Hillary Clinton and then Odumba supporter Hillary Rosen has just started a lobby called Business Forward that charges $75,000 for access to the Obama administration.
Having a Risk Czar who decides what companies should be allowed to exist or not will make access to the State much more valuable and allow all the Odumbians to enrich themselves further. It is the Rezko land deal repeated on the whole national economy, or a repeat of the fake PR job created for Michelle Obama so that the Univ. Chicago hospital would payhr $350,000 for access to a state and then US Senator. Obama, Rosen and all demwits are just Jesse Jackson shake down con artists Hilary Rosen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Hillary Rosen <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hillary_Rosen&redirect=no>) Jump to: navigation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Rosen#column-one>, search <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Rosen#searchInput> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Unbalanced_scales.svg> The *neutrality<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view>of this article is disputed <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV_dispute>*. 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Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOVD#What_is_an_NPOV_dispute.3F> *(December 2007)* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg> This article includes a list of references<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources>or external links <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links>, but *its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Inline_citations> .* Please improve<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Fact_and_Reference_Check>this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:When_to_cite>. *(December 2008)* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:070516_ENTRosen_vl.widec.jpg> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:070516_ENTRosen_vl.widec.jpg> *Hilary Beth Rosen* (born October 22<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_22>, 1958 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958>) is the managing partner of the DC office of the Brunswick Group, a London based PR and communications strategy firm. She joined Brunswick in December 2008. She is also currently an on-air Contributor for CNN <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN> and Washington Editor at Large for The Huffington Post<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post>and was the online newspaper's Political Director during the 2008 election. She was with the Recording Industry Association of America<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America>(RIAA) from 1987 to 2003 and served as chairman and chief executive from 1998 to 2003. And she was President of a start up website, OurChart.com from 2006 to 2008. Rosen was at RIAA during the most turbulent and disruptive times in the music industry. She was a major lobbying force on Capitol Hill and a regular presence on behalf of the industry in the media. She raised RIAA's profile from a little known trade group to the most visible and influential music industry voice in Washington and around the country. Her longtime close relationship with Democratic members of Congress led to the passage of several pieces of legislation during her tenure. While the business models were under development by the record labels, RIAA advanced a legal and PR<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_relations>campaign to limit the digital file swapping of copyrighted <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright> music, a practice whose popularity increased dramatically with improved personal computer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer> multimedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia> capabilities and expanded broadband <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband> Internet<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet>access. During her tenure, the RIAA achieved a number of legal victories in the United States, including: - The dismantling of the Napster <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster>and Audiogalaxy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiogalaxy> Internet file-trading services. Rosen has publicly expressed regret at the result of the Napster litigation. Not from a legal perspective, which she defended, but for the way it limited the debate over online music. - Passage of the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act> . - Initiating the Grokster lawsuit on which the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the record industry - Passage of the Performance Rights Act creating a public performance right for the first time for sound recordings - Passage of the Record Rental Act providing additional rental protection for sound recordings - Passage of numerous trade treaties providing increased protection for US intellectual property abroad Rosen also launched initiatives to encourage industry-wide standards of new digital copyright protection technologies, including copy protected CDs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc>and a number of digital rights management <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management>-enabled media formats for personal computers. Copy-protected CDs have not been popular with consumers because they cannot be played in most car CD players or on PCs, and only a few pilot titles were ever distributed with the technology. Rosen left RIAA before the start of a controversial program to sue individuals for file swapping. Despite the RIAA's aggressive tactics, online file-swapping has continued to grow. Industry critics, including those within the Association, have begun to question the effectiveness of the campaign. Indeed, many believe that the RIAA's activities alienated consumers and some popular artists from the very music industry the RIAA is supposed to protect. Rosen has expressed her agreement with this assertion. Nonetheless, while RIAA was the enforcement arm of the industry, the member companies were responsible for moving their businesses on-line. Many say that despite Rosen's public loyalty to the industry, much of her last few years were spent privately encouraging the member companies to embrace internet distribution. The slow pace resulted in her ultimate frustration and in the industry being unable to catch up with the phenomenon of free file sharing. On January 22 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_22>, 2003, Rosen announced that she would resign as head of the RIAA at the end of 2003, in order to spend more time with her partner, Elizabeth Birch<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Birch>, and the couple's twins (a boy and a girl). She began a television commentator career first with CNBC and then with MSNBC. She signed with CNN in April 2008. Rosen and Birch separated in 2006. On November 30 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_30>, 2004, Rosen became the interim director for the Human Rights Campaign<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Campaign>, a leading GLBT <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLBT> lobbyist organization, following the ouster of Cheryl Jacques<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Jacques>. Hilary's partner, Elizabeth, was the executive director of HRC for eight years prior to Jacques' assumption of the post. Since May 2005 she's been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post>and a consultant to companies in the media industry such as XM Radio <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM_Radio>, Viacom<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom>and Snocap <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snocap>. In December 2006 Rosen founded a consulting firm specializing in digital media and the entertainment industry with Jason Berman, former Chairman of the International Recording Industry Association (IFPI) called Berman Rosen Global Strategies. That firm closed when Rosen Joined Brunswick. In January 2007, she launched OurChart.com with business partner Ilene Chaiken<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilene_Chaiken>, creator of the L Word <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_Word>. OurChart.com is a social networking and entertainment site targeted to lesbians and their friends based on the SHowtime series, The L Word. Showtime Networks is a financial partner in the website. On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Ohio mark <[email protected]>wrote: > > I wonder if Congress will be passing any unconstitutional bills of > attainder to confiscate Rahm "Dead Fish" Emanuel's ill-gotten wealth: > > Before its portfolio of bad loans helped trigger the current > housing crisis, mortgage giant Freddie Mac was the focus of a major > accounting scandal that led to a management shake-up, huge fines and > scalding condemnation of passive directors by a top federal regulator. > > One of those allegedly asleep-at-the-switch board members was > Chicago's Rahm Emanuel — now chief of staff to President Barack Obama > — who made at least $320,000 for a 14-month stint at Freddie Mac that > required little effort. > > As gatekeeper to Obama, Emanuel now plays a critical role in > addressing the nation's mortgage woes and fulfilling the > administration's pledge to impose responsibility on the financial > world. > > Emanuel's Freddie Mac involvement has been a prominent point on > his political résumé, and his healthy payday from the firm has been no > secret either. What is less known, however, is how little he > apparently did for his money and how he benefited from the kind of > cozy ties between Washington and Wall Street that have fueled the > nation's current economic mess. … > > He was named to the Freddie Mac board in February 2000 by Clinton, > whom Emanuel had served as White House political director and vocal > defender during the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals. > > The board met no more than six times a year. Unlike most fellow > directors, Emanuel was not assigned to any of the board's working > committees, according to company proxy statements. Immediately upon > joining the board, Emanuel and other new directors qualified for > $380,000 in stock and options plus a $20,000 annual fee, records > indicate. > > On Emanuel's watch, the board was told by executives of a plan to > use accounting tricks to mislead shareholders about outsize profits > the government-chartered firm was then reaping from risky investments. > The goal was to push earnings onto the books in future years, ensuring > that Freddie Mac would appear profitable on paper for years to come > and helping maximize annual bonuses for company brass. > > The accounting scandal wasn't the only one that brewed during > Emanuel's tenure. > > During his brief time on the board, the company hatched a plan to > enhance its political muscle. That scheme, also reviewed by the board, > led to a record $3.8 million fine from the Federal Election Commission > for illegally using corporate resources to host fundraisers for > politicians. Emanuel was the beneficiary of one of those parties after > he left the board and ran in 2002 for a seat in Congress from the > North Side of Chicago. > > "Political muscle" describes what Emanuel provided in exchange for his > ride on the gravy train. > > Financial disclosure statements that are required of U.S. House > members show Emanuel made at least $320,000 from his time at Freddie > Mac. Two years after leaving the firm, Emanuel reported an additional > sale of Freddie Mac stock worth between $100,001 and $250,000. … One > of Emanuel's fellow directors at Freddie Mac was Neil Hartigan, the > former Illinois attorney general. Hartigan said Emanuel's primary > contribution was explaining to others on the board how to play the > levers of power. > > He was respected on the board for his understanding of "the > dynamics of the legislative process and the executive branch at senior > levels," Hartigan recalled. … > > Another focus of Freddie during Emanuel's day — and one that > played to his skill set — was a stepped-up effort to combat > [Republican] congressional demands for more regulation. > > Dead Fish's Freddie connection continued after he left to join the > Leviathan as a congresscrook. > > Federal campaign records show that Emanuel received $25,000 from > donors with ties to Freddie Mac in the 2002 campaign cycle, more than > twice the amount collected that election by any other candidate for > the U.S. House or Senate. > > Emanuel joined the House in January 2003 and was named to the > Financial Services Committee, where he also sat on the subcommittee > that directly oversaw Freddie Mac. A few months later, Freddie Mac > Chief Executive Officer Leland Brendsel was forced out, and the > committee and subcommittee launched hearings to sort out the mess, > spanning more than a year. Emanuel skipped every hearing, > congressional records indicate. > > As for the Obamination administration's loudly promised > "transparency"… > > The Obama administration rejected a Tribune request under the > Freedom of Information Act to review Freddie Mac board minutes and > correspondence during Emanuel's time as a director. > > But not to worry: > > Sarah Feinberg, a spokeswoman for Emanuel, said there was no > conflict between his stint at Freddie Mac and Obama's vow to restore > confidence in financial institutions and the executives who run them. > > Let's not single out Dead Fish. He was hardly the only Democrat in > Congress to help create the Freddie/Fannie fiasco that is snowballing > into a depression. He's not even the only one who went on to the White > House. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
