NatWest Three meet the Pipestem, West Virginia Three

Both trios share some loose ethical space , and managed to rob seven million dollars plus from American concerns. The Pipestem , West Virginia Three? Yet another trio of American thieves from Liberty Township , Ohio who were apprehended with the 7.4 million dollars stolen from AT Systems , of Youngstown Ohio. Roger Lee Dillon , aged 22 years was formerly employed by AT Systems , which is in the business of transposing bucks to banks. Dillon and his 24 year old girlfriend Nicole Boyd holed up in a trailer owned by Dillon's mother Sharon Lee Gregory in Pipestem , West Virginia , where they were apprehended by a SWAT team. Mister Dillon appears the main culprit and stands charged with bank larceny. Boyd and Gregory face charges of aiding and abetting. Dillon after hours used the access his previous employers provided to abs comb with the 7.4 million , and did not show up for work the following day. Note that no violence or weapons were used in this heist. 7.4 million versus the 7.3 million that the NatWest Three plundered from Enron. Do the math! What's a mere one hundred thousand dollars when scheming to separate people from money? We will monitor these two cases closely in the months to come to see which of these two non violent " inside jobs" , both involving banking and larceny draw the harsher penalties for the criminals involved. My sincere hope s that justice is served in an equal fashion in both cases....................................While we are on the subject of banking , it appears that the current crop of United States banks business practices are less than prudent. In the past decade United States banks profits are at all time highs. It seems then that the folly and atrocities committed by the banks involved in the current sub prime freeze should be prepared to give back willingly some of these massive profits recently accrued. The onus probundi of these sub prime loans gone bad are based on the greedy desires of the banking industry to write and sell over two million sub prime loans to borrowers with lousy credit backgrounds who could not afford them. Foreclosures followed , with more to come. The dire effects of these sub prime loans are now bouncing back hot potato fashion into the laps of the banksters , leaving a depressed and uncertain United States housing market and a possible worldwide recession.Time has arrived to regulate these banksters. Gut this greedy bunch of cheap suited thieves out , and reform this sordid mess and the k-street gang that deliver's the banksters requests to our elected officials. Yes , it does take two to tango , and many of the home owners who borrowed against their futures from some of the banksters are not without fault. In the cases of the banksters selling " undocumented loans" to clients who could plainly not afford them , let the mantle of proof fall on the banksters corner. Remember , these same banksters considered it fair business practice to peddle credit cards to incoming collegiate freshmen at near usurious rates and string out the frosh's with debt for their student careers. Do not forget as well that this same industry has managed to provide enough credit cards , many at near usurious rates , to American consumers , that it results in a $12,000 plus credit card debt per card holder today. Again it takes two to tango , so why did the banksters need to hire the likes of the k-street gang to radically alter our Federal bankruptcy laws , tipping the bankruptcy consequences of these imprudent credit card loans more to the sucker, er I mean consumer who the banksters fleeced and busted out by charging eighteen percent plus vigrish , er I mean interest. Banker? Loan sharking Gangster? Unfortunately for the American consumer these two businesses share far too much space. Perhaps we can use the Federal Governments RICO program and apprehend and prosecute more of these white collared criminals................ Sports time . Former Cleveland Indians General Manager Gabe Paul was not elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Yes ,Virginia there is a "sanity clause". My old pal Dan Oak asked me via e-mail to comment on the Cleveland Browns , who are known here as the Oranges due to their unsightly orange uniforms sometimes worn . What can one say about these Cleveland footballers? The original Browns team was sold off by the previous owner who was in debt due to bad gambling habits. The new football team was orchestrated locally by some politically corrupt alpaca farmer , and has cost us our Lakefront access and our beloved Cleveland Municipal Stadium. In it's place we received a former mob lawyer from Youngstown to run affairs , a bankster owner , and a pug ugly new stadium , used perhaps ten times per year , in place of the old stadium. As usual we citizens get screwed , others get rich , and the rubes that really believe that the sports book in Las Vegas has nothing to do with the outcome of nfl games deserve to follow professional football today. I will stick with collegiate football, minor league hockey , and any well played hoops or baseball instead of the uninteresting sports folly that is pro football today. Go Oranges! Perhaps if we are fortunate The Oranges will leave in the middle of the night for Las Vegas! Book selling Time! It is as cold as a bankers heart outside , so we must think positive and warm thoughts to survive this frosty day. We will turn then to the fine illustrations of Maxfield Parrish and the text of Louise Saunders who conspired in 1925 to complete this over sized and highly prized example of 20Th Century Illustrated Children's book THE KNAVE OF HEARTS. Remember kids , it was not the banksters who stole the hearts . Not literally as of yet , though if it would prove profitable the bankster might face a conundrum of sorts.Though the banksters sure did break a lot of human hearts by imprudent and criminal business practices. Our best wishes for a speedy recovery to former Liberty Township Ohio sheriff Orlando " Orley" DiLullo who is currently recuperating from a illness . Best wishes to my Family , the DiLullo family , John and Kim.

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