[P2P-F] Funding ? - already tried ? http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/funding_en.html

[Dante-Gabryell Monson]

http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/funding_en.html

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/cooperation?callIdentifier=FP7-SSH-2012-2
FP7-SSH-2012 - Collaborative Projects (Small or medium-scale focused
research projects) as well as Coordination and Support Actions

*Identifier:* FP7-SSH-2012-2

*Publication Date:* 20 July 2011

*Budget:* € 48 000 000

*Deadline: * 02 February 2012 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)

*OJ Reference:* OJ C213 of 20 July
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*Specific Programme(s): *COOPERATION

*Theme(s):* Socio-economic sciences and Humanities

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <
dante.monson at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/funding_en.html
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Disaster Capitalism and "Impact of Regulatory Capture on Human
> Rights" ?
> To:
>
>
> Thanks A.
>
> As for funding, academics with whom I interact with regularly,
> applied for such kind of EU grants.
>
> For some, in what I recall, the bureaucratic procedure is too heavy, or
> have too many requirements, difficult to provide unless one has a solid
> bureaucratic infrastructure.
>
> For others who are involved in million dollar grants related to academia, I
> hear money wasted, and lack of flexibility.
>
> Again, a lot of such grants benefit , directly or indirectly, big
> corporations, or large frameworks of transnational cooperation between
> universities ( universities which themselves become profit oriented ).
>
> I stay interested in peer to peer collaborative learning,
> hoping net neutrality can be set as a right.
> Cordially,
> Dante
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:44 PM,  wrote:
>
>> **
>> Thanks Dante.
>>
>> Indeed both negative and positive liberty are essential.
>>
>> On research on human rights, we currently have a Call (open to
>> univeristies, research organisations, civil society organisations, etc.) on
>> this theme, available at (and copies below for convenience):
>> http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/funding_en.html
>>
>> Best
>> *
>>
>> SSH.2012.4.2-1. Challenge: Human rights in EU external relations and
>> internal policies
>>
>> The challenge
>> *
>>
>> Claiming human rights ranging from freedom of expression and association
>> to protection
>>
>> from torture or other degrading treatment is a prominent feature of
>> democratisation
>>
>> movements. This was the case in Eastern Europe before the fall of the
>> Berlin Wall/Iron
>>
>> Curtain, to cases in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. While
>> human rights may seem
>>
>> to be taken for granted in the EU and other democratic polities, their
>> widespread violation by
>>
>> authoritarian regimes as well as democracies (usually by way of exceptions
>> to the general
>>
>> rule, on the basis of concerns over safety or security), indicates that
>> human rights are far from
>>
>> uncontested. Not only is the problem persistent; it is also changing in
>> nature due to
>>
>> globalisation, new forms of violence and war, and technological advances
>> in information and
>>
>> communication technologies, biological sciences, transport and other
>> fields. All of these
>>
>> factors influence how rights are perceived and are protected or violated.
>> We need to build on
>>
>> past and present knowledge, but also to investigate changes and identify
>> ongoing patterns and
>>
>> future trends.
>>
>> FP7 Cooperation Work Programme: Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities
>>
>> Page 42 of 70
>> *
>>
>> Why it matters for Europe
>> *
>>
>> Fundamental rights figure prominently in EU external actions (including
>> trade, with clauses
>>
>> on human rights in bilateral agreements since 1995) and the enlargement
>> processes (especially
>>
>> since the introduction of the Copenhagen criteria) as well as in internal
>> policies (from antidiscrimination
>>
>> to migration and justice).
>>
>> The European Charter of Fundamental Rights, which became binding with the
>> ratification of
>>
>> the Lisbon Treaty and the prospect of EU accession to the European
>> Convention of Human
>>
>> Rights, adds judicial as well as political and symbolic dimensions to the
>> EU's commitment to
>>
>> take such rights seriously. Such commitment and legal obligations are,
>> however, challenged
>>
>> by factors that need deeper analysis so as to inform EU external and
>> internal policies, and to
>>
>> foster their coherence.
>> *
>>
>> Addressing the challenge
>> *
>>
>> Research dimensions to be taken into consideration:
>>
>> - Provision of a systematic overview and comparative analysis of the
>> social, economic, legal,
>>
>> cultural or other factors that facilitate or hamper the protection of
>> human rights in the external
>>
>> and internal policies of the EU — as well as the coherence and consistency
>> between such
>>
>> external and internal dimensions in fields such as cross-border mobility,
>> counter-terrorism and
>>
>> judicial cooperation. The role of national, EU and international human
>> rights institutions in
>>
>> monitoring fundamental rights could be part of the analysis.
>>
>> - The protection of human rights as a component of global governance,
>> given that
>>
>> globalisation brings the prospect of global diffusion of wealth, but also
>> entails the risk of
>>
>> deeper inequalities. Research could examine why and how large numbers of
>> people –
>>
>> especially in lower income countries - may see their basic rights eroded
>> if globalisation is not
>>
>> wisely managed. It could focus on specific rights and/or their
>> interactions, namely rights of
>>
>> access to health, education and family planning, to food, water, clear air
>> or safe energy; and
>>
>> how such access may be helped or hindered by global regulatory frameworks
>> or the absence
>>
>> of these (including, for example, on Intellectual Property Rights). The
>> share of responsibility
>>
>> and legal competences between the EU and its Member States in the above
>> (including trade,
>>
>> development and other multilateral instruments –and their consistency with
>> internal policies)
>>
>> could also be addressed.
>>
>> - Human rights violations are a key aspect of violence among and within
>> states, between
>>
>> communities (along ethnic, religious or linguistic divides) and within
>> communities (e.g. along
>>
>> gender divides). Research could examine how historical and cultural
>> contexts may have
>>
>> influenced such divides and cause or exacerbate such violations, and how
>> these divides and
>>
>> violations could be overcome. It could assess the conditions under which
>> state and non-state
>>
>> actors may be among the perpetrators of human rights violations or, on the
>> other hand, offer
>>
>> protection of human rights. The relationship between the protection of
>> human rights,
>>
>> humanitarian law and assistance should also be examined, with a focus on
>> vulnerable groups
>>
>> in society (e.g. children, internally displaced persons, refugees). The
>> relationship between the
>>
>> protection of human rights and promoting democracy (including the role of
>> EU Electoral
>>
>> Observation Missions) and international criminal law could also form part
>> of the research.
>>
>> - The use of existing indicators (e.g. for understanding the human rights
>> situation at country
>>
>> level, for assessing the capacities of rights holders and duty bearers) or
>> the development of
>>
>> new indicators could help in mapping and identifying the main danger
>> spots, as well as areas
>>
>> in which there have been improvements. Assessing human freedoms is often
>> contentious —
>>
>> thus any choice of indicators, and the methodology to develop them, should
>> be transparent to
>>
>> FP7 Cooperation Work Programme: Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities
>>
>> Page 43 of 70
>>
>> allow informed debate. A forward-looking perspective on developments in
>> human rights
>>
>> violations and protection would be another useful research component.
>>
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* Dante-Gabryell Monson [mailto:dante.monson at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 26, 2011 10:38 AM
>> *To:*
>> *Subject:* Hi Angela : Disaster Capitalism and "Impact of Regulatory
>> Capture on Human Rights" ?
>>
>>  Hi A,
>>
>> As a following of my messages related to "Real Democracy" movements,
>> and more specifically what one could also call *"Impact of Regulatory
>> Capture on Human Rights"*
>> ( others may call it "corruption" , or even "corporatism" )
>>
>> For your information ( see below ),
>> in case it interests you, an example related to the united states, which
>> indirectly,
>> through "Shock Doctrine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine>"
>> / "Disaster Capitalism", can ( and I believe do ) affect policies taken and
>> applied on the European Subcontinent.
>>
>> One may have difficulties seeing a direct relation with human rights,
>> though for me such macro economic policy decisions have a direct influence
>> not only on Negative Liberty<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_liberty>- freedom
>> from interference -
>> ( using Isaiah Berlin's definition ), but also on Positive Liberty<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_liberty>
>>  - the power and resources to act to fulfill one's own potential -.
>>
>> Personal Opinion :
>> It may be worth making similar investigations what concerns decisions
>> taken by, or through european institutions,
>> with individual status and history reports, for transparency, of
>> individual bureaucrats and/or elected officials, and the people they work
>> with.
>>
>> Possibly one step in such direction ( ? ), but for now, only for the
>> European Parliament :
>>  http://www.mepwatch.eu/
>>
>> I can compile more specific examples in relation to european bureaucrats,
>> if this can support any research on the topic.
>>
>> Cordially,
>> Dante
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson at gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:15 AM
>> Subject: "Too Big to Fail" - Amendments Rejected in Safe Banking Act of
>> 2010
>> To: p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation at lists.ourproject.org>,
>> econowmix at googlegroups.com
>>
>>
>> Staying with the same topic , specific amendments reducing the risk of
>> "too big to fail"
>> related to the "Safe Banking Act of 2010<http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3241/show>"
>> have been rejected ( some more details below ).
>>
>> A case of "Regulatory Capture<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture>"
>> to further investigate ?
>>
>> ///
>>
>> A May 7 2010 reaction by TYT Network :
>>  *"Too Big To Fail Bank Bill Killed By Bought Politicians" *
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8-JXhzXdSU
>>
>> //
>>
>> more on the bill that did not pass :
>>
>>  S.3241 - SAFE Banking Act of 2010
>>
>> http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3241/show
>>
>> *"It was voted on and rejected as an amendment to the Dodd-Frank
>> financial reform bill, 33-61."*
>>
>> //
>>
>>
>> http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/05/07/us-financial-regulation-size-idUSTRE6460BB20100507
>>
>>  *(Reuters) - The Senate Thursday rejected a proposal that would split up
>> the six largest banks in an effort to ensure that large financial firms do
>> not threaten the economy if they fail.*
>>
>> The measure, which failed by a vote of 33 to 61, would have placed hard
>> limits on banks' market share of insured deposits and limited the size of
>> their non-deposit liabilities.
>> more details :
>>
>> http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:
>>
>>
>> https://jischinger.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/senators-who-voted-for-wall-street/
>>
>> http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_111_2.htm
>> ( S.3217 pasted below )
>>
>>
>> //
>>
>> before the vote  :
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/business/21fail.html
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/business/22fail.html
>>
>> http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/04/21-7
>>
>> "The bill would *place a cap on any financial institution*, limiting
>> their total assets to 3% of GDP (that would lower to 2% for banks, as
>> opposed to 3% for non-bank institutions). Currently, *the 6 largest banks
>> have holdings that equal 63% of GDP*. The Safe Banking Act would also
>> impose a 10% cap on any bank holding company’s share of insured deposits.
>> Bank holding companies and “selected nonbank financial institutions” would
>> have a leverage limit of 6%, meaning that they would not be able to lend out
>> more than around sixteen dollars for every dollar of capital in house."
>>
>> ///
>>
>> I also believe it is interesting to notice what has been approved, and
>> what has been rejected ( see below ).
>>
>> It seems to me that one of the results of what has been approved has been
>> an audit of some Federal Reserve Accounts :
>> http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=9e2a4ea8-6e73-4be2-a753-62060dcbb3c3
>>
>> excerpt :
>>
>> "As a result of this audit, we now know that the Federal Reserve provided
>> more than $16 trillion in total financial assistance to some of the largest
>> financial institutions and corporations in the United States and throughout
>> the world,"
>>
>> ///
>>
>>
>> http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_111_2.htm
>>
>>   00161<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00161>
>> 20-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Motion S.Amdt. 3739<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03739:> Agreed
>> to Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline RE: Dodd Amdt. No.
>> 3739; In the nature of a substitute. 00160<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00160>
>> 20-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3739<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03739:> Agreed
>> to Upon Reconsideration Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 3739; In
>> the nature of a substitute. 00159<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00159>
>> 19-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3746<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03746:>
>> Rejected Whitehouse Amdt. No. 3746 As Modified Further; To restore to the
>> States the right to protect consumers from usurious lenders. 00158<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00158>
>> 19-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3739<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03739:>
>> Rejected Motion to Invoke Cloture On Dodd Amdt. No. 3739; In the nature
>> of a substitute. 00157<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00157>
>> 18-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 4072<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04072:> Agreed
>> to Grassley Amdt. No. 4072; To provide for the independence of Inspectors
>> General of certain designated Federal entities, and for other purposes.
>> 00156<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00156>
>> 18-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4114<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04114:> Agreed
>> to Motion to Table Dorgan Amdt. No. 4114; To ban naked credit default
>> swaps and for other purposes. 00155<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00155>
>> 18-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 4071<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04071:> Agreed
>> to Carper Amdt. No. 4071; To address the applicability and preservation
>> of certain State authorities, and for other purposes. 00154<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00154>
>> 18-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 4034<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04034:>
>> Rejected Corker Amdt. No. 4034; To address the applicability of certain
>> State authorities with respect to national banks, and for other purposes.
>> 00153<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00153>
>> 18-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 4051<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04051:>
>> Rejected Gregg Amdt. No. 4051 As Modified; To prohibit taxpayer bailouts
>> of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments. 00152<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00152>
>> 17-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3986<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03986:> Agreed
>> to Cornyn Amdt. No. 3986; To protect United States taxpayers from paying
>> for the bailouts of foreign governments. 00151<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00151>
>> 17-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Motion S.Amdt. 4020<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04020:>
>> Rejected Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline RE: Crapo
>> Amdt. No. 4020; To limit further bailouts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to
>> enhance the regulation and oversight of such enterprises, and for other
>> purposes. 00150<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00150>
>> 13-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3987<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03987:>
>> Rejected Thune Amdt. No. 3987; To provide for increased Congressional
>> oversight through a sunset of the authority created under title X related to
>> the creation of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. 00149<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00149>
>> 13-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3989<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03989:> Agreed
>> to Durbin Amdt. No. 3989 as Modified; To ensure that the fees that small
>> businesses and other entities are charged for accepting debit cards are
>> reasonable and proportional to the costs incurred, and to limit payment card
>> networks from imposing anti-competitive restrictions on small businesses and
>> other entities that accept payment cards. 00148<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00148>
>> 13-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3832<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03832:>
>> Rejected Sessions Amdt. No. 3832; To provide an orderly and transparent
>> bankruptcy process for non-bank financial institutions and prohibit bailout
>> authority. 00147<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00147>
>> 13-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3774<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03774:> Agreed
>> to LeMieux Amdt. No. 3774 as Modified; To remove statutory references to
>> credit rating agencies. 00146<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00146>
>> 13-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3991<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03991:> Agreed
>> to Franken Amdt. No. 3991; To instruct the Securities and Exchange
>> Commission to establish a self-regulatory organization to assign credit
>> rating agencies to provide initial credit ratings. 00145<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00145>
>> 12-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3943<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03943:> Agreed
>> to Reed Amdt. No. 3943; To establish a specific consumer protection
>> liaison for service members and their families, and for other purposes.
>> 00144<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00144>
>> 12-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3816<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03816:>
>> Rejected Chambliss Amdt. No. 3816; To implement regulatory oversight of
>> the swap markets, to improve regulator's access to information about all
>> swaps, to encourage clearing while preventing concentration of inadequately
>> hedged risks in central clearinghouses and ensuring that corporate end users
>> can continue to hedge their unique business risks, and to improve market
>> transparency. 00143<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00143>
>> 12-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3759<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03759:> Agreed
>> to Hutchison Amdt. No. 3759 as Modified; To maintain the role of the
>> Board of Governors as the supervisor of holding companies and State member
>> banks. 00142<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00142>
>> 12-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3955<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03955:>
>> Rejected Corker Amdt. No. 3955; To provide for a study of the
>> asset-backed securitization process and for residential mortgage
>> underwriting standards. 00141<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00141>
>> 12-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3962<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03962:> Agreed
>> to Merkley Amdt. No. 3962; To prohibit certain payments to loan
>> originators and to require verification by lenders of the ability of
>> consumers to repay loans. 00140<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00140>
>> 11-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3839<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03839:>
>> Rejected McCain Amdt. No. 3839; To provide for enhanced regulation of,
>> and to establish a term certain for the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and
>> Freddie Mac, to provide conditions for continued operation of such
>> enterprises, to provide for the wind down of such operations and the
>> dissolution of such enterprises, and to address budgetary treatment of such
>> enterprises. 00139<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00139>
>> 11-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3938<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03938:> Agreed
>> to Dodd Amdt. No. 3938; To require the Secretary of the Treasury to
>> conduct a study on ending the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,
>> and reforming the housing finance system. 00138<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00138>
>> 11-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3760<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03760:>
>> Rejected Vitter Amdt. No. 3760; To address availability of information
>> concerning the meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee, and for other
>> purposes. 00137<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00137>
>> 11-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3738<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03738:> Agreed
>> to Sanders Amdt. No. 3738 as Modified; To require the non-partisan
>> Government Accountability Office to conduct an independent audit of the
>> Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that does not interfere
>> with monetary policy, to let the American people know the names of the
>> recipients of over $2,000,000,000,000 in taxpayer assistance from the
>> Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes. 00136<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00136>
>> 06-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3733<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03733:>
>> Rejected Brown (OH) Amdt. No. 3733; To impose leverage and liability
>> limits on bank holding companies and financial companies. 00135<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00135>
>> 06-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3898<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03898:>
>> Rejected Ensign Amdt. No. 3898; To amend the definition of the term
>> "financial company" for purposes of limits on nondesposit liabilities.
>> 00134<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00134>
>> 06-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Motion Agreed to Motion to Instruct the Sgt. At Arms; An original
>> bill to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving
>> accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to
>> fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect
>> consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.
>> 00133<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00133>
>> 06-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3826<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03826:>
>> Rejected Shelby Amdt. No. 3826; To establish a Division of Consumer
>> Financial Protection within the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and
>> for other purposes. 00132<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00132>
>> 06-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3749<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03749:> Agreed
>> to Tester Amdt. No. 3749; To require the Corporation to amend the
>> definition of the term "assessment base". 00131<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00131>
>> 05-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3827<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03827:> Agreed
>> to Shelby-Dodd Amdt. No. 3827; To improve the bill. 00130<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00130>
>> 05-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Amendment S.Amdt. 3737<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03737:> Agreed
>> to Boxer Amdt. No. 3737; To prohibit taxpayers from ever having to bail
>> out the financial sector. 00129<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00129>
>> 05-May PN1246 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Nancy D.
>> Freudenthal, of Wyoming, to be U.S. District Judge 00128<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00128>
>> 05-May PN1341 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Gloria M. Navarro,
>> of Nevada, to be U.S. District Judge 00127<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00127>
>> 28-Apr S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected Second Motion to Invoke Cloture
>> on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3217; An original bill to promote
>> the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and
>> transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect
>> the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive
>> financial services practices, and for other purposes. 00126<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00126>
>> 27-Apr S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected Upon Reconsideration Motion to
>> Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3217; An original bill to
>> promote the financial stability of the United States by improving
>> accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to
>> fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect
>> consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.
>> 00125<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00125>
>> 26-Apr S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Motion Agreed to Motion to Instruct the Sergeant at Arms; An original
>> bill to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving
>> accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to
>> fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect
>> consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.
>> 00124<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00124>
>> 26-Apr S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On
>> the Cloture Motion Rejected Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to
>> Proceed to Consider S. 3217; An original bill to promote the financial
>> stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency
>> in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American
>> taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial
>> services practices, and for other purposes.
>> Forwarded conversation
>> Subject: Matt Tiabbi : "If it is too big to fail, it is too big to exist"
>> ------------------------
>>
>> From: *Dante-Gabryell Monson* <dante.monson at gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:21 PM
>> To: p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation at lists.ourproject.org>,
>> econowmix at googlegroups.com
>>
>>
>> Matt Tiabbi ( excerpts from video - cnn interview ) :
>>
>> Break up the banks - No More Too Big to Fail Companies - If it is too big
>> to fail, it is too big to exist. - Tax Payers should not be on the hook.
>>
>>
>> http://4closurefraud.org/2011/10/25/matt-tiabbi-owss-beef-wall-street-isnt-winning-its-cheating/
>>
>> or
>>
>>
>> http://yourmoney.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/22/occupy-wall-st-about-class-warfare/
>>
>> ----------
>> From: *Dante-Gabryell Monson* <dante.monson at gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:35 PM
>> To: p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation at lists.ourproject.org>,
>> econowmix at googlegroups.com
>>
>>
>> and a continuation on the CNN interview...
>>
>>
>> http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/owss-beef-wall-street-isnt-winning-its-cheating-20111025
>>
>> Matt Tiabbi,
>> excerpts :
>>
>> "...we hate the rich? Come on. Success is the national religion, and
>> almost everyone is a believer. Americans *love *winners.  But that's just
>> the problem. These guys on Wall Street are not winning – they're cheating.
>> And as much as we love the self-made success story, we hate the cheater that
>> much more."
>>
>> "This isn't disappointment at having lost. It's anger because those other
>> guys didn't really win, and people now want the score overturned.
>>
>> All weekend I was thinking about this “jealousy” question, and I just kept
>> coming back to all the different ways the game is rigged. People aren't
>> jealous and they don’t want privileges. They just want a level playing
>> field, and they want Wall Street to give up its cheat codes, ..."
>>
>> continued on
>>
>> http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/owss-beef-wall-street-isnt-winning-its-cheating-20111025
>>
>>
>>
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