Tuesday, July 1, 2008

DO NOT VOTE !



Do you like corruption?
Do you condone corruption?
Will you go so far as to support corruption?
If your answer is “YES!”
Then vote for someone else besides
Ron Paul!

When you cast your vote for any other candidate you are confirming that evil is just fine by you!

“The lesser of evils is still evil!”
Do not condone evil with your vote!

Do not make a mockery of our Constitution
with your vote!

If you can’t vote Ron Paul
JUST DON’T VOTE!

My Friend, Mr. William Lewis, Agrees…
“and what of pre-rigged elections, Mr. ****? What is the point of voting if in your country they use DIEbold machines in the process?
"What sayeth thou?" in regard to this:”
http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=A043
--Mr. William Lewis; Producer “Washington, Your Fired”
May God Bless America before it’s too late!

“The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is , more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime ; he is a good citizen driven to despair.” -- H. L Mencken

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

TRAITORS IN CONGRESS !


HR6304 Sets New Referendum; Fire all the Traitors!By Debbie Morgan 06/25/08

It appears we have traitors in our midst! Sounds dramatic? Well, on Friday, June 20, 2008, the House of Representatives delivered a sharp blow to United States citizens. By passing HR 6304, one of the most egregious, devastating pieces of legislation, House Republicans and Democrats have circumvented the Constitution, making it legal to spy on American citizens. At least one thing is sure, we know who our enemies are, and it is not Iraq, or Iran for that matter!

With support of both major political parties, HR 6304 has now been passed to the Senate for consideration. There is speculation that the Senate may consider a vote before the end of the month, that is, within the week. TeleComm’s, AT&T and Verizon to be more specific, have gained retroactive immunity for their part in voluntarily providing private communications information to the NSA without warrants, which was unconstitutional and illegal, until June 20, 2008. As US citizens, we should all be livid.

The vote approving this bill is a shocking 293 Yeas and 129 Nays. Add to this that both our current Presidential Candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, and the current Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi support this insidious bill, I’d say we, as true Patriotic Americans, have our work cut out for us!

A video on YouTube called “HR 6304-A Bill To Abolish the 4th Amendment,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIJdmePn4lY, has stirred the ire of many a Patriotic American! Showing us a compilation of statements, both for and against, from the House floor before the vote, this collection of astounding proclamations are, to say the very least, extremely revealing.

“…Frankly, Madam Speaker, it is very difficult to put lipstick on a pig” declares Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee. She goes on to explain that passage of this bill will allow the government to surveil someone for seven days, and if the surveillance application is denied, you can continue to be surveilled for sixty more days during the appeal process. Does this sound like a piece of legislation you would want your Congressperson to pursue or support?

“This is actually a great day…we…have been waiting for this since 12:01am on February 6th, when the Protect America Act expired.” Rep Dan Lungren goes on to say that since then, we have actually been “unnecessarily vulnerable to those who would do us harm in this era of worldwide terrorism.” Really Rep. Lungren? It appears you and your House buddies can do that to US citizens all by yourselves!

Rep. Mike Rogers, however, thinks by passing this bill, the Fourth Amendment is “alive and well…” and “anything to the contrary is fear mongering.” Really? What part, please do tell, Rep Rogers, is fear mongering? Could it be the part that tramples on our very liberties?

While Rep. Barbara Lee made it clear that this legislation “undermines the ability of federal courts to review the legality of domestic surveillance,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren had another observation…that the provisions in HR6304 “turn the Judiciary into the Administration’s rubber stamp.” My question would be does it leave us with a Judicial Branch at all? Rep Lofgren goes on to say that by passing this bill we turn the “process of Judicial review into a joke” denigrating the Judicial Branch, which is an equal and independent branch of government.

Perhaps Rep. Jay Inslee says it best, “This bill says if the telecommunication companies violated America’s privacy, willfully, knowingly, knowing it was illegal, we are giving them immunity. Where is the excuse for that?” This piece of legislation seems to set another dangerous precedent; does every company that knowingly commits a crime get retroactive immunity? And what about We-the-people? Do we get retroactive immunity from our wrongdoing?

This law virtually neuters the legislative and judicial branches of our government, giving almost dictatorial powers to the Executive branch, chipping away even more of our longstanding checks and balances. When will it stop? When will the people understand that much more of this will leave us with NO rights at all? I must ask the question, for whom is this administration, and Congress, setting up a dictatorship?

As if HR 6304 was not bad enough, it is actually just the last bill in a long line of abusive governmental rhetoric aimed at forcing US Citizens into giving up something that cannot be given, our unalienable rights! The newly released film, Washington, You’re Fired, provides a summary of the past seven years of heinous legislation handed to an out-of-control Administration by a Congress that cannot abide by its Oath of Office. This documentary is creating a revolution in the legislation information arena by proving to be an excellent tool for a quick non-partisan political education.

November is coming and not only do we elect a new President, but ALL the seats in the House of Representatives are up for re-election. All of them. It is time to send a clear message to our Representatives that we will no longer take their rabid abuse. It is time, as Senator Obama has stated, for change. I am quite sure, however, that the change of which I am thinking has NOTHING to do with his idea. We need to take a good, hard look of the members of the House of Representatives. Those found lacking should be shown the door, post haste! We have no more time to wait for someone to take a stand there. While we wait, the current administration is getting away with murder, literally and figuratively. It is time for this travesty to stop!

Endnotes:

House Vote and Text of HR 6304
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2008-437

House Passes Spy Bill; Senate Expected to Follow
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062000986.html?hpid=topnews

H.R. 6304, THE FISA AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008 (6/19/2008)
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/35731res20080619.html (Summary)

HR 6304 - A Bill to Abolish the 4th Amendment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIJdmePn4lY

Take Back Washington
http://www.takebackwashington.com/

Washington, You’re Fired
http://www.washingtonyourefired.com/

Tuesday, June 24, 2008



Battle Hymn Of The Republic.
His Truth Is Marching On!


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Click on lavender colored link.

Believe me it’s well worth your trouble!

Monday, June 23, 2008

MILLIONS OF JOBS LOST !


AMERIKA !
YOU VOTED THEM IN
NOW KICK THEM OUT !

Store Closings: Symptoms of A Depressed Economy
by Donald H.
June 07, 2008 07:04 AM EDT views: 5369 rating: 10/10 (15 votes) comments: 161. Ann Taylor closing 117 stores nationwide A company spokeswoman said the company hasn't revealed which stores will be shuttered. It will let the stores that will close this fiscal year know over the next month.2. Eddie Bauer to close more stores - Eddie Bauer has already closed 27 shops in the first quarter and plans to close up to two more outlet stores by the end of the year.3. Cache closing stores - Women's retailer Cache announced that it is closing 20 to 23 stores this year.4. Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Catherines closing 150 stores nationwide The owner of retailers Lane Bryant , Fashion Bug , Catherines Plus Sizes will close about 150 underperforming stores this year. The company hasn't provided a list of specific store closures and can't say when it will offer that info, spokeswoman Brooke Perry said today.5. Talbots, J. Jill closing stores - About a month ago, Talbots announced that it will be shuttering all 78 of its kids and men's stores. Now the company says it will close another 22 underperforming stores.The 22 stores will be a mix of Talbots women's and J. Jill, another chain it owns. The closures will occur this fiscal year, according to a company press release.6. Gap Inc. closing 85 stores - In addition to its namesake chain, Gap also owns Old Navy and Banana Republic. The company said the closures - all planned for fiscal 2008 - will be weighted toward the Gap brand.7. Foot Locker to close 140 stores - In the company press release and during its conference call with analysts today, it did not specify where the future store closures - all planned in fiscal 2008 - will be. The company could not be immediately reached for comment8. Wickes is going out o f business - Wickes Furniture is going out of business and closing all of its stores, Wickes, a 37-year-old retailer that targets middle-income customers, filed for bankruptcy protection last month.9. Goodbye Levitz - The furniture retailer, which is going out of business. Levitz first announced it was going out of business and closing all 76 of its stores in December. The retailer dates back to 1910 when Richard Levitz opened his first furniture store in Lebanon , PA. In the 1960s, the warehouse/showroom concept brought Levitz to the forefront of the furniture industry.The local Levitz closures will follow the shutdown of Bombay.10. Zales, Piercing Pagoda closing stores - The owner of Zales and Piercing Pagoda previously said it plans to close 82 stores by July 31. Today, it announc ed that it is closing another 23 underperforming stores. The company said it's not providing a list of specific store closures. Of the 105 locations planned for closure, 50 are kiosks and 55 are stores.11. Disney Store owner has the right to close 98 stores The Walt Disney Company announced it acquired about 220 Disney Stores from subsidiaries of The Children's Place Retail Stores. The exact number of stores acquired will depend on negotiations with landlords.Those subsidiaries of Children's Place filed for bankruptcy protection in late March. Walt Disney in the news release said it has also obtained the right to close about 98 Disney Stores in the U.S. The press release didn't list those stores.12. Home Depot store closings - ATLANTA - Nearly 7+ months after its chief executive said there were no plans to cut the number of its core retail stores, The Home Depot I nc.ann ounced Thursday that it is shuttering 15 of them amid a slumping U.S. economy and housing market. The move will affect 1,300 employees.It is the first time the world's largest home improvement store chain has ever closed a flagship store for performance reasons. Its shares rose almost 5 percent. The Atlanta-based company said the underperforming U.S.stores being closed represent less than 1 percent of its existing stores. They will be shuttered within the next two months.13. CompUSA clarifies details on store closings Any extended warranties purchased for products through CompUSA will be honored by a third-party provider, Assurant Solutions. Gift cards, rain checks, and rebates purchased prior to December 12 can be redeemed at any time during the final sale. For those w h o h ave a gadget currently in for service with CompUSA, the repair will be completed and the gadget will be returned to owners. http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9834177-7html < http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9834177-7.html >14. Macy's - 9 stores -15. Movie Gallery - 160 stores as part of reorganization plan to exit bankruptcyThe video rental company plans to close 400 of 3,500 Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video stores in addition to the 520 locations the video rental chain closed last fall.16. Pep Boys - 33 stores17. Sprint Nextel - 125 retail locations New Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse appears to have inherited a company bleeding subscribers by the thousands, and will now officially be dropping the ax on 4,000 employees and 125 retail locations. Amid the loss of 639,000 postpaid customers in the fourth quarter, Sprint will be cutting a total of 6.7% of its work force (following the 5,000 layoffs last year) and 8% of company-owned brick-and-mortar stores, while remaining mute on other rumors that it will consolidate its headquarters in Kansas. Sprint Nextel shares are down $2.89, or nearly 25%, at the time of this writing.18. J. C. Penney, Lowe's and Office Depot are scaling back19. Ethan Allen Interiors: The company announced plans to close 12 of 300+ stores in an effort to cut costs.20. Wilsons the Leather Experts - 158 stores21. Pacific Sunwear will close its 154 Demo stores after a review of strategic alternatives for the urban-apparel brand. Seventy-four underperforming Demo stores closed last May.22. Sharper Image: The company recently filed for bankruptcy protection and announced that 90 of its 184 stores are closing. The retailer will still operate 94 stores to pay off debts, but 90 of these stores have performed poorly and also may close.23. Bombay Company: The company unveiled plans to close all 384 U.S.-based Bombay Company stores. The company's online storefront has discontinued operations.24. KB Toys posted a list of 356 stores that it is closing around the United States as part of its bankruptcy reorganization. To see the list of store closings, go to the KB Toys Information web site, and click on Press Information25. Dillard's to Close More Stores Dillard's Inc. said it will continue to focus on closing underperforming stores, reducing expenses and improving its merchandise in 2008. At the company's annual shareholder meeting, CEO William Dillard II said the company will close another six underperforming stores this year.

THIS DOESN'T MENTION THE THOUSANDS OF JOBS LOST IN THE TRUCKING AND TRANSPORTATION MARKET !

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

TACKLED, BEATEN and TASERED by police!


Man on bicycle TACKLED, BEATEN and TASERED by Police!

I remember the police of my youth, back in the 50s and 60s, whose mandate back then was to actually "protect and serve" us. Now fast forward 50 or so years, to the new American militarized neocon police of tioday. Read all about how this man in Portland Oregon was tackled, beaten, and tasered by police -- for bicycling without a headlight !

http://radgeek.com/gt/2008/06/13/law_and/

MEMBERS OF THE CFR AND TRI-LATERAL COMMISSION



The CFR is far beyond powerful.


CFR is the umbrella group for many organizations world wide. Tri-Lateral Commission, Bilderberger Group, Rome Club. United Nations, European Union, North Asian Union, African Continental Union and soon The North American Union.

This is just a sampling.

Many members in these organizations are not worth the billions of dollars people think they are. They are worth trillions of dollars each! The Rothschild's, Rockefeller' s, Chase/Manhattans, J. Paul Getty's etc.

I hate to have to say this but I believe a "peaceful" revolution is no longer an option. We simply cannot defeat this kind of wealth. But bullets can!

Their goal , I'm sure you are aware, is a One World Government. On the surface that doesn't really sound so bad. Possible end to world wars, end world wide poverty, bigger free trade market, yadee, yadee, yada. But when you look past the surface what you see is an uncontrollable monster that can never be tamed again.

It will be Communism to the Nth degree. You could even call it Fascism in that they will have complete control over our lives. They will be able to enforce their whims and wishes on us at the drop of a hat by using the UN armies!

This is why it is so important that people wake up and take this very seriously and do something about it NOW!

How many of these CFR members do you recognize?

Corporate Members ABC News
Alcoa
American Express
AIG
Bank of America
Bloomberg L.P.
Boeing
BP
Chevron
Citigroup
Coca-Cola
De Beers
Deutsche Bank
ExxonMobil
FedEx
Ford Motor
General Electric
GlaxoSmithKline
Google
Goldman Sachs
Halliburton
Heinz
Hess
IBM
JPMorgan Chase
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Lehman Brothers
Lockheed Martin
MasterCard
McGraw-Hill
McKinsey
Merck
Merrill Lynch
Motorola
NASDAQ
News Corp
Nike
PepsiCo
Pfizer
Shell Oil
Sony Corporation of America
Tata Group
Time Warner
Total S.A.
Toyota Motor North America
UBS
United Technologies
United States Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Trust Corporation
Verizon
Visa [31]

[edit] Notable current council members
John Mc Cain
Barrack Obama Hussein
Hillary Clinton
Bill Clinton
Jimmy Carter
George Bush
George H. W. Bush
Condoleezza Rice
Henry Kissinger
Madelyn Albright
Angelina Jolie (UN Goodwill Ambassador)[ 32]
[edit] Notable historical members
Graham Allison
J. Bowyer Bell[33]
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Dick Cheney
William S. Cohen
Warren Christopher
E. Gerald Corrigan
William J. Crowe
C. Douglas Dillon
Tom Foley
Alan Greenspan
W. Averell Harriman
Richard Holbrooke
Bobby Ray Inman
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Henry Kissinger
George J. Mitchell
Bill Moyers
John S. Reed
Brent Scowcroft
George P. Shultz
Theodore Sorensen
George Soros
Cyrus Vance
Paul Volcker
Robert Zoellick
Source: The Council on Foreign Relations from 1921 to 1996:Historical Roster of Directors and Officers [34]
[edit] List of chairmen and chairwomen
Russell Cornell Leffingwell 1946-1953
John J. McCloy 1953-1970
David Rockefeller 1970-1985
Peter George Peterson 1985-2007
Carla A. Hills (co-chairman) 2007-
Robert E. Rubin (co-chairman) 2007-

[edit] List of presidents
John W. Davis 1921-1933
George W. Wickersham 1933-1936
Norman Davis 1936-1944
Russell Cornell Leffingwell 1944-1946
Allen Welsh Dulles 1946-1950
Henry Merritt Wriston 1951-1964
Grayson L. Kirk 1964-1971
Bayless Manning 1971-1977
Winston Lord 1977-1985
John Temple Swing 1985-1986 (Pro tempore)
Peter Tarnoff 1986-1993
Alton Frye 1993
Leslie Gelb 1993-2003
Richard N. Haass 2003-

Source:The Council on Foreign Relations from 1921 to 1996: Historical Roster of Directors and Officers. This censes was taken in 1996. It has quadrupled since then!

“In a world of lies truth is treason!”

Sample of members of the North American Group Tri-Lateral Commission
Keep in mind that there are six other world wide commissions. ..

**Madeleine K. Albright, Principal, The Albright Group LLC, Washington , DC ; former U. S . Secretary of State**Condoleezza Rice, Former Chairman for Chevron Oil, US Secretary of StateGraham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; former Dean, John F. Kennedy School of Government; former Special Advisor to the Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan and former Assistant Secretary of Defense under President William Clinton Richard L. Armitage, President, Armitage International LLC, Washington , DC ; former U.S. DeputySecretary of State James L. Balsillie, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Research in Motion, Ltd., Waterloo , ON Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering , Washington , DC; former U. S . Trade Representative Alan R. Batkin, Vice Chairman, Eton Park Capital Management, New York , NY Lael Brainard, Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development Program, the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC; former Deputy Director of the U.S. National Economic Council ** Doug Bereuter, President, The Asia Foundation, San Francisco, CA; former Member, U. S . House of Representatives** C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC; former U. S . Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs** Catherine Bertini, Professor of Public Administration, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; former Under-Secretary- General for Management, United Nations Dennis C. B lair, U S N ( Ret.), Consultant and former President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA; for me r Commander in Chief, U. S . Pacific CommandHerminio Blanco Mendoza, Private Office of Herminio Blanco, Mexico City, NL; former Mexican Secretary of Commerce and Industrial Development Stephen W. Bosworth, Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA; former U. S . Ambassador to the Republic of Korea David G. Bradley, Chairman, Atlantic Media Company, Washington , DC Lael Brainard, Vice President and Founding Director, Global Economy and Development Program,The Brookings Institution Harold Brown, Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC; General Partner, Warburg Pincus & Company, New York , NY ; former U. S . Secretary of Defense **Zbigniew Brzezinski, Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC; Robert Osgood Professor of American Foreign Affairs, Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; former U. S . Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs ** Louis C. Camilleri, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Altria Group, Inc., New York , NY Raymond Chrétien, Strategic Advisor, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Montreal, QC; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for International Studies of the University of Montreal; former Associate Under-Secretary of State of External Affairs; former Ambassador of Canada to the Congo, Belgium, Mexico, the United States and France William T. Coleman III, Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Cassatt Corporation;Founder, former Chairman and CEO and Member, Board of Directors, BEA Systems, Inc., San Jose , CATimothy C. Collins, Senior Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Ripplewood Holdings, New York, NY Richard N. Cooper, Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; former Chairman, U. S . National Intelligence Council; former U. S . Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs ** E. Gerald Corrigan, Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York , NY ; former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkMichael J. Critelli, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT **Lee Cullum, former regular commentator, "News Hour with Jim Lehrer," and columnist, Dallas , TXGerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, New York, NY; Visiting Professor, Graduate Research Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo **Lynn Davis, Senior Political Scientist, The R AND Corporation, Arlington , VA ; former U. S . Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International SecurityArthur A. DeFehr, President and Chief Executive Officer, Palliser Furniture, Winnipeg , M B André Desmarais, President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Power Corporation of Canada, Montréal, QC; Deputy Chairman, Power Financial Corporation John M. Deutch, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; former Director of Central Intelligence; former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Jamie Dimon, President and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York , NY Peter C. Dobell, Founding Director, Parliamentary Centre, Ottawa, ON Wendy K. Dobson, Professor and Director, Institute for International Business, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON; for me r Canadian Associate Deputy Minister of Finance Kenneth M. Duberstein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Duberstein Group, Washington, DC; former Chief of Staff to President Ronald Reagan ** Robert Eckert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mattel, Inc., El Segundo , CA Jessica P. Einhorn, Dean, Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC; for me r Managing Director for Finance and Resource Mobilization, World Bank Jeffrey Epstein, President, J. Epstein & Company, Inc., New York , NY ; President, N.A. Property, Inc. Dianne Feinstein, Member (D-CA), U. S . Senate Martin S . Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; President and Chief Executive Officer, National Bureau of Economic Research; for me r U. S .Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisors Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Chairman, Swiss Re America Holding Corporation, Washington, DC; former Vice Chairman, Board of Governors, U.S. Federal Reserve System Stanley Fischer, Governor of the Bank of Israel, Jerusalem; former President, Citigroup International and Vice Chairman, Citgroup, New York, NY; former First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund ** Richard W. Fisher, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, TX; for me r U. S . Deputy Trade Representative **Thomas S . Foley, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC; for me r U. S . Ambassador to Japan; former Speaker of the U. S . House of Representatives; North American Chairman, Trilateral CommissionMichael B.G. Froman, Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Strategy and Business Development, Citigroup Alternative Investments, Citigroup Inc., New York, NY ** Francis Fukuyama, Bernard L. Schwartz Professor International Political Economy, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University , Washington , DC Dionisio Garza Medina, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, ALFA, Garza Garcia, NL ** Richard A. Gephardt, former Member (D-MO), U. S . House of Representatives ** David Gergen, Professor of Public Service, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Editor-at-Large, U. S . News and World ReportPeter C. Godsoe, retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Scotiabank, Toronto, ON**Allan E. Gotlieb, Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto, ON; Chairman, Sotheby’s, Canada; former Canadian Ambassador to the United States; North American Deputy Chairman, Trilateral CommissionBill Graham, Member of Parliament, Canadian House of Commons; former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa , ON ** Donald E. Graham , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Washington Post Company, Washington, DC Jeffrey W. Greenberg, Managing Principal, Aquiline Capital Partners, LLC, New York, NY; former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Marsh & McLennan Companies ** Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY; former Director, Policy Planning, U. S . Depart ment of State; former Director of Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution ** James T. Hackett, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Anadarko Petroleum Corp.,The Woodlands, TX John J. Hamre, President, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC; former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) William A. Haseltine, Chairman, Haseltine Global Health, LLC, and President, The William A Haseltine Foundation for Medical Sciences and the Arts; Washington , DC and New York , NY Richard F. Haskayne, Board Chairman Emeritus, University of Calgary , AB ; past Chairman of the Board of TransCanada Corporation Charles B . Heck, Senior Adviser and for me r North American Director, Trilateral Commission ; Associate Professor of History and Global Perspectives, Principia College Carla A. Hills, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company, International Consultants, Washington, DC; former U. S . Trade Representative; former U. S . Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ** Richard Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC, New York, NY; chairman of the Asia Society and the American Academy in Berlin; former U. S . Ambassador to the United Nations; former U. S . Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs; for me r U. S . Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and former U. S . Ambassador to Germany **Karen Elliott House, writer, Princeton , NJ ; former Senior Vice President, Dow Jones & Company, and Publisher, The Wall Street JournalAlejandro Junco de la Vega, President and Director, Grupo Reforma, Monterrey , NL Robert Kagan, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington , DC **Arnold Kanter, Principal and Founding Member, The Scowcroft Group, Washington , DC ; formerU.S. Under Secretary of StateCharles R . Kaye, Co-President, Warburg Pincus LLC, New York , NY Michael Klein, Co-President, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Chief Executive Officer, Global Banking, Citigroup Inc., New York, NY Steven E. Koonin, Chief Scientist, BP, London , UK Enrique Krauze, General Director, Editorial Clio Libros y Videos, S .A. de C.V., Mexico City, DF Robert Lane, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Deere & Company, Moline , IL ** Fred Langhammer, Chairman, Global Affairs, The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., New York , NY Jim Leach, former Member ( R -IA), U. S . House of Representatives Winston Lord, Co-Chairman of Overseeers and former Co-Chairman of the Board, International Rescue Committee, New York, NY; for me r U. S . Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; former U. S . Ambassador to China E. Peter Lougheed, Senior Partner, Bennett Jones, Barristers & Solicitors, Calgary, A B ; for me r Premier of Albert a **Roy MacLaren, former Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; former Canadian Minister of International Trade; Toronto, ONJohn A. MacNaughton, former President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Toronto, ON Antonio Madero, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, San Luis Corporation, S .A. de C.V. , Mexico City, DF John Manley, Senior Counsel, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Ottawa , ON ; former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance** Sir Deryck C. Maughan, Managing Director and Chairman, KK R Asia, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., New York , NY ; former Vice Chairman, Citigroup Jay Mazur, President Emeritus, UNITE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees); Vice Chairman, Amalgamated Bank of New York; and President, ILGWU's 21st Century Heritage Foundation, New York, NY James Moore, Member, Canadian Parliament, Ottawa , ON ; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada and the Pacific Gateway and Vancouver 2010 Olympics Marc H. Morial, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Urban League, New York, NY; former Mayor, New Orleans, LA Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University , Montreal , QC **Indra K. Nooyi, Chairman Elect and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NYJoseph S . Nye, Jr., Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Govern ment, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; former Dean, John F. Kennedy School of Govern ment; former U. S . Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs ** David J. O' Reilly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chevron Corporation, San Ramon , CA Richard N. Perle, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC; member and for me r Chairman, Defense Policy Board, U. S . Department of Defense; former U. S . Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy ** Thomas R . Pickering, Vice Chairman, Hills & Company, International Consultants, Washington, DC; former Senior Vice President, International Relations, The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA; former U. S . Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; former U. S . Ambassador to the Russian Federation, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and the United Nations Martha C. Piper, former President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver , BC ** Richard Plepler, Executive Vice President, HBO, New York , NY Joseph W. Ralston, U S AF ( R et)., Vice Chairman, The Cohen Group, Washington, DC; former Commander, U. S . European Command, and Supreme Allied Commander NATO; former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U. S . Department of Defense Charles B . Rangel, Member (D-NY), U. S . House of Representatives **Susan Rice, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies and Global Economy and Development Programs, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC; former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security CouncilHartley Richardson, President, James Richardson & Sons, Ltd., Winnipeg , MB Joseph E. Robert, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Office, J.E. Robert Companies, McLean , VA ** John D. Rockefeller IV, Member (D-WV), U. S . Senate Kenneth Rogoff, Professor of Economics and Director, Center for International Develop ment, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; former Chief Economist and Director, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC **Charles Rose, Host of the Charlie Rose Show and Charlie Rose Special Edition, PBS, New York , NYDavid M. Rubenstein, Co-founder and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group, Washington , DC Luis Rubio, President, Center of Research for Development (CIDAC), Mexico City , DFArthur F. Ryan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Prudential Financial, Inc., Newark , NJ Jaime Serra, Chairman, SAI Consulting, Mexico City , DF; former Mexican Minister of Trade and Industry ** Dinakar Singh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TPG-Axon Capital, New York, NY; former Co-head, Principal Strategies Depart ment, Goldman Sachs Anne-Marie S laughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University , Princeton , NJ Gordon Smith, Director, Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, B C; Chairman, Board of Governors, International Develop ment Research Centre; for me r Canadian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Personal Representative of the Prime Minister to the Economic Summit Donald R . Sobey, Chairman Emeritus, Empire Company Ltd., Halifax , NS Ronald D. Southern, Chairman, ATCO Group, Calgary , A B James B . Steinberg, Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin, TX; former Vice President and Director of the Foreign Policy Studies Program, The B Rookings Institution, Washington, DC; former U. S . Deputy National Security Advisor Jessica Stern, Academic Director, Program on Terrorism and the Law, Harvard Law School , and Lecturer in Government, Harvard University , Cambridge , MA Barbara Stymiest, Chief Operating Officer, R BC Financial Group, Toronto , ON Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor of Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; former President, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; former U.S . Secretary of the Treasury John J. Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO, Washington , DC Strobe Talbott, President, The Brookings Institution, Washington , DC ; former U. S . Deputy Secretary of State George J. Tenet, Distinguished Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, George town University, Washington, DC; former U.S. Director of Central Intelligence ** John Thain, Chief Executive Officer, New York Stock Exchange, Inc.; former President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, Goldman Sachs & Co., New York, NY ** G. R ichard Thoman, Managing Partner, Corporate Perspectives and Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, New York, NY; former President and Chief Executive Officer, Xerox Corporation; former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, I B M Corporation **Paul A. Volcker, for me r Chairman, Wolfensohn & Co., Inc., New York; Frederick H. Schultz Professor Emeritus, International Economic Policy, Princeton University; for me r Chairman, Board of Governors, U. S . Federal Reserve System; Honorary North American Chairman and former North American Chairman, Trilateral CommissionWilliam H. Webster, Senior Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, Washington, DC; for me r U. S . Director of Central Intelligence; for me r Director, U. S . Federal Bureau of Investigation; former Judge of the U. S . Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ** Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International, New York , NY **Lorenzo H. Zambrano, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, CEMEX, Monterrey , NL; North American Deputy Chairman, Trilateral CommissionErnesto Zedillo, Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University, New Haven, CT; for me r President of Mexico ** Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, U.S. News & World Report and Publisher, New York Daily News; Founder and Chairman of Boston Properties, Inc.; New York, NY ** William T. Coleman, Jr., Lifetime Trustee, Trilateral Commission , Washington, DC; Senior Partner and the Senior Counselor, O’Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC; former U. S . Secretary of Transportation ** Henry A. Kissinger, Lifetime Trustee, Trilateral Commission , Washington, DC; Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc., New York, NY; former U. S . Secretary of State; former U. S . Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Robert S . McNamara, Lifetime Trustee, Trilateral Commission , Washington, DC; for me r President, World Bank; former U. S . Secretary of Defense; former President, Ford Motor Company. ** David Rockefeller, Founder, Honorary Chairman, and Lifetime me Trustee, Trilateral Commission , New York , NYFormer Members In Public ServiceRichard B . Cheney, ** Paula J. Dobriansky, U. S . Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Luis Téllez, Secretary of Communications and Transport of Mexico **Paul Wolfowitz, President, World Bank


This census was taken in 1996. Membership has quadrupled since then.