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Jewish World Review May 24, 2005 / 15 Iyar, 5765

Portfolio of a Non-Reformer

By Tony Snow

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http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Some Democrats are virulently against allowing citizens to invest their money privately instead of throwing it into Social Security. Yet they don’t trust their retirement nest egg to Social Security; instead, they invest it in stocks, bonds, and land holdings. Take a look at the assets held by some of the most prominent opponents of Social Security, and ask yourself: If they want to privately invest their money, why are they trying to prevent us from doing so?

Assets Held by Rep. Chuck Rangel, D-NY

• 74 West 132nd St., New York City, NY,
• Villa, Punta Cana Beach, Dominican Republic
• Metropolitan Life Insurance
• Chase Manhattan Congressional Federal Credit Union
• Greenpoint Bank
• M & T Bank
• Merrill Lynch Account
• Essex National Securities
• Pepsico, Inc.
• AIM Global Technology
• ING Principal Protection Fund
• Alana Muni Income Fund
• New York Port Authority
• Cash / money accounts

Assets Held By Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-MA

• Fleet Bank, Boston, MA
• Citibank, New York, NY
• January 27, 1926 Trusts, Joseph P. Kennedy, Grantor
• FBO Edward M. Kennedy, New York, NY
• FBO Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. New York, NY
• FBO Kathleen K. Hartington, New York, New York
• November 28, 1936 Trust, Joseph P. Kennedy, Grantor
• FBO Edward M. Kennedy, New York, NY
• Edward M. Kennedy Blind Trust, March 13, 1978, Washington DC
• Edward M. Kennedy 1987 Blind Trust, September 23, 1987, Los Angeles, CA
• Edward M. Kennedy 1997 Trust, Funds invested include:
1. Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Income Fund
2. Scudder Massachusetts Tax Free Fund
3. Dreyfus/Laurel FDS Inc. S&P 500 Index Fund (Mutual Fund)
4. Fidelity Spartan 500 Index Fund (Mutual Fund)
• DFA Investment Dimensions Group, Inc. Mutual Fund (IRA)
• Goldman Sachs TR Strategic Growth FDCL Institutional Mutual Fund (IRA)
• PBGH FDS Inc. Clipper Focus Fund Mutual Fund (IRA)
• RS Investment TR Microcap Growth Fund Mutual Fund (IRA)
• Bank of America, Washington, DC
• Fidelity Investments (Mutual Fund) Boston, MA (IRA)
• Funds invested include:
1. Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund
2. Fidelity Contra Fund
3. Spartan US Equity Index Fund
• Fidelity Investments (Mutual fund), Boston, MA. Funds invested include:
1. Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund
2. Fidelity Contra Fund
3. Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund
4. Fidelity Municipal Money Market Fund
• Undeveloped Land in Lafayette, LA

Assets of Senator Harry Reid, D-NV

• Wells Fargo Money Market Checking Account
• Arkport NY Cent. School Dist Municipal Bonds
• Clark Co. Hospital Municipal Bonds
• Gregory Portland, Tex. Indpt. School Municipal Bonds
• Henderson, NV DTD Municipal Bonds
• Illinois State GO Bonds
• Maine Mun. Bd Municipal Bonds
• Mansfield, Tx. Indpt. Municipal Bonds
• Multnomah Cnty. OR Municipal Bonds
• Northbrook, IL Park Dist. Ser. A Municipal Bonds
• Oregon State GO Municipal Bonds
• Maricopa Cnty AZ Unified DTD School Dist. 80 Municipal Bonds
Assets Listed Below are assets of Reid Ltd. Pension and Profit Sharing Trusts
o American Intl. Group, Inc.
o Amgen, Incl.
o Anheuser Busch Cos. Inc.
o Bank of America Corp.
o Bed Bath and Beyond, Inc.
o Cardinal Health, Inc.
o ChevronTexaco Corp.
o Cisco Systems, Inc.
o Citigroup, Inc.
o Danaher Corp.
o Dell Computer corp.
o Diageo PLC-ADR
o Ecolab, Inc.
o Exxon Mobil Corp.
o Federated Investors
o First Data Corp.
o Fortune Brands, Inc.
o Freddie Mac
o General Electric Co.
o Golden West Financial Corp.
o Harley Davidson, Inc.
o HCA Inc.
o Home Depot Inc.
o Intel Corp.
o Intelli-Check, Inc.
o International Bus. Mach. Corp.
o Johnson and Johnson
o JP Morgan Chase Co.
o Kohls Corp.
o Maxim Integrated Prods. Inc.
o MBIA Inc.
o McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
o Medtronic Inc.
o Microsopft Corp.
o Midcap S & P Dep Rec TR United SR 1
o Pepsico Inc.
o Pfizer Inc.
o Procter and Gamble Co.
o SBC Communications, Inc.
o Sysco Corp.
o Target Corp.
o Texas Instruments, Inc.
o United Health Group, Inc.
o United Technologies, Corp.
o US Bancorp Del New
o Verizon Communications
o Wal Mart Stores, Inc.
o Walgreen Co.
o Wells Fargot Money Market Fund

o Cushman #1 Patented Claim, 17.75 acres, more or less.
o 50% interest, Dubuque Patented Claim
o 89% interest in the Elvira, Birdie, and Mesa Patented Claims
o 50 % interest in Part of Parcel III, Lot 10, Searchlight, NV
o 54.1% interest in 55.10 acres, more or less of Patent Survey 2605
o 22.5% interest (held in part as trustee) in 2 parcels in Iron Co. UT
o Patent Survey No. 3902, Oro Flame, Perro Lode, Searchlight, NV, equaling 2.65ac. More or less of Govt. Lot 4.
o Lot 19, Section 27, Township 28 South, Range 63 MDBM including mobile home equaling 4.68 acres, more or less
o A portion of the Iron Clad Lode
o 50% interest in Government lot 10.
o Patented Mining Claims in Searchlight, NV, 75 ac. M/l
o Parcel 1 in Section 31, Twp. 21 South, Range 60 East, MDBM.
o A 47% interest in Parcel 2 in Section 31 Twp. 21 Sou. Range 60 East, MDBM

Assets listed below are assets of Reid Ltd, Pension and Profit Sharing Trusts
o 160 Acres, more or less, in Bullhead City, AZ.
o Lots 19, 20-24, Block B, Grant Central Addition, Searchlight, Clark Co., NV
o Demand note from Harry Reid
o 37.5% interest in 55.10 acre parcel. Patent Survey 2605
o Crown King Mine in Searchlight, NV
o Note and Deed of Trust from Sandra Durgin secured by .85 ac, more or less of the Mesa Claim, Searchlight, NV.


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Assets of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-CA

• 1600 Atlas Peak Road, Napa, CA
• 235 Twelve Inc.— LLC Common Stock (Now 235 Second Twelve Inc.—LLC)
• 25 Point Lobos, San Francisco, CA — Commercial Property
• 45 Belden Place, San Francisco, CA — Four Story Commercial building
• 723 Mule Ears Court, Norden, CA — Townhome
• 820 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, CA—Commercial Property
• Access Technology Partners, LP
• Adaytum Software, Inc.-Common Stock
• Advanced Fiber Communications, Public Common Stock
• Agile Software
• Alliance Gaming Corp. — Public Common Stock
• Alter Ego — Common Stock
• Amazon.com — Public Common Stock
• America’s Doctors.com — Common Stock
• Aplion.com — Common Stock
• Apogee Networks, Inc. — Common Stock (now evident — common stock)
• Aristotle Publishing, Inc. — Common Stock
• Ashlar, Inc. — Common Stock
• AT&T Public — Common Stock
• Atipa Fund B (See Oculan Corp)
• Attenza, LLC — Common Stock
• Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, CA — Owns resort hotel
• Avaya — Public Common Stock
• Bank of America, San Francisco
• Bank of America, Washington, DC
• Beacon Education Management — Common Stock
• BF Enterprises — Common Stock
• Borel Estate Company — Owns shopping center
• Briazz — Public Common Stock
• Broadcom Corp. — Public Common Stock
• Broadway Property, San Francisco, CA — Real Estate Option
• Builder’s Info. Group — Common Stock (Formerly Netclerk)
• Bullhorn (Formerly Bridgepath LLC — Common Stock)
• Calico Commerce — Public Common Stock
• Chalone Wine Group, Ltd.
• Cierra Photonics — Common Stock
• Cisco Systems, Inc. — Common Stock
• CMGI, Inc. — Common Stocks
• Co-Net (Formerly Simplexis.com) — Common Stock
• Coach, Inc. — Public common stock
• Collab.net — Common Stock
• Collaborative Group — Common Stock
• ComCast — Public Common Stock
• Command Audio — Common Stock
• Commerce One, Inc. — Common Stock
• Congressional Credit Union, Washington, DC
• CopperCom, Inc. — Common Stock
• Covalent Technologies — Common Stock
• Critical Path Inc. — Public Common Stock
• Currenex — Common Stock (Formerly FX Trades)
• Digital Fountain — Common Stock
• Digital Intelligence (Now Picture IQCorp)
• EDI Associates, Mill Valley, CA — Hotel Investment
• Emulex — Public Common Stock
• Engage, Inc. — Common Stock
• Evident — Common Stock (Formerly Apogee)
• Fastnet — Common Stock
• Financial Leasing Services, S.F., CA — Investment company
• Forty-Five Belden Corp., S.F., CA — Investment Company
• Genetope Corp. — Public Common Stock
• Getty Images, Inc. — Public Common Stock
• Granite Ventures, LP
• Guru.com — Common Stock (now Unicru)
• IKnowMed Systems, Inc.
• Infospace, Inc. — Public common stock
• Interloci, LLC — Public Common Stock
• Internap Delaware — Common Stock (formerly Internap Network Services)
• Internap Network Services, LLC — Common Stock (Now Internap Delaware)
• Internet Cap. Group — Public Stock
• Intraop, LLC — Common Stock
• Japan Partners — Common Stock (AKA Isochron Data Corp.)
• Jet Blue Air — Public Common Stock
• Johnson & Johnson — Public Common Stock
• Learning Techonolgies, Inc.— Common Stock
• LEG Partners, III, LP — Common Stock
• Liberate Technologies — Public Common Stock
• Lionis Gate Limited Partnership (Cordavalle) — Golf Development Partnership
• Lucent Techonolgies — Public Common Stock (Formerly Nexabit)
• LuxN, LLC — Common Stock
• McGrath Rentcorp, Inc. — Public Common Stock
• Microsoft Corp. — Public Common Stock
• MontaVista, LLC — Common Stock
• Mosher Partners, LP, Sacramento, CA — Real Estate Partnership
• Natelli Communities — Real Estate Partnership
• Nautilus Leasing Services — Container leasing company
• Navis Holdings, LLC — Common Stock
• Net2Phone, Inc. — Public Common Stock
• Netcessity — Common Stock
• NetSchools Corp. — Common Stock (Now Plato—Common Stock)
• Niku Corp. — Public Common Stock
• Niman Ranch — Common Stock
• Nine Forty Five Battery, LLC, San Francisco, CA — Real Estate Partnership
• Nine Hundred One Battery, San Francisco, CA — Real Estate Partnership
• Oakwood Homes Corp — Bonds
• Oculan Corp — Common Stock
• Odyssey, LLC — Common stock
• Orlimar, LLC — Common Stock
• Overstock.com — Public Common Stock
• Pacific Island Resources LLC — Common Stock
• Piatti Restaurant Co., Tiburon, CA — Restaurant Opening Company
• Picture IQ Corp. — Common Stock (AKA Digital Intelligence)
• Plato — Common Stock (Formerly Netschools — Common Stock)
• Plumtree Software, Inc. — Common Stock
• Polycom — Public Common Stock
• Potomac Investment Association, Gaithersburg, MD — Real Estate Partnership
• Procure Point — Common Stock
• QIC (Quinton Instrument Company) — Public Common Stock (Now Quinton Cardiology Sys., Inc.)
• QualComm, Inc. — Public Common Stock
• Rainmaker Systems, Inc — Common Stock
• Read-Rite Corp, Inc. — Public Common Stock
• Ready Router (Now Netcessity)
• Recommender 2 — Common Stock
• Redenvelope — Public Common stock
• REOF V — Real Estate Partnership
• RF Micro Devices, Inc — Public Common Stock
• Robert Half Intl., Inc. — Public Common Stock
• Salesforce.com, LLC — Common Stock
• Salon.com — Public Common Stock
• Shutterfly — Comon Stock
• Skellenger Lane, Rutherford, CA — 8 acre vinyard
• Slam Dunk Networks, Inc.
• Sonus Networks, Inc.—Public Stock
• Speakeasy, Inc. — Common Stock
• Spirian, LLC — Common Stock
• Stoneridge, LLC
• Sun Microsystems — Public Common Stock
• Support Inc. — Common Stock (AKA Support Soft, Inc.)
• TeraOp, LLC — Common Stock
• Thirteen Hundred One Sansome, LLC — Real Estate Partnership
• Tripath Technology, Inc. — Common Stock
• Trivium Systems, Inc — Common Stock
• Trux Gate Associates Ltd, Real Estate Partnership
• Unicru Common Stock (Formerly Guru.com)
• Union Bank of California, San Francisco, CA — savings account
• USA DR — Common Stock
• Vanguard Airlines, Inc — Public Common Stock
• Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, CA — Savings account
• Witness Sys, Inc. — Public Common Stock
• Xtreme Spectrum, Inc. — Common Stock
• Yantra Corp — Common Stock
• Yerac Associates — Investments
• Zinfandel Lane, St. Helena, CA

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