Reply #11: Tip o' the cephalopod to starroute and seemslikeadream!

[Octafish]

The Savings and Loan thievery is classic Bush Family Evil Empire stuff. The CIA, the Mafia and every Bush-connected turd from Midland to Mecca made off like bandits.

Here's a few names to ponder:

The Beebe Network - The Cast Of Characters and The History

Ben Barnes (the fellah who "helped" get Smirko into the TANG -- Octafish), former Texas Lt. Governor; business associate of Herman K Beebe, Walter Mischer and John Connally (rode in the Lincoln with Kennedy and said "My God! They'll kill us all!" -- O.). Herman K. Beebe Sr., Louisiana financier with offices in Dallas, convicted felon and Mafia associate; many connections to the intelligence community; godfather of the dirty Texas S&L's; did nine months in Club Fed; Charles Hurwitz introduced Beebe to B G Wylie, half-brother of Carroll Kelly; funded start-up of Contra related Palmer NB

 Tom Benson,a partner of Stanley Rosenberg in Groos Bank(influenced by H K Beebe) and Bank of Leon Springs; a Beebe associate; partner with Peyton McKnight and Charles Hurwitz(?) in Culebra/1676, a Rosenberg boondoggle

 John Connally, former Texas governor;Connally's law firm, Vinson-Elkins had Walter Mischer as a client; Charles Keating worked on his 1980 Republican presidential race; he and his partner Ben Barnes, borrowed tens of millions of dollars from dirty S&L's; served on Hurwitz's Maxxam Inc's board of directors from 1988 until his death in 1993. Participated in several CIA related covert actions.

 Thomas Gaubert, big Democratic fundraiser from Dallas; former head of Independent American Savings, which purchased 20 branch offices from Hurwitz' USAT; owned a piece of Sandia Federal Savings in Albuquerque; head of Telecom; A right-wing flag waver.

 Joseph Grosz, Chicago mob associate; worked for Gouletas family; ran Southmark's San Jacinto Savings; director of Gaubert's Telecom.

Stefan Halper, co-founder with fellow George Bush supporter Harvey McLean of Palmer National Bank, which was financed by H K Beebe and funneled private donations to the Contras; former son-in-law of past CIA deputy director Ray Cline; helped set up legal defense fund for Oliver North.Peter Munk also an investor in Palmer NB

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http://www.jailhurwitz.com/beebe.html

ONE EXAMPLE OF WHY THIS MATTERS:

Jail Hurwitz!

* Texas corporate raider Charles Hurwitz, with the help of junk-bond broker and convicted felon Michael Milken, looted and crashed a Savings and Loan, United Savings Association of Texas (USAT), costing U.S. taxpayers a staggering $1.6 billion!

* With looted money funneled from the S & L, Hurwitz engaged in a hostile takeover of the Pacific Lumber Company, commenced rabid clearcutting, and tripled the rate of logging of the world's largest stands of privately held ancient redwood forests, including Headwaters Forest, a precious, sacred and irreplaceable international treasure of the ages.

* Hurwitz simultaneously raided Pacific Lumber's worker pension fund, removing $55 million from the retired loggers and millworkers' nest egg, and began raping the company, selling off much of it's other liquitable assets for the quick cash he needed to make his pressing junk bond payments.

* Hurwitz had previously looted the Simplicity Pattern worker pension fund in 1982, reducing worker benefits by nearly $4000 per year.

* Hurwitz has entered into out-of-court settlements for insurance fraud, securities violations and a land swindleof his own company's shareholders! Hurwitz has lost seven environmental lawsuits over his incessant, illegal logging in these ancient redwood forests of Northern California.

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http://www.jailhurwitz.com/