One of the posts however mentioned R.I.C.O. the grand daddy of all gang legislation. Now I never understood how my brain worked (a number of psychiatrist have wondered the same) but I immediately thought "Bank Bailouts."
Following is RICCO according to wikipedia (Note: It is not difficult to fall victim to RICCO) :
Under RICO, a person who is a member of an enterprise that has committed any two of 35 crimes—27 federal crimes and 8 state crimes—within a 10-year period can be charged with racketeering. Those found guilty of racketeering can be fined up to $25,000 and/or sentenced to 20 years in prison per racketeering count. In addition, the racketeer must forfeit all ill-gotten gains and interest in any business gained through a pattern of "racketeering activity." RICO also permits a private individual harmed by the actions of such an enterprise to file a civil suit; if successful, the individual can collect treble damages.
When the U.S. Attorney decides to indict someone under RICO, he or she has the option of seeking a pre-trial restraining order or injunction to temporarily seize a defendant's assets and prevent the transfer of potentially forfeitable property, as well as require the defendant to put up a performance bond. This provision was placed in the law because the owners of Mafia-related shell corporations often absconded with the assets. An injunction and/or performance bond ensures that there is something to seize in the event of a guilty verdict.
In many cases, the threat of a RICO indictment can force defendants to plead guilty to lesser charges, in part because the seizure of assets would make it difficult to pay a defense attorney. Despite its harsh provisions, a RICO-related charge is considered easy to prove in court, as it focuses on patterns of behavior as opposed to criminal acts.[2]
There is also a provision for private parties to sue. A "person damaged in his business or property" can sue one or more "racketeers." The plaintiff must prove the existence of a "criminal enterprise." The defendant(s) are not the enterprise; in other words, the defendant(s) and the enterprise are not one and the same. There must be one of four specified relationships between the defendant(s) and the enterprise. A civil RICO action, like many lawsuits based on federal law, can be filed in state or federal court. [1]
Both the federal and civil components allow for the recovery of treble damages (damages in triple the amount of actual/compensatory damages).
Although its primary intent was to deal with organized crime, Blakey said that Congress never intended it to merely apply to the Mob. He once told Time, "We don't want one set of rules for people whose collars are blue or whose names end in vowels, and another set for those whose collars are white and have Ivy League diplomas."[2]
RICO offenses
Under the law, racketeering activity means:
Pattern of racketeering activity requires at least two acts of racketeering activity, one of which occurred after the effective date of this chapter and the last of which occurred within ten years (excluding any period of imprisonment) after the commission of a prior act of racketeering activity. The U.S. Supreme Court has instructed federal courts to follow the continuity plus relationship test in order to determine whether the facts of a specific case give rise to an established pattern. Predicate acts are related if they "have the same or similar purposes, results, participants, victims, or methods of commission, or otherwise are interrelated by distinguishing characteristics and are not isolated events." H.J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. Continuity is both a closed and open ended concept, referring to either a closed period of conduct, or to past conduct that by its nature projects into the future with a threat of repetition.
- Any violation of state statutes against gambling, murder, kidnapping, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act);
- Any act of bribery, counterfeiting, theft, embezzlement, fraud, dealing in obscene matter, obstruction of justice, slavery, racketeering, gambling, money laundering, commission of murder-for-hire, and several other offenses covered under the Federal criminal code (Title 18);
- Embezzlement of union funds;
- Bankruptcy or securities fraud;
- Drug trafficking;
- Money laundering and related offenses;
- Bringing in, aiding or assisting aliens in illegally entering the country (if the action was for financial gain);
- Acts of terrorism.
NOTE all the different references to taking "assets". Now I could provide a link to a definition of "assets" but it would be easier to look in you wallet and count the green stuff you may have in there.
If you are like me you do not have much. Better yet, look at your retirement fund and compare how much you have now to how much you had like maybe a year ago. My bet is you do not have as many "assets" as you did like maybe a year ago. Where did they go? And how did they go their?
I listen to CNBC (the financial channel). Not to keep track of my finances, hell I can do that on a matchbook cover. But I have learned that if you want to learn the truth about government, "FOLLOW THE MONEY"!
And where has YOUR money been going? Well the banks and Investment houses that were holding on to YOUR retirement apparently lost quite a bit of it. And when asked where did it go, they use terms like "mortgage (YOURS) backed securities", "credit swaps" and some terms so "arcane" that even they do not understand them. In other words, discounting the gold plated flushers on their toilets
even they do not know.
AHA, you say well whats the government/police gonna do to help you get your money back (besides the fact that they can't because your small print probably says something about not suing but "arbitrating" instead. Which is another way of saying, "bend over")?
Well here is what they are doing, they are taking more of your money via taxes and increasing YOUR debt by printing more money that YOU and I or OUR grandchildren are going to have to repay eventually. The latest estimates are that the original 700 BILLION is actually going to cost TRILLIONS and more are lining up at the pig trough. And they are giving it, few strings attached, to the same damn folk that lost your money to start with!!!
Now over on CNBC some folk are starting to throw around phrases like who is going to hold who ACCOUNTABLE and the other night the word TREASON was mentioned by more than one individual.
Now I have no idea why somebody would mention treason, unless of course they are familiar with how this country got started in the first place and get a little pissed over this "TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESNTATION" thing.
Now go back up there and read RICCO again (so I do not have to retype the obvious). Now if a case can not be made that at least a few bankers and government officials are GUILTY of more than one RICCO offense I will kiss your ass.
But it won't happen, hell maybe that gig about stationing U.S. Military on U.S. soil to insure "HOMELAND SECURITY" we posted on here, U.S. Troops to Police America, is more about government preparing for a whole lot of pissed off Americans who can't find food or a roof to sleep under. Conspiracy nut you say? We ain't lied to ya yet!
Now we could go on about local Florida politicians conspiring to illegaly take your moeny through the use of redlight cameras. But hey, check out these posts. Or not.
But why all this on a Bikers Rights site???? FASCISM!!!!!!!!!
Various scholars attribute different characteristics to fascism, but the following elements are usually seen as its integral parts: nationalism (including collectivism and populism based on nationalist values); third positionism (including class collaboration, corporatism, economic planning, mixed economy, national socialism, national syndicalism, protectionism,); authoritarianism and totalitarianism (including dictatorship, indoctrination, major social interventionism, and statism); and militarism.[13][14]You think I'm kidding then Read this: The truth behind the "Be very afraid post"
Thats why all this is on a BIKERS RIGHTS site. Bikers Rights by extension meaning ALL INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS which by extenson means FREEDOM!!!!
Do ya get it yet? If not it will soon be to late!
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