Unless you’re a democrat.

Dick had no advance knowledge whatsoever that we were pursuing the FDIC opportunity…

Okay, so Dick is a twit when it comes to the day-to-day operational of his company.

Did someone else let Di Fi know they, CBRE, were pursuing the FDIC opportunity?

Translation: It’s Thursday

Got to vote against her for Governor, and Senator, several times.

She runs on myopic feel-good-ism. Hard to spit out, she votes better than Boxer.

The Maxine Waters case was similar to Feinstein’s in that each went to the Senate/House Banking Committee to push for these bailouts, which, at the very least, is odd. That they both profit is more than coincindence.

In other news…

Sun Rises!

Water Wet!!

Wasn’t Feinstein involved in legislation to exempt a particular US territory from labor requirements, and didn’t the exemption primarily benefit the cannery of a tuna fishing company in which her family has significant interests?

Oh well! What is the point of being in government if you can’t take home a little extra?

Check out Feinstein’s role in transferring Hunter’s Point Naval Yard to investors including members of Nancy Pelosi’s family and SF Mayor Gavin Newsom.

http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/singing-in-the-rain-hunters-point-shipyard-enriches-sf%E2%80%99s-most-powerful-families/

http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=df6d6934de76bd863faae6f466300970

Questions of conflict of interest have been raised about Sen. Dianne Feinstein, after her husband’s company was awarded an Army contract worth $600 million, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32190

Tip of the iceberg.

as

Obama is to Kellerman

Was it suicide, or was it a case of “The Man Who Knew Too Much”?

The 10,610,079 share purchase ($39,999,998) was just one day (11/12/2008).

Richard Blum is a very busy guy.

So is the little lady.
It would be interesting to take a closer look at Richard’s investments and compare those to the business that comes across his wife’s desk or before the various committees.

Insider information. What did they know and when did they know it?
Johan Klaus on April 22, 2009 at 7:23 PM

Apparently, plenty, and last July??
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/obvious. sorry.
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Note: with the Freddie-Mac dude this morning .. what was that “fall on their sword” thingy again ??

Below is a sample of bills that Senator Feinstein introduced in the last Congress:
A bill that established licensing standards for the mortgage industry, although she is not on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee (enacted as part of P.L. 110-289);
A bill that closed the Enron Loophole, although she is not on the Agriculture Committee (enacted as part of P.L. 110-234);
A bill that banned harmful phthalates from children’s toys, although she is not a member of the Commerce Committee (enacted as part of P.L. 110-314);
A bill to raise fuel efficiency of America’s fleet of vehicles by ten miles per gallon over ten years, although she is not a member of the Commerce or Energy Committees (enacted as part of P.L. 110-140);
A bill to renew trade sanctions against the Burmese junta, although she is not a member of the Finance Committee (enacted as P.L. 110-52);
A bill to reduce the tariff on imported ethanol, although she is not a member of the Senate Finance Committee.

There is much to Google with this. Anyone care to place a bet on Feinstein’s friends or family being “connected” with these bills? Of course, all will have “no evidence of a conflict of interest”.

Hmmmmm…..they didn’t say wasn’t a conflict, just that there was no evidence of it…

About the same time of the contract award, Mr. Blum’s private investment firm reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission that it and related affiliates had purchased more than 10 million new shares in CB Richard Ellis. The shares were purchased for the going price of $3.77; CBRE’s stock closed Monday at $5.14

Blum has a huge stake in CB Richard Ellis Group Inc:
http://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/1138118.htm

The 10,610,079 shares are just the latest required filing and reflect a single day purchase on 11/12/2008. But if you look at the SEC docs you’ll see that he’s been averaging down. Blum controlled companies own over 10% of the CB Richard Ellis, which happens to have a market cap of $1.56b. It is an understatement to say he has a large position.

Last July the Mortgage market was still in good shape, so why did they start working on it then?

Or… as I have suspected for some time… were there some people, politicians and bankers, who were in the KNOW about the upcoming debacle… and didn’t do anything to aleviate it?

Romeo13 on April 22, 2009 at 6:46 PM

You are correct- it’s one facet of The Cloward Piven Strategy in action. And now the Freddie Mac CFO “commits suicide” at 41, after just receiving a huge bonus? Feinstain is a stain on the Republic, I believe she and her crooked hubby knew all about this and multiple other duplicitous things.

We’ll be lucky if we ever get to the bottom of all the corruption that has been and is continuing to go on.