On Thursday, Patrick made a guest appearance on NPR’s affiliate show “RadioWest“, hosted and produced by Doug Fabrizio. Some of the topics discussed were Patrick’s recent drive to introduce school vouchers in Utah, developmental economics, his take on Wall Street, politics, and life.
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:38 pm
Post subject: Voucher webcast tonight – call in!
Hey Sports Fans,
Utah has passed a pro-freedom law providing vouchers for kids to attend schools of their choice. It is heavily slanted towards poor kids, who get $3,000 (versus the $500 that children of families earning over $100k will receive). ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tpVnenIpSU )Even in Utah there are, regrettably, people who are against freedom. They have a referendum on tomorrow’s ballot to prevent this law from going into effect. I have been going around the state debating the anti-freedom teams. Tonight I am doing a conference call at 9 PM Mountain Time. Please feel free to call in and listen or ask questions. Even more importantly, find the phone numbers of 5-10 folks you know and call them tomorrow and persuade them to go out and vote for Utah’s Referendum #1 tomorrow.Even the miscreants must understand the situation with education in this country. Those guys are venal, but not stupid. So I invite even them to show some class and help out here.
Patrick
Q&A regarding Referendum 1
Dr. Patrick M. Byrne
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:19 pm
Post subject: DEEP CAPTURE: THE MOVIE
Hey Friends.Two years ago I began a campaign to expose a massive circle of corruption on Wall Street involving something called “naked short selling.” The financial press, which had previously been quite generous towards me, immediately began devoting a tremendous amount of energy to misrepresenting, dismissing, and downplaying my allegations. It began to seem as though they were taking part in a cover-up, especially given that I simultaneously became persona non gratis on Wall Street, so that the entire discourse about whether or not I was right went forward with precisely one person precluded from taking part: me. The lengths to which this cover-up was prosecuted astonished even me: for example, last year a large conference (”Value Investors’ Congress”) invited me to speak, but some powerful hedge funds threatened to boycott if I were allowed to tell me side of the story, and the invitation was rescinded.Times are changing, however, and a few weeks ago I was invited to speak to an even bigger conference of hedge funds. I did so, and was finally able to connect the dots for the public. Please view this by clicking the red button above, and, if you like it, send the link to a dozen friends (or better yet, post links elsewhere on the Internet to this page and www.deepcapturethemovie.com).
Respect,
Patrick M. Byrne
Concerned Citizen
