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David Hidalgo/Louie Perez wrote, “Will the Wolf Survive” as members of an East L.A. band. The debut album and song remain a powerful thought three decades later. When Rick started this topic, I expected a short life and blend it into one of the longstanding topics. It may happen, but for a while let your mind flow back in America’s history, return to the present and reach for thoughts about our future in the United States.
My belief that the wolf will survive accepts the notion that those forces against two strong legs and two strong arms are not as strong as the sounds across the nation, which comes from hearts and minds. Another songwriter comes to mind, Rodney Crowell, who sings, “Ignorance is the enemy”. The pendulum of extreme right and radical left continues to move away from both.
Through the chill of winter
Running across the frozen lake
Hunters are out on his trail
All odds are against him
With a family to provide for
The one thing he must keep alive
Will the wolf survive?Drifting by the roadside
Climbs each storm and aging face
Wants to make some morning’s fate
Losing to the range war
He’s got two strong legs to guide him
Two strong arms keep him alive
Will the wolf survive?Standing in the pouring rain
All alone in a world that’s changed
Running scared, now forced to hide
In a land where he once stood with pride
But he’ll find his way by the morning lightSounds across the nation
Coming from your hearts and minds
Battered drums and old guitars
Singing songs of passion
It’s the truth that they all look for
The one thing they must keep alive
Will the wolf survive?
Will the wolf survive?in reply to: Miscellaneous #4759Being able to survive in an environment that has allowed the gutting of the Rule of Law has been no small feat. Congratulations to the defenders of our company.
The following link clearly points the finger to who should be in the Post Office behind glass on the Most Wanted List for degrading this nation and stealing our money.
http://www.martinarmstrong.org/files/Gretchen%20Morgenson’s%20Book%2006-26-2011.pdf
in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #4758The Annual Shareholder Meeting and Gold Exhibit at the Underground Gold Miners Museum were great successes as determined by: everyone commented about their great day and experiences, no one hurt, yummy food, informative discussions. Alleghany was hopping.
Enthusiasm for the 100-year celebration was rampant! Ideas began to float around. Mike told Scoop this morning that it will be a ten-day celebration beginning October 6, 2011 and ending Saturday October 15th. Shareholders or not your help in making it a success is needed.
in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #4756Congrats. from all of us for the
Origsix 100th anniversary. Maybe
your luck will now turn positive.in reply to: Miscellaneous #4757Congratulations to the Original Sixteen to One Mine, and to all of those underground (however few, when tough-times challenge)…and to the above-ground positive and persistent optimistic pure-will to survive…and to the wisdom of all to thwart regulatory-criminal-machine-opposition that has tried to cause collapse.
This GRAND MINE stands strong!
Congrats to the shareholders (all of us) who know the faith we maintain is true.
Amazing things happen with persistence.
in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #4754Bluejay’s comments are well valued
The light sweet crude, I’m told
makes good gasoline. I’m also told
that type is available in Nigeria.
Our “fearless” leader wants our
nation and the world to continually be in “crises” that’s
how his agenda can successfully
develop. That’s the only goal
as he sees it.in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #4753Gold $1502.70 Off $18.00
Silver $34.63 Off $ 0.68The cut-off of light sweet oil from Libya due to the country’s civil war has prompted the International Energy Agency to coordinate between the U.S and Europe a release of 60 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves.
This move has weakened world oil prices and in turn, caused selling in gold and silver. The oil release will, for the short term, cause products made from crude to be s bit cheaper which will only be a temporary crutch for a sputtering economic recovery.
These are a few thought from Jim Sinclair today:
“If you think that the banking system of the western world is strong enough to guarantee the debt of the western world, you’re totally out of your mind. That’s the reason they’ll do everything possible to paper over the Euro crisis to prevent the defaults in order to prevent another crisis in banking that definitively would occur, that absolutely would occur from a default. This fact is ravingly positive for gold. You would have a complete collapse of the western banking system if Greece goes down.”
in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #4755Tomorrow ends another era for this gold mining company. It will be the 99th annual shareholder meeting. In October this year Original Sixteen to One Mine, Inc turns one hundred years old. Let’s celebrate!
Of more than 5000 U.S. publicly traded companies 486 are 100 years or older IBM joined this elite group on June 15, 2011. What are these companies’ secrets for lasting that long?
The “Sixteen’s” entrance to the club of U.S. companies to see their 100th birthdays is recognized as a milestone in business history. “It’s the predominant pattern that companies eventually self-destruct,” says management expert Jim Collins, author of books such as Built to Last, who studies corporate longevity. Companies that survive 100 years or longer are “a special and rarified group.”
Many of the best known that have lived for 100 years or longer include the stalwarts of American business ( ExxonMobile, General Electric and Chevron). Others are not household names, such as Praxir, McKesson, but have served their industries’ niches for more than ten decades. IBM says, “We have learned, from our history, to roll with changes in the world, like economic downturns and wars,”
A short list of secrets to join the 100- year club:
•Ability to move into new businesses without abandoning core tenets.
•A strong sense of purpose.
•Careful innovation.
•Financially conservative.The weather in Alleghany looks great for tomorrow. The tents are up and over 100 people are expected. Let’s celebrate.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4752“out of work construction workers”
This may have been true during the economic down turn of 1998.I was one of those out of work construction workers with a mining background that went back to mining then.
I worked mining any time there was no construction work and knew of a number of others that did.
Many of use had the skills to mine and the will to work instead of drawing unemploymentThis down turn i know of no construction workers turned miners with the dredging ban.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4751When honest, well-meaning people(ABrink) find a worthwhile article to share with others on our website, I am thrilled. Overcoming ignorance, which is pervasive throughout society today, continues to be the best way to stimulate actions to slow, stop our harmful behaviors. ABrink found an article and was kind enough to report it to distant friends.
BUT the new California gold rush article is inaccurate at best or reckless or willfully misleading at worse. The key words in the first paragraph are “hopeful amateur miners”.
Suggesting that “hardcore pros” (does the author mean hardcore amateurs?) are using dredging pumps and standing in hip waders while balancing portable (gas driven) pumps in May on the American River is ludicrous. Due to demagoguery the California legislature wrote and passed a law that prohibits all dredging in California waterways. The rationale is ridiculous yet our Governor signed it.
Claiming that “out of work construction workers” have moved to the mountains and are opening up mines, I guess without mandatory permits is insane. It isn’t happening in any rush. The biggest problem facing gold mining out west is California according to those few of us with a history in mining. The cost of and delays in acquiring permits to operate are legendary.
The author has confused filing a mining claim with the BLM is the equivalent with issuing a mining permit. If those truly ignorant people working to revoke one of our greatest opportunities for all Americans over 18 years of age (the ability to stake a claim under the 1872 Mining Law), will out, the global corporate powers will take over our domestic natural resources. It will be either a monopoly or oligopoly, take your choice, Either way Americans and America are the losers.
BY the way, the Mad Hedge Fund Trader closes his article with a pitch to all those folks who cannot go stand and pan gold in California to buy an EFT. Surprise, surprise.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4749An article by the ‘Mad Hedge Fund Trader’ suggests that California is being swept into a new gold rush, which – if true – should help the 16:1.
http://www.resourceinvestor.com/News/2011/6/Pages/The-New-California-Gold-Rush-.aspx
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4748I have to compliment Mike Miller’s Statement from The President of the 16 to One. I totally agree.
In all the counties of California, there is the Civil Grand Jury Process for reviewing the county and city government agencies for their responsibility to their prescribe duties, and their relations to the public. We as a state do not have this policy at the state level.in reply to: Miscellaneous #4746This is a rewrite to clarify confusion of a previous comment.
There is no such thing as a bill with the label of HB 1388.
It is either HR or SB.There is a HR 1388 For development of Rare Earth Elements.
Below is the Federal Registry of exactly what The President authorized in 2009 not 2011.
“Presidential Determination No. 2009-15 of January 27, 2009
Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related To Gaza
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the “Act”), as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Act, that it is important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the Act in an amount not to exceed $20.3 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund for the purpose of meeting unexpected and urgent refugee and migration needs, including by contributions to international, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations and payment of administrative expenses of Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State, related to humanitarian needs of Palestinian refugees and conflict victims in Gaza.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, January 27, 2009
[FR Doc. E9-2488
Filed 2-3-09; 8:45 am]”in reply to: Miscellaneous #4744Mike, We know the reasons for the
turndown, among the various are:
There are still “quotas”; You
looked at them “crosseyed”;
the lenders are still hanging on
to their cash,literally, so the loans offered (but not made) are
for publicity purposes, purely;
The folks we need are like dec’d
former stockholder, Bernard Baruch.in reply to: Miscellaneous #4745From Bob Chapman’s International Forecaster, June 15, 2011.
HB 1388 PASSED!!!!!! [While America has 22.4% unemployment.]
You just spent $20,000,000 to move members/supporters of Hamas, a terrorist organization, to the United States; housing, food, transportation, the whole enchilada.
HB 1388 PASSED
Whether you are an Obama fan, or not, EVERYONE IN THE U.S. Needs to know…..
H.R. 1388 was passed, behind our backs. You may want to read about it…
It wasn’t mentioned on the news… Just went by on the ticker tape at the bottom of the CNN screen.Obama funds $20M in taxpayer dollars to immigrate Hamas Refugees to the USA. This is the news that did not, and will not, make the headlines.
By executive order, President Barack Obama has ordered the expenditure of $20.3 million in “migration assistance” to the Palestinian refugees and “conflict victims” in Gaza.
The “presidential determination” which allows hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with ties to Hamas to resettle in the United States, was signed and appears in the Federal Register.Few on Capitol Hill, or in the media, took note that the order provides a free ticket replete with housing, transportation and food allowances to individuals who have displayed their overwhelming support to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the parliamentary election of January 2006.
Now we learn that he is allowing thousands of Palestinian refugees to move to, and live in, the US at American taxpayer expense.
These important, and insightful, issues are being “lost” in the blinding bailouts and “stimulation” packages.Doubtful?
To verify this for yourself: www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-02-04-E9-2488 http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-02-04-E9-2488%3E
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4743Shovel Ready was the initial cry when the government announced it planned to release billions of dollars to excite the economy. The Sixteen to One was shovel ready. If you remember, I was negotiating a bank loan guaranteed by the US Department of Agriculture. My expectations of success in getting the loan rose after each meeting with the bank and federal people. Oops, the September 2008 crash effectively stopped our paperwork. The USDA affirmed its commitment, but I could not find a bank or other lending agency to make the loan even though it would be 100% secured. One banker said the reason why banks can’t loan is because of federal banking enforcement. I gave up looking for a loan. Part of the federal government wanted to create jobs and part of the federal government was a job killer.
Shovel Ready is the cry again. Jobs are necessary to turn our country around towards prosperity and fun. Yes, fun! The Sixteen to One is shovel ready but with perks unlike most other shovel ready projects. Jobs will produce gold, which is new wealth. New wealth is how prosperity increases. Gold also creates confidence in others to look at California’s serious mineral wealth. Come on you rich guys, have a little fun you’re your money. Go hunt for gold.
Twenty-five years ago California had a thriving mining industry. The wealth brought from the earth sifted through many hands. This industry spends money. If anyone doubts gold’s affects of society and individuals, please read some history.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4742We have an at or near spot market
at $1,500/troy oz. There should
be hordes of new investors climbing over themselves to get on the bandwagon with new monies for stock at that “spot” level.
Who would ever think it would get to such a level?We need investors
hopefully with VISION!!in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #4737Gold $1522.50 UP $7.20
Silver $35.45 UP $0.69The metals continue to be under pressure since silver was stopped dead in its tracks nearing $50 with excessive increases in margin requirements ordered by the CME. Although silver was getting frothy, doubling in price in two months, the CME made sure that the plug got pulled just to protect its members that were heavily short from going belly-up.
The quick drop on the metal scared participants along with the effect spilling over into the gold market. The NY boys who play silver are obviously looking for lower prices. The key here for silver and gold to get moving again is gold’s ability to hold the $1500 level.
The gold producers are now selling for 10 times their cash, the norm is 20 times cash.
Gold and silver are now in consolidation patterns. It would be expected for them both to continue basing with a lower bias until such time that their batteries become fully charged again and the resumption of their bull trends is followed by all-time highs.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4736I guess they don’t like to talk about the $11 billion that was stolen from taxpayers in Iraq. It is the biggest cash holdup in the country’s history. It’s an old story, just before everything folds the Treasury is looted by those in power.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4741Correction:
$6.6 billion in reconstruction funds earmarked for Iraq was stolen, not $11 billion as reported earlier.
in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #4740Today from James Turk:
Thus, there is only one logical conclusion. Much of the debt overhanging the globe will never be repaid. Because a large portion of this debt is the principal asset backing national currencies today, these currencies have been debased.
It is debasement just like that by corrupt and autocratic kings and emperors of yore that we read about in monetary history, who cheated the citizenry by mixing lead or other base metals into coins to replace their gold and silver content. But today the debasement of fiat currency arises from the unrepayable loans of over-leveraged sovereigns run by corrupt and autocratic bureaucrats and politicians and of course their hand-maiden, central bankers, which succinctly highlights a theme I have made repeatedly.
Central banks are a barbarous relic.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4739It must be nice for someone taking in all that drug revenue.
U.S., Afghan Officials Discuss Extending Military Presence for Decades
The Guardian newspaper reports U.S. and Afghan officials are locked in secret talks about a deal which could result in U.S. troops, spies and air force power remaining in Afghanistan for decades to come—well beyond the scheduled 2014 withdrawal. The talks come at a time of growing opposition to the war from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers. The Afghan war is already the longest war in U.S. history.
From http://www.dmocracynow.com today:
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4738With gold at $1500, you would think that there is, at least, one creative mind in Sacramento that’s not asleep who could envision the benefit to the State for supporting and bringing back the gold mining industry.
It looks like Quebec has a well thought out plan to increase jobs and its revenue in the years ahead:
Quebec Premier Charest In New York To Promote Plan Nord, Seek Investment
14 June 2011, 5:24 p.m.
By Terry Wooten
Of Kitco News
http://www.kitco.com/New York – (Kitco News) — Quebec Premier Jean Charest pitched his Plan Nord for a comprehensive development of the province’s northern lands to U.S. investors Tuesday, outlined its details before the Foreign Policy Association, and was given the organization’s Statesman Award.
Charest launched the 25-year plan on May 9 and that he envisions it will generate more than $80 billion in investments and create or consolidate 20,000 jobs a year in Northern Quebec. Charest was in New York Monday and Tuesday to meet with investors. He said he plans to go to Europe next week for meetings in several countries.A trip to Asia to pitch the project in China and other Far Eastern countries will be scheduled later.
The premier said investor reception in New York was “positive” and he attributed the reaction to the preparation of the 25-year plan.
Charest noted Plan Nord should generate $14 billion in revenue for the government and for Quebec society.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4735The Bam admin today went on record saying that they “didn’t know what shovel-ready” really meant in today’s terms when they went on record touted shovel-ready jobs as the instant fix to the man-made over-extension (D) in housing derivatives….
Huh???
Remember their targeted ‘stimulus money’ ….that 6-8 billion $$s….twice….to fix things with shovel-ready jobs…..
Make no mistake…they knew they were siphoning our money through a slush fund towards public-sector unions in the name of “Shovel Ready” jobs.
Well, I’ve read a lot. And I’m pretty smart.
This is a very good time for us all to look closely into their motives….their definition of getting the shovel ready, and especially if you’re from Chicago.
Shovels for what??? Oh, yeah, there is that.
As for real REAL ready jobs for the shovel….this small town in Alleghany has a few shovels ready to go to work, if only the regulators and the non-freedom crowd get’s their asses off of ours.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4734The greatest risk of all is having a middleman between you and your money.
Bob Chapman comments from yesterday:
The world’s biggest bond fund is flat US securities and is short Treasuries. Commercial entities endowments, nations and individuals worldwide, are buying gold and silver to protect their assets. These moves are moves of no confidence and we believe they are correct.
They are afraid they will not be able to access their assets. Will they be able to remove their funds from banks anytime they want? Banks change the rules at will. They do what they want. Recently in France its biggest bank cut cash withdrawals by 50%. That can be done in America as well. There are laws that allow such restrictions. Do not forget the bank has loaned out your deposit and then some. The average bank today has lent 40 times its deposit base. That is called fractional banking and the historical lending rate is 9 to 1. As you can see banks are way over extended. They function by deceiving the public and there may soon some time when you can only get part of your funds or perhaps none at all. In the case of bankruptcy or major bank bankruptcies the FDIC would have to request funds from the Congress and Treasury; funds they do not have. Their only alternative would be to print money, which would cause more inflation and dilution. Purchasing power would fall as would the dollar and inflation would rise further. That means you only keep three months operating expenses in the bank and do not own CDs. Banks today are very vulnerable, as are other thrift institutions. Many are already bankrupt and are being kept afloat by the Fed. Many are keeping two sets of books. If you were to do that you would go to jail. Remember, that when banks fail and the FDIC pays off it is you the taxpayer that is bailing out the depositor.in reply to: Miscellaneous #4731From Jim Sinclair’s website, http://www.jsmineset.com:
“Joe America is largely unfazed, however. Sure, there are pockets of hurt, and there are many, many people who have re-evaluated their personal situations and have embraced individual austerity. Yet in the aggregate, we’re back on the credit card.
It is hard to discern at this point whether the uptick in borrowing is for essentials or discretionary goods. Based on the anecdotal evidence, it is likely both. People have been trained to borrow, make minimum payments, and to live as a servant to the creditor.
When you think about it, the ‘money’ that has been used to create this servitude has been created from nothing, yet must be repaid with something very real – the sweat of one’s brow. Hardly seems like a fair deal to me, yet we not only accept it, we demand it. Have we really spent any time thinking about these matters?
It is almost funny when I look at the latest opinion polls regarding the national debt. The vast majority of Americans think that Congress needs to put the country’s fiscal house in order, yet most of those same people refuse to do it in their own backyard.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4733Money is like oil on water, the bigger the pond, the thinner the film. It is nice to have big onions. The expression of Rick has merit
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4732A congressman (D) recently explained all this: “QE2, and what’s more, QE3 is no doubt the next absolute and necessary answer to our debt crisis, since once QE3 is passed, it will no longer be a crisis.”
HUH???
No, not a direct quote, but paraphrased from the guy that actually had the onions to say that there isn’t a problem since the Fed can print money to cover our debt.
HUH???
in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #4729Gold $1543.30 UP $9.00
Silver $37.71 OFF $0.76The following is from the Bob Chapman International Forecaster today:
Three years ago we saw what was going to happen to municipal bonds and we recommended their sale. Since then they have taken massive losses. Many municipalities will go bankrupt and many workers will be fired. Most will never be able to get a job again. We believe the states and municipalities will not receive further funding from the federal government and they jointly will fall deeper into debt.
As these entities and private ones as well go broke pensions will fall into default. This is part of the decimation of the under structure of society, so that almost everyone has nothing. The elitists in NYC and Washington want all the power in order to totally enslave mankind, but particularly the populations of the US, UK and Europe. At the same time, as they have over the past 3-1/2 years, they will hold the market up to continue the façade of prosperity.
The market will be ready to fall when they want it to, in order to drive funds into the bond market to keep it solvent, because it is far more important than the stock market. We do not know when this will happen, but it will. Can you imagine what will happen to pension funds and insurance companies with the Dow at 6550 or lower?
That is why we believe investors should be out of the stock market except for gold and silver shares. They should also be out of cash value life policies and annuities and certificates of deposit, and only own gold and silver coins, bullion and shares.
in reply to: CDAA Conduct #4728Mike
You’ve done an excellent piece of writing in calling a spade a spade in addressing these out of control bullies and the damage they inflict to retain their obsessive power thirst at our expense.
in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #4730An outstanding video with Mike Maloney spelling out what’s in store for fiat currencies:
in reply to: CDAA Conduct #4727It’s critical to read the below previous message, entered below this one….the one below should remain on the top of this forum page and every social net-work outlet.
Rae, can you list Mike’s below writings on the mine’s FB page? I’d send it around like wildfire, as it should be.
Gale Filter is not only a criminal, but a protected one. For those of us who sat through the Circus-court-of-appeals that day and listened to the railroad ramrod (quite as arrogant and despicable as the CRWQCB hearing) were shocked, and need to be reminded how justice has not been served.
Not only has justice not been served to Gale Filter and the CDAA, it continues to elude the California AG, ultimately responsible. They are all in a communal stink-bed of corruption.
If you have read this far into this forum entry, pleae take my initial advice and read the entry below.
Mark my words, and Mike Miller’s words: the justice to these criminals will be served. Swift, when it comes.
in reply to: CDAA Conduct #4726BLUEJAY, thanks for reminding me and other readers about the prosecutions we experienced at the hands of CDAA’s top prosecuting staff. Its memory does fade and yes, the “perps” of bureaucratic misuse of public’s trust know that we tend to forget. Societies move on. I reread my entry below (7/24/2009): forgot the arrogance of many members of judicial branches of state and federal governments and non-government lawyers.
PART 0NE:
CDAA’s top prosecutor, Gale Filter, was team leader for three other CDAA lawyers. Filter is a criminal. He broke a California law. He escaped arrest for an offense punishable by law. Was he punished? No. He got away with his felonious behavior. Scofflaw is the term he called me in the L.A. Times article (see NEWS top of page 3 on 11/11/2002).What is Filter’s crime? He failed to provide exculpatory evidence to the Sierra County Grand Jury, which resulted in felony indictments of our company, its mine manager and president. California legislated a law for this failure in order to protect its people from questionable prosecution. Evidence supporting his serious misconduct is contained in the Sierra County Grand Jury transcript and his crime is irrefutable. Why is he still a practicing attorney in California?
Filter not only retains his membership in the State Bar, but also after his pet project to privatize prosecution and criminalize accidents was discontinued, was chosen to fill a new position as a result of reorganization that took place in 2006. Filter is Director of Enforcement and Emergency Response with duties and responsibilities overseeing statewide environmental compliance. Do the two environmental lawsuit filed against Sixteen to One smell of a Filter participation? Most people familiar with the facts have answered, “Yes”.
The Grand Jury transcript records Filter’s words and desire “to put that mine in jail”. Well, he fabricated a case against us, excluded exculpatory evidence I submitted and twisted the testimony of witnesses in order to paint an ugly picture of defendants. It worked! He got the Grand Jury to arrest us.
PART TWO:
“The responsibility of a public prosecutor differs from that of the usual advocate; his duty is to seek justice, not merely to convict.” American Bar Association
The majority of California prosecutors successfully discharge the obligations requisite in advocacy and as ministers of justice. Some prosecutors have let their advocacy role prevail to the extent of using deceptive and unfair tactics to secure convictions. In October 2010 the Veritas Initiative released Preventable Error: A Report on Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 1997-2009. Its watchdog effort is devoted to “advancing the integrity of our justice system through research and data-driven reform, using the work of our preeminent experts in the field”.
The examination revealed 707 cases in which courts explicitly found that prosecutors committed misconduct. Of these 707 cases the Misconduct Study found 548 were harmless. (Misconduct occurred but defendants received fair trials.) The remaining 159 cases the courts found that the misconduct was harmful. Gale Filter’s prosecution fell into the harmful category. Some prosecutors committed misconduct repeatedly. Filter qualified for this special label, but his other cases against people in Yolo and Butt Counties were not discovered.
The Misconduct Study shows that those empowered to address the problem-California and federal courts, prosecutors and the California State Bar- repeatedly fail to take meaningful action. Of the 4,741 public disciplinary actions reported in the California State Bar Journal from January 1997 to September 2009, only 10 involved prosecutors. The failure of judges, prosecutors and the California State Bar to live up to their responsibilities to report, monitor and discipline prosecutorial misconduct fosters misconduct, undercuts public trust and casts a cloud over those prosecutors who do their jobs properly. The Misconduct Survey says, “The problem is critical. Prosecutorial misconduct fundamentally perverts the course of justice. It undermines our trust in the reliability of the justice system and subverts the notion that we are a fair society.”
How is prosecutorial misconduct defined and did Mr. Gale Filter practice it? The California Supreme Court explained that it “implies a deceptive or reprehensible method of persuading the court or jury”. More broadly, the term has been used to describe any “behavior that deliberately seeks an unfair advantage over the accused or a third person, or otherwise seeks to prejudice these persons’ rights.” The well recognized Blacks’ Law Dictionary provides specific examples, defining prosecutorial misconduct as “a prosecutor’s improper or illegal act (or failure to act), esp. involving an attempt to avoid required disclosures or persuade the jury to wrongly convict a defendant.”
What could be clearer with those definitions and the repeated behavior of CDAA’a prosecutor, Mr. Gale Filter and his lead protégé Denise Mejszenkier, regarding prosecutorial misconduct? The highly competent participants of The Northern California Innocence Project agreed. On page 101 in Appendix A under Sierra County lists “Miller, L.A. Times 2/15/2003 as one of the harmful cases by jurisdiction. Superior Court Judge Young dismissed the criminal charges because of prosecutorial misconduct.
PART THREE
“Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for the law…it breeds anarchy.” Olmstead v. United States Supreme Court 1928; Justice Brandeis, dissenting,
The devastating effects of prosecutorial misconduct cannot be overestimated. The costs are financial, emotional, psychological and societal. I know. Prior to a year (statute of limitation for filing) after Mr. Gale Filer’s prosecution was set aside by Judge Young, we returned to the Superior Court in Sierra County as plaintiffs against Filter, his employer and partners. The very important Prosecutorial Misconduct in California Report validates our decision…the system fails its duty to the public regarding prosecutorial conduct. The rest of us (excluding the lawyers) call this “the good ole boy ploy”.
For you unfamiliar with the results of our lawsuit, we won every motion for dismissal motions thrown at us, thanks to a special attorney named George Gilmour. George found that these CDAA lawyers failed to be legally sworn in to practice law in Sierra County. He broke the Absolute Immunity defense. It took a very sick judicial interpretation of the complex Anti-SLAPP legislation by Sacramento’s Third Appellate Court to thwart accountability, responsibility and justice we sought in our lawsuit. The good ole boy approach to law won another round and is alive and working in our State. George Gilmour paid the ultimate price for his effort to seek justice, right the wrong, punish the bad guys and help the justice system he so admired (in principle more than practice).The Northern California Innocence Project, its report, Preventable Error: A Report on Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 1997-2009 is worth sharing with others throughout America. California is not alone in prosecuting innocent using willful misconduct by those we trust. Our case brought these issues to my attention; however in contrast to others identified and convicted under criminal behavior of prosecutors who spent years in prison or death, ours pales. How Gale Filter got away with his behavior only to land a job in California government, as an enforcer is a testimonial to the corrupt or misguided judicial branch of our great government. Or perhaps it is just due to ignorance. If the latter is the case, spread the word.
in reply to: CDAA Conduct #4725The politicians depend on our forgetting about their irresponsible acts with the passing of time.
The scumbags that initiated charges of manslaughter against the mine should be brought to justice when the legislative house gets cleaned out following California’a impending bankruptcy.
in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #4724I wonder how heavily they lean on
all the mines in Nevada? What about the Idaho Maryland in Grass
Valley?Do they inspect it heavily?in reply to: Miscellaneous #4723Bluejay, The one thing we do learn from history is that we don’t learn from history.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #4722Martin Armstrong’s linked story of What Destroyed Rome is a great history lesson. Are we destined to repeat history?
http://www.martinarmstrong.org/files/What%20Destroyed%20Rome%2005-18-2011.pdf
in reply to: Ideal Time for Facts #4721Steve Forbes (see four entries below) opined a return to the gold standard, which cause me to ponder its consequences with 17 questions. I hoped to read your thoughts. I’ll give number 1 a shot. They are tough questions without simple answers. Pick one and offer us your thoughts (answer all if your brain can stay engaged).
1. Advocates have differing motives for advocating gold as a security. Since 1975 guys grabbed gold as a topic to make money selling advice, forecasts, books or articles and speaking engagements. Some have made their living doing this and a few continue today. The gold standard may lessen the unknowns about present and future values of gold. Interest may subside and there goes the advocates cash cow. (Gold investment/speculation history records peaks and troughs and bear markets longer than bull. In the 1970’s and early 1980’s a negative for gold was that it did not produce income as money in the bank produced interest. Therefore, when the pundits saw interest rates rising they shouted that gold was a poor investment.)
During these years I read dozens of gold bugs or nay Sayers newsletters, etc. I also attended conferences in New York, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Spokane, Denver and San Francisco. True gold miners (producers) were only in attendance at one, a special private two-day event in New York. During the 70’s and 80’s there were thousands of gold companies. Hype reached a crescendo emanating across America. The word on the street was that the best stock return came from exploration companies not gold producing companies. The reasoning was that exploration companies had a terrific upside potential. Once a company went into production, revenue and profit became known. It seems it was easier to hype the unknown over the known.
My answer to number one is “No”. The seventeen questions are listed below.
1. Will gold advocates think conversion is positive for them?
2. For the country?
3. For gold?
4. Who are future gold buyers and why buy (hold) if gold and dollars exchange at par?
5. What happens if the printing presses continue to create paper dollars?
6. Where will the gold be stored?
7. Who will conduct oversight or audits?
8. What is different now than 1933, when FDR’s administration bumped the dollars required to buy gold?
9. Will the government decide it is in its interest to order Americans to “sell” their gold for dollar redemption?
10. Will it be a criminal offense for those who refuse?
11. How is life different today?
12. How are our monetary economics the same?
13. What will a new Gold Standard do for us? For you?
14. Will other currencies float against the dollar or gold?
15. What if the EU or the Yuan ties their price (value) to an ounce of gold?
16. How easy will it be for people to convert their dollars into gold?
17. Or their gold into Dollars?
in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #4720The government car rolled into Alleghany last Tuesday and headed right to the mine portal. MSHA is the federal agency responsible for enforcement of safety regulations under Public Law 91-164, also called “AN ACT”. According to the inspector there is only one operation in the Sierra Nevada Gold Belt besides the Sixteen to One to inspect. It is a father/son part time operation. How sad this is for California. With gold around $1500 an ounce one would expect money pouring into this proven gold deposit.
The inspector wrote five or six citations: one for a paper misfiling, one for an outdated fire extinguisher, one for too many bold-nuts and screws on the floor of a seldom used store room, two for improper storage of used oil and one for lumber stored within 100 feet of the portal. The last one seemed unnecessary according to Mike. His reason fell on unconvinced ears. Snow was still on the ground (it snowe3d the Monday before the inspection) and the timber was still wet from the heavy weather of winter. The miners said you couldn’t light the lumber with a blowtorch without spending a lot of time.
Even though some disagreements arose, the hostility of MSHA towards this small and safe mine seemed minor. Scoop knows because he saw everyone talking, sometimes smiling and generally in good spirits. Fortunately, AN ACT allows for an operator to challenge citations and have a hearing. Unfortunately the supposed impartial administration hearing officer usually goes with the employer, the Secretary of Labor.
In years gone by the inspectors were received by the mines as another set of eyes. A suggestion was made to fix or improve some situation, was done before the inspector left the mine and no paper work materialized. Paperwork can be a good thing but citing a broken handle of a shovel when three new shovels are close at hand tests MSHA’s intent. Hey, isn’t it all about money? Citations create fines (money).
in reply to: Ideal Time for Facts #4719Our nation was on the gold standard through the 1920’s. I Remember spending 3 each 50 dollar gold certificates; which I received from a bank when I cashed a check in 1965. I still have the dinning room set that I bought then.
Our nation is still on the gold standard: a “Federal Reserve Note Dollar” can still be traded for gold sold by the mint, based on 1 troy oz. coin weight.
The value of the dollar has the backing of the gross domestic product, the security of all our commodity wealth, the productive capability of our society, and our national security at arms to protect it.
So if you want gold for your dollars, then buy gold, for in time the mines will meet the demand as the reserve dwindles.
I recommend that folks read the ” Sermon On The Mount” by our Lord Jesus Christ, from the Bible. He gave to us the “Lords Prayer”: the understanding of this request by man as stated in this prayer: “GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD” is the basic responsibility to the economic well being of human kind to support all of us. It is the need to fill our bellies that drive our economy.
A volume of static gold is still being stored at Fort Knox. That a certain amount of gold is coined and sold to the public at market value in dollars. I think our nation has got it right with the economics of gold and The Federal Reserve Note. - AuthorPosts
