Posted on 08/20/2007 4:10:04 AM PDT by BnBlFlag
Globalist Treachery by Paul R. Hollrah
It was early April 1997 when I received a frantic telephone call from Washington. “You need to get on your horse and get here ASAP. We have a job to do… a very big job.”
As it was explained, the U.S. patent system was under attack by a coalition of globalist forces including the President and Vice President of the United States, the congressional leadership (Republican and Democrat), the Japanese government, the Chinese government, the National Association of Manufacturers, and eighty or ninety of America’s largest multinational corporations, including Microsoft, IBM, Motorola, and scores of others. It was, arguably, the most powerful alliance ever assembled to achieve a specific political goal.
Their goal was the destruction of the U.S. patent system and our job was to stop them.
The United States is the only nation on Earth where the private ownership of intellectual property is provided for in its national Constitution (Article I, Section 8.8). According to Thomas Jewett in, Thomas Jefferson: Father of Invention, “Jefferson felt that science and invention were the most certain means of advancing social progress and human happiness...” He was right. And it is the U.S. patent system that has been the primary “engine” of the U.S. economy since Jefferson issued the first U.S. patent in July 1790.
So why would any American participate in such an effort? We suspected that, in the case of Bill Clinton and Al Gore, their support was payback for the hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal contributions that the Chinese military pumped into the Clinton-Gore reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee a year earlier.
The Chinese and Japanese? As market competitors who visualize overtaking the US in the economic arena, they apparently found our patent system to be a major impediment. The multinationals? They apparently saw the “reforms” as a means of acquiring future technology without having to worry about patent infringement. The Congress? They simply didn’t know what they were doing. They were told the “reforms” were “beneficial” to us, to our trading partners, and to Third World countries. The bills (H400 and S507) each contained hundreds of pages and it’s doubtful that a single member of Congress read the bills before agreeing to participate in the destruction of a core function of the federal government.
Among other changes, H400 and S507 converted the patent office into a wholly-owned corporate subsidiary of the U.S. government, controlled by a six-member board, all drawn from private industry, and all with vested interests in patent office decisions.
H400 and S507 authorized the patent office to borrow money, to create debt, and to retire debt through increased patent fees, a direct violation of Article I, Section 8.1 of the Constitution which gives Congress the sole authority to tax.
H400 and S507 authorized the patent office to accept gifts, cash or in-kind, in any amount, from any source, foreign or domestic, including those with vested interests in patent office decisions.
H400 and S507 required the patent office to disclose every technical detail of every patent application just 18 months after filing… on average, some thirty months before inventors receive patent protection.
And finally, H400 and S507 established a system of patent reexaminations under which any individual or corporation, foreign or domestic, for a $2000 fee, could cause any patent to be placed in limbo and “reexamined.” It was a license for those with enough $2,000 filing fees to force inventors to sell their intellectual properties for a fraction of their value.
If ever there was an invitation to corruption, it was the Clinton Administration’s plan for the reorganization of the U.S. patent system. And were it not for the courage of then-Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN), who, at our request, stood alone in the U.S. Senate in objecting to the bill, all of these things would now be the law of the land.
The globalists were able to make some headway in 1999 when they won passage of the 18-month technical disclosure provision… allowing the Japanese, the Chinese, and the major multinationals to sit at their computers and steal all the unprotected technology they want.
But now they’re back. They’re at it again. But instead of going back to the well to give the globalists everything they were denied in 1997 and 1999, the Congress should repeal the 1999 legislation and defeat the Patent Reform Act now before them.
I left Washington in late September 1997 to return to Oklahoma… in part because far too many Washington insiders were asking my two partners and me why we had not been found in an alley someplace with small caliber bullet wounds behind our ears. We had, after all, foiled the best-laid plans of the most powerful and ruthless men on Earth.
So let’s do it again.
Wonder if Fred still feels that way or has he had a change of heart and sides with the globalist?
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BTY, Fred Thompson did a good job on the first Go Round of this battle!
How so?
“How so”?
See para. 12 in the article.
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In other words, you are wondering if he has lost his marbles. Look, this bill was one that NEVER should have passed any legislative body, in this country or any other.
It is just plain stupid and evil to force disclosure of details of patent applications before the patents are awarded. If the patent is subsequently denied, the applicant has effectively given up a valuable trade secret for nothing whatsoever. This is repugnant in any society.
And it discourages patent applications.
I will put a $100 dollar bill on the proposition that Fred Thompson would and does oppose every element of this atrocity.
Hijack alert.
This thread is about high-handed attempts of big business and foreign interests to water down patent protection in the United States.
It is NOT about NAFTA, nor is it about the CFR, either CFR you choose.
I will put a $100 dollar bill on the proposition that Fred Thompson would and does oppose every element of this atrocity.
Hope you are correct. After a few years some guys tend to change their mind based on dollar contributions.
Free enterprise is the enabler of individual citizen freedom. Freedom of thought and conscience and the freedom of the individual’s relationship to the Creator flows from this.
This freedom of Americans is being attacked on every possible front, including the economic engine that drives freedom. We see free enterprise being threatened with regulatory death from the likes of Al Gore, Now the basis of innovative product development, the patent, is under attack.
It’s no secret who the haters of the above freedoms are, but the mystery is why George W. Bush, a Republican, supports the attack.
Voters should keep in mind: when Rooty Giuliani campaigns on the Mideast, the WOT and his 9/11 "credentials," Globalist Rooty and his Globalist backers are preparing to profit bigtime off the US government (that's us, the taxpayers).
BACKUP As a PR gimmick, Giuliani recently sold one of the several businesses he is involved in, which revolve around investment banking, global security, and international legal representation.
The Washington Post reported that one of his companies, Giuliani Capital Advisors "was sold for an undisclosed amount as Giuliani was preparing his run for president." The Post article also discloses that Giuliani’s secretive lobbying firm, Giuliani Partners, has made more than $100 million over the last five years and that Giulaini's clients "are required to sign confidentiality agreements, so they do not comment about the work they receive or how much they are paying for it.
Though now running for president, Giuliani refuses to identify his clients, disclose his compensation, or reveal any details about Giuliani Partners. He also declined to be interviewed about the firm."
The paper provided some details, based "on a review of corporate, government and court records, along with scores of interviews with clients and government officials who have interacted with Giuliani Partners."
READ HERE http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/G/GIULIANIS_BUSINESS?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME
FR POSTED http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1833794/posts?page=46
Giuliani companies (that we know of) include:
(1) Giuliani Capital Advisors, LLC (AKA Giuliani Partners LLC),
(2) Giuliani Group,
(3) Giuliani-Kerik (re-named Giuliani Security and Safety, after the departure of the tainted ex-Police Commissioner),
(4) Giuliani-Van Essen,
(5) Bracewell & Giuliani LLP law firm (based in Texas with global interests), and
(6) Giuliani Security & Safety, Asia
Attorneys Bracewell & Giuliani's January Closings in Kazakhstan Total US $1.625 Billion
lawfuel.com | February 22, 2007
FR Posted on 02/26/2007 by Jim Robinson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791780/posts
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- LAWFUEL - Law News, US Law Firms -- Bracewell & Giuliani LLP closed three cases in January for a total of US $1.625 billion, acting as international counsel for the offering of corporate debt and solidifying their place as the premier legal authority on Kazakhstani business affairs in the Caspian region. “We continue to thrive and grow in Kazakhstan, mirroring the country itself,” said Greg Vojack, managing partner for the firm's offices in Kazakhstan. “As Kazakhstan transitions into a prosperous free marketplace after the fall of Soviet Russia, its fine-tuned monetary policies are helping the country’s financial sectors grow faster than New York.” ~snip~
Established in 1994, Bracewell's presence in the Republic of Kazakhstan has helped clients capture significant opportunities in the Caspian Region. The firm's energy and finance attorneys provided groundbreaking guidance to create the legal and financial infrastructure in that emerging nation and today actively advise energy and financial companies in the region and the government of Kazakhstan. ~snip~
MORE BACKGROUND Giuliani firm has Venezuela ties
MiamiHerald.com | Thu, Mar. 15, 2007 | BETH REINHARD
Posted on 03/15/2007 3:26:41 AM PDT by Condor 63
The law firm headlined by presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani does business with a company tied to Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez, who has called President Bush ``the devil.'' Bracewell & Giuliani lobbies on behalf of Texas-based Citgo Petroleum, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Venezuelan oil company controlled by Chávez. The Bush administration said last year that Venezuela was ''not cooperating fully'' with antiterrorism efforts, stopping one step short of grouping the country with state sponsors of terrorism like Iran, Syria and Cuba. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor best known for his leadership after the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks, does not personally lobby for Citgo, though he is a senior partner at the firm and shares in its profits. (Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Bracewell & Giuliani Firm Advises Grupo Santander in Acquisition of Leading U.S. Auto Finance Company NEW YORK (September 25, 2006) –Bracewell & Giuliani advised Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A. (SAN.MC, STD.N) (a bank that traded with blacklisted Iranian Bank) in its agreement to acquire 90 percent of the U.S. auto financing company, Drive Financial Services, for approximately US $651 million.
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Globalist Rooty and his global backers can't seem to get the message----a candidate who does not perceive issues through the prism of the red, white, and blue, gets his walking papers. So, let me be the first to tell Rooty----"thanks, but no thanks."
You’re right about Guliani, however all of the Dims and many, if not most, of the Republican candidates are committed to the same Globalist agenda at least in some degree.
The jury is still out on Fred, but I like what I see so far.
BTW, my Congressman is Ron Paul and I have supported him in his role as a Congressional Watchdog but not for President although he has brought the idea of Limited Government to the table in a way not seen since 1964.
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