<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
Hi, Alex: <br>
<br>
<br>
My wife and I recently left Wells Fargo for a local credit
union to avoid subsidizing their criminality. It took me roughly
1.5 years from the time I decided to do it to complete the process,
because I didn't want to leave one criminal organization for
another. Along the way, I prepared a tri-fold that discusses
"Credit Cards and the Great Recession", including an 8 step process
for "How to Change Checking Accounts", available as "No Credit Card
trifold" at "<a href="http://www.cagreens.org/sclara/resources/">www.cagreens.org/sclara/resources</a>".
This (and a companion bookmark) are available in OpenOffice format
if you want some modification. <br>
<br>
<br>
Spencer <br>
<br>
<br>
On 7/26/2011 5:16 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:alexcathy@aol.com">alexcathy@aol.com</a> wrote:
<blockquote
cite="mid:8CE1A0998017F44-C-1F6F1@webmail-d151.sysops.aol.com"
type="cite"><font color="black" face="arial" size="2"><font
color="black" face="arial" size="2">
</font>
<div id="AOLMsgPart_3_bba5a8bf-b7d3-4887-b305-b78fe39c0553">
<font color="black" face="arial" size="2"><font color="black"
face="arial" size="2">
<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dear
Green Friends, <br>
<br>
If you don't know the 102nd national convention of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP) is currently underway here in Los
Angeles, California. <br>
<br>
Friends, I gotta tell you. This is driving me crazy.
It is all corporate. 100% corporate. <br>
<br>
The official heading graphic of the convention
includes the logos of their top 3 so-called "leading
sponsors," that is, those who have donated $250,000 to
$300,000. </font><br>
<div><span><br>
(See <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.naacp.org/pages/2011-naacp-convention-sponsors"
target="_blank">http://www.naacp.org/pages/2011-naacp-convention-sponsors</a>
). <br>
<br>
Thus, in the lower right corner you'll see little
symbols for Edison International (Southern
California Edison), Toyota, and, inside the little
red box, Wells Fargo Bank. <br>
<br>
<b>Wells Fargo Bank! </b><br>
<br>
Just yesterday, the New York Times published an
op-ed piece by Joe Nocera about how even the
do-nothing Federal Reserve has issued a
"cease-and-desist order against Wells Fargo for
predatory lending practices. <br>
<br>
Not only that, but just two years ago a lawsuit was
filed </span>"accusing Wells Fargo and HSBC of
forcing blacks into subprime mortgages while whites
with identical qualifications got lower rates.<span>"
<br>
<br>
Pray tell, what organization filed these charges in
</span>in federal court in Los Angeles in March 2011?
<br>
<br>
None other than the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People. <span> <br>
<br>
(See: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/13/naacp-wells-fargo-hsbc-fo_n_174564.html"
target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/13/naacp-wells-fargo-hsbc-fo_n_174564.html</a>
) <br>
<br>
As near as I can tell, the only dissenting voices
have been a raggedy group called the "South Central
Tea Party."<br>
<br>
(see <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/22/blackonblack-politics-_n_906758.html"
target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/22/blackonblack-politics-_n_906758.html</a>).
<br>
<br>
They say: <br>
<br>
"</span>The NAACP is set up as a non-profit
organization with the pretense of helping black people
get themselves together, but I can clearly see that
the NAACP is a political pawn for the liberal elite
white racist Democratic party and they are using black
Americans for their own personal gain,” said <a
moz-do-not-send="true" target="_blank"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Lee_Peterson">Rev.
Jesse Lee Peterson</a><span> <br>
<br>
Behold, our wonderful Two-Party system! This is
supposed to be my "alternative" to the Dems. <br>
</span></div>
<br>
* * * <br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
I want to know what the status of Green Party members
thinking of running for election in 2012 in
California. I know I can't win. I know I can't raise
the kind of money required to run a serious campaign
nowadays. I know at age 62 I don't even have the
energy required to campaign flat-out for a whole
year. But I just cannot allow these damned Democrats
to slide right through another national election
leading my city, my state, and my country to perdition
with the only dissent from rightwing nuts. <br>
<br>
<br>
Alex Walker <br>
Los Angeles Greens. <br>
</font>
</div>
<div> <br>
</div>
</font></font>
</div>
<style>.AOLWebSuite .AOLPicturesFullSizeLink { height: 1px; width: 1px; overflow: hidden; }.AOLWebSuite a { color: blue; text-decoration: underline; cursor: pointer; }.AOLWebSuite a.hsSig { cursor: default; }</style><font
color="black" face="arial" size="2">
<div> <br>
</div>
</font></font>
<br>
<fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
<br>
<pre wrap="">_______________________________________________
sosfbay-discuss mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org">sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss">http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss</a></pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Technology Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San José, CA 95126
ph: 408-655-4567
web: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.structuremonitoring.com">www.structuremonitoring.com</a>
</pre>
</body>
</html>