Re: OpEdNews: Will Public Outrage Finally Force the President and the States to Prosecute Outlaw Bankers?

Prosecuting lawbreakers, meaning the federal workers and politicians,and elite bankers whom think that defrauding Americans from their pursuit of happiness and property and fruits of the sweat of their brow.  ms

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Rob Kall <rob@opednews.com> wrote:



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