Posted on 09/19/2007 6:18:23 AM PDT by kellynla
EuroMoney PLC, the UK-based company that arranges dozens of financial conferences around the world each year, has refused to allow WND staff reporter Jerome Corsi to attend next week's "North American PPP (Public-Private Partnership) & Infrastructure Finance Conference" in New York, even though WND offered to pay the $1,999 conference fee required to attend.
"When government officials want to go behind closed doors with investment bankers and lawyers to discuss selling our public infrastructure to foreign investment leaders, investigative reporters need to be there to tell the public what is really going on,” Corsi said.
"Why is it that all these PPP and SPP (Security and Prosperity Partnership) meetings are behind closed doors," Corsi asked, "and government officials and their supporters think that's normal? But when investigative reporters want to attend and report on what is being said, we are the ones who get accused of being the conspiracy theorists?"
"By refusing to allow WND to attend as a paying customer," Corsi argued, "EuroMoney is telling the American public that they intend to conduct a secret meeting designed to teach government officials how to sell out U.S. public infrastructure to foreign investment concerns."
"I'm sure we will all be told that EuroMoney seminars and PPP structures are really for our 'security and prosperity,' just as President Bush asserts for the SPP itself," Corsi continued. "Evidently we are just supposed to close our eyes and trust government officials, investment bankers and international lawyers, putting aside national security concerns and other economic issues which we believe may be of concern to our readers."
According to the conference brochure, the purpose of the EuroMoney seminar is to teach state and local government officials in the U.S. how to lease a wide range of public assets to international and foreign private investment groups.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
Corsi is writing a highly-detailed fantasy, a Harry Potter for adults.
prove it
Prove it isn’t
hey, you’re the one who says the story is wrong.
PROVE IT or pound sand...
gezzzzzzzzzzzz...
I never said that. The story is irrelevant except to those who own stock in a tinfoil mine.
Apparently, I’m not the only one who lumps you in with the Rudybots.
http://www.observer.com/2007/free-republic-purge-conservative-web-site-bans-giuliani-supporters
Nice try with your smear, but I am not mentioned in the article.
Well said. However, like most things in the world, there exist good and evil. If all business was on the up and up, (good) I would have little problem agreeing with you.
Unfortunately, there’s evil that lurks within the hearts of some. These individuals/businesses/countries have created mistrusts for many with their behind closed door policies and blatant disregard for their customers and employees. (China would be a good example)
If I were in charge of a major corporation, I would strive for openness, fairness and goodwill in order to not give these impressions. I might not be the most successful or profitable business but, I would be able to sleep at night.
If not, I apologize in advance.
No, it is the website of former FReeper and Giuliani supporter MadIvan - who used my screenname for his forum without so much as letting me know that he intended to do this, assuring me a steady flow of confused and angry FReepmails ever since.
If not, I apologize in advance.
Apology accepted.
I think you and I have had this conversation before. I do not object, in principle, to Sunshine Laws and I certainly do not want anyone doing anything illegal.
Bummer.
We probably have. I needed to reiterate for those who believe ALL trade is good trade regardless of the effects.
It’s so terribly seductive for public officials, like those in Texas who wish to sell public highways to private toll road developers. They get to pump money into government programs in the short term from the sales money. Get more tax money in the future from the profit making toll road companies. And still keep the existing tax money they’re currently using for roads. Triple whammy.
ROTFL. Apparently you’re not the only one who hit a nerve.
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