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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Here we go again, with all due respect, Jimmy has his own “alternative facts”! He says: “</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Hillary & Obama want health care for all.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>”!! Delusional. Am I wrong?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Massoud<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jimmy Dunne [mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 19, 2017 10:35 AM<br><b>To:</b> joe<br><b>Cc:</b> Lee Loe; Discuss Paa; Juli Kring; Barry Klein; Anne del Prado; Bob Henschen; Massoud<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAA-Discuss] [L-R-Converg] Venezuela in dire straights today<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Joe,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Every ex-president gets those big bucks for speeches. That is nothing new or does it mean they favor the rich.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hillary & Obama want health care for all. Repubs want to kill the Affordable Care Act and eliminate Medicaid expansion money. That's in today's news. Sen. Lindsey Graham is leading this effort. John McCain is thinking about it since AZ governor is also on board.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jimmy<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 10:23 AM, joe <<a href="mailto:joe@metroretrofurniture.com" target="_blank">joe@metroretrofurniture.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Look at the policies Bill enacted during his 8 year reign. Based on his actions he is the most successful president of implementing Republican policies.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>His military attack on Kosovo let the Military Industrial Complex know he is their guy. Hilary as Sec of State made it worst. Remember she was getting $200,000 a speech on Wall street just before her run for Queen. We now see Obama following this lead but as ex king he gets $400,000 for a Wall St speech or showing up at a convention. Bill and Hillary have always been everything for the .01% (Princes and Princesses) Nothing the unions and middle class.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>The article below will get you started; </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/8/29/1416770/-No-Bill-Clinton-Was-Not-a-Progressive-President" target="_blank">https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/8/29/1416770/-No-Bill-Clinton-Was-Not-a-Progressive-President</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Joe</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jimmy Dunne [mailto:<a href="mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com" target="_blank">jimmydunne80@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 19, 2017 9:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> joe; Lee Loe; Discuss Paa; Juli Kring; Barry Klein; Anne del Prado; Bob Henschen; Massoud</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAA-Discuss] [L-R-Converg] Venezuela in dire straights today<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Joe,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Where do you get the idea that Hillary and Bill want the USA to be ruled by the rich? I have never heard such a statement from anyone else.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>They both are Democrats which try to help the middle and lower classes whereas the Repubs lean to helping the rich stay rich will their tax programs.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jimmy<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:20 AM, joe <<a href="mailto:joe@metroretrofurniture.com" target="_blank">joe@metroretrofurniture.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Yes, Bernie is an excellent example of what all of our politicians should do, but Hilary raised more money and twice as much as Trump from Wall Street Banks and other Corporate entities. She is a neocon and so is her Husband Bill Clinton they believe that we should be ruled by the rich (Oligarchs) they get their funding from Oligarchs. Majority of Republicans do the same get their money from Corporations. This is a distortion of Democracy and what the Pope calls "Savage Capitalism" It puts money before people. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Joe</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jimmy Dunne [mailto:<a href="mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com" target="_blank">jimmydunne80@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 18, 2017 12:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> joe<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAA-Discuss] [L-R-Converg] Venezuela in dire straights today</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I know Bernie Sanders reported thousands of donations all of them together averaging something like $29 each.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jimmy<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 10:00 AM, joe <<a href="mailto:joe@metroretrofurniture.com" target="_blank">joe@metroretrofurniture.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Jimmy, he was an example, you should do this for everyone you are voting for. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>You need to know how they get their money and it is mostly from lobbyist. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>If you google you will get websites that will help.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>joe</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jimmy Dunne [mailto:<a href="mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com" target="_blank">jimmydunne80@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 18, 2017 9:45 AM</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br><b>To:</b> joe<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAA-Discuss] [L-R-Converg] Venezuela in dire straights today<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>John McCain is just one member of the senate. He is against torture.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Foreign policy regarding Venezuela is under the president and Sec. of State not Congress.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jimmy<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 9:25 AM, joe <<a href="mailto:joe@metroretrofurniture.com" target="_blank">joe@metroretrofurniture.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Look at how the votes by McCann and crew. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Look at where they get their campaign funding. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>This is open information </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>You should know where the Congressman and Senators get their $'s</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>joe </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jimmy Dunne [mailto:<a href="mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com" target="_blank">jimmydunne80@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 16, 2017 3:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> joe<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAA-Discuss] [L-R-Converg] Venezuela in dire straights today</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Congress is not on Military Industrial payroll, where is your evidence of that? But they may have military projects in almost every congressional district that congress reps can vote for.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jimmy<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 10:41 AM, joe <<a href="mailto:joe@metroretrofurniture.com" target="_blank">joe@metroretrofurniture.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Yes, except for Rand Paul who will you push with. The rest on the Military Industrial payroll</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Joe</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jimmy Dunne [mailto:<a href="mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com" target="_blank">jimmydunne80@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 16, 2017 10:41 AM<br><b>To:</b> joe</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAA-Discuss] [L-R-Converg] Venezuela in dire straights today<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Yes Joe, we need to push for a reduced Defense budget which is currently higher than the next 8 nations combined.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jimmy<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 10:33 AM, joe <<a href="mailto:joe@metroretrofurniture.com" target="_blank">joe@metroretrofurniture.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>They are wrong choices for us the taxpayers and for the soldiers who fight and die, the merchants who sell the weapons love it.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>joe</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jimmy Dunne [mailto:<a href="mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com" target="_blank">jimmydunne80@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 16, 2017 10:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> Joe Marcinkowski<br><b>Cc:</b> Catherine Foley; joe; massoud1; Lee Loe; Discuss Paa; Elio Cequea; L-R Converg</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAA-Discuss] [L-R-Converg] Venezuela in dire straights today<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks Joe,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I'm sure USA has made many wrong choices over the years like still fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. Past time to pull out.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jimmy<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Joe Marcinkowski <<a href="mailto:joegreenst41@gmail.com" target="_blank">joegreenst41@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Jimmy, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Abbey Martin does a really good job in this interview in pointing out the dictators (anti Democratic) the USA has backed over <br>Democratically elected presidents who cared about the people. All of this is part of our History it is not questionable.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG29FnXZm4F5U8xpqs1cs1Q" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG29FnXZm4F5U8xpqs1cs1Q</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Joe</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Catherine Foley [mailto:<a href="mailto:stbsjg@yahoo.com" target="_blank">stbsjg@yahoo.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 14, 2017 2:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jimmy Dunne<br><b>Cc:</b> Joe Marcinkowski; joe; massoud1; Lee Loe; Discuss Paa; Elio Cequea; L-R Converg</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAA-Discuss] [L-R-Converg] Venezuela in dire straights today<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>This would be a "funny" if it weren't so historically and intellectually sad.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8801051581909195643m_-8173652166389082792m_3610503562188906259m_-4015746624730656051m_-407361596453177675m_-6124861617084666826m_3962693108528583228AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br>C🦋<br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Sep 14, 2017, at 1:38 PM, Jimmy Dunne <<a href="mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com" target="_blank">jimmydunne80@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Joe, you are 100 percent wrong. We supported democracy with our sanctions against Cuba the only non-democracy in the Western Hemisphere at the time under Castro's boot.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8801051581909195643m_-8173652166389082792m_3610503562188906259m_-4015746624730656051m_-407361596453177675m_-6124861617084666826m_3962693108528583228AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jimmy<br><br>Sent from my iPod<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Sep 14, 2017, at 10:37 AM, Joe Marcinkowski <<a href="mailto:joegreenst41@gmail.com" target="_blank">joegreenst41@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Stop with the "support for Democracy" our support is for the Corporations. We do not support Democracy unless a major corporation has that name. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>When the US Government installed Pinochet in Chile on 9/11/1973 or most recently in Ukraine were we supporting Democracy?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>I have a list like this include the Shah in Iran etc etc etc. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>joe</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jimmy Dunne [<a href="mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com" target="_blank">mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 13, 2017 5:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> Joe<br><b>Cc:</b> massoud1; Lee Loe; Discuss Paa; Elio Cequea; Joe Marcinkowski; L-R Converg<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAA-Discuss] [L-R-Converg] Venezuela in dire straights today</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>No Lee, the sanctions have nothing to do with V's economic collapse and over 700% inflation. Sanctions were put on recently because of Maduro's making himself a dictator and squashing democracy. Economic collapse is due to V's shutting out oil companies and wasting huge amounts of income. US stands for democracy and tries to quell moves by dictators like in Cuba and V.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jimmy<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Joe <<a href="mailto:joe@metroretrofurniture.com" target="_blank">joe@metroretrofurniture..com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>You didn't read it very well:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8801051581909195643m_-8173652166389082792m_3610503562188906259m_-4015746624730656051m_-407361596453177675m_-6124861617084666826m_3962693108528583228m_-1855605778420041252AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong>Rodriguez:</strong> Yes, but Enrique Capriles has an administrative disqualification. He has the right to defend himself in the process of this disqualification, because of his apparent participation in acts of <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/topics/issues/corruption.html" target="_blank">corruption</a>. The problem is that in Venezuela, where the democratic institutions function, where the different branches of power function, where the different political public powers make decisions are not agreeable to the Venezuelan opposition, they try to attack the Venezuelan system. <br><br>Joe Marcinkowski<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span class="m-8801051581909195643m-8173652166389082792m3610503562188906259m-4015746624730656051m-407361596453177675m-6124861617084666826m3962693108528583228m-1855605778420041252apple-style-span">Metro retro furniture</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Sep 13, 2017, at 10:53 AM, Jimmy Dunne <<a href="mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com" target="_blank">jimmydunne80@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Joe</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>I read the Al Jazerra interview with Delcy Rodriguez who heads Madero's Constituent Assembly which has all power over every part of V government. They have banned leader of opposition Enrique Capriles from politics for 15 years. This is the height of corruption. She is big part of the grab for dictatorial power by Madero.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>PS: Freedom House gives V partially free, a 35 rating, Saudi Arabia, not free, a 10 rating and N. Korea, not free, a 3 rating. USA,free, has 90 rating.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>......?........?............? What does partially free mean? </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Jimmy</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 10:26 AM, joe <<a href="mailto:joe@metroretrofurniture.com" target="_blank">joe@metroretrofurniture.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Jimmy, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Blatant Bullshit. Now the right has decided to participate. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Watch this recent Al Jazerra Interview:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2017/09/delcy-rodriguez-humanitarian-crisis-venezuela-170907060655166.html" target="_blank">http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2017/09/delcy-rodriguez-humanitarian-crisis-venezuela-170907060655166.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Joe </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:l-r-converg@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">l-r-converg@googlegroups.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:l-r-converg@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">l-r-converg@googlegroups.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jimmy Dunne<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 13, 2017 9:25 AM<br><b>To:</b> massoud1; Lee Loe; Discuss Paa<br><b>Cc:</b> Elio Cequea; Joe Marcinkowski; L-R Converg</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAA-Discuss] [L-R-Converg] Venezuela in dire straights today<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:#252525'>August 18, 2017 </span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;color:#252525'>(Statement by Freedom House Re: Venezuela)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='color:black'>In response to the days-old constitutional assembly announcing that it is taking over all legislative powers of the National Assembly, the country’s parliament, Freedom House issued the following statement:<br> <br>“The illegal grab of legislative powers by the constitutional assembly, a group with no legal standing, is part of President Maduro’s efforts to silence all dissent and shore up a dictatorship," said Carlos Ponce, director of Latin America programs at Freedom House. “The constitutional assembly was created through a fraudulent election and has no legitimate authority to act against congress.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit'><span style='color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Venezuela is rated Not Free in </span><span style='color:black'><a href="https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2017/venezuela" target="_blank"><em><span style='color:#55738D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Freedom in the World 2017</span></em></a><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>, and Not Free in </span><a href="https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2017/venezuela" target="_blank"><em><span style='color:#55738D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Freedom of the Press 2017</span></em></a><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>, and Partly Free in </span><a href="https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2016/venezuela" target="_blank"><em><span style='color:#55738D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Freedom on the Net 2016</span></em></a><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='color:black'>Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization that supports democratic change, monitors the status of freedom around the world, and advocates for democracy and human rights.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit'><span style='color:black'>Join us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/freedomhousedc" target="_blank"><span style='color:#55738D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Facebook</span></a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/freedomhousedc" target="_blank"><span style='color:#55738D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Twitter</span></a> (freedomhousedc). Stay up to date with Freedom House’s latest <a href="http://www.freedomhouse.org/news" target="_blank"><span style='color:#55738D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>news and events</span></a> by signing up for our <a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6580/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=2061" target="_blank"><span style='color:#55738D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>newsletter</span></a> and our <a href="http://www.freedomhouse.org/blog" target="_blank"><span style='color:#55738D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>blog.</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit'><span style='color:black'>PS: Saudi Arabia is not a democracy and I condemn their dictatorship. Down with all dictatorships and kings by 2099.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit'><span style='color:black'>Jimmy</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 8:51 AM, massoud1 <<a href="mailto:massoud1@windstream.net" target="_blank">massoud1@windstream.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jimmy, if “</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Freedom House sets standards for democracy</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>” then how do you explain the U.S. unconditional support for the Saudi Arabia’s undemocratic and dictatorial regime? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please note that I’m talking about the U.S. government (Democratic or Republican administration) actual excellent relationship with Saudi Arabia. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Since you have a very simple outlook of the world, please answer this simple question: If V is bad why SA is good?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Massoud</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>* You can avoid the answer by saying that Freedom House is an independent entity (!) or they have criticized Saudi Arabia before. However the question is how do you justify the U.S. government double standard to yourself?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Discuss [mailto:<a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@paa-tx.org" target="_blank">discuss-bounces@paa-tx..org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jimmy Dunne via Discuss<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 12, 2017 10:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> Elio Cequea<br><b>Cc:</b> Joe Marcinkowski; L-R Converg; Discuss Paa<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAA-Discuss] [L-R-Converg] Venezuela in dire straights today</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Freedom House sets standards for democracy standards do when Maduro took dictatorial power they no longer qualified as a democracy, Cuba is not a democracy.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8801051581909195643m_-8173652166389082792m_3610503562188906259m_-4015746624730656051m_-407361596453177675m_-6124861617084666826m_3962693108528583228m_-1855605778420041252m_4326864762488276242m_6250749787151253770AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jimmy <br><br>Sent from my iPod<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Sep 12, 2017, at 5:18 PM, Elio Cequea <<a href="mailto:feico57@att.net" target="_blank">feico57@att.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div id="m_-8801051581909195643m_-8173652166389082792m_3610503562188906259m_-4015746624730656051m_-407361596453177675m_-6124861617084666826m_3962693108528583228m_-1855605778420041252m_4326864762488276242m_6250749787151253770yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505252101631_32917"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Did anybody ask him why Venezuela is not a democracy? He was a consultant for Herique Capriles, a former presidential candidate who has been elected governor twice in one of Venezuela’s largest states. All while under a dictatorship!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:05 PM, Jimmy Dunne <<a href="mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com" target="_blank">jimmydunne80@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div id="m_-8801051581909195643m_-8173652166389082792m_3610503562188906259m_-4015746624730656051m_-407361596453177675m_-6124861617084666826m_3962693108528583228m_-1855605778420041252m_4326864762488276242m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Elio,</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>He is very knowledgeable about Venezuela and is an impressive speaker with good answers for questions. You can email him.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Jimmy</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="m_-8801051581909195643m_-8173652166389082792m_3610503562188906259m_-4015746624730656051m_-407361596453177675m_-6124861617084666826m_3962693108528583228m_-1855605778420041252m_4326864762488276242m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780yqt01383"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Elio Cequea <<a href="mailto:feico57@att.net" target="_blank">feico57@att.net</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div id="m_-8801051581909195643m_-8173652166389082792m_3610503562188906259m_-4015746624730656051m_-407361596453177675m_-6124861617084666826m_3962693108528583228m_-1855605778420041252m_4326864762488276242m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780m_-887586099349489524yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505252101631_4802"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>I would like to listen to him live and ask him a few questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8801051581909195643m_-8173652166389082792m_3610503562188906259m_-4015746624730656051m_-407361596453177675m_-6124861617084666826m_3962693108528583228m_-1855605778420041252m_4326864762488276242m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780m_-887586099349489524yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505252101631_4802"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>During the 60's, 70's and 80's Venezuela was governed by people with impressive bios. Those were the times, as this guy with impressive bio said, income was badly managed.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8801051581909195643m_-8173652166389082792m_3610503562188906259m_-4015746624730656051m_-407361596453177675m_-6124861617084666826m_3962693108528583228m_-1855605778420041252m_4326864762488276242m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780m_-887586099349489524yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505252101631_4802"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Well...</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8801051581909195643m_-8173652166389082792m_3610503562188906259m_-4015746624730656051m_-407361596453177675m_-6124861617084666826m_3962693108528583228m_-1855605778420041252m_4326864762488276242m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780m_-887586099349489524yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505252101631_4802"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Regards, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8801051581909195643m_-8173652166389082792m_3610503562188906259m_-4015746624730656051m_-407361596453177675m_-6124861617084666826m_3962693108528583228m_-1855605778420041252m_4326864762488276242m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780m_-887586099349489524yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505252101631_4802"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Elio Cequea</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 3:27 PM, Jimmy Dunne <<a href="mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com" target="_blank">jimmydunne80@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div id="m_-8801051581909195643m_-8173652166389082792m_3610503562188906259m_-4015746624730656051m_-407361596453177675m_-6124861617084666826m_3962693108528583228m_-1855605778420041252m_4326864762488276242m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780m_-887586099349489524yiv6657978224"><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Enjoyed talk today by Francisco Monaldi, PhD at Rice U's Baker Institute for Pubic policy. He was born in Venezuela, has an impressive bio and is a lecturer in energy economics at Rice.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>He talked for 45 minutes, followed by Q&A for 15.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>I took a full page of notes:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Freedom House says Venezuela is no longer a democracy.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Badly managed income in 1970's. Shell & Exxon were there but V started taking more and more of oil revenue so oil companies stopped investing in V. Exports of oil dropped. Hugo Chavez took power in 1999 and became partners with Fidel Castro.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>In 4 years, more than 1/3 of V GDP collapsed. Chavez became popular because of high oil prices. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>1998-2013 V had slowest growth rate & highest inflation in S. America.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Government debt rose rapidly & poverty increased rapidly.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Maduro has only 17.4 percent approval rating in V. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Oil production has dropped from 3 million barrels per day to one million. 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