Commrce and Credit International (BCCI), which expedited the heroin shipments, and return money flows, of the US first Afghan War in the ’80s. the Kerry Committee BCCI report issued in 1992.
Dubai and Abu Dhabi have been wealthy smuggling ports since the invention of boats.
The player behind Dubai Ports World, UAE President and Emir of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan, is the son of the founder of Bank of Commrce and Credit International (BCCI), which expedited the heroin shipments, and return money flows, of the US first Afghan War in the ’80s. the Kerry Committee BCCI report issued in 1992.
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The BCCI Affair
A Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations
United States Senate
by
Senator John Kerry and Senator Hank Brown
December 1992
102d Congress 2d Session Senate Print 102-140
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Introduction and Summary of Investigation
The Origin and Early Years of BCCI
BCCI’s Criminality
BCCI’s Relationship with Foreign Governments, Central Banks, and International Organizations
BCCI in the United States – Initial Entry and FGB and NBG Takeovers
BCCI in the United States – Part Two: Acquisition, Consolidation, and Consequences
BCCI and Law Enforcement – The Justice Deparment and the US Customs Service
BCCI and Law Enforcement – District Attorney of New York
BCCI and Its Accountants
BCCI, The CIA and Foreign Intelligence
The Regulators
Clark Clifford and Robert Altman
Abu Dhabi: BCCI’s Founding and Majority Stockholders
Mohammed Hammoud: BCCI’s Flexible Frontman
BCCI And Georgia Politicians
BCCI’s Lawyers and Lobbyists
Hill and Knowlton and BCCI’s PR Campaign
Ed Rogers and Kamal Adham
BCCI and Kissinger Associates
Capcom: A Case Study of Money Laundering
Legislative and Policy Recommendations
Appendix – Matters For Further Investigation, Witnesses and Writs
http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/
Agha Hasan Abedi
http://www.factbites.com/topics/Agha-Hasan-Abedi
Factbox: Facts about Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al-Nahayan
Reuters) – The body of Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al-Nahayan, 41, managing director of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), among the world’s biggest sovereign funds, has been found, a Moroccan government official said on Tuesday.
His aircraft crashed into a reservoir 10 km (6 miles) south of the Moroccan capital Rabat last Friday.
Here are some facts about Sheikh Ahmed:
* Sheikh Ahmed is the son of the founder of the seven-member UAE federation, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, and worked as a European equities analyst at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), for six years before becoming its boss.
* ADIA is among the world’s top state-run investors, funneling funds from the emirate’s oil exports into stocks and bonds overseas from its headquarters in a skyscraper on the island city’s shoreline.
* His sovereign wealth fund, formed in 1976, is believed to have assets of around $500 to $700 billion, ranging from Citigroup bonds to a stake
in Britain’s Gatwick airport to residential property in major cities.
* In a rare interview in January 2010, Sheikh Ahmed said the wealth fund was refining its investment approach and might consider a larger investment than its rarely exceeded 5 percent stakes. In the wake of the global financial crisis, Sheikh Ahmed said ADIA was reviewing its performance.
* ADIA has switched its weightings across asset classes to reduce the impact of economic downturns over the past 18 months, he said, adding its allocation to global equities had averaged 40-60 percent, with 60 percent of that indexed.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62T31120100330
Profile: George Herbert Walker Bush
1976: CIA and Other Intelligence Agencies Use BCCI to Control and Manipulate Criminals and Terrorists Worldwide
September 1, 1976-Early 1980s: Secret Intelligence Cabal Works with Rogue CIA Elements to Influence Middle East and Africa
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Much more -
http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=george_herbert_walker_bush&printerfriendly=true
http://www.microcapital.org/who%e2%80%99s-who-in-microfinance-ron-grzywinski/
Thanks lex — welcome back
I have found alot of information and disinformation on BCCI
probably because of clandestine operations by the CIA in Pakistan in 1976
It does appear that their is a split in the microfinancing camps from the 1980′s……..
The connections between the Ford foundation USAID and certain banks in the middle east are of concern
Selling for pennies on the dollar. &$&#@%^ !
http://nreionline.com/finance/news/carlton_group_auction_564_million_0209/
Not just bread for breakfast it seems…
*$^#@^* !
OT: The Dangerous Beliefs of Lyndon Larouche and Alex Jones! This is a long article but it is one that I feel MUST be read so that we will stay aware and on the lookout for the imposters who are and will try to disrupt/destroy what the Tea Party True Patriots stand for! We gotta VERIFY everyone!!!
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Posted: 05/22/10
Freedom Movement Faces Dire Threats From Within
By Thomas DeWeese
After more than forty years as an activist in the fight to restore the American Republic, I have never been more positive that the goal could now actually be achievable. The Tea Party movement represents the awakening of the great American sleeping giant of freedom. It is the most exciting change to take place in the last 100 years. Politicians are shuttering in its wake. Political strategists are trying to figure how to deal with it. Bad policy has been stopped or slowed. And massive change from the ballot box appears on the horizon of the next election.
However, some very dark clouds are gathering over the movement. The freedom fighters and their precious movement are being stalked by clandestine predators, quietly creating discord and suspicion among their ranks. If not exposed and stopped, the only result can be the destruction of the movement, the end of the burgeoning freedom revolution and the solidifying of the tyranny they seek to end.
The great threat to the Freedom Movement comes from a group of political extremists who have been around the U.S. political scene for decades. These operatives have been perceived at various times to be on the right and/or on the left. They have tried to work through the Democratic and Republican parties. Now they are trying to infiltrate and manipulate the Tea Party movement.
I am talking about the dangerous Lyndon LaRouche cult. It is a cult because of the fanatical devotion of LaRouche’s followers to his peculiar brand of Marxism, which sees the British – not the United States – as being behind economic catastrophes and world conflicts and wars. LaRouche followers can often be seen manning literature tables outside political events, including and especially 9/11 “truth” conferences.
Interestingly, one of LaRouche’s “former” high-level associates, Webster Tarpley, is now openly working with self-described “patriot” Alex Jones, who runs the infowars and prison planet web sites. Tarpley appears in two of Jones’ films, “The Obama Deception” and “Fall of the Republic.” Many conservatives have bought these films, thinking they have critical information about the threats to freedom that face us today. But the films are actually slick propaganda meant to deceive and distort the real situation.
The Tea Party movement must wake up — and wake up fast — before these political extremists carry out a strategy that will divide and discredit the movement.
More here: Please read !
http://www.worldviewweekend.com/worldview-times/article.php?articleid=6122
Also, I am sure all of you have seen this, but since my computer was down and still not acting up…just want to make sure you saw this response to FOIA request on SD.
http://www.usasurvival.org/ck04.08.10.html
It seems that a request for FOIA materials would get a reply from the designated department on government letterhead, dated, etc. I wonder who posted it and if information on it was redacted, I wonder why. The wording can be legitimate, but not its appearance.
I think the Tea Party is well aware of watching out for infiltrators. The Left is so used to paying their supporters and bussing them in that they can’t understand the Tea Partiers. News anchors fall all over themselves trying to analyze the movement. I think it is a riot to watch them. At least they know they are a movement to reckon with.
All the whacked out groups have become brazen because of Obama. The fact that he condoned by his silence SEIU being bussed to the bankers home last week..shows his support for those tactics and lawlessness. Right now it is Obama and Mexico vs AZ. Would you ever have believed? Five and a half months can’t come soon enough.
I remember seeing Barney Frank calling out some of his protesters at a town hall and he said they were from LaRouche
Source: Washington Post
President Obama on Saturday pledged to shape a new “international order” as part of a national security strategy that emphasizes his belief in global institutions and America’s role in promoting democratic values around the world.
Speaking to the graduating class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point — the ninth wartime commencement in a row, he said — the commander in chief who is leading two foreign wars expressed his faith in cooperation and partnerships to confront the economic, military and environmental challenges of the future.
“The international order we seek is one that can resolve the challenges of our times,’” he said in prepared remarks. “Countering violent extremism and insurgency; stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and securing nuclear materials; combating a changing climate and sustaining global growth; helping countries feed themselves and care for their sick; preventing conflict and healing its wounds.”
The administration is set to officially release the president’s first national security strategy next week, and Obama’s preview on Saturday suggests it will be far different than the first one offered by his predecessor in 2002. In that prior document, President George W. Bush formally called for a policy of preemptive war and a “distinctly American internationalism.”
More:
http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-8821-0-9-9–.html
I heard him say we will succeed in Afghanistan…not an emphatic, we will win. Guys going into battle, and he weakly says we will succeed? Those grads were throwing their hats in the air because he was done and off the stage and because they were graduates! I didn’t hear any cheers for him..but I only heard bits and pieces. It was a blaze monotone speech.
Obama said something like, We are supposed to end the war in Iraq and bring troops home ….Obama waited and finally got a weak applause. They didn’t believe him and it showed.
What a difference in the level of reception when he isn’t surrounded by union members in a staged play. I hope he felt the chill.
Congrats to the 1,000+ grads of West Point who will now go into service to protect us!
Charles Djou (R) won the special election in Hawaii! It has been a democratic seat for over 20 years! He ran against two democrats.
Democrats say they are saving their money for the November election…they aren’t concerned about this election. More egg on their faces!
Should be headlines…Obama can’t hold his alleged state of his birth! The people are speaking and “Hell No” is their mantra to Obama and his Marxists!
Let’s add Weenie to the dwarfs. He’s at it, again. This time, asking the WH to make up a story to spin away that FACT that Sestak won’t backtrack on: That the WH offered him a job in return for not running against Specter. Sestak, though, still won’t admit the whole truth–that the cushy job was as Sec. of the Navy. So tell me again why Blagojevich is under indictment.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/99413-dem-lawmaker-urges-white-house-to-release-details-on-sestak-job-offer