The Conway Daily Sun, Friday, September 2, 2011

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Thanks for supporting animal shelter To the editor: On behalf of the board of directors and the staff at the Animal Rescue League of NH-North Conway shelters we would like to thank the Mount Washington Lodge of the Free Masons for their generosity for hosting a breakfast buffet fundraiser

for the animals in our care.

The event, held on Sunday, July 17, brought in over $1000. Thanks also to all of the people who attended the event and brought items from our wish list for the animals.

Virginia Moore, director ARLNH-North

Islam not a religion, as we understand it To the editor: How did we ever get into this mess? One reason, our leaders do not understand Islam’s founder, Mohamad and his goals. Very few do.

Read on, and you will be begin to understand a little better.

Sixty years ago, when I studied European medieval history I learned that Islam was not a religion, as we Americans understand religion. Rather, a political ideology ruled by Shariah law. It is not a religion in the Christian or Hebrew sense. Its aims are to persuade its followers by intimidation, violence of all non-Muslims. If you do not believe that, then do your homework! We still live in a freedom of speech country.

We have plenty of public libraries.

According to historian Andrew Bostom, there are two methods of Islamic conquest: One, by violent persecution. Two, by immigration.

Europe is a current example.

We are next in line unless we take steps to prevent it.

Any suggestions? Remember Islam is not a religion.

It is anti –Constitutional,

anti-free speech destructive nation-grabbing ideology. It is spiritual in nature.

Now, ask yourself this question, how did Europe get into this mess? Because they adopted the politically correct ideology that all cultures are equal? That’s my take! I am not alone. Multiculturalism is the word that describes this reality.

Islam, as in Europe, is spreading like the Black Plague here because too many Americans, the president, some élites, some academics, some of the media included do not have the guts to say that Judeo-Christian values are better than Islamic values.

Some may think that moderate Muslims may exist. At the same time, it is obvious Islamic teaching is radical, anit-female, and violent. So is shariah law. If you do not distinguish between what is unrealistically possible and what is the teaching of the Koran, you do so at your own peril. In Islam, “There is no division between ethics and law.” according to Islamic expert S. Parve Manzoor.

Ron Figuly Wolfeboro

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Daymond Steer

Why I hate bankers

10 kids picked All-Americans.”

Bankers, as U.S. Presidents have long Across the nation, pension managers and known, pose the greatest threat to America.

So, I suggest we focus on Wall Street and the credit unions bought the AAA rated CDOs because they were supposed to be safe Federal Reserve while the candidates are in investments. Little did they know, many of the Granite State. those CDOs were designed to fail and their To that end, I’ve created a Facebook comcreators took insurance policies against munity called NH vs.Wall Street where I them. post news about the primary and fi nance.

A leading provider of pretend CDO insurPlease help me make this a vibrant forum ance was a giant company called AIG. AIG by posting your own comments and stories. neglected to hold the enough reserves if they “Like” my page if you wish. Let’s not let had to pay. AIG demanded and received a petty issues define this primary. massive bailout from the Don’t believe me that taxpayers. bankers have long been Today, Wall Street banksters brought Insolvent Wall Street a menace? Thomas Jefferson, our third down our economy and other coun- fi rms were merged with less dysfunctional compresident said banktries’ economies with derivatives panies. In other words, ing establishments are a greater threat schemes, or as investor Warren Buf- some financial monsters than standing armies. fett called them “financial weapons of are now bigger than they were in 2008. GovernAndrew Jackson shut mass destruction.” ment used our money to down Second Bank fund the unholy alliance. of the United States Frightening mergers because he believed were also made possible it oppressed ordinary by the 1999 repeal of Americans, according Glass-Steagall Act which separated investto History.com. ment banks from commercial banks.

Today, Wall Street banksters brought We now have new regulation called Dodddown our economy and other countries’ Frank bill which is supposed to rein in the economies with derivatives schemes, or as banksters. But a year after the bill became investor Warren Buffett called them “fi nanlaw, Daily Show’s John Stewart recently cial weapons of mass destruction.” reported law has been slowly implemented To add insult to injury, the banksters and severely weakened. mugged Congress for $700 billion through Candidate Buddy Roemer says Wall the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Street actually wrote the Dodd-Frank bill. in 2008. The banksters then went on to He’s also called for reinstating Glass-Stealavish large taxpayer-funded bonuses on gall. themselves. That year, Wall Street paid Some say bankers were merely responditself $18 billion in bonuses and the bonuses ing to incentives put in place by Washington. went up to historic levels in 2010, according However, I’d guess that it was the banksters to Forbes. who lobbied for the various law changes that Meanwhile, their victims, much of the led to our financial collapse.

American public, face foreclosure and jobThe fi nancial crash of 2008 seems like lessness. ancient history, but it’s not. Open Secrets.

“Income redistribution to peo ple in genorg reveals that major candidates are getuine need is under standable, wrote David ting substantial amounts of money from the Trainer in Forbes. “Income redis tribution fi nance, real estate, and housing sectors. to the rich culprits who caused the financial For instance, Mitt Romney collected $4.65 meltdown is difficult to accept.” million from the fi nance sector out of $18 The 2008 crash doubled national debt, million in receipts. In contrast, President according to the documentary Inside Job. Barack Obama has received about 9.4 perAuthor Nomi Prins reports the “price tag” cent of his itemized receipts from the fi nanfor the recent bailouts was $13.3 trillion — cial sector. which is more than what America has spent Seven percent of Congressman Ron on all her wars.

Paul’s itemized donations came from the Prior to the crash, mortgage lenders, fi nancial sector. About nine percent of Coninvestment banks, and the ratings agencies were in cahoots to perpetrate a massive fraud gresswoman Michele Bachmann’s itemized receipts comes from the fi nance sector, on unwitting homeowners and pension fund according to Open Secrets. managers. Lenders were bent on making as During the crisis, the Federal Reserve also many loans as possible. It didn’t matter to handed out huge amounts of cash too. Thanks the lenders if the borrowers couldn’t pay it to the Dodd-Frank we now know the Fed’s back because all those mortgages and debts mega loans went to such upstanding characwere sliced up and packaged together into ters as a part Libya-owned banking corporaa product called collateralized debt obligation and two Wall Street housewives who have tions. Companies like Goldman Sachs and no experience doing anything useful.

JP Morgan took some of the worst mortFed Chairman Ben Bernanke also made gages together and sold them. waves with two huge money printing Matt Taibbi describes the process in vivid schemes called QE1 and QE2 Candidates detail in one of his Rolling Stone articles. like Paul and Gary Johnson believe Bernan“A CDO-squared doubles down on that lunacy, taking the waste products of the orig- ke’s actions and profl igate federal spending will bring massive inflation. inal process and converting them into AAA Leading candidate Rick Perry recently investments,” wrote Taibbi. “This is kind of called Bernanke’s actions treasonous. Do like taking all the kids who were picked last you agree? to play volleyball in every gym class of every public school in the state, throwing them in Daymond Steer is a reporter for The a new gym, and pretending that the fi rst 10 Conway Daily Sun. To fi nd out more about kids picked are varsity-level players. Then his views on Wall Street, bankers, fi nance you take all the unpicked kids left over from and politics visit his Facebook page at: that process, throw them in a gym with simhttp://www.facebook.com/NHvsWallStreet. ilar kids from all 50 states, and call the first