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bigbrother05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 01:36 PM
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IS THE WORLD BANK RUNNING OUR GOVERNMENT


I have been curious as to why our government has been touting Red Cross. So I started doing research last night, at http://www.worldbank.org/. Did hours and hours of reading, copying and pasting, and came back today to check my sites, to see if it really made any sense. Well, “sorry this site is no longer available”, to my surprise, and this was just last night! I can not relocate items on insurance, FEMA, Red Cross. I am going to post the links I retrieved last night and I’m sorry if they don’t work. The connection that I found between the World Bank and Red Cross really does make sense, because they are supposed to be international, hope they do better elsewhere, but it’s a lot of money that Wolfowitz is in charge of. Remember this administration is about greed and power.
First of all, think back on the remarks the Prez made during his first couple of visits to LA.
Now see if these don’t sound familiar:
As people begin to rebuild their lives following the disaster, it is critical they be engaged in the important planning process in which they have such a stake. Consultation and inclusion have been guiding principles of the Bank’s approach to reconstruction following December’s tsunami.
There are big challenges ahead in coordinating the rebuilding effort and guaranteeing that the money pledged gets to people in need. A key focus of the Bank's work has been to ensure that affected communities are involved in assessing their needs and designing recovery programs,"
Paul Wolfowitz, World Bank

How about this:
Dear Mr. President,
On behalf of the staff and Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group, I wish to express our deep sorrow concerning the tragic events that continue to unfold as a result of Hurricane Katrina's devastation. We share our deepest sympathy and solidarity with the American people, and the United States authorities, and extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of all who died, were injured, or left homeless in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
We know that national, state and local authorities are working hard to deal with the magnitude of the disaster in terms of loss of life, material damage and economic impact across the region. In the meantime, as they did in the wake of the December 2004 tsunami disaster in Asia, World Bank Group staff members have launched fundraising and volunteer efforts to help assist the victims of Katrina and their families. We are in direct contact with several charitable organizations, including the Red Cross, so that we can respond further in terms of contribution of blood or food items, should the need arise.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all those whose lives have been affected by this tragedy.
Sincerely,
Paul Wolfowitz
Here is the link to the guidelines that were used during the tsunami, for redevelopment. This one works, http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTSUNAMI/Resources/tsunamireport-042205.pdf

This is an interesting read. Details the policy that the government has to follow to receive funding, what do you want to bet that they will be applied to the flooded areas, since Wolfie referred to the tsunami in the letter to the president.

I’m going to do more research on this because I found some pretty scary stuff. The FEMA insurance (FIMA) guru, Howard Leikin, controls $570B in disaster coverage insurance (federal flood insurance, etc), as well as working with the World Bank where he recently announced this new program:
To serve countries that face these risks, the World Bank is pleased to announce an important new product—natural disaster insurance. The World Bank is committed to delivering this new risk transfer product to clients, and to increasing knowledge about natural disaster risk. In this context, the Bank is organizing a conference to address “Financing the Risks of Natural Disasters: A New Perspective on Country Risk Management.”
http://extsearch.worldbank.org/servlet/SiteSearchServlet?q=Financing%20the%20Risks%20of%20Natural%20Disasters%3A%20A%20New%20Perspective%20on%20Country%20Risk%20Management%2E%E2%80%9D%20

This link worked earlier, but you’ll have to some searching

Also the World Bank has
Governors from each country, guess who ours is That’s right Pete Snow

Basically what the incompetence doesn’t screw up, and the crooks don’t steal, the victims are left with little more than their pain and anguish. HELP
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electron_blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 01:50 PM
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1. Care to distill this a little?
What did you find?
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bigbrother05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 01:58 PM
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2. Connection between
the World Bank, Red cross, Fema and insurance. Are all intertwined, with the track record of the last 5 years, to see these people controlling government, private and charitable funding, scares me to death.
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riverwalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 07:15 PM
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3. for your research files
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter American Red Cross chairman Political contributions.

http://www.newsmeat.com/washington_political_donations/Bonnie_McElveen-Hunter.php
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Holly_Hobby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 08:53 PM
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4. The next time you have an hour & a half to kill
I suggest you stream the video link on the left:

http://www.archive.org/details/MoneyMasters

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bigbrother05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 05:13 AM
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5. Thanks for the info, I book marked it
thought there would be more people interested in this, it always leads to money. There is alot a stuff going on at this time it is moving so fast. But with Wolfowitz in charge, even makes it scarier
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ladylibertee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 05:19 AM
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6. Thanks for the enlightenment. Interesting, very interesting
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