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Article from Reuters: 'U.S. banks should "undermine" Occupy protesters: memo'

Anyone reading this article, which I highly suggest, make no mistake: American Bankers Association (ABA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bankers_Association ) is "the" BANKING CARTEL that took away our financial sovereignty (the Federal Reserve Act of 1913) after carefully arranged shady operations [1, 2]. ABA OWNS OUR POLITICIANS. ABA does much better by itself (such as passing a new legislation) than what this depraved firm may offer.

Just to remind you our history. After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln [1809-1865] that instituted sovereign (debt-free) money system (Greenbacks), ABA started a long term attack that ended with their success in 1913.

"On Sep 1, 1894, we will not renew our loans under any consideration. On Sep 1st, we will demand our money. We will foreclose and became mortgagees in possession. We will take two-thirds of the farms west of the Mississippi, and thousands of them east of the Mississippi as well, at our price … Then the farmers will become tenants as in England …" — 1891, American Bankers Association, as printed in The Congressional Record of April 29, 1913.

[1] G. Edward Griffin, The author of "The Creature From Jekyll Island" [0:42 hr]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhMacPvc5qc

[2] The Money Masters - Full [3:16 hr]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXt1cayx0hs

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/19/us-lobbying-banks-idUSTRE7AI0YA20111119

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U.S. banks should "undermine" Occupy protesters: memo

By David Ingram WASHINGTON | Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:12pm EST

(Reuters) - The Occupy Wall Street movement is a big enough problem for U.S. banks that they should pay for opposition research into the political motives of protesters, said a firm that lobbies for the industry.

Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford, a Washington-based firm, proposed the idea in a memo to the American Banking Association, an industry group which said on Saturday that it did not act on the idea.

The four-page memo outlined how the firm could analyze the source of protesters' money, as well as their rhetoric and the backgrounds of protest leaders.

"If we can show they have the same cynical motivation as a political opponent, it will undermine their credibility in a profound way," said the memo, according to a copy of it on the website of TV news channel MSNBC, which first reported on it. (See MSNBC's report here)

Clark Lytle Geduldig counts the banking association among its regular lobbying clients, U.S. Senate records showed.

Other clients include MasterCard Worldwide and a banking coalition concerned about interchange fees.

The firm did not respond to requests for comment.

Its memo said it could deliver research, survey data and plans to use the information in 60 days at a cost of $850,000.

Banking association spokesman Jeff Sigmund told Reuters the memo is authentic, but his group was not interested.

"Our government relations staff received the proposal - it was unsolicited and we chose not to act on it in any way," Sigmund said.

The memo is dated November 24, five days after it became public. Sigmund did not respond to a follow-up question about the date. November 24 is also the Thanksgiving holiday.

The memo said U.S. financial firms should be concerned about comments that Democratic campaign consultants have made in the news media about trying to harness the energy of the Occupy Wall Street protesters.

"This would mean more than just short-term political discomfort for Wall Street firms," it said.

"If vilifying the leading companies of this sector is allowed to become an unchallenged centerpiece of a coordinated Democratic campaign, it has the potential to have very long-lasting political, policy and financial impacts on the companies in the center of the bull's-eye."

The memo is from Clark Lytle Geduldig's four name partners. Two of them, Sam Geduldig and Jay Cranford, are former aides to House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, a Republican.

Using shorthand for Occupy Wall Street, the memo said:

"It may be easy to dismiss OWS as a ragtag group of protesters but they have demonstrated that they should be treated more like an organized competitor who is very nimble and capable of working the media, coordinating third party support and engaging office holders to do their bidding. To counter that, we have to do the same."

(Reporting by David Ingram. Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh)

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