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David Scheer and Alison Fitzgerald, Bloomberg News, February 18, 2009: “Stanford Group, selling the CDs through a network of financial advisers, told clients their funds would be placed mainly in easily sellable financial instruments, monitored by more than 20 analysts and audited by regulators on the Caribbean island of Antigua, the SEC said. Instead, the “vast majority” of the portfolio was managed by Allen Stanford and James Davis, the Antigua subsidiary’s chief financial officer, according to the regulator. Some 90 percent of the portfolio is essentially a “black box,” shielded from independent oversight, the SEC said. A “substantial” portion may have been steered into assets that are difficult to sell, such as real estate and private equity investments, it said.” Jim Brown, May 21, 2009: “Stanford financial advisers told potential clients they were selling CDs in the Bank of Antigua. The money, according to the sales pitch, was that the funds would be placed in mainly easily sellable financial instruments, all to be monitored by a team of more than 20 analysts and audited by regulators on this exotic Caribbean island. Instead, the knighted boss “black boxed” the portfolio, shielding it from independent oversight, and steering a major portion of the funds into hard to sell real estate investments and private equity funds.”
Jim Brown, April 16, 2009: “Both the legislature and congress have bestowed immunity to those privileged to work in the “justice” system. The courts have ruled that prosecutors are absolutely immune for anything they do that is considered within the lines of their official duties.” Viral email (as taken from the urban-legends site snopes.com, which debunks the story): “On another note, there was this wimpy little man (who just passed away) on PBS, gentle and quiet. Mr. Rogers is another of those you would least suspect of being anything but what he now portrays to our youth. But Mr. Rogers was a U.S. Navy Seal, combat-proven in Vietnam with over twenty-five confirmed kills to his name. He wore a long-sleeve sweater to cover the many tattoos on his forearm and biceps.” Jim Brown, Feb. 26, 2009: “But don’t sell Mr. Rogers short. You may
not know it, but the wimpy little guy on PBS was a Navy Seal, combat proven in Vietnam with supposedly over twentyfive confirmed kills to his name. And that long sleeve sweater? I’m told it was to cover a number of tattoos on his forearm and biceps.” BleacherReport.com, Oct. 5, 2008: “Then on New Year’s Day 1960, as soon as the Sugar Bowl ended, Cannon, before 83,000 fans, signed another contract, this one with the Houston Oilers of the AFL. That contract offered him $100,000 over three years, a $10,000 gift for his wife, and a slightly used Cadillac.” Jim Brown, Oct. 29, 2009: “It was on New Year’s Day 1960, between the goal posts of the Sugar Bowl, Cannon, before 83,000 fans, signed a contract with the Houston Oilers of the AFL. That contract offered him $100,000 over three years, a $10,000 gift for his wife, a slightly used Cadillac and a promised chain of Cannon gas stations selling Cannonball Regular and Super Cannonball.” Email from Jim Brown, July 13, 2011: I’ve written hundreds of commentaries
over the past 10 years. You apparently correctly pointed out that in a few of these articles, there were a few sentences that either were not properly attributed or were not surrounded in quotes. But in a number of instances, the party or publication making the quote was cited earlier in my commentary. See Andrew Napolitano, 2005, and Brown on June 30, 2011. Also see Brown on March 26, 2008, where Wall Street Journal of August 4th, 2007 was cited. Also, Brown on June 18, 2009 where New York Times was both cited and quoted. In other words, I cited and quoted the source in the article, but in a few instances, quotes were mistakenly not put around one or two of the sentences. But the source was cited and quoted. In Brown, April 16, 2009, Prof. Anderson is both cited and extensively quoted. A few words in a sentence were the same in both Anderson’s article and mine, so I have gone back and put quotes around these few words. In other instance, I used and cited the original source of the quote but did not reference another article that also used the same quote. (See Salon, Aug. 16, 2010 and
Brown, Aug. 19, 2010.) In anticipation of, and researching for future articles, I often make notes from shows like Morning Joe, or from numerous websites and papers I read each day. A review of my numerous articles will show that I often use several quotes in each column that are always attributed. My commentaries are sent out to a mailing list of friends and contacts, and I receive no payment for what I write. It is just a weekly blog on my personal website where I try to express thoughts on current issues of interest. It’s often just my ramblings. If someone wants to use any part of the commentary, fine and so be it. Nothing I do is copyrighted. The columns are a hobby and not a business. It is my intention to cite sources and attribute quotes. If any mistakes were made, they were not intentional. I typically quote many people and do my best to attribute quotes to the appropriate source; any errors in punctuation or proper attribution are purely an oversight. I have talked to my editor (me), and the items you pointed out have been corrected and properly cited. I hope all this is clear. — Jim Brown
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William L. Anderson, LewRockwell.com, Feb. 3, 2009: “The reason is that governments confer immunity upon those privileged to work in the police and “justice” systems. … The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that judges and prosecutors are absolutely immune for anything they do that is considered within the lines of their official duties.”
David N. Bass’ review of The Dumbest Generation appeared in The American Spectator in January 2009. Ten months later, Jim Brown’s column — which was published in the Houma Courier, among other places — took on the same subject, using nearly the same wording.
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