We're on an Apollo 13 mission: Gen Kranz the Flight Director at the time said,"When bad things happen, we just calmly laid out all the options and failure was not one of them". Tough and competent, "we are forever accountable for what we do or fail to do. We will never take anything for granted. We will never fall short of our knowledge or our skills".
Wow, this is huge Pod, never in the history of our nation has an entire city file for bankruptcy! Talk about too big to fail, the banksters get bailed out but the people of a great city like Detroit are left to sink, now you know who is on your side. People have left the Motor City in droves, a number once at 1.8 million in the 50s and now down to 700,000, folks hanging on. The murder rate is at an all-time high for nearly 40 years and the abandoned building is at a staggering rate of 78,000. The economic downturn was caused by the banks. Let's not confuse that or associate it with anything but the banksters. The Feds gave them a bailout with no strings attached sighting to big to fail, would have been nice to see many of them go but your tax dollars saved their ass. Have you noticed new names in banks popping up? For if they were associated with the ones of this crash you would not even walk through the door, but it's the same banksters with a new store front, they were given money to maneuver. As for the regulators who grade all financial vehicles, made theses investments look like a great buy. Pay no attention to what they say! Detroit is a public Titanic and a shock wave that's going to affect others. Sadly the hand of corruption also played a role in this great city and just maybe after the dust settles on all of this across America where the money dries up it will rid our nation of the greedy Jack Wagons. Do all of America a favor, do not bank with the buggers who caused the Sub Prime mortgage disaster, swaps and derivatives which not only affected towns and cities but countries as a whole, it's what JP Morgan Chase sold to Greece! Douglas Bernstein, a bankruptcy attorney at Plunkett Cooney in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills, said he expected the case would last one-to-three years and would be very costly. "This could run to tens-of-millions to hundreds-of-millions of dollars," he said. CNN
Uncle Ted Stranglehold Motor City needs you son! We have to retake our Nation! Ya know something, get ready for the largest blown out Rock Concert that will benefit Detroit. The cries of this nation are going to be answered by the Brother's and Sister's who love this Land! It's open season on all Jack Wagons! See ya in Detroit rightwithhteship Eagle Rock
Because corruption is willfully hidden, it is impossible to measure directly; instead, proxies for corruption are used. The CPI uses an eclectic mix of third-party surveys to sample public perceptions of corruption through a variety of questions, ranging from "Do you trust the government?" "Is corruption a big problem in your country?" (city and/or town)
Corruption Perceptions Index
The index mainly provides a snapshot of the views of business people and country analysts. In comparison, the questions in the Eurobarometer surveys 64.3 (2005), 68.2 (2007), 72.2 (2009), and the Flash Eurobarometer 236 (2008) established by the European Commission for all of the 27 European Union members states ask the perceptions and experiences of the general public. In general, the results show a very large divergence between the perception of living in a corrupt country by the general public and the experiences of corruption in everyday life.
Since 1995, Transparency International (TI) publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) annually ranking countries "by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys."The CPI generally defines corruption as "the misuse of public power for private benefit."[2] As of 2010, the CPI ranks 178 countries "on a scale from 10 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt)."
Transparency International consists of more than 100 chapters – locally established, independent organisations – that fight corruption in their respective countries. From small bribes to large-scale looting, corruption differs from country to country.
This work ranges from visiting rural communities to provide free legal support to advising their government on policy reform. Corruption does not stop at national borders. The chapters play a crucial role in shaping its collective work and realising its regional and global goals, such as Strategy 2015. Transparency International’s multi-country research and advocacy initiatives are driven by the chapters.
They also clearly state that they are “politically non-partisan and place great importance on our independence” meaning that no donor has any input into their policies.
Transparency International
Strategy:
One global movement sharing one vision: a world in which government, business, civil society and the daily lives of people are free of corruption.
In 1993, a few individuals decided to take a stance against corruption and created Transparency International. Now present in more than 100 countries, the movement works relentlessly to stir the world’s collective conscience and bring about change. Much remains to be done to stop corruption, but much has also been achieved, including:
:the creation of international anti-corruption conventions
:the prosecution of corrupt leaders and seizures of their illicitly gained riches
:companies held accountable for their behaviour both at home and abroad.
Mission:
Our Mission is to stop corruption and promote transparency, accountability and integrity at all levels and across all sectors of society. Our Core Values are: transparency, accountability, integrity, solidarity, courage, justice and democracy.
Vision:
Our Vision is a world in which government, politics, business, civil society and the daily lives of people are free of corruption.
Values:
Transparency, Accountability, Integrity, Solidarity, Courage, Justice and Democracy
Guiding Principles:
1. As coalition-builders, we will work cooperatively with all individuals and groups, with for-profit and not-for-profit corporations and organisations, and with governments and international bodies committed to the fight against corruption, subject only to the policies and priorities set by our governing bodies.
2. We undertake to be open, honest and accountable in our relationships with everyone we work with, and with each other.
3.We will be democratic, politically non-partisan and non-sectarian in our work.
4.We will condemn bribery and corruption vigorously wherever it has been reliably identified.
5. The positions we take will be based on sound, objective and professional analysis and high standards of research.
6. We will only accept funding that does not compromise our ability to address issues freely, thoroughly and objectively.
7. We will provide accurate and timely reports of our activities to our stakeholders.
8. We will respect and encourage respect for fundamental human rights and freedom.
9. We are committed to building, working with and working through Chapters worldwide.
10. We will strive for balanced and diverse representation on our governing bodies.
11. As one global movement, we stand in solidarity with each other and we will not act in ways that may adversely affect other Chapters or the TI movement as a whole.
ERC has been in the organizational ethics business for a long time – 88 years and counting and there are resources available atethics.orgthat you would be hard-pressed to find elsewhere.
First and foremost, ERC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, dedicated to independent research that advances high ethical standards and practices in public and private institutions.
ERC’s expertise also informs the public dialogue on ethics and ethical behavior. ERC researchers analyze current and emerging issues and produce new ideas and benchmarks that matter – for the public trust.
POGO
The Project On Government Oversight has a long history of working with individuals daring to expose corruption. Many of these individuals with whom POGO has worked choose to remain anonymous to the public and even to POGO itself.
If you have information regarding fraudulent or wasteful activities in the government or the industries it regulates, and you would like to expose it in order to keep the government accountable to its citizens, please contact us.
POGO may be able to further research your concerns, bring public attention to any wrongdoing, and alert those who can bring about change. We've been watchdogs since 1981.
Public corruption poses a fundamental threat to our national security and way of life. It impacts everything from how well our borders are secured and our neighborhoods protected…to verdicts handed down in courts…to the quality of our roads, schools, and other government services. And it takes a significant toll on our pocketbooks, wasting billions in tax dollars every year.
Although studied and researched, the topic of police corruption, in large part, remains a mystery. Sir Robert Peel was credited with the concept that the police depend on citizen cooperation in providing services in a democratic society. As such, the detrimental aspects of police misconduct cannot be overstated. In terms of public trust for law enforcement, recent polls show that only 56 percent of people rated the police as having a high or very high ethical standard as compared with 84 percent for nurses.
The FBI is singularly situated to combat this corruption, with the skills and capabilities to run complex undercover operations and surveillance.
Just like this oldstone work of the Money Changers our modern day Banking system is cracking. The Federal Reserve is making a deal with five banks. Here they are, Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Ally Financial the deal is to cut mortgage debt amounts and restructure troubled loans over the next three years. Also, they are to pay $5 billion in cash (why cash?) to Federal and state governments including $1.5 billion to fund a $2,000 payment to borrowers involved in foreclosure (wow thanks). But with this, the banks do not have to confess to the crimes they were involved with (Ah the cash). Confessor not we know your crooks and thank you Federal Reserve for at lease naming these five.
Also, many of our fine institutions have been involved in drug money laundering, you will see a video here Funding Mexican Drug Cartel. Corruption is running rampant through our nation at all levels, what one needs to do is don't do business with these companies, where little by little we will close them down. In business, you need costumers, with no customers you are out of business.
This is all coming out, just watch the names and don't give them a dime, if you're working with them quit.
