Rewarding Incompetence

Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac executives to receive millions in bonuses!

Barney Frank – “Maybe its time to fire some people” (in response to AIG bonuses)

March 16, 2009

“Rep. Barney Frank charged today that a decision by financially-strapped insurance giant AIG to pay millions in executive bonuses amounts to "rewarding incompetence."

Echoing outrage expressed on both sides of the political aisle in the wake of revelations that American International Group will pay roughly $165 million in bonuses; Frank said he believes it’s time to shake up the company.” – Boston Herald

Andrew Cuomo – March 17, 2009

“New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday urged Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank, D-Mass., to address executive bonus issues uncovered from American International Group Inc. AIG Chief Executive Edward Liddy is scheduled to appear before Frank's committee on Wednesday.

Cuomo said AIG has refused to name who received more than $160 million in retention payments at the firm's troubled financial products unit and on Monday subpoenaed the information. Cuomo said the top recipient at AIG received more than $6.4 million, the top 7 recipients received more than $4 million each, and that 73 employees got bonuses of $1 million or more” – Market Watch

In order to compare apples to apples between Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac to AIG on the day Frank (3/16/09) called AIG incompetent the stock price was $30.12 per share. On the day that the Treasury Department extended (for 3 years) as much cash as Fannie and Freddie will need, their stock prices were $1.05 per share and $1.27 per share respectively.

Then, in the Democrats famous way of “flip flops”, Chris Dodd (who was for the bonuses before he was against them) said the following:

“Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) on Monday night floated the idea of taxing American International Group (AIG: 0.9768, 0.1967, 25.21%) bonus recipients so the government could recoup the $450 million the company is paying to employees in its financial products unit.”
Within hours, the idea spread to both houses of Congress, with lawmakers proposing an AIG bonus tax.

While the Senate constructed the $787 billion stimulus last month, Dodd unexpectedly added an executive-compensation restriction to the bill. That amendment provides an “exception for contractually obligated bonuses agreed on before Feb. 11, 2009,” which exempts the very AIG bonuses Dodd and others are seeking to tax. The amendment is in the final version and is law.

Also, Sen. Dodd was AIG’s largest single recipient of campaign donations during the 2008 election cycle with $103,100, according to opensecrets.org."

Days later, Barney Frank, acting as “Democrat thug” demanded the names of the executives that were to receive the bonuses at AIG when he opened the AIG hearings with the following:

“We will be asking for the names,” Frank said at the beginning of a hearing at which AIG Chairman Edward Liddy was called to testify. “If Mr. Liddy declines to give us the names, then I will convene the committee to vote a subpoena for the names. So we do intend to use our power to get the names of the people here.”


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democrats said on Tuesday that Congress will force executives of American International Group to pay back at least some of the bonus money, but it's not clear how that could happen.


Frank on Wedneday complained that the AIG contract “appears to have been signed in contemplation of serious losses.” He noted that the bonuses were to be awarded whether the firm made money or lost money.


“As for retention – no I do not think these are the people you want to retain.” Frank said. It would be better for people who did not make the mistakes undo them."

AIG head testifies that divulging names will endanger them further as “death threats” have already been received.

“Liddy said Wednesday he has asked most recipients of more than $160 million in bonuses to repay at least half the money. But he warned that staff may resign when they return the cash, making it more difficult to unwind AIG's remaining $1.6 trillion book of derivatives.
He also said the identities of the bonus recipients should not be made public, because that could put employees in further danger. He read one of the threats, which said AIG staff and their families should be executed "with piano wire."

The Usual suspects that foment violence:

Death threats fueled by Democrat demonization of Insurance industry as well as excessive executive bonuses in private sector. This anger that was fabricated by democrats and fanned by MSM and perpetuated by ACORN:

The house tour in Fairfield County was organized by the Connecticut Working Families Party, a coalition of union and community groups. The county had a population in 2007 of 910,003 and a median income of $79,326, according to the Connecticut Economic Resource Center, Inc. It’s located about 60 miles north of AIG’s headquarters in lower Manhattan. In addition to the protesters on the bus, another 20 demonstrators along with more print and TV reporters, cameramen and photographers trailed in a caravan of cars.

Where is the outrage about incompetence being rewarded now? Where is the outrage and busses lining up to travel to Fannie and Freddie Executive homes? Where are the death threats about “stealing taxpayer money” from the fringe elements?

On November 12, 2009 we started to learn that Fannie and Freddie were going to have to seek another bailout because the 2009 “third quarter” losses were massive (even after receiving so much money in bailout funds).

The Money Pit:

The Feds are aware that this government program continues to bleed and expects it to into the future, yet they cannot comprehend that it is a “failed business entity”.

“The latest report shows a Third quarter loss of $18.9 billion, representing a dramatic increase from the $14.8 billion lost in the previous quarter of 2009. These disappointing figures brought their total losses since September 2008 to $111 billion.

Fannie Mae recognizes that their commitment to the Making Homes Affordable program is going to continue to be a source of significant losses and reduce the net worth of the enterprise. They hope to see longer term financial benefits for the housing market and individual credit worthiness if this program succeeds in reducing the numbers of foreclosures. The anticipated improvements are however contingent on a wider easing of the financial crisis, especially a reversal in rising unemployment.”

In December, the NY Times reported that Barney Frank demanded the $4.4 million dollar “retention bonuses” be rescinded and was overruled by the Financial Regulator which is at least a little admirable that he is somewhat consistent. But I draw the line here because he did not drag the top Executive before his committee and demand to know the addresses of the other executives that he did with AIG. His criticism was merely lip service to go on record because he has the power, through Congress to tax their bonuses at the 90% rate to recoup those bonuses (as Congress threatened with AIG).

Per the NYT:

Last month, Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, demanded that the companies rescind $4.4 million in retention bonuses paid to Fannie’s four top executives last year. Such bonuses are often offered to keep executives from leaving a company.

“I’m skeptical that these people have job offers to go elsewhere,” Mr. Frank said in an interview. “And in this economy, I don’t think it would be hard to find talented replacements for anyone who leaves.”

Mr. Lockhart, the companies’ regulator, rebuffed Mr. Frank’s suggestion.


The Democrats go after Public Companies with a vengeance and give the pass to their favorite corrupt and worthless organization. It is time that the “tea party” express fill busses and visit some homes, what do you think?

The Socialists are attempting to do the same with Healthcare Insurers as they did with this federally backed program that is an utter failure. They will do the same to this industry as they have shown to have done with the Financial Housing Industry.

Merry Christmas from America's Living Room

In this time of uncertainty and hardship it is always a comfort to rely on family and friends for fellowship to remind us that God works in mysterious ways. 

I give my thanks to all who have stopped by to "sit for a spell" in the Living Room for a warm chat amongst friends.  I wish everyone a safe, happy and fulfilling Christmas day and may God be with you all.

21 Virgins and a wheelchair

And throw in a couple of Guantanamo Alumni

It is always good news to hear that a few terrorists have achieve “room temperature” with the help of our intelligence community. The Obama Administration should be praised for this accomplishment wherever and whenever it occurs. There is a questionable aspect to the latest strike in Yemen that appears to have hit its target – The Imam that was the spiritual mentor (and literary resource for an article Hassan was writing) of the Ft. Hood terrorist was reportedly killed in this strike.


When the FBI answered press inquiries about the contact that Hassan had with the radical Imam, they said it was consistent with his research of an article he was writing for his job in the Army – move along….

This seemed to me fishy and did not pass any “smell test” that the FBI would be so “unconcerned” to the point of validating a terror suspect when he made multiple direct contacts with an al-Qaida terrorist. Nothing to see here, they said….

According to the NY Times

“A statement by the Yemeni Embassy in Washington said the target of the airstrike was a gathering of “scores” of Qaeda members from Yemen and other countries, including the network’s two top leaders in Yemen, in a remote corner of in the country’s south. The statement said the radical cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, was “presumed to be at the site.”

There, enough said if the NY Times reports it, the Imam was at an “al-Qaida get-together” so he must have direct ties and links to the organization (uhm, did have).

Two-fer Bonus:

Again, according to the NY Times:

“Yemeni officials said they had made targets of the leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, and his deputy, Said Ali al-Shihri, who were believed to be at the meeting with Mr. Awlaki.

Mr. Shihiri was held for five years in the American detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and after his release in 2007 went through a Saudi rehabilitation program. But he joined Al Qaeda after his return to Yemen, a notable failure for the Saudi program, which American officials admire.”

Oh, and were you aware that this rehab program that American Offials admire is partly funded by your tax dollars?

How’s that Saudi “rehabilitation” program going for us. At least the alumni from Guantanamo Bay won’t be coming to a spa in Illinois in 2011 with the rest of their brothers in arms.

So the news has probably hit Hassan pretty hard as he points his wheelchair to the East 5 times each day knowing that he won’t be meeting his mentor in the afterlife any time soon.

Like I said, the Obama Administration should be commended on a job well done in taking out the two embarrassments to his administration (A Guantanamo Alumni that after release went on to become the #1 al-Qaida leader in Yemen and the spiritual mentor of a non-terrorist who shot up an Army base because he was taunted and bullied).

Like the FBI said – move along, nothing here to see…….

Canaries in the Coal mine

Ex-Clinton Commerce Secretary rings warning bell for Democrats


William Daley wrote an opinion piece in the Washington Post lamenting the recent defection of Representative Parker Griffith as the latest “warning sign” that the Democrats had better chart a more moderate course or risk electoral disaster?

I wonder if it was the 8+ million “pink slips” that Griffith’s Congressional Office was flooded with or perhaps his constituent’s angry phone calls.

It is amazing how the Liberals were saying the same about the Republican Party just a year ago. They went even farther than “Republicans had better abandon the sharp veer to the right” language and proclaimed the “Republican Party” was dead.

If, for once the socialists that harkened the “death” of their opposition (like doctors calling the time of death of a patient) were actually true then it is obvious that their (left) behavior over the last year is so horrendous that it actually brought something back from the dead. A “sort of like” Republican Frankenstein with the mad doctor screaming “its alive, its alive”..

Let us set aside the fact that Americans do not want this Healthcare Bill which passed last night in the Senate. It is the fact that this country is predominantly Christian (80%+) and that they chose the holiest night, Christmas eve, to shove this down our throats is symbolic of the Democrats disregard for all constituents and this Abortion laden bill that will force Christians to pay for procedures that their belief system is diametrically opposed to. Terrorist love to employ their acts on dates with meaning just as the Democrats have done, coincidence?

According to Daley he states “All that is required for the Democratic Party to recover its political footing is to acknowledge that the agenda of the party's most liberal supporters has not won the support of a majority of Americans -- and, based on that recognition, to steer a more moderate course on the key issues of the day, from health care to the economy to the environment to Afghanistan.

For liberals to accept that inescapable reality is not to concede permanent defeat. Rather, let them take it as a sign that they must continue the hard work of slowly and steadily persuading their fellow citizens to embrace their perspective. In the meantime, liberals -- and, indeed, all of us -- should have the humility to recognize that there is no monopoly on good ideas, as well as the long-term perspective to know that intraparty warfare will only relegate the Democrats to minority status, which would be disastrous for the very constituents they seek to represent.

In order for the Democrats to pass this bill we, the American public witnessed to overt bribery of certain “centrists and Blue Dogs”.

That fact has not gone un-noticed by certain powerful Democrats as Charles Schumer held a press conference after the vote last night to proclaim that “every state got special treatment in the Obamacare legislation”.

States aren’t buying what Schumer is selling. They are angry that certain legislators received a “free ride” while the majority of States will have to absorb the up tick in Medicaid costs due to this bill. Not only, will the other states have to foot this bill, but will also have to pay for those who got the special treatment (bribe) that they did not.

According to the Bloomberg interview “The Medicaid deal hasn’t been well received in some corners. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina called the agreements “backroom deals that amount to bribes.”

New York Governor David Paterson said today the Senate legislation would cost the state more than $1 billion a year in lost Medicaid reimbursements. “It’s not fair,” he said at a news conference at his Manhattan office.”

GOP to sue:

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Tuesday that he and top prosecutors in a half-dozen other states plan to challenge the constitutionality of a health care compromise that exempts Nebraska from paying billions in Medicaid expansion costs, forcing other states to shoulder a bigger burden for the low-income insurance program.

Abbott, a Republican, announced the plan just hours after filing to seek re-election to a third four-year term as the state's top legal officer. Abbott's decision prompted his friend and former deputy Ted Cruz to scrap what had been a high-profile bid to succeed him.

The Texas attorney general said he will join with Republican counterparts in up to six other states to challenge what they call the "Nebraska Compromise," the political deal that secured Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson's crucial vote on a massive health care package in exchange for concessions for his state.

The op-ed by Daley insists that the Parker defection is the proverbial “canary” in the coal mine for the Democrats, but I believe the actual canary was Democrat Senator Zell Miller in 2004. The anti-war, pre-9/11 mentality of the Democrats was the impetus that was followed by years of Democrat campaign lies leading up to this disastrous bill passed on Christmas Eve. Whatever shred of credibility any Democrat has had up until today has just been lost forever with the American public. I also believe that there will be multiple states that will pass Constitutional amendments to reject this Federal grab for power and a grassroots upswing that will decimate them once and for all. If the GOP is unwilling to go back to its conservative roots, the very roots of the so-called “astro-turf” tea party espouse, then they too will be listening to canaries of their own.

Is Marshall Law in the US pending?

The US Government is ready, are you?


FBI Infraguard Program - Est 1996 Pres William Jefferson Clinton

”Tasked by the FBI to provide "informational analysis" on conditions which could be construed as potentially harmful to civil order and national security, InfraGard, of the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), issued an unclassified Protective Intelligence Communication report in March 2009 regarding the "crescendo" of public concern about Obama's presidential eligibility.


Authored by Dr. Lyle J. Rapacki, Protective Intelligence Specialist and Agent, the report summarizes the substance of legal challenges to Obama on the question of his constitutional eligibility and concludes that if it "should be discovered Mr. Obama is ineligible, a constitutional crisis would ensue attempting to determine which of his executive branch orders should be valid." It goes on to warn that "if...Mr. Obama fights revealing his documentation, there is growing concern of civil unrest, or worse, being unleashed in the streets of our nation. The economic crisis coupled with this type of a constitutional crisis could prove to be a flashpoint that would test conventional law enforcement and elements of homeland security."

The stream of law suits, the most recent of which have been tendered by high ranking military officers and state legislators, to compel Obama to prove his eligibility have been unremitting and increasingly vocal. A request for "quo warranto" action, an apparent last-ditch legal remedy, was recently delivered to both the US Attorney for the District of Columbia and to the Attorney General.


Dovetailing with this unsettling assessment, and pretty much out of public view, are the following national security developments which, in their totality, could well signal acute domestic instability in the period ahead.


Upon the recommendation of the Army's Strategic Studies Institute, The Army Times reported that a somewhat euphemistically dubbed "Consequence Management Response Force (CCMRF)," currently the role of the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, but which, reportedly, might eventually comprise upwards of 80,000 troops, is being trained and readied to deal with what could be widespread civil disorder resulting from an "unforeseen economic collapse" or "loss of a functional political and legal order."

Symptomatic of festering civil unrest are the many "tea parties" springing up around the country, growing fears of economic disintegration and of both crippling terrorist attacks and even of perceived federal overreaching. Add to this the very real threat of a rogue nuclear EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) attack on the homeland which could instantaneously reduce the country to a paralytic pre-industrial condition, plus the unrest on our southern border, and there appears to be ample and justifiable cause for concern and appropriate contingency planning at every level of government.”

So the real question is will local, State and Federal law enforcement personnel turn their firearms against their neighbors and family. The same question is asked about active duty military personnel do the same? Infraguard is a tool that the Government has in place to enforce their domestic homeland Marshall Law plans but how will everyday Americans who believe in the Constitution react to them in a time of perceived crisis?

There are many groups mentioned above (i.e., tea parties, birthers and returning vets) that are viewed as an impetus to civil unrest due to concerns about the motive of these groups.

Infraguad boasts membership of 34,000+ members in all 50 states but there are other groups out there that are educating everyday Americans (especially active duty military, veterans and law enforcement who have taken their “constitutional oaths”) about their solemn commitments to the Constitution of the US to prevent the trampling of individual liberties in a time of civil unrest or extreme Constitutional crisis or economic meltdown. These groups are asking each member to not get caught up in turning their sights on their own countrymen, but on those who are the true “domestic enemies of our Constitution”.



The two groups that come to mind, who boast membership increasing by the day due to these concerns are “Oath Keepers” and Resist.Net.

The exceptional American Political Corruption!

Bribes in the open, backroom deals and arm twisting!


There are many that say when Obama won the White House, so did “Chicago Style” politics. Many instances of paybacks for political favors or quid pro quo paybacks are more transparent than those in power have promised during the elections.

The American Heritage dictionary:

Bribe – “Something, such as money or a favor, offered or given to induce or influence a person to act dishonestly”.


There have been a number of investigations, indictments and convictions that have occurred in Illinois recently that involve much the same “modus operendi.” Tony Rezko, Rod Blagojevich and many others in Chicago (Mayor Daley’s office) that have direct connections to Obama’s name and in fact his name is mentioned in many of the indictments as well as Valerie Jarrett, Rahm Emanuel and others in his Administration.

While these convictions and jail sentences are handed out to those involved directly, our Congress is virtually doing the same illegal things.

Listed below are some of the bribes the Democrats have received for their States for their support of a bill that the majority of American Taxpayers DO NOT WANT. To add insult to injury, the bribes to those listed below will also come out of your pocket to make up for the “Medicaid passes” those States are to receive.

The “Louisiana Purchase” as it was dubbed was breathtaking in its covert openness (how is that for an oxymoron?). The legalese written for this bribe to being eligible for this $300 million for “hurricane relief over the past 7 years” assured that only Louisiana could collect. Mary Landrieu received $300 million (Medicaid relief) for her State when she sold her vote for cash, your (taxpayer) cash by the way.

Ben Nelson sold his soul for future exemptions for his States Medicaid expenses.

Harry Reid, the author and coordinator of this criminal enterprise called “Health Care Reform” cut a deal for Nevada to get in on the action.

On September 22nd, the Las Vegas Sun reported “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid secured a deal today that would give Nevada full, 100 percent funding in the Senate health care bill for an initial expansion of Medicaid.”

On September 22nd, Propublica reported that Congressman Mike Ross and his wife sold an Arkansas property to “big pharma” for hundreds of thousand dollars more than it was worth.

On November 20th, Michelle Malkin compiled the “bribe list”. It includes the following:

AARP - $18 million in stimulus money & Medi-gap Royalty/kickback Scheme

California Rep. Sam Farr’s $300 million dollar exception

The Abortion Lobby

Big Labor (Unions)

$10 million to big labor’s mismanaged pensions bailout.

The question being floated out in cyberspace is (with so few getting inducements) “is your Congressman too stupid to get a bribe?”

Glen Reynolds said it best

"Every election is an advance auction of stolen goods." This is just dividing the loot. It should remind people that the more power and money they give to the government, the more power and money will be spent in the purchase of . . . yet more power and money for the government.”

Just like “Operation Board Games” investigation in Chicago, the “Healthcare bribe bill” is similar to the illegalities of the massive fraud perpetrated by those politicians using their influence and power for personal gain.

The real reason Obama delayed on Afghanistan!

He was having another “Honduran” moment!


Obama's First failure was his attempt to circumvent the Honduran Constitution and re-seat the facist dictator Zalaya.  Then Obama's failed Olympic bid for his Chicago thug friends. Next, it was Hopenhagen and the frigid response he received from developing countries and the weather.

Now, we learn he has failed in an attempt to overthrow the Karzai Administration earlier this year. That’s right, you heard me right, he attempted another coup d’tat in yet another country and it received little or no press coverage.

Unlike Bush, Obama has absolutely nothing to do with creating freedom for millions, instead he is about reversing freedoms to back oppression. I give the example of Obama’s “Honduran” moment as the impetus for my argument.

By now, many Americans saw first hand how the Obama Administration attempted to reseat the former President, and Hugo Chavez buddy, Zalaya of Honduras after their Supreme Court ousted him for his breaching of their constitution regarding his attempt to remain in perpetual power. The message the Obama Administration sent was one of contempt for their constitution as was as their internal sovereignty by backing the radical.

American’s have already witnessed this Administrations contempt and disregard for our constitution, but the overt attempt to reseat a radical in another country was a portent for things to come here.

Obama has been criticized by many in America for his “foot dragging” on the issue of providing a surge of more troops in Afghanistan. This troop surge was a basic framework that the outgoing Administration advised as well as Obama’s hand pick General that is responsible for that arena.

While troops were being killed as violence from Taliban and al-Qaida loyalists escalated their attacks, Obama gave many different reasons for the delay in decided “which way he would go”.

At first his Administration blamed the Bush Administration for not having a plan (which was revealed as false by the media on the right) then he blamed the foot dragging on the corruption of Karzai and the voter fraud of Afghanistan’s election as another excuse. I have a different reason and it has nothing to do with troop surges, but more in line with toppling the elected leader (Karzai) and replacing him with Obama allies.

Enter Peter Galbraith!

Peter Galbraith was an outspoken critic of keeping Iraq whole and openly advocated partitioning Iraq into three separate countries. This strategy was endorsed by Joe Biden as well as many Democrat leaders in the Senate.

“From 2003 onwards, Galbraith acted as an adviser to the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq. As an author and commentator, he argued that Iraq has broken up and that the US occupation authorities should not try to build a strong central government over Kurdish objections.”

Galbraith Business interests in Iraqi oil

In October 2009, Dagens Næringsliv (a Norwegian tabloid) published a series of articles alleging that Galbraith was a paid consultant for the Norwegian oil company DNO (which is currently engaged in exploring oil reserves in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq). This charge was investigated by the New York Times which concluded that Galbraith "received rights to an enormous stake in at least one of Kurdistan’s oil fields in the spring of 2004. He stands to earn perhaps a hundred million or more dollars. Feisal al-Istrabadi, also a participant in the Iraqi constitutional negotiations, has said that the revelations "implicates the legitimacy of the entire constitutional process in Iraq. We shouldn't have had an oil company drafting the Iraqi constitution."

Abdul-Hadi al-Hassani, vice chairman of the Oil and Gas Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, said that Mr. Galbraith’s "interference was not justified, illegal and not right, particularly because he is involved in a company where his financial interests have been merged with the political interest."

Mr al-Hassani does not explain how offering advice could possibly be illegal under Iraqi law. Galbraith responded in a letter to the Rutland Herald that "even a superficial analysis would show that [the allegations] could not be true. At the time the Iraqi Constitution was negotiated in 2005, I was a private citizen with no connection whatsoever with the U.S. government. (See Delwareonline which refutes this response of Galbraith).

In short, I was in no position to push through anything. At the request of Kurdistan's leaders, I did offer them advice on how to negotiate best to achieve their goals. But I never participated in any negotiations and was never in the room when they took place."'Galbraith also noted the benefits that the DNO deal brought to Kurdistan: "Until 2005, most Kurds saw Iraq’s oil as a curse and wish the country had none. Iraqi oil financed the armies that oppressed the Kurds and purchased the weapons, including poison gas, that Saddam Hussein used to commit genocide. DNO pioneered the creation of a Kurdistan oil industry that today has more than 30 companies operating in the region. Oil revenues give Kurdistan the means for real self-government, including the ability to defend itself. Today, Kurdistan is experiencing unprecedented prosperity financed in part by Kurdistan’s oil and in stark contrast to recent decades when Iraq’s oil paid for mass murder and the physical destruction of more than 5000 villages.

Here is how Galbraith influenced Joe Biden through another person:

“Les Gelb had eased into his seat on a jet from New York to Washington late in 2005 when US Sen. Joe Biden unexpectedly plopped down next to him. Biden, then gearing up for a presidential run, was just the man Gelb -- a veteran journalist and diplomat -- needed to see. For more than two years, Gelb had been pushing a plan that would split Iraq into three self-governing regions -- Kurd, Shiite and Sunni -- with a limited central government in Baghdad overseeing border defense, oil revenues and matters such as health.

Despite publishing pieces in major newspapers and delivering numerous speeches, Gelb's plan had languished. "I was pitching it all over the place, making no converts among foreign policy people," Gelb said. "Running into Biden was like a dream."

A relative handful of the party's foreign policy mavens -- most prominently, Les Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Peter Galbraith, former U.S. ambassador to Croatia -- have a more chastened perspective. Heirs of such Vietnam-era realists as Sen. J. William Fulbright and political scientist Hans Morgenthau, they argue that Iraq is more nearly three countries than one -- a Shiite south inclined toward some form of Islamic rule, though not necessarily a theocratic republic; a democratic Kurdish north; and a Sunni-dominated middle with large non-Sunni minorities. No region will accept the domination of another, and striking a politically acceptable balance between majority rule and minority rights under these circumstances is all but impossible. You can't do nation-building, they conclude, when the nation doesn't want to be built.

Gelb has argued for letting Iraq devolve into three separate states. Galbraith, fearing that an independent Kurdistan would soon be invaded by a Kurdophobic Turkey, calls for establishing one state with a common foreign policy but consisting of three largely autonomous regions in all other matters."

As you can see, Gelb and Galbraith were united in their aims to split Iraq into three and a per chance (more like fat chance of the per chance) meeting on a plane with Biden roused his support. Galbraith is dishonest in his denials that he was a mere citizen with no connection to the US Government. Mr. Galbraith had a very powerful voice that many democrats listened to in their pursuit to have Bush’s Iraq venture fail. This gave him the inside track to make $100 million in personal oil money as a result of his Northern Iraq, DNO consulting and influence in the process of drafting the Iraq Constitution in late 2005 that enabled his windfall (Can you say US war for oil).

DNO’s chief executive, Helge Eide, confirmed that Mr. Galbraith helped negotiate the Tawke deal and advised the company during 2005. But Mr. Eide said that Mr. Galbraith acted solely as a political adviser and that the company never discussed the Constitution negotiations with him. “We certainly never did give any input, language or suggestions on the Constitution,” Mr. Eide said.

Obama and the cast of the coup:

Richard Holbrook, Peter Galbraith, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai & Ali Ahmad Jalali and Joe Biden:

Deputy UN Chief, Afghanistan Peter Gabraith was recently fired (by his UN boss, Kai Eide) from the highest US Diplomatic position in the UN for Galbraith’s attempt (With the Obama Administrations blessing) to remove Afghan President Karzai from office.

“According to Eide, Galbraith was plotting with the Obama Administration to replace Karzai with Ashraf Ghani, one of the lesser candidates in the vote. Galbraith confirmed discussing the idea within the UN, but insisted the talk never went beyond that."

President Obama was reportedly in favor of replacing Karzai shortly after taking office, but he decided in September that Karzai would remain in power, despite widespread poll fraud.

The plot by the Obama Administration by extra-constitutional means reminds me of his attempt to replace the “Honduran Constitutional removed Honduran President Zalaya”.

According to the NY Times:

“Mr. Eide, who is set to leave his job as head of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan by early next year, said Mr. Galbraith’s departure from Afghanistan in early September came immediately after he rejected what he described as Mr. Galbraith’s proposal to replace Mr. Karzai and install a more Western-friendly figure.

He said he told his deputy the plan was “unconstitutional, it represented interference of the worst sort, and if pursued it would provoke not only a strong international reaction” but also civil insurrection. It was during this conversation, Mr. Eide said, that Mr. Galbraith proposed taking a leave to the United States, and Mr. Eide accepted.”

“Vijay Nambiar, chief of staff to the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said that he was aware of Mr. Galbraith’s proposal to go to Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and develop support for the plan, and later learned of Mr. Karzai’s anger over the episode. Mr. Nambiar said it played a role in Mr. Galbraith’s firing.”

OK, so here you have Galbraith involved in two separate incidents of controversy.

One in Iraq that enriched him with a $100 million dollars from a private Norwegian Oil company and the other in Afghanistan with his attempt to circumvent elections and the constitution by unseating Karzai to replace him with a socialist (I will get into that later) that was handpicked by the Obama Administration.

The one thing I need to point out is the Norwegian Oil Company’s (DNO) Chief Executive Officer is a man named Helge Eide and the man that fired Galbraith from his UN position is a man named Kai Eide (who is from Norway).

The questions I need to pose are these:

Are Helge Eide and Kai Eide related?

One the one hand Galbraith receives $100 million from an Eide (CEO, DNO) and on the other hand he is fired by another man named Eide (UN Boss of Galbraith).

It is apparent that the Obama Administration, through Richard Holbrook and Peter Galbraith (both friends and allies since Bosnia) attempted to unseat Karzai and put in place a Obama friendly, Keynesian finance man in Ashraf Ghani despite all of the public denials. Every denial about this plot can be replaced with earlier news accounts of efforts that were entirely coordinated and purposefully executed by and for Obama.