[Uncle Bill]

"These are the kinds of pals the Rubins of the world have. They're not worried. The rest of us can sell apples, it will still be lobster and champagne for them. They are untouchable, or as they say, "borders and laws are for the little people."

Some may think you're kidding.

Gore Chairman Met With Spies
"Newly released documents show that recently appointed Gore campaign chairman, Commerce Secretary William Daley, met in October 1997 with a firm reported to be "an intelligence-collection front for China."

The documents show that Daley met with Chinese billionaire Li Ka-Shing during a closed luncheon sponsored by the powerful investment firm Goldman Sachs. Li Ka-Shing's company, Hutchison Whampoa, currently operates the two ports on the Panama Canal, the Pacific port of Balboa and the Atlantic port of Cristobal.

The meeting was held onboard Goldman Sachs' boat, Monkey's Uncle, as part of an informal "talk" between Daley, Li and several "influential business people." Participants in the meeting included a "Mr. Duo" from China Resources, a firm reported to be "an agent of espionage -- economic, military, and political -- for China.

..Goldman Sachs' New York press office also refused to comment on the 1997 meeting onboard the Monkey's Uncle. The powerful investment firm used to employ former Clinton Cabinet member Robert Rubin. Defense intelligence sources allege that Rubin, while still serving as treasury secretary for President Clinton, also attended the 1997 meeting. Rubin is not listed on official documents as attending."

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We're the Democrats, we're for the little guy

[Travis McGee]

You've got it Uncle Bill! Thanks for providing a concrete example of such a confluence. Many of these players make James Bond's "Dr. No" look like a bit player. Their mega yachts move from one non-extraditable tax haven to another: untouchable. In fact, they "own" the govts of many of these little nations.

Best of all from the visiting politicians' point of view, they can fly out to the "boats" on private choppers, far beyond the reach of prying eyes or even paparazzi telephototos.