Matt Collins
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I was laying in bed this morning shortly before sunrise pondering on the future of the movement, where we are going, and what the next steps are. And then randomly a thought entered my brain which I believe explains why Rand voted to sanction Iran late in 2011.
Rand and myself and his staff had some very informative and deliberative e-mail exchanges after his vote because it did upset a great amount of us in the liberty movement. I wanted to ensure they were aware of this and pointed them to some threads here and on the DP as well as ask for their rationale behind the vote. The rationale they explained was that 'central banks should be sanctioned'
The important thing to realize was that this sanction was actually against Iran's central bank!
Read the following:
S.Amdt. 1414 to S. 1867 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012) - here is the roll call.
Now as we get closer and closer to a full audit of the Federal Reserve, there are some things to keep in mind. Remember that the Fed was caught giving money to the Libyan central bank just before our government bombed them?
The Fed's FOMC operations, and specifically any deals with foreign central banks or foreign governments are NOT subject to an audit.
Here is my point in sequence:
- What if the Federal Reserve is giving money to the Iranian central bank or government?
- What if the us government attacks Iran?
- What if we get a full audit of the Fed?
- What if the audit of the Fed reveals that the Fed is giving money to the Iranian central bank in direct violation of US law, specifically if the Iranian central bank is indeed involved in funding "terrorism" or money laundering?
Now that it is now illegal to do business with the Iranian central bank, if an audit of the Fed reveals that they are conducting such business anyway and outside of the bounds of the law, they would be defacto in violation of US law, right?
Would being able to decisively show that the Federal Reserve was breaking US law and "funding a declared terrorist organization" help turn public tide against the Fed?
Was this perhaps Rand's plan all along on that specific vote? Was Rand trying to prevent the Fed from conducting business with the Iranian central bank? Was Rand trying to set up the Fed to eventually be found in violation of US law thus forcing a microscopic inspection of everything they do?
I think this very well could have been Rand's mindset, it fits his style, and he does tend to think things 3 or 4 steps ahead. Although this is just speculation on my part it makes perfect sense - make an underhanded activity the Fed is about to engage in illegal, and when they get caught, throw everything you have at them.
Thoughts?
Rand and myself and his staff had some very informative and deliberative e-mail exchanges after his vote because it did upset a great amount of us in the liberty movement. I wanted to ensure they were aware of this and pointed them to some threads here and on the DP as well as ask for their rationale behind the vote. The rationale they explained was that 'central banks should be sanctioned'
The important thing to realize was that this sanction was actually against Iran's central bank!
Read the following:
S.Amdt. 1414 to S. 1867 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012) - here is the roll call.
Now as we get closer and closer to a full audit of the Federal Reserve, there are some things to keep in mind. Remember that the Fed was caught giving money to the Libyan central bank just before our government bombed them?
The Fed's FOMC operations, and specifically any deals with foreign central banks or foreign governments are NOT subject to an audit.
Here is my point in sequence:
- What if the Federal Reserve is giving money to the Iranian central bank or government?
- What if the us government attacks Iran?
- What if we get a full audit of the Fed?
- What if the audit of the Fed reveals that the Fed is giving money to the Iranian central bank in direct violation of US law, specifically if the Iranian central bank is indeed involved in funding "terrorism" or money laundering?
Now that it is now illegal to do business with the Iranian central bank, if an audit of the Fed reveals that they are conducting such business anyway and outside of the bounds of the law, they would be defacto in violation of US law, right?
Would being able to decisively show that the Federal Reserve was breaking US law and "funding a declared terrorist organization" help turn public tide against the Fed?
Was this perhaps Rand's plan all along on that specific vote? Was Rand trying to prevent the Fed from conducting business with the Iranian central bank? Was Rand trying to set up the Fed to eventually be found in violation of US law thus forcing a microscopic inspection of everything they do?
I think this very well could have been Rand's mindset, it fits his style, and he does tend to think things 3 or 4 steps ahead. Although this is just speculation on my part it makes perfect sense - make an underhanded activity the Fed is about to engage in illegal, and when they get caught, throw everything you have at them.
Thoughts?
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Off to GTMO they go 
