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John Harris agrees to testify, Blagojevich trial, Obama ties, Tony Rezko, Emil Jones, Valerie Jarrett

Things are moving real slow in preparation for the Rod Blagojevich trial but yesterday, July 9, 2009, the Chicago Tribune reported that Blagojevich chief of staff, John Harris, has agreed to testify against him. What do the names, Rod Blagojevich, John Harris, Tony Rezko, Emil Jones, and Valerie Jarrett all have in common?

Hmmm……Let’s see…….

Barack Obama

Here are some exerpts from the Chicago tribune areticle:

“A chief of staff to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich became the first insider to formally agree to testify for the government, pleading guilty Wednesday in the sweeping federal corruption case against his ex-boss.

John Harris, who was arrested with the former governor in December, is expected to detail for prosecutors perhaps the most stunning charge in the case: how Blagojevich allegedly used his power to appoint a successor to President Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate to barter to enrich himself.

In exchange for Harris’ testimony, prosecutors agreed to recommend he serve less than 3 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud and is expected to be one of a series of former aides and confidants — fellow chiefs of staff Alonzo “Lon” Monk and John Wyma as well as fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko among them — to testify against Blagojevich.

The plea agreement alleges that the former governor viewed the Senate appointment as a unique opportunity to try to bargain with the new Obama administration, perhaps leading to a Cabinet or ambassador’s post.”

“Among them was the allegation that Blagojevich sent Harris to Springfield to see if one Senate candidate would be willing to exchange all the money in his campaign fund for the seat, a message that Harris says he did not explicitly deliver.

Sources identified that candidate as former state Senate Majority Leader Emil Jones (D-Chicago), who denied such a discussion took place.”

“The plea agreement alleged that Blagojevich discussed an option with an official from the Service Employees International Union — an individual he understood to be an emissary working on behalf of Obama. Blagojevich was hopeful that by naming an individual identified only as “Senate Candidate B” — previously disclosed to be Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett — he could secure an appointment to become secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the agreement said.”

Read more:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-blagojevich-chief-pleajul09,0,6559762.story

Obama, Baxter International, CDC, Dr. Robert Weinstein, corruption ties, Chicago, Weinstein, Levine, Rezko, Blagojevich, Obama

Are you sleeping well these days with the corrupt Obama in the White House and concerns about the H1N1 Swine Flu?

Flu epidemics or pandemics are scary enough under normal circumstances, but with the reputation of Obama and his long time ties to crime and corruption in Chicago, it is hard to trust anything coming out of his administration.

Remember Dr. Robert Weinstein? He pled guilty to corruption charges a few months ago, corruption charges that linked him to Stuart Levine, Tony Rezko, Rod Blagojevich and ultimately Barack Obama. Well, it turns out that there is a Dr. Weinstein that has ties to the CDC and possibly Baxter. Are these Dr. Weinstein’s related?

Now revisit the following article:

 Obama baxter ties in corrupt Chicago

To refresh your memory:

Dr. Robert Weinstein Indictment

Governor Rod Blagojevich Criminal Complaint

Citizen Wells request to Patrick Fitzgerald, Indict Obama

Dr. Robert Weinstein pleads guilty

Dr. Robert Weinstein and the CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Past Issue

Vol. 7, No. 2
Mar–Apr 2001

“Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals: Infection Control and Use of Antibiotics

Robert A. Weinstein
Cook County Hospital and Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ilinois, USA”

“Dr. Weinstein is chair, Division of Infectious Diseases, Cook County Hospital; director of Infectious Disease Services for the Cook County Bureau of Health Services; and professor of medicine, Rush Medical College. He also oversees the CORE Center for the Prevention, Care and Research of Infectious Disease and directs the Cook County Hospital component of the Rush/Cook County Infectious Disease Fellowship Program. His areas of research include nosocomial infections (particularly the epidemiology and control of antimicrobial resistance and infections in intensive care units) and health-care outcomes for patients with HIV/AIDS.

Address for correspondence: Robert A. Weinstein, Division of Infectious Diseases – Suite 129 Durand, Cook County Hospital, 1835 W. Harrison St.,Chicago, IL 60612, USA; fax: 312-572-3523; e-mail: rweinste@rush.edu

Read more:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no2/weinstein.htm

October 24, 2006

“Yet the CDC refuses to endorse search and destroy. It is sticking to the mantra that hospital workers should wash their hands more carefully and frequently, and that in most cases patients should be isolated only after symptoms of infection with MRSA appear. Routine surveillance to find patients who may not be symptomatic, but are still contagious, is rarely practiced, and not recommended in the CDC’s new hospital infection-fighting guidelines, which were released last week after five years of deliberations. The guidelines do not include a routine recommendation for search and destroy.”

“This is a bitter pill for many infectious-disease experts, who have been joined by the relatives of dead patients, Consumers Union, and even a few Congress members in pressing the CDC. “Why are we spending millions if not billions on bird flu, a ghost that might not happen, when you have thousands being colonized by MRSA and dying of it?” asks Dr. William Jarvis, a top CDC hospital-infection expert until he resigned in 2003. At a March 29 hearing on hospital infections—which, all told, kill an estimated 90,000 patients each year—Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., charged that the CDC had stood by, despite a steady rise in infections since the early 1970s. “During that time, hospital stays have grown dramatically shorter yet infection rates continue to go up,” Stupak said. “What do we have to do to motivate CDC?””

“The counterargument is made by Dr. Robert Weinstein, a hospital-infection expert at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, and a leader on the CDC advisory committee that issued last week’s guidelines.”

Read more:

http://www.slate.com/id/2152118/

H1N1, Swine flu, Obama, flu shots, Baxter International, Chicago IL, pandemic, corruption, influenza A, CDC, Obama ties to Baxter, Owned stock, political contributions, generated bird flu?, Lethal Vaccine?, modeled after the 1918 flu, Chinese connection

I take the responsibility of producing articles and presenting information very seriously. Since the inception of this blog, just over a year ago, the readership has steadily grown and coupled with the fact that people have come to rely on this blog for credible information in the absence of reliable, accurate reporting from the MSM, the pressure to provide timely, credible reports has increased. There sometimes is a fine line between withholding important information and doing something that resembles crying fire in a crowded theatre. This is truly a serious responsibility.

For several months I have been receiving reports from credible sources, some, ex military officers. The reports were about coming flu pandemics and conspiracies to harm and control the American public. These reports were compelling and had more credibility in the context of the Obama camp coming to power and making rapid changes based on fear and contrived scenarios in the housing and financial markets. The question before me then was should I present this information or let the dust settle and gather more information. Today the CDC provided an update at 11:00 AM ET about the current status of the H1N1, Swine flu. Here is a sentence from the report:

“The ongoing outbreak of novel influenza A (H1N1) continues to expand in the United States. CDC expects that more cases, more hospitalizations and more deaths from this outbreak will occur over the coming days and weeks.”

CDC update

Earlier today the Citizen Wells blog reported that the Obama Administration was considering an unprecedented fall vaccination campaign of three flu shots.

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After reading these updates I decided that it was time to share some of the emails I received in March 2009 along with some additional research on why I and others are concerned about any plans the Obama administration has in response to a potential flu pandemic or contrived pandemic.

Three emails that I received in March 2009:

From a retired military officer

March 10, 2009

“The one important thing you need to know now is: the Avian Bird Flu has been mixed into vaccines.  Get things you need now in event of Quarantine. Epidemic outbreaks are reason for Quarantine and Martial Law. So this could have been done accidentally or purposely.  May want to get Echinacea, lots of Vitamin C, Nano-silver to help fight. Source: www.organics4u.org.  Mainstream Media has a BLACKOUT on this ——–as of yesterday. May have lifted by now?”

 

From a long time commenter and helper

March 17, 2009

“If that wasn’t enough, I logged in on Friday March 13 to look at a few things. Knowing I was banned from posting links I tried to post an article on the page of a friend/colleague. The article came from www.naturalnews.comregarding a company named Baxter, associated with Bayer, which sent flu vaccines tainted with active bird flu (H5N1) to 18 different countries (http://www.naturalnews.com/025760.html). It was an independent Microbiology Lab in Canada that blew the whistle. A message appeared that stated I was blocked from posting links, and the next thing I knew my account was disabled.
That my account was disabled is no big deal—meeting people in person to talk about the issues is much more gratifying; civility is vital when trying to discuss controversial topics. Moreover, it’s just as easy to create a new account or join a new social networking site altogether. But the point is, even in a virtual realm, our liberties of free speech are, with every account deletion, being removed.”
From the retired military officer

March 18, 2009

“Dear Friends,   URGENT URGENT URGENT  ==== I have hesitated to release this until substantiated.  Please review ALL the information. It takes some time I know —but our lives and those of our children and our future is more than worth it. I will hold off on further e-mails until you have had time to digest and work this.  It is a matter of LIFE and DEATH.
 
This is a diabolical plan to KILL Americans and confiscate our Private Property for  China’s use. This is designed to happen soon because Americans are waking up.  All the information is here.  I just got off the phone with Dr. Carley. Contact your State Legislators immediately to get the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act rescinded in your state if it exists. Share ALL this information with them after you have gone through it and are convinced (like me).  If you can trust your US Congressman/Senator – share this information with them as well. This must be STOPPED before it begins.  I have contacted the following in Florida: Reps. Murzin, Ford, Sansom and Evers. We could use more to  get involved.  US Congressman Jeff Miller’s office.
I have had this information since Thursday of last week.  I have spent the last six days reviewing it, researching it, listening to the two doctors (Carley and Ott) involved speak about it and finished speaking last night with Dr. Ott on a radio program where he was the guest.  This is no JOKE. When I asked him if he had been threatened because of this information, he said yes and stated for the record on the program that 38 American and international microbiologists have been killed whose intentions were to divulge this diabolical Eugenics/genocidal plot.
 
This is a plot between the Power Elite and China to kill us with a Lethal Vaccine that has been modeled after the 1918 Flu (which was most likely planned as well)  but has been greatly enhanced. A record of the Vice Chairman of China’s military commission below indicates they must kill Americans on our own soil and preserve the land and air for livability. Already large containers with holes that hold about 3 bodies are being shipped into the US in the thousands. Many of the Detention Center have crematoriums as well to burn the bodies.
 
There will be a “generated” bird flu (it doesn’t normally kill humans unless tampered with to do that per Dr. Ott) pandemic which will require this  mandatory vaccine – designed to target 18-40 year olds.  An almost 10 year Genome Mapping project resulted In identifying the susceptible cells in that age group.  The thinking is that the children and the elderly will go along with a new regime.  Already, the media has been planting the bird flu pandemic possibility…………..
 
Already, the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act is in place in 39 states  (Florida and NC included) under the HHS which make Vaccines for a Pandemic mandatory.  It is a felony if one won’t take it – they go to quarantine area – Detention Camps – until they do. There is a Private Property confiscation clause both in it and in the Executive Order. All the data is below. It’s voluminous.  There are so many IN on THE FIX in all levels of government, it’s hard to know HOW we can avoid this PLOT.  I know you all are resourceful and have many contacts. Interestingly enough, the new HHS (Kansas Gov – Katherine Sebelius) is a member of the Bilderberg Group. She would oversee this operation.
 
Dr. Ott was on a program last night and I got a lot of questions answered. Dr. Carley will be on www.tsrn.us on Thursday night at 7 p.m. Central on Michelle’s show.   He was going to send me the list. We have GOT to expose this immediately.
 
I am working from my end here.  Because this plot goes all the way to the top we will need many working to break and get an investigation started and it stopped.
Part of it almost happened within the last few weeks as Baxter  (based out of Chicago and BO owns stock in this company)was found to have “mysteriously” gotten bird flu virus (the one that’s been specially made to kill) mixed up with vaccines.  Canada broke that story.  Dr. Ott stated that Baxter Headquarters is in Chicago.
 
 But it’s going to take hundreds if not more contacts because of the pervasiveness of this plot.
 
Dr. Ott says that his contacts in the Chinese Embassy (and he was there for the Olympics) tell him that Hillary Clinton did in fact deliver an eminent domain agreement in the event we did default on loans -our land would be taken.
I will send more info as I receive it.” 
 
The first email was sent March 10, 2009

Remember when you read this article that Barack Obama has long time, documented in court records, ties to crime and corruption in Chicago and Illinois including, but not limited to, Tony Rezko, Stuart Levine, Rod Blagojevich and a host of others.

Baxter International Inc. HQ in Chicago IL

March 13, 2003

“Baxter International Inc. jarred investors Thursday, disclosing that earnings will fall short in 2003 because of even poorer-than-anticipated sales of the company’s top-selling blood therapies.”

“This time, investors punished Baxter with authority. Shares fell nearly 21 percent, or $5.67 a share”

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April 16, 2009

“Baxter’s first-quarter earnings surpasses Wall Street expectations”

“Baxter International Inc. increased its first-quarter profit by 20 percent experiencing robust market growth amidst a weakened global economy.”

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April 25, 2009

“Baxter to work to contain Mexico flu outbreak”

“Deerfield-based medical product giant Baxter International Inc. is working with the World Health Organization on a potential vaccine to curb the spread of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico, the company confirmed today.

Baxter, which has a growing vaccine business, has worked with foreign countries in the past to develop vaccines for the H5N1 virus commonly known as bird flu. Baxter has a cell-based technology that allows the company to more rapidly produce vaccines in the event of a pandemic than a decades-old method that uses eggs to process vaccines and can take weeks or even months longer.”

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April 27, 2009

“Swine flu: Baxter seeks swine flu sample to begin work on vaccine”

“Baxter confirmed over the weekend that it is working with the World Health Organization on a potential vaccine to curb the deadly swine flu virus that is blamed for scores of deaths in Mexico and has emerged as a threat in the U.S.

Shares of Baxter were up 2.4 percent, or $1.16, to $49.23 a share in trading Monday on the New York Stock Exchange.”

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Obama and Baxter have ties to Indonesia

February 7, 2007

“Indonesia, which has had more human cases of avian flu than any other country, has stopped sending samples of the virus to the World Health Organization, apparently because it is negotiating a contract to sell the samples to an American vaccine company, a W.H.O. official said yesterday.”

“Indonesia signed a memorandum of agreement with Baxter today.”

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Obama’s ties to Baxter in addition to Chicago HQ

February 22, 2005

“Less than two months after ascending to the United States Senate, Barack Obama bought more than $50,000 worth of stock in two speculative companies whose major investors included some of his biggest political donors.

One of the companies was a biotech concern that was starting to develop a drug to treat avian flu. In March 2005, two weeks after buying about $5,000 of its shares, Mr. Obama took the lead in a legislative push for more federal spending to battle the disease.”

“But he put $50,000 to $100,000 into an account at UBS, which his aides say was recommended to him by a wealthy friend, George W. Haywood, who was also a major investor in both Skyterra and AVI BioPharma, public securities filings show.”

“Within two weeks of his purchase of the biotech stock that Feb. 22, Mr. Obama initiated what he has called “one of my top priorities since arriving in the Senate,” a push to increase federal financing to fight avian flu.”

“His first step came on March 4, 2005, when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved his request for $25 million to help contain the disease in Asia; the full Senate later approved that measure. And in April 2005, he introduced a bill calling for more research on avian flu drugs and urging the government to increase its stockpiles of antiviral medicines.

Mr. Obama repeated this call in a letter that Aug. 9 to Michael O. Levitt, the health and human services secretary. And in September 2005, Mr. Obama and Senator Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa, succeeded in amending another bill to provide $3.8 billion for battling the flu.

Meanwhile, the drug company in which he invested, AVI BioPharma, had been working to develop its own medicine to treat avian flu victims. In a conference call with Wall Street analysts on March 8, 2005, the company’s chairman, Denis R. Burger, said the firm was “aggressively going forward” with its avian flu research and hoped to work with federal agencies on it.”

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April 28, 2005

“Senator Obama introduces the AVIAN Act (S. 969). Senator Obama introduces the first comprehensive bill to address the threat of an avian influenza pandemic.”

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Obama warns of a flu pandemic in 2005

June 6, 2005

“Grounding a Pandemic

By BARACK OBAMA and RICHARD LUGAR”

“It is essential for the international community, led by the United States, to take decisive action to prevent a pandemic.”

“So what should we do? Recently, the World Health Organization called for more money and attention to be devoted to effective preventive action, appealing for $100 million.” 

“Accelerating research into avian flu vaccines and antiviral drugs.”

“Barack Obama, Democrat of Illinois, is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Richard Lugar, Republican of Indiana, is its chairman.”

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Baxter International is being investigated.
Baxter International has indeed been investigated for killing people with contaminated Heparin from a Chinese supplier and sending flu viruses to labs in Europe.

We have the most corrupt person that has ever been in the White House, with ties to corruption and crime, who has hidden his past, refused to produce his long form birth certificate and habitually lied to the American public. On at least the level of corruption ties, Obama is the Manchurian Candidate of the likes of Tony Rezko and George Soros. Is Obama the Manchurian Candidate of a foreign power? I would not be surprised.

Do not overreact or underreact to this flu.

Please stay informed and ponder carefully any decision to take flu shots.


I will leave you with this parting comment:

“Veteran flu watchers all recall that in 1918, the spring wave of H1N1 was very mild. It was the second wave — cooked in the summer and fall of 1918, in the trenches of WWI — where the virus gained its ability to kill by the millions. And it was the third wave that incapacitated President Wilson (NOT a stroke, but Spanish Flu in April 1919) that allowed the punitive actions of Britain and France against aggressor Germany to move forward, and sowed the seeds for the Third Reich. That is your history lesson for today.

A swine pandemic was feared by experts long before the 1976 swine flu debacle. This is what caused the major calamity that we now call the Swine Flu Debacle.  This new strain, with its curious mixture of swine, avian and human genes, is headed for an uncertain future.  But we cannot simply assume that a lack of mortality or lethality is necessarily good news in the long run.”

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Obama arrest, Obama indictment, Blagojevich indictment, Blagojevich trial, Rezko talking, Stuart Levine talking, Weinstein talking?, Will Rod Blagojevich talk?, Obama involved in Chicago corruption

The citizen Wells blog wrote about the impending indictment of Rod Blagojevich months
before Blagojevich was arrested. Barack Obama was as entrenched in Chicago corruption
just as much as former Governor Blagojevich. Shortly after Rod Blagojevich was
indicted, the Citizen Wells blog contacted the Chicago office of Patrick Fitzgerald
and requested that Barack Obama be indicted for his involvement in rigging the IL
Health Planning Facilities Board and other ties to crime and corruption in Chicago
and Illinois.

From the Citizen Wells request to indict Obama:

“Obama has been involved in illegal and corrupt dealings with
the following indicted and/or convicted IL officials and
businessmen:
 
Tony Rezko
Stuart Levine
Dr. Robert Weinstein
Governor Rod Blagojevich

Obama conspired with one or more of the above named to rig
the IL Health Facilities Planning Board.
Patrick Fitzgerald and the US Justice Department have been involved
in an investigation of crime and corruption in Chicago and IL,
sometimes referred to as “pay for play.” This investigation and
subsequent prosecutions has been methodical and well executed. The
initial focus was on Tony Rezko and his trial and conviction that
evolved out the testimony of Stuart Levine who had been wiretapped.
Multiple indictments and arrests have developed from the Rezko trial
leading up to the recent arrest of IL Governor Rod Blagojevich. All
of the people indicted or arrested  out of the investgation have one
thing in common. Connections to Barack Obama. It has been believed for
months that Rezko would talk and that Blagojevich and/or Obama was next.
It is now time to indict Barack H. Obama.”

Citizen Wells request to Patrick Fitzgerald

Today, April 14, 2009, Rod Blagojevich plead not guilty to corruption charges.

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Tony Rezko has been talking.

Stuart Levine has been talking.

Has Dr. Robert Weinstein been talking?

Will Rod Blagojevich talk?

Barack Obama is guilty.

Will justice be served?

From Dr. Orly Taitz’ new website today:

“DEAR AMERICA,
 
  I AM A PATRIOT, I LOVE AMERICA, AND I CANNOT PERSONALLY STAND BY AND DO NOTHING ANY LONGER AS I WATCH OUR GREAT COUNTRY AND OUR CONSTITUTION BEING TRAMPLED UPON AND DISGRACED BY A PERSON USING THE NAME OF BARACK OBAMA. 
 
  IT IS MY BELIEF THAT BARACK OBAMA IS A FRAUD, A USURPER, A LIAR, AND A GREAT THREAT TO THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO IT’S INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN’S.
 
  I FURTHER BELIEVE THAT AS A NATION WE NEED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO REMOVE BARACK OBAMA FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE HE CAN INFLICT FURTHER DAMAGE AND DISTRESS UPON AMERICA THROUGH HIS RADICAL AND NONSENSICAL POLICIES.
 
  MY PROPOSAL IS AS FOLLOWS :
 

  1. THAT BARACK OBAMA BE ARRESTED AND JAILED ON THE CHARGE’S OF TREASON AND HIGH CRIMES AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THAT HE BE HELD WITHOUT BOND UNTIL SUCH TIME AS HE IS EITHER CONVICTED OR EXONERATED OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM.

  2. THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT, JOSEPH BIDEN, BE SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE ARREST OF BARACK OBAMA

  3. THAT BARACK OBAMA BE GIVEN 24 HOUR’S TO PROVE THAT HE IS ELIGIBLE TO BE PRESIDENT. AFTER 24 HOUR’S IF HE IS ABLE TO PROVE THAT HE IS ELIGIBLE TO BE PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY BEGIN PROCEEDING’S TO IMPEACH HIM, REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE AND TRY HIM ON THE CHARGE’S OF TREASON AND HIGH CRIME’S AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

  IF HE IS NOT ABLE TO PROVE THAT HE IS ELIGIBLE TO BE PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY BEGIN PROCEEDING’S TO TRY HIM ON THE CHARGE’S OF TREASON AND HIGH CRIME’S AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

  4. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE INITIATE PROCEEDING’S TO ELECT AND PLACE IN OFFICE A PERSON WHO MEET’S THE QUALIFICATION’S FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

 
  AMERICA, I EXHORT YOU THE PEOPLE, TO TAKE A STAND TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY MAKING YOUR VOICE HEARD ALONG WITH MINE AND ALL OF THE OTHER’S WHO LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND WISH TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND IT FROM ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
 
  MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND GIVE YOU THE COURAGE AND CONVICTION TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD AND TO STAND FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND TO STAND AGAINST WHAT IS WRONG IN AMERICA.
 
 
  FRANK J. FEISTER”

Read more:

http://repubx.com/

Barack Obama should be indicted and arrested.

Enough is enough!

Blagojevich pleads not guilty, Rod Blagojevich, April 14, 2009, Chicago US District Court, District Judge James Zagel, Robert Blagojevich pleaded not guilty, Corruption charges, Running state government as a criminal enterprise

From Chicago WGN News, April 14, 2009

“Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich pleaded not guilty this morning to 16 charges of criminal corruption including racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud.

His brother, Robert, a fundraiser for his campaigns, also pleaded not guilty to similar charges.

The former governor remained free on bond after the 10-minute hearing in which his lawyer Sheldon Sorosky did most of the talking for him.

“Mr. Rod Blagojevich would waive reading of the indictment and enter a plea of not guilty,” the lawyer said. U.S. District Judge James Zagel asked the former governor a series of questions, including one about his schooling.

“Um, I have a degree from law school,” Blagojevich replied.

Assistant U.S. Atty. Reid Schar told the judge the government will turn over a preliminary amount of discovery material for the trial within two weeks.”It is a large volume of documents, as well as recordings,” Schar said.

Sorosky told Zagel that Blagojevich soon will be making a request to enlarge his bond. After the hearing he said Blagojevich was thinking of taking a trip out of the country, but Sorosky did not disclose a location.

Sorosky also told Zagel that the defense needs access to campaign funds to be able to adequately defend the case by adding extra legal hands. He asked to reappear before Zagel in a week to update that situation.

The defense is in negotiations with the government to get access to Blagojevich campaign funds, which total more than $2 million.”

“Blagojevich was charged with essentially running state government as a criminal enterprise, scheming to use his position to make money for him and a close group of insiders.

Three others charged in the case — Springfield power broker William Cellini, former Blagojevich chief of staff John Harris and top Blagojevich fundraiser Christopher Kelly — are set to be arraigned Thursday.

Harris is cooperating with federal authorities, as is another former chief of staff, Lon Monk, who is expected to be arraigned April 24.”

Read more:

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/04/blagojevich-court-arraigned-corruption.html

Blagojevich indicted, April 2, 2009, Patrick Fitzgerald, Robert Blagojevich, Patricia Blagojevich, Friends of Blagojevich, federal wiretaps, FBI, Grand jury convenes, Obama indictment, Chicago corruption

Rod Blagojevich has been indicted.

Press Release:

 http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2009/pr0402_01.pdf

Indictment:

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2009/pr0402_01a.pdf

Blagojevich highlights of past year.

March 11, 2009 Dr. Robert Weinstein pleads quilty

February 3, 2009 Tony Rezko talking

January 29, 2009 Blagojevich removed from office

January 26, 2009 Blagojevich impeachment trial begins

December 22, 2008 Secret tapes build graft case

December 16, 2008 Tony Rezko sentencing delayed

December 11, 2008 Citizen Wells asks that Patrick Fitzgerald indict Obama

December 10, 2008 Obama lied about Blagojevich contact

December 9, 2008 Governor Blagojevich arrested

October 9, 2008 Blagojevich scrutinized for possible indictment

October 7, 2008 Rezko sentencing delayed

September 29, 2008 Rezko talking, Blagojevich and Obama to be indicted?

August 28, 2008 Rezko ratting on Blagojevich and Obama?

May 21, 2008 Governor Blagojevich recall initiative

April 29, 2008 Blagojevich mentioned during Rezko trial

Rod Blagojevich indictment, March 31, 2009, Thursday, April 2, 2009, Patrick Fitzgerald, Robert Blagojevich, Patricia Blagojevich, Friends of Blagojevich, federal wiretaps, FBI, Grand jury convenes

The Chicago Tribune reported on March 31, 2009:

“Rod Blagojevich: Indictment could bring more defendants
Former governor’s brother, wife and campaign committee, as well as lobbyist Lon Monk, are possible targets

By John Chase and Jeff Coen | Tribune reporters
March 31, 2009

With a deadline fast approaching for federal prosecutors to file an indictment against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, all eyes will be on the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse this week.

Sources with knowledge of the probe have said the indictment could be filed as soon as Thursday. That is the last scheduled day for the grand jury investigating the former governor to meet before an April 7 deadline for filing the indictment.

The grand jury has convened on Thursdays throughout the lengthy federal investigation.

The indictment is expected to include more details about the allegations against Blagojevich and his former chief of staff John Harris regarding the corruption charges leveled against them in December. It also could include more defendants.

Known targets include Blagojevich’s brother, Robert, who headed the former governor’s campaign fund; Lon Monk, Blagojevich’s onetime best friend and former chief of staff; Blagojevich’s wife, Patricia; and Friends of Blagojevich, the ex-governor’s campaign committee.”

Read more:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-tribune-blagojevich-charges-mar31,0,7161069.story

Obama, Blagojevich, Photos, Obama endorsed Blagojevich, Obama senate seat, Chicago corruption, Blagojevich criminal complaint, Obama should be indicted, Blagojevich indictment

I received this in an email sent from a nice lady, part
of the “Greatest Generation.” I have seen the photos of
Blagojevich and Obama before, but they are worthy of
presenting again, lest we forget.

The world according to Chicago
To understand the next 4 years,  you have to understand the world according to Chicago .  While it is a city in Illinois , it is also a completely different country,  with a whole different set of morals and language.  There are only three rules which anybody can understand.  You don’t even need an attorney to understand them and if you need an attorney, well … . . you know too much… so look out for Rule #3!
 
RULE #1….No matter what you see, hear, or do, you don’t know anybody and you don’t know nothing!
RULE #2…If you capture something on tape or camera, it doesn’t reveal nothing!
RULE #3…If you know what everybody knows in Chicago , well, . … . you still don’t know nothing.
 
Now pay close attention!  We don’t want to have to say this more than once.   It’s very simple . . . we’ll illustrate.  Remember, you know nothing.
 
 
These two? They don’t know each other! They said they didn’t.

blago1

 

The fellas in the foreground of this picture? Well, what fellas?  We don’t see nothing!

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The guy on the left?  For all you know he’s Santa Claus.  And the guy on the right . . …well, he’s the Easter Bunny!  That’s all you need to know.

   

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Go to your eye doctor…your eyes are lying to you!  Ca’pish? 

Blagojevich Corruption Probe

 

Remember Jimmy Hoffa!  He knew too much and now, well, now no one knows where he is. Is the big picture clear?  Not these pictures! Remember, You’ve already forgot them…
 

Now, ain’t that simple? They don’t know each other, ’cause they said so! and neither do we!
And don’t forget it!

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Dr Robert Weinstein, Pleads guilty to tax fraud, March 11, 2009, Chicago Tribune, Business partner, Stuart Levine, Tony Rezko, Obama ties, Blagojevich, Illinois Health Planning Facilities Board, Weinstein indictment, wire and mail fraud, Corruption

From a Chicago Tribune article dated March 11, 2009:

“The longtime business partner of convicted influence peddler Stuart Levine pleaded guilty Tuesday to failing to disclose on his tax return some $3 million he stole from a charity.

Dr. Robert Weinstein, 63, of Northbrook faces 2 to 3 years in prison in connection with a complex fraud scheme in which he and Levine cheated Northshore Supporting Organization, a charity the two controlled. The charity supported the work of the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, which lost a combined $6 million in the scheme. Both men sat on the board of the North Chicago medical school.

Weinstein, a self-described private investor for the last decade, admitted that he understated his income by $3 million on his 2003 tax return when he actually made $9.2 million. Weinstein, who is scheduled to be sentenced on July 1, didn’t agree to cooperate in the federal probe.

Weinstein was indicted last June on charges of wire and mail fraud and making false statements. But last week prosecutors charged him with a single tax fraud count after he agreed to plead guilty.

Levine has become an important government witness in the federal investigation of corruption in the administration of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, providing key testimony at the trial of Antoin “Tony” Rezko, a top Blagojevich adviser who was convicted of extorting firms seeking state business.”

Read more:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-weinstein-guilty-plea-11-mar11,0,3203453.story
What the Chicago Tribune has been leaving out is Weinstein’s
link to Obama via Tony Rezko, Stuart Levine as revealed in
the indictment of Dr. Robert Weinstein. The common denominator
is the Illinois Health Planning Facilities Board.

 
“1. At times material to this indictment:
a.
Stuart Levine, a resident of Highland Park, Illinois, was a businessman and a member of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board (“Planning Board”).
b.
The Planning Board was a commission of the State of Illinois, established by statute, whose nine members were appointed by the Governor of the State of Illinois. State law required an entity seeking to build a hospital, medical office building, or other medical facility in Illinois to obtain a permit, known as a “Certificate of Need” (“CON”), from the Planning Board prior to beginning construction. Issuance of a CON required a majority vote of the Planning Board.
c.
Antoin Rezko, also known as “Tony” Rezko (“Rezko”), a resident of Wilmette, Illinois, was a businessman and a fund-raiser for candidates for elected office.
d.
There was a federal criminal investigation into allegations of mail fraud, wire fraud, bribery, political corruption, and other criminal activities in connection with the operations of certain State of Illinois boards and commissions, including the Planning Board. Among other matters, this investigation concerned the appointment of, control of, and directions given by third parties to members of the boards and commissions. One aspect of this investigation related to Stuart Levine and those associated with him, including Rezko and WEINSTEIN, and to the nature and scope of the business, personal, and financial relationships among and between them. It was material to this investigation to learn whatinfluence Rezko had in connection with the boards’ and commissions’ operations.
2. On or about May 24, 2004, at Chicago, in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, and elsewhere, ROBERT J. WEINSTEIN, defendant herein, knowingly and willfully did make materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements and representations in a matter within the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, an agency of the United States government, in that WEINSTEIN stated to a Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent that Levine never told WEINSTEIN that Rezko had influence over the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, whereas at the time WEINSTEIN made this statement and representation, WEINSTEIN knew the statement and representation was false because, in truth and fact, WEINSTEIN and Levine discussed Rezko’s influence over the Planning Board, including in a recorded conversation on April 21, 2004 in which they discussed Rezko’s involvement in the Planning Board and Levine explicitly advised WEINSTEIN of Rezko’s role in manipulating the Planning Board’s vote earlier that day on the CON application of Mercy Health System Corporation Hospital, as well as other Planning Board matters;
In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2).”

Dr Robert Weinstein, Guilty plea, March 5, 2009, Chicago Tribune, Obama, IL Health Planning Facilities Board, Rezko, Levine, Obama crime connection, Vote rigging, Weinstein Indictment, Chicago Medical School

The Chicago Tribune reported on March 5, 2009 that Dr Robert
Weinstein will plead guilty in his corruption indictment.

“A Deerfield urologist caught up in the corruption probe
surrounding Antoin “Tony” Rezko and other state government
figures is scheduled to plead guilty next week, court
records show.”

Read more:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-weinstein-pleamar05,0,6001971.story

The article is very short and consistent with the Chicago
Tribune underreporting on the Dr. Weinstein indictment and
his connections to Rezko, Levine, Blagojevich and Obama.
Why the Tribune has mentioned very little about Dr.
Weinstein is anybody’s guess.

However, if you are left with the impression that Weinstein’s
involvement is insignificant, consider the following:

Dr. Robert Weinstein Indictment

Governor Rod Blagojevich Criminal Complaint

Citizen Wells request to Patrick Fitzgerald, Indict Obama

Anyone that followed the Tony Rezko trial,
read the indictments of Rezko, Stuart Levine, Dr. Robert
Weinstein and a host of others and compared those revelations
to the details of the Blagojevich criminal complaint knows
of Rod Blagojevich’s deep involvement in Chicago pay to play
politics.

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Barack Obama’s role in rigging the IL Health Facilities Planning Board
by reducing the number of members from 15 to 9 and therefore allowing
Tony Rezko, Stuart Levine and Rod Blagojevich to control the board with
only 5 members, is examined in detail. The indictments and criminal
complaints of Rezko, Levine, Blagojevich and Weinstein reveal their
involvement in board corruption. Obama should be indicted as well.

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Dr. Robert Weinstein
“The false statements count alleges that on May 24, 2004, Weinstein
lied to an FBI agent when he said that Levine never told him that
Rezko had influence over the Illinois Health Facilities Planning
Board, the state board that regulates hospital construction and
expansion. In fact, the indictment alleges Weinstein knew that he
and Levine had discussed Rezko’s influence over the Planning Board,
including in a recorded conversation on April 21, 2004, in which
Levine explicitly advised Weinstein of Rezko’s role in manipulating
the Planning Board’s vote earlier that day on the Certificate of
Need application of Mercy Health System Corp. Hospital and other
matters.”

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