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July 27, 2002
BUSH-CHENEY WHITE HOUSE
(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes public corruption, today reported that security staff at The White House threatened a process server with arrest over his attempt to serve Vice President Cheney with a complaint filed against him by Judicial Watch on behalf of shareholders of Halliburton. It is a crime to interfere with service of process. |
According to an affidavit of due diligence filed in the case, the process server attempted to serve the complaint on the Vice President at The White House and was told by a security officer that he would not accept the “papers” for the Vice President. According to the process server’s sworn statement, the security officer said that “if I dropped them [the federal court summons and complaint], he would arrest me.” The attempted service was made on July 22, 2002. No lawyer for Vice President Cheney has contacted Judicial Watch to accept service on the Vice President’s behalf. “We have served many a lawsuit on Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton when they were in The White House. The Clinton White House accepted the papers. Never before have our process servers been threatened with arrest. If this Bush-Cheney White House is serious about corporate corruption and responsibility, it would not allow the Vice President to improperly hide behind White House security to evade service of process in the Halliburton securities fraud litigation, and it would not threaten the process server with arrest,” stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. Judicial Watch will continue to attempt service on the Vice President and will move for appropriate sanctions if Vice President Cheney continues to obstruct court process. Mr. Cheney is not above the law. See Affidavit of Due Diligence Re Attempt of Service Using a magnifying glass to more closely read process server's Affidavit, I was able to ascertain that the process server attempted service upon Cheney at 1:12 pm, July 22, 2002, White House, Washington, DC.
Cheney/White House Refuse Service of Summons on Complaint
Commentary
Dick Cheney has been about as visible as Usama bin Laden lately. The question as to whether bin Laden is alive or dead ought to be rephrased. Cheney has been MIA since 9-11-01 except when it comes to brief appearances at fund raisers, so it should come as no surprise that the dark shadow a/k/a the nation's shadow president would dodge a service processor. The last time I saw a defendant dodge service was in late 1999. I was working at a law firm in Santa Monica where "it came to our attention" that we needed to sue George Hamilton for failure to pay make his lease payments on a cigar store he ostensibly owned in the San Fernando Valley. This case moved to a speedy settlement among the parties about a week later. Cheney isn't as good-looking as Hamilton if you like the burned out Hollywood, gigolo "actor" type, but he is far richer and far more powerful. As Molly Ivins stated on Phil Donahue's MSNBC TVshow yesterday (July 26, 2002), she believes that there are people in America who are far too rich (and powerful) to ever go to jail. Molly was speaking about Enron, WorldCrimes, et al. I would counter that by saying that Nixon's Vice President, Spiro T. Agnew was forced to resign the presidency over income tax evasion. Leona Helmsly, "The Queen of Mean," actually did jail time for her income tax malfesance. You may recall Helmsly's memorable remark, "Only the little people pay taxes." Actually, she was right. The BCCI and Savings and Loan Fraud Scandal that erupted under the Presidency of Bush I (immediately after Reagan's "Greed is Good" era) resulted in convictions. Nevertheless, the billions of dollars lost in this scandal was paid for by the U.S. tax payer. No matter how you slice it, the middle class is going to eat WorldCrimes, Enron, Adelphia, Tyco, Imclone, Arthur Andersen, et al. In case you don't remember, it took the USA ten years to bail itself out of debt from both Ronald Reagan and George Bush I's presidencies. I suspect it will take a good deal more than ten years for America to bail out of the first 18 months of Dubya's presidency. Before you mourn the "good old days" of Clinton-Gore and the boom economy, you need to know that during the eight years of that Democrat presidency, CEO's made 418 times the dollar amount of a corporation's average employee. The gap between the rich and the poor widened to an extent not heretofore seen in human history. The gap outclassed that of the gulf between the aristocracy and the poor throughout the history of Europe. By 1999, the equality gap between people of the United States and those of their European counterparts was off the charts. The USA, supposedly the world's "standard bearer," is the most unequal of all Western nations. Factoid: In 1999, Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Warren Buffet's net profits combined were more than the GDP of 41 of the world's poorest nations combined comprised of a population of 550 million people. Boil up that software. I'm wondering how Windows XP Professional Edition will taste atop rice and beans. Now you know why you can't make ends meet. Now you know why the USA outclasses workaholic Japan. We work 9 1/2 weeks a year longer than other industrialized nations. Our purchasing power is decreasing by the ticking of the National Debt Clock, and it has become impossible to save money. At this very second, your share of the national debt (and mine) is $21,338.52. Oh. If you had a 401(k), I'm sorry to report that the majority of it is in Ken Lay, et al.'s pockets.
If you think I'm making it up, get ahold of Starcats' recommended read: "Wealth & Democracy in America" by Kevin Phillips. This is one Republican I like. He's the one who is teaching us all these facts. See my Table of Contents page for the quick link to purchase.
Now to the Chart
The Ascendant at 25 Libra represents the process server who carries the Summons on Complaint to Defendant Cheney represented by 25 Aries on the 7th house cusp. There is no aspect between Venus and Mars (rulers of the process server and Cheney) which means that the two don't meet. The rule is: no aspect, no action. Venus (Process Server) is applying to a square with complicating Pluto (Plutocracy) in the second house of the chart, which is the future of the matter vis a vis successful service of the Summons on Complaint. The complications are obvious: failure to serve due to Plutocratic intervention. Saturn in the 9th house of legal actions is also important when considering that Saturn finds its exaltation in the sign of Libra (Process Server). Since Saturn indicates delays and denials, we are tipped off from the chart that the Summons on Compliant would be denied. Service was rejected with a threat of placing the Process Server in jail. This is clearly against the law. The last I heard, there was a U.S. Constitution that guaranteed one's right to a redress of grievances. However, when it comes to the top 10% of the population, we find this astonishing fact vis a vis attempted service of the lawsuit: Uranus retrograde in the 5th house of "speculation," is Cheney's backing off from attempted service and "gambling" on the dodge working to his advantage. Note that Uranus is associated oftentimes with tyranny and those who are "a law unto themselves." Saturn in the 9th house is the traditional ruler of the sign Aquarius. How about some old, hardline cronyism that has found its way right into the White House? The Peoples' House has become a "House of Asylum" for criminals! Neptune of scandal and lies is in the 4th house of the chart representing "the insiders" within the White House. Neptune will soon be opposed by Mercury, Mars and the Sun, just shy of its entrance into Leo. Leo bespeaks "entitlements." Royalty. The Aristocracy. Those that rule. The growing Leonine planet build up brings the issue of "who has the power?" "Who benefits?" and "Why" squarely before the American public. The aforementioned oppositions to Neptune indicate a growing fight to serve justice. The Moon at 9 Capricorn is ruled by delaying Saturn in the 9th house of lawsuits. It has just passed over Chiron of wounds in the third house of documents and dissemination of information. The Moon is semi-sextile (aspect of irritation) Neptune retrograde. Neptune is now in trine to the U.S. Constitution's natal Moon at 9 Sagittarius. For now, anyway, it appears easy (trines indicate an easy slide) for Cheney and Bush to continue circumventing the law. Neptune won't achieve direct motion until October 20th and Uranus goes direct November 3-4, 2002, the date of the 2002 mid-term elections. We'll have to see if Bush invades Iraq in September-October, a thing he'd like to do to turn America's eyes off his and Cheney's illegal doings. Rumor is afoot that U.S. military tent camps are being set up in Qatar, and other Mideast countries in preparation for an invasion. Also, Bush thinks an Iraq invasion would beef up chances for the Repugs in the House to be easily re-elected. After all, why change horses in mid-stream? What Bush and Cheney may not wholly get is that they are rapidly losing ground in the polls. American's have "come home." With eyes now trained on their wallets, politics has sudden gotten personal again. Note that Sun, Mercury and Mars are applying to an opposition with Uranus retrograde at 27 Aquarius in this chart. August 2002 will be especially contentious for Cheney, WorldCrimes, Enron, etc., as Uranus is conjoined to the USA's natal Moon = the people. The people are in the mood to revolt (Uranus-Aquarius). Fears of terroism on our soil aside for one moment, what will happen when Leo Mars opposes Uranus? Mars combined with Uranus in stressful aspect is the classic explosion scenario. Perhaps this is why Bush wants to review the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. Bypassing PC would allow the U.S. military to interact or supplant the role of local police. Military take-over of the United States anyone? No, it is not unthinkable. I have mentioned elsewhere on Starcats that The Uranus Return to the chart for the formation of the Nazi Party occurs via three hits to 1 degree of Pisces in the year 2003. I have been criticized from time-to-time that my scenarios are fear-filled and so "negative." If you have read my articles since Starcats was born in February of 1998, you'll see that my predictions have about a 97-98 percent accuracy rating. This is not to say that Bush grows a mustache and shouts "zeig heil." History doesn't duplicate itself exactly. But the spirals of it show patterns of great similarity. My job is to inform you of it. Starcats -- July 27, 2002.
WORLDCOM FILES LARGEST BANKRUPTCY IN U.S. HISTORY |
July 22, 2001: Stocks Take a Dive After Indecisive StartCNN/Money, July 22, 2002: "NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Speculation about Citigroup's connection to bankrupt Enron, weak results in the telecom sector and the bankruptcy of long-distance provider WorldCom knocked stocks lower at midday Monday, a continuation of the sharp selling that has burdened markets for months. " "Around 11:40 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 200.48 to 7,818.78. The Nasdaq composite index lost 34.94 to 1,284.21. The Standard & Poor's 500 index declined 26.99 to 820.76." |
Press Release/WorldCom"Clinton, Mississippi, July 21, 2002 - WorldCom, Inc. (Nasdaq: WCOME, MCITE) today announced that WorldCom and substantially all of its active U.S. subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Chapter 11 allows a company to continue operating in the ordinary course of business and to maximize recovery for the company's stakeholders. The filings will enable the company to continue to conduct business as usual while it develops a reorganization plan." WorldCom Web Site
"Bankruptcy at WorldCom Is the Largest in U.S. History"By SIMON ROMERO and RIVA D. ATLAS "Plagued by the rapid erosion of its profits and an accounting scandal that created billions in illusory earnings, last night submitted the largest bankruptcy filing in United States history. The bankruptcy is expected to shake an already wobbling telecommunications industry, but is unlikely to have an immediate impact on customers, including the 20 million users of its MCI long-distance service. The WorldCom filing listed more than $107 billion in assets, far surpassing those of Enron, which filed for bankruptcy last December. The WorldCom filing had been anticipated since the company disclosed in late June that it had improperly accounted for more than $3.8 billion of expenses.. . ."Chapter 11 Petition filed at about 9:00 pm EDT,
BK Petition is available at: Find law. You'll need Acrobat Reader to peruse the Petition. Scroll down to "Consolidated Creditors Holding 50 Largest Unsecured Claims." You will gasp at the amount of money WorldCom has absconded on.
Note that WorldCom has been given loans up to $2 billion to assist its reorganization procedures.
MCI, the long distance carrier owned by WorldCom happens to have been my LD of choice and is hooked into my Skymiles program with Delta Airlines. As I've often said about the U.S. economy, "There goes the money." In this case, "There go my Skymiles."
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