Posts Tagged ‘rockefeller’

Homepage, Politics, Rumors - Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:36 - 7 Comments

Meeting of the Minds

Just a few weeks ago on May 5th, the leading American paper chasers, including Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, George Soros and Oprah Winfrey attended a secret meeting to discuss the crumbling world economy. Held in New York in the President’s Room at Rockefeller University, the meeting was called by Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire-Hathaway; Bill Gates, co founder of Microsoft; and David Rockefeller Jr., chairman of Rockefeller Financial Services.

According to IrishCentral.com, ” In their letter of invitation, Gates, Buffett and Rockefeller cited the worldwide recession and the urgent need to plan for the future. They said they wanted to hear the views of a broad range of key leaders in the financial and philanthropic fields. Each attendee was given 15 minutes to deliver a presentation on how they saw the future global economic climate, the future priorities for philanthropy, and what they felt the elite group should do.”

They cited Warren Buffett as being the most “resistant” to some of the ideas raised, while Oprah Winfrey was said to be among the most silent during the meeting. Other attendees, who too are among the uber rich include New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Eli and Edythe Broad, John Morgridge (CISCO), Peter Peterson (Blackstone Group), Julian Robertson (founder of Tiger Management), Ted Turner (founder of CNN) and others. The net worth of those in the meeting toppled over $200 Billion.

Features, Photos & Video, Politics - Friday, April 10, 2009 15:26 - 3 Comments

War on Drugs = Epic Fail

It’s no secret that The War on Drugs was a public policy fiasco. Aside from getting millions of brothers locked up, the laws have made the business much more lucrative. Recently, policy makers have stepped up to undo the damage by making reforms to the Rockefeller Drug Law. It’s about time. It’s been forever since bands like System of a Down, films like Traffic and every rapper under the sun have been shitting on the laws and calling for a more efficient plan of action. Below is a clip that puts the policy on blast (a little more articulately).

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Politics - Friday, April 10, 2009 15:13 - 0 Comments

Security vs Privacy

Senators John Rockefeller, a democrat from Virginia and Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican, may be pulling a Bush move with a newly proposed bill that would extend the powers of the president into what some fear is a violation of our right to privacy. The Cyber Security Act of 2009, which calls for the establishment of the Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor, would essentially grant the president emergency powers.

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