- Many individuals were upset that I did not provide
resources
in my previous article. Some were claiming I was making up facts. This
is my primary reason for writing a follow up which will contain links and
new information for rense.com readers to view. Links in regards to my
original article will also be provided at the end of this report.
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- In response to Henry Ayre's post, let me be logical for
a moment. Because of our lack of a FEMA Camp/Train Access Validation
Committee,
it is impossible to prove that all alleged FEMA camps exist and have
railroad
access. It is also impossible to disprove that many camps do exist and
have railroad access. And while it is logical to assume all camps must
have at least one road, which of the following statements is more logical
(a la Occham's Razor) in regards to a FEMA camp that holds a "safe
estimate" of 10,000 people: a) that the prisoners are transported
by bus on that single road or b) the prisoners are transported by train,
on a single rail line. Despite the obvious answer, let me back it up with
a brief history lesson.
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- Back in World War II, we can all agree that the United
States had POW camps within it's borders. One such camp, Camp Alva, was
located just south of Alva, Oklahoma. It was in operation from 1942-1945.
German POW's began arriving by the truckload but later arrived by train.
They were marched from the railroad station to the camp.
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- Another WWII Camp was Camp Hearne, located in Hearne,
Texas. Hearne is known as the "Crossroads of Texas" because
it is located at the intersection of 3 major highways and 2 Union Pacific
Rail-lines. The German POW's arrived by train and Union Pacific was
responsible
for their arrival. I could go on, but I believe this point is also
obvious.
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- During World War II, the United States, Germany, Japan,
and other countries all agreed in transporting POW's by railroad. Why?
Because it was efficient. What was even smarter was building the
internment
camps off the train lines. If we do not learn from our history, we are
doomed to repeat it. Trains are how we transport prisoners in times of
war. If we are presently at war with terrorists, we will eventually
transport
terrorists by train. For information on who is a terrorist, go read the
Patriot Act or call your local FEMA office.
-
- In the last article, I mentioned that Craig J. Duchossois
of the Trinity Rail Group was a pioneer contributor to the Bush re-election
campaign. On the list of pioneer contributors, however, is also Matthew
Rose, the CEO of Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (one of the
largest
railroad companies in the US). Union Pacific Corp. is on the list as well,
in the name of CEO Richard Davidson. He has done even better than Rose
and Duchossois: he has raised over $200,000 (half of which probably went
to Cheney).
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- There are two other railroad companies I'd like to
discuss.
The first being Norfolk Southern Railway Company and the second being
the CSX Corporation. Although a direct relationship of Bush/Co. to Norfolk
Southern is purely speculative at the moment (pending further
investigation),
the relationship to CSX is more than suspect.
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- Immediately after 9/11, Norfolk Southern Railway Company
advised New York that it was offering free transportation service for
removing
non-hazardous construction & demolition debris from the World Trade
Center site. Norfolk Southern arranged to provide up to 1,000 heavy-duty
rail cars that will be staged in the North Jersey Shared Assets Area for
transport of debris to disposal sites on its rail system. Now the
speculative
theory is this: If you believe that Bush/Co. had any involvement with the
WTC attacks, it is plausible that Bush/Co. planned the cleanup which would
have included Norfolk Southern transporting debris to China. After all,
the debris from the WTC was hauled off and sold for scrap before it could
be examined and Norfolk Southern contributed to the "fast
getaway."
But now for a more solid analysis.
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- It was brought to my attention that the Carlyle Group
recently acquired CSX Lines for $300 Million from the CSX Corporation in
February of 2003 to form Horizon Lines. Rense.com posted an article a
few years ago speaking about this transaction, but I have some more info
to add. CSX lines was composed of 17 ships and 22,000 containers and was
primarily CSX Corp's ocean container shipping company. The Chairman and
CEO of CSX Corporation was recently appointed Secretary of the Treasury,
John Snow.
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- The transaction was announced on December 6, 2002 while
Snow was CEO. A month before the deal was completed in February 2003,
he became our Secretary of the Treasury. By the way, for those of you
unfamilar with the Carlyle Group, it is one of the nation's largest defense
contractors of which George Bush Sr. was a Senior Advisor. Bush Sr.
recently
retired as of October 21, 2003 from Carlyle, but has kept his holdings
in the group. The appointment of Snow was said to be "purely
coincidental"
in regards to the Carlyle Group's new acquisition. Umm.. yeah,
right.
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- Now the odd thing about the transaction was that the
Carlyle Group was not really going to change anything about the company,
it's operations, or it's personnel. All it changed was the name. The
transaction basically trimmed the CSX Corporation down to solely focusing
on the fact that it operates the largest rail system (23,000 route miles)
in the eastern US. According to Michael J. Ward, the new Chairman and
CEO of CSX Corporation, "The completion of this transaction is
consistent
with our long-stated strategy of becoming a more rail-based organization,
strengthens our balance sheet and provides shareholders with significant
value." In other words, the Carlyle Group solved their problem by
ridding them of their ocean container shipping obligations, something John
Snow was desperately pursuing. But why?
-
- The Carlyle Group recently sold Horizon lines in May
2004 to Castle Harlan, Inc. whose President is Leonard Harlan and CEO is
John K. Castle. Castle and Harlan worked with a man named Bill Donaldson
at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, a Wall Street investment bank. Bush
recently named Donaldson chairman of the United States Securities and
Exchange
Commission on February 18, 2003 (only 2 weeks after he appointed John
Snow).
Two men, appointed by President Bush in the same month, who were connected
to an ocean container shipping company deal? Amazing. Donaldson is also
a Yale Graduate and possibly a Skull and Bones Alumni.
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- According to the Center for Public Integrity, CSX
Corporation
has contributed approximately 2.6 Million Dollars to the Republican Party
from 1998-2003. 2.6 Million Dollars while John Snow was CEO with at least
3 of those years being when Bush was President and 1 being an election
year. So what does this have to do with trains? Bush/Co. had their hands
in CSX way before CSX Corporation sold their ocean container shipping
company
to the Carlyle Group. The Carlyle Group, still a Bush Sr. investment,
then doubled their money by selling Horizon Lines to another Bush
connection,
Castle Harlan, Inc. Castle Harlan, Inc. now has a large chunk of the
Alaskan/Pacific
shipping lines, the Carlyle Group made $350 million off the deal, and the
CSX Corporation continues with Snow's plans. On a final note, CSX has paid
nothing at all in federal income taxes on its $934 billion in U.S. profits
over the past four years.
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- Although I have not gone into much detail about the ocean
container shipping companies and seaports, Bush/Co. seems way too
interested
in that area as well. If you combine the interest Bush/Co. has in sea
and train transportation it's puzzling why Bush has done the least amount
of Homeland Security/anti-terrorism work in those areas. Unless...
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- There was a quote used by Kerry a few times during the
debates, "95% of our cargo containers are not being properly
screened."
If Bush/Co. did have anything to do with 9/11, I theorize that any future
attack could be directly related to a railroad cargo container near a
seaport,
like Port Arthur, Texas.
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- What follows is a list of references for those interested
to research and validate my claims. I apologize again for their lack of
inclusion in the original article. I did not include a link for every
single fact above as that would turn Rense.com into a links page. I would
encourage anyone to look up this information yourself with the untapped
resources of the internet, share it, and prove me wrong.
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- Let me summize by stating that it is plausible that
Bush/Co.
has influence over 258,000 railcars and 117,000 miles of railroad in all
fifty states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. And that's a conservative
estimate.
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- Regards,
-
- lostbleu@aol.com
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- FACTS AND LINKS
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- Union Pacific Railroad - 32,832 Miles, 23 States, 87,000
railcars
- CSX Corporation - 23,000 Miles, 23 States, Canada,
Mexico
- Norfolk Southern Corporation - 21,800 Miles, 22
States
- Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company -
33,000 miles, 28
- states, Canada
- TTX Company - U.S. 127,000 railcars
- Kansas City Southern - 6348 Miles, Texas &
Mexico
- Greenbrier Companies - U.S., Canada, Mexico, Germany,
Poland : 44,000 railcars
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- Contributions of National Defense Contractors
- http://www.publicintegrity.org/pns/report.aspx?aid=385
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- List of Re-Election Donors
- http://www.georgewbush.com/Donors/Rangers.aspx
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- KCS Wins $1.4 Billion Bid in Mexico
- http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=11674
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- Trinity Rail Car & Trinity Industries
- http://www.trinityrailcar.com
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- TTX Orders 7000 Railcars from Greenbrier Companies
- http://press.arrivenet.com/tra/article.php/374448.html
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- Greenbrier and Greenbrier Europe (includes Greenbrier
Germany)
- http://www.gbrxeu.com
- http://www.gbrx.com
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- List of Union Pacific Executives, including Robert M.
Knight
- http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/exec/index.shtml
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- Ernesto Zedillo on Union Pacific Board of
Directors
- http://www.prnewswire.com/gh/cnoc/comp/911275.html
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- Ernesto Zedillo on Proctor & Gamble's Board of
Directors
- http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/news_jan14_02.html
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- List of KCS Directors & Officers
- http://www.kcsi.com/media/med_do.html
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- Location of FEMA camps
- http://www.rense.com/general17/statebystate.htm
- http://www.utah.indymedia.org
- /news/2003/07/5561_comment.php
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- German POWs Transported in the US
- http://uboat.net/men/pow/pow
- _in_america_transport.htm
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- Camp Alva
- http://okielegacy.org/WWIIpowcamps/powcamp2.html
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- Camp Hearne
- http://www.camphearne.info
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- Carlye Group Acquires CSX Lines
- http://www.csx.com/index.cfm?fuseaction
- =company.news_detail&i=45379&ws=corporation
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- Secretary of the Treasury John Snow
- http://www.ustreas.gov/
- organization/bios/snow-e.html
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- Norfolk Southern & WTC Debris
- http://www.hudsoncity.net/
- tubes/railwayageoctoberreport.html
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- C-TPAT
- htp://www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/cgov
- /import/commercial_enforcement/ctpat/fact_sheet.xml
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- More Info on Ernesto Zedillo
- http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=
- 5586464&BRD=2318&PAG=
- 461&dept_id=484045&rfi=6
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