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Title: What Dan Quayle & Donald Rumsfeld Have in Common; Jewish Newspaper Exposes ‘Cerberus’ Link
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American Free Press
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Published: Jan 2, 2006
Author: Michael Collins Piper
Post Date: 2005-12-31 21:11:41 by BTP Holdings
Keywords: ‘Cerberus’, Newspaper, Rumsfeld
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By Michael Collins Piper January 2, 2006 American Free Press If anyone ever had any question as to why Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been such a major figure inside the Bush administration advancing the interests of the neo-conservative network, the answer to the mystery may have finally been resolved. It’s actually been quite profitable for the U.S. defense secretary. Rumsfeld — along with former Vice President Dan Quayle — has ties to Cerberus Global Investments, a New York-based holding company which, just last month, purchased the Israeli government’s interest in Bank Leumi, the second largest bank in Israel. The revelation came in the Nov. 15 issue of the influential Israeli newspaper, Ha’aretz, which reported that, at least as far back as 2001, Rumsfeld was an investor in the company, citing a report that appeared in the Oct. 3, 2005, issue of Business Week, based on financial disclosure forms that Rumsfeld was required to file under federal ethics laws. That Business Week report went so far as to describe Cerberus as being “bigger” than even such well-known business giants as McDonald’s, 3M, Coca-Cola and Cisco Systems, pointing out that Cerberus controls some 226 Burger King restaurants, the National and Alamo car-rental chains, building products maker Formica Corp. and the old Warner Hollywood Studios. What is of particular interest regarding Rumsfeld’s Cerberus investments (vis a vis his insistent demand that the United States invade Iraq and occupy the country, as it does today) is that Business Week asserted that Cerberus has also “set up military base camps in Iraq.” As far as former Vice President Quayle is concerned, while Quayle is now ensconced as essentially the “front man” for Cerberus, serving as chairman of the board of Cerberus, the real power at Cerberus is the 45-year-old chief executive officer, Stephen Feinberg, described by Ha’aretz as “a New York Jew with a golden touch” — a “shy wunderkind” who “makes himself scarce around photographers and sends underlings like Cerberus chair Dan Quayle to sign his deals.” So although Quayle’s liberal Democratic critics often made fun of the former vice president, questioning his capacities, it’s pretty clear that Quayle, after leaving the second highest office in the land, has finally found his niche. Another major player in Feinberg’s operations is Michael Steinhardt, who — according to Avenue magazine — is an “avowed atheist” yet still “one of America’s biggest supporters of Jewish and Israeli causes,” and a financial backer of such influential American Jewish journals as the New York-based weekly Forward and the daily New York Sun, a neoconservative daily. Current U.S. ethics laws do not prohibit past or present U.S. federal officials — such as the defense secretary or the ex-vice president—from having financial interests in companies that are owned by foreign interests or otherwise benefit foreign governments. But there are those who might find a conflict of interest, particularly in the case of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. After all, critics note, Ha’aretz reported that the Israeli government’s finance ministry has said that the proceeds of the Cerberus purchase of a controlling interest in Bank Leumi will go toward “paying off Israel’s high national debt.” This is particularly ironic, of course, because of Rumsfeld’s key role in helping orchestrate the war against Iraq — which was a major aim of the Israeli lobby in the United States. The U.S. engagement against the Arab republic has done much to increase America’s national debt, a debt that keeps on growing, even as Rumsfeld’s friends at Cerberus are directly involved in establishing the U.S. military presence in the beleaguered country.
Poster Comment: Veeeery eeeenteresting, the slimeballs. ;0)
What Dan Quayle & Donald Rumsfeld Have in Common
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Dan Quayles's wife Marilyn is from the Pulliam family, owners of Indianapolis Star for decades, along with media interests in Arizona.
And I'm optimistic. See, I think you can be realistic and optimistic at the same time. I'm optimistic we'll achieve -- I know we won't achieve if we send mixed signals. I know we're not going to achieve our objective if we send mixed signals - gwbush
ps, the families bush and quayle are also joined by mutual pharmaceutical concerns.
And I'm optimistic. See, I think you can be realistic and optimistic at the same time. I'm optimistic we'll achieve -- I know we won't achieve if we send mixed signals. I know we're not going to achieve our objective if we send mixed signals - gwbush
Is this the former Spotlight? Good stuff...
I recall hearing about that gig a while back.
"The consolidation of the States into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it." General Robert E. Lee
Yep, they still are able to get a few good exclusives even with the internet knocking hell out of print media. Piper and Bollyn are good reporters and they still have Mike Blair and a few new writers. They also print Szymanski, Ron Paul and Paul Craig Roberts.
"The consolidation of the States into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it." General Robert E. Lee
http://www.reference.com/br owse/wiki/Cerberus He guarded the gate to Hades (the Greek underworld) and ensured that the dead could not leave and the living could not enter. What is interesting is this thing with the names is right up their alley. 'Arbusto' is Spanish for 'Bush'. Bush's Former Oil Company Linked To bin Laden Family President Bush recently signed an executive order to freeze the US financial assets of corporations doing business with Osama bin Laden. He described the order as a "strike on the financial foundation of the global terror network." "If you do business with terrorists, if you support or succor them, you will not do business with the United States," said President Bush. He didn't say anything about doing business with a terrorist's brother - or his wealthy financier. When President George W. Bush froze assets connected to Osama bin Laden, he didn't tell the American people that the terrorist mastermind's late brother was an investor in the president's former oil business in Texas. He also hasn't leveled with the American public about his financial connections to a host of shady Saudi characters involved in drug cartels, gun smuggling, and terrorist networks. ****************** The chickens may come home to roost yet. ;0)
"The consolidation of the States into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it." General Robert E. Lee
ping!
Conflict is the criminals' paradise; it is the only time when killing is allowed, theft is tolerated, and rape is forgiven. When, in God's name, is all this shit finally gonna hit the fan?
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#4. To: Dakmar (#1)
Dan Quayles's wife Marilyn is from the Pulliam family, owners of Indianapolis Star for decades
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Is this the former Spotlight? Good stuff...
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Cerberus
In Greek mythology, Cerberus (from š%1;ÁеÁ¿Â, Kerberos, demon of the pit), was the hound of Hades—a monstrous three-headed dog (sometimes said to have 50 or 100 heads), (sometimes) with a snake for a tail and innumerable snake heads on his back.
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~Ramman Kenoun
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