Topic: Crime and Punishment
Madoff Collapse Devastates Anti-Bush Lawyer Is an odd remark in the Madoff "giant Ponzi scheme" failure concerning Lawrence R. Velvel from Massachusetts School of Law a menacing "message" in disguise?by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution
(libertarian)
Sunday, December 14, 2008
I am sure everyone is quickly becoming aware of a $50 billion (allegedly in Madoff's own words) "giant Ponzi scheme" as Bloomberg and the AP reported today. I am not going to fake outrage and shock as the mainstream media's Talking Heads do as they yap and yammer (a cold , methodical rage is more apt for me :), nor will I elaborate here on my thoughts like "What about the REST of them?", "Duh, what took the FBI so long?", AND that this news PALES in comparison to the fact that the American banking system is insolvent save for the ability of that ultimate Ponzi scheme known as the Federal Reserve to create money from thin air and destroy it at will, so buy food, buy physical gold and silver, do you not see the government is hanging the dollar out to dry, you idiots, etc., etc. Others can share their righteous outrage, plus those who follow this column are well aware of my opinion from many prior articles.
What concerns me is this quote from the AP article from Dr. Lawrence R. Velvel of Massachusetts:
"One investor, Lawrence Velvel, 69, dean of the Massachusetts School of Law, said he and a friend may have lost millions of dollars between them. "This is a major disaster for a lot of people... You work all your life, you finally manage to save up something, and somebody who's entrusted with it, it turns out suddenly he's a crook. Lots of people are getting fully or partially wiped out."
Quite odd, I thought. You see, as fellow columnist Sherry Baker pointed out in her July article "Hang 'Em High? Law School Dean Makes SERIOUS Plans To Try Bush Regime for War Crimes", Velvel was the editor-in-chief of this compiled collection of legal opinions entitled "Are Our Highest Officials Guilty of Torture?" As a result of reading this paper, Bugliosi's book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, and plenty of other reading and research, the opinion of this column is that, regardless of whether there is 1 day until the next President is enthroned or 4 years, Bush needs to be impeached by the House. Following his removal from office, Bush needs to be arrested for the murder of our servicemen and -women in Iraq and allowed to defend himself in a court of law.
In the forward of "Are Our Highest Officials Guilty of Torture?", Velvel wrote:
"There is no question but that George W. Bush, and several of his colleagues like Cheney, Addington, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Feith, and Cambone, are guilty of the federal crime of conspiracy to commit torture, a crime that is a felony punishable by up to life imprisonment under the federal Anti-Torture Statute and that is an impeachable offense."
and,
"It is essential that we begin putting leaders who commit crimes (including torture) into the dock. The failure to do so, combined with the fact that it is not their children but other people's children who fight their (sometimes criminal) wars, has led to wars and, via wars, to torture itself. Putting leaders in the dock is the only way to deter future leaders from committing crimes. This was our theory at Nuremberg. It was our theory about trying Milosevic. Why should it be different for criminals like Johnson, Rush, McNamara, McGeorge Bundy, Nixon, Kissinger, Bush II, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Feith, Addington, and others? Indeed, the very length of the list shows the necessity of trying and punishing these people if we want others to be deterred from similar conduct in future." (photo)
How very convenient that Madoff's arrest also financially decapitates Velvel. Please draw your own conclusion and act accordingly.
(Update 12/24/08 - After reviewing the long lists of elites that Madoff ripped off, I wish to state I do not believe this event was a government conspiracy and was intended to solely harm Dr. Velvel. However, my points about President Bush and abuse of executive power still stand. The FED's fractional reserve banking scheme, social security may be enough Ponzi schemes for the government.)
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Posted By: Walt Thiessen
Date: 2008-12-14 07:21:31
What exactly are you suggesting? That Madoff's scam was payback orchestrated by the Bush administration for Velvel's prior claims regarding putting corrupt leaders on trial?
I suppose that the billions of dollars lost by Madoff's other victims was merely collateral damage.
I do agree (as you know) that the Fed is the biggest Ponzi scheme, with Social Security being #2 on the list. However, you lose me when you make suggestions like this one about Velvel and Madoff.
Posted By: Jake, the champion of the constitution
Date: 2008-12-14 07:25:12
Hey Walt!
No, I am not suggesting anything, its up to the reader, would need to investigate further anyways.
I just found it extremely weird who they decided to quote inthe article. I think the owners of the NY Mets and Philadelphia Phillies? or Eagles was also a client of Madoff's
Check out my "Rioting in Thermopylae" article. I put a lot more effort into that one
Posted By: Jake, the champion of the constitution
Date: 2008-12-14 07:35:13
okay, i might as well admit it. I just wanted to take a chance to share those ideas from velvel's torture article. I thought it was an excellent resource.
on madoff, i guess i do SUGGEST it, but its pretty far-fetched. however, its just as far-fetched to believe that the SEC had no idea when all of the traders knew it. seems like some of his clients even PICKED Madoff because they thought he was an "insider" the velvel mention was just weird, like i said.
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"It is essential that we begin putting leaders who commit crimes (including torture) into the dock. The failure to do so, combined with the fact that it is not their children but other people's children who fight their (sometimes criminal) wars, has led to wars and, via wars, to torture itself. Putting leaders in the dock is the only way to deter future leaders from committing crimes. This was our theory at Nuremberg. It was our theory about trying Milosevic. Why should it be different for criminals like Johnson, Rush, McNamara, McGeorge Bundy, Nixon, Kissinger, Bush II, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Feith, Addington, and others? Indeed, the very length of the list shows the necessity of trying and punishing these people if we want others to be deterred from similar conduct in future." (