{"id":5488,"date":"2012-09-22T10:03:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T16:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/?p=5488"},"modified":"2012-09-25T19:02:27","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T01:02:27","slug":"september-22-2012-loren-j-enns-the-sword-of-liberty-robert-mazur-money-laundering-and-dale-brown-tigers-claw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/?p=5488","title":{"rendered":"September 22, 2012 &#8211; Loren J. Enns, &#8220;The Sword of Liberty,&#8221; Robert Mazur, &#8220;Money Laundering,&#8221; and Dale Brown, &#8220;Tiger&#8217;s Claw&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>September 22, 2012\u00a0 Archives\/Pod Casts\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/archives2012.gcnlive.com\/Archives2012\/sep12\/AmerikaNow\/0922121.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Hour 1<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/archives2012.gcnlive.com\/Archives2012\/sep12\/AmerikaNow\/0922122.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Hour 2<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/archives2012.gcnlive.com\/Archives2012\/sep12\/AmerikaNow\/0922123.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Hour 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hour 1:\u00a0 Loren J. Enns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5489\" src=\"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/SwordofLibertyBOOKCOVER-112x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5504\" src=\"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/LorenENNS-PHOTO-146x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"150\" \/>Joining Amerika Now during the first hour of the show is computer engineer turned author <strong>Loren J. Enns<\/strong> to discuss his new book, <strong><em>The Sword of Liberty. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enns says that &#8220;Our government is bankrupting America&#8221; and that &#8220;we can stop it by unleashing the Constitution&#8217;s greatest power!&#8221;\u00a0 Our government and politicians, both left and right, have failed us.\u00a0 Enns proposes a National Initiative Process that he believes could be used to stop our government from bankrupting America.\u00a0 He says this process is a way \u201cwith which the American people can attempt to seize destiny from the hands of our government and return representative democracy to the people while getting the money and privilege out of politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We the American People and our Republic are suffering because of domination by the rich few and moneyed interests.\u00a0 Laws are made based on special interests, while public welfare is often set aside.\u00a0 Money not only talks, it rules.\u00a0 Corruption and collusion are running rampant, and the government and politicians, both left and right, are failing us.\u00a0 Without reform, there can be no real control of these moneyed interests; but until politicians stand up and are responsible to the people only, there will be no reform.<\/p>\n<p>If we cannot trust those working within the system to fix it, is there another way?\u00a0 Did the Founding Fathers leave us an emergency Constitutional mechanism that could be used to both bypass the federal government and amend the Constitution if necessary?<\/p>\n<p>Enns believes the Founding Fathers did leave us such a mechanism\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.article-v-convention.com\/\">Article V Convention<\/a>, which could be used to establish a National Initiative Process and a National Recall Process.\u00a0 The National Initiative Process would allow us to vote directly on federal legislation, while the National Recall Process would allow us to fire and replace the President and members of Congress if necessary.\u00a0 Enns believes that \u201cwith these powers in hand, we could stop our politicians from bankrupting America.\u201d\u00a0 He also believes that \u201cwith this power in hand, our representatives might just start representing us again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>America is calling.\u00a0 Will we join one another in common cause and work together in the spirit with which this country was created, or will we shrink from the moment?<\/p>\n<p>Loren J. Enns is a computer engineering instructor turned author with a passion for politics and American History.\u00a0 He has more than 12 years of experience in reverse engineering the latest technologies from Microsoft &amp; Cisco and teaching them to industry IT engineers.\u00a0 He attended the University of Nebraska and majored in Criminal Justice.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like more information about Loren, please visit his website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swordofliberty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.sword of liberty.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hour 2:\u00a0 Robert Mazur<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5492\" src=\"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/TheInfiltratorBOOKCOVER-99x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" \/><\/strong>Former DEA Undercover Agent and author of\u00a0 <strong><em>The Infiltrator:\u00a0 My Secret Life Inside the Dirty Banks Behind Pablo Escobar&#8217;s Medellin Cartel <\/em><\/strong>joins Amerika Now during the second hour to discuss money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, members of\u00a0 a U.S. Subcommittee demanded that the CEO of Wal-Mart, Michael  Duke, respond to accusations that the company fostered bribery, tax  evasion and possible money laundering in Mexico.\u00a0\u00a0 Henry Waxman and Elijah Cummings sent a formal request to Wal-Mart for the production of records relative \u201cnot only to bribery, but also to questionable financial behavior, including tax evasion and money laundering in Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robert will discuss the consequences Wal-Mart faces as a result of this alleged criminal conduct as well as other examples of &#8220;business as usual&#8221; for American-based global companies.\u00a0 He&#8217;ll also talk about the recent high-level arrest of members of the Sinaloa drug Cartel, which shut down a long planned &#8220;pipeline&#8221; for cocaine into the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Agent Robert Mazur spent five years undercover as a money  launderer to the international underworld, gaining access to the zenith  of a criminal hierarchy safeguarded by a circle of dirty bankers and  businessmen who quietly shape power across the globe. These men and  women control multibillion-dollar drug-trafficking empires, running  their organizations like public companies. Accountants, attorneys, and  financial advisors, their roots run deep in their communities, and they  are laundering billions of dollars a year, manipulating complex  international finance systems to serve drug lords, corrupt politicians,  tax cheats, and terrorists. In 1987, Mazur began infiltrating BCCI, the  bankers behind the Medell\u00edn cartel.\u00a0 He meticulously gathered evidence  for years until, during a fake wedding, federal agents arrested over 40  high-ranking criminals, who were all found guilty and sent to prison.<\/p>\n<p>His never-before-told story on how he did it will amaze you and allow you access to an undercover world that exists all around our own.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Robert Mazur, please visit his website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-infiltrator.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.the-infiltrator.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hour 3:\u00a0 Dale Brown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5494\" src=\"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DaleBrownPHOTO-110x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"150\" \/><\/strong>Joining the show during the final, third hour is former U.S. Air Force Captain <strong>Dale Brown<\/strong> who is the superstar author of eleven consecutive New York Times best-selling military-action-aviation adventure novels, including his latest, <strong><em>Tiger&#8217;s Claw.<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The sleeping dragon has been awoken:\u00a0 America and China step to the brink of World War III in Dale&#8217;s newest thriller.\u00a0 The balance of world power, and perhaps the fate of the world itself, hangs in the balance.\u00a0 Brown is known for his authentic expertise which he relays in his books, including whirlwind tours across the cutting-edge of weapons and aeronautics technology as well as an incisive survey of the economic, political and military role the U.S. plays in the Pacific today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5495\" src=\"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/TigersClawBOOKCOVER-99x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everyone&#8217;s aware of China&#8217;s rise to the position of America&#8217;s #1 military, economic and political rival, and everyone is eager to see how the next chapter in this drama will play out.\u00a0 <strong><em>Tiger&#8217;s Claw <\/em><\/strong>is a riveting and factually sound prognosis of what may well lie ahead for our brave new world.<\/p>\n<p>Dale graduated from Penn State with a degree in Western European History and received an Air Force commission in 1978.\u00a0 He was a navigator-bombardier in the B-52G Stratofortress heavy bomber and the FB-111A supersonic medium bomber, and is the recipient of several military decorations and awards, including the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Combat Crew Award, and the Markmanship ribbon.<\/p>\n<p>Dale was also one of the nation&#8217;s first Air Force ROTC cadets to quality for and complete the grueling three-week U.S. Army Airborne Infantry paratrooper training course.<\/p>\n<p>Dale is a volunteer mission pilot for Angel Flight West, a charity medical transportation organization which flies needy persons free of charge to receive medical treatment, a volunteer mission pilot for the Civil Air Patrol, and volunteers for the U.S. Air Force auxiliary, which flies missions in support of the Air Force and other government organizations.\u00a0 He also supports a number of organizations to support and promote law enforcement and reading.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a member of The Writers Guild and a Life Member of the Air Force Association and U.S. Naval Institute.\u00a0 Dale&#8217;s a multi-engine and instrument-rated pilot and can often be found int he skies over the U.S., piloting his own plane.\u00a0 On the ground, Dale enjoys tennis, skiing, scuba diving, and hockey.\u00a0 Dale and his family live near the shores of Lake Tahoe, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Dale Brown, please visit his website at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dalebrown.info\" target=\"_blank\"> www.dalebrown.info<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 22, 2012\u00a0 Archives\/Pod Casts\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hour 1 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 Hour 2 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 Hour 3 Hour 1:\u00a0 Loren J. 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