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Reuse artist. Hong Kong Willie. Artist of the 60’s in the now. Acclaimed Florida folk artist, Living the Life of using objects for many uses. Follow the travels of life.

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Artist Born for this time, Lived on a landfill as a child. Reuse Became the way of life. To read the story from the inception of the Name Hong Kong Willie. Famed, by the humble statements from the Key West Citizen, viable art from reuse has found its time. To Live a life in the art world and be so blessed to make a social impact. Artists are to give back, talent is to tell a story, to make change. Reuse is a life experience. Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery In Tampa, a reuse Art Gallery. Artist Kim,Derek,and Joseph. reuse artist that have lived the life and are meant for the green movement in the world. A gallery that was born for this time. Artist living a freegan life,art that makes a social statement of reuse. Media that has a profound effect in making the word green truly a movement of reuse in the world today and the future.

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$98,000.00 USD

1 in stock

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Hong Kong Willie. The name of the artist. In 1958 his mother took Hong Kong Willie to an art class. The name started then. An art teacher when doing crafts out of Gerber baby bottles, made a statement, in Hong Kong reuse was common. At that time he thought this was very interesting. His father had low-land, at that time landfills were common also. The county had told Hong Kong Willie’s father, it was safe, but as we now know this was not so. Something can come from bad to be good. Hong Kong Willie the name came from that art teacher impressing on that young mind that objects made for one use could be for many other uses. Hong Kong for the neat concept. Willie for an American name. So for many years Hong Kong Willie had a life of reuse. Hong Kong Willie saw forms in a different light, His life now was meaningful, knowing this was and would be his life. Art made from found objects, making less of a footprint on this world. Art and art teachers, HOW IMPORTANT. For the ones that have, and the ones who have not. Media can be found. Now 50 years later, we know now being green is important. We need to look at this very carefully. Our children and our world need a different understanding. Objects can be used in many different ways. Hong Kong Willie the tons of objects in his life that have been used, without much change, So for that art teacher what she did for my life. Thank You. I still have the Gerber baby bottle till this day. Hong Kong Willie.
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Eye of Toucan

Hong Kong WIllie Original Art

$8,100.00 USD

1 in stock

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Hong Kong Willie "Eye of Toucan"

Authentic Key West influenced art. What once would have been sawdust spread to the wind, is now what you see here.

Superior reuse of materials.

Wood Source: Aged Sawmill Stock
Copper Hanger Source: Reclaimed Wire
Backing Screw Source: Reclaimed Brass Screw
Key West Fisherman ID Tag Referenced in ARtists Log
Hong Kong Willie Artist: Kim Brown

Hong Kong Willie Preservation Art Group

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December 4 2010

Tampa Art Galleries坦帕藝術畫廊
Famous Etsy Artist of the 60's in the now. Etsy的著名藝術家的60個在現在。 Acclaimed Florida folk artist, living the life of using objects for many uses.美國佛羅里達州著名的民間藝人，這種生活的使用對象的多種用途。 Look at the travels of life.看看旅遊生活。
Tampa Art Galleries,Tampa Art Gallery, Hong Kong Willie Etsy Art gallery坦帕藝術畫廊，坦帕藝術畫廊，香港威利Etsy的藝術畫廊

Artist Born for this time, Lived on a landfill as a child.藝術家出生的這個時候，住在一個垃圾填埋場的一個孩子。 Reuse Became the way of life.重用成為生活的方式。 To read the story from the inception of the Name Hong Kong Willie.要閱讀的故事從開始的姓名：香港威利。 Famed, by the humble statements from the Key West Citizen, viable art from reuse has found its time.著名的，由簡陋的報表中基韋斯特公民的，可行的藝術從時間找到了它的重用。 To Live a life in the art world and be so blessed to make a social impact.讓自己的生命在藝術的世界，是如此幸運，使社會影響。 Artists are to give back, talent is to tell a story, to make change.藝術家們回饋，人才是講一個故事，使變革。 Reuse is a life experience.重用是一種生活體驗。
Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery In Tampa: a reuse Etsy Art Gallery.香港威利畫廊在坦帕：重用Etsy的藝術畫廊。 Artist Kim, Derek, and Joseph.藝術家金，德里克，約瑟夫。 Reuse artists that have lived the life and are meant for the green movement in the world.重複使用的藝術家的生活和居住，目的是為綠色運動中的世界。 A gallery that was born for this time.一個畫廊的誕生為這個時間。 Artists living a freegan life, art that makes a social statement of reuse.藝術家生活在freegan生活，藝術，使社會語句的重用。 Media that has a profound effect in making the word green, truly a movement of reuse in the world today and in the future.媒體具有深遠的影響作出字綠色，真正做到了運動的重用，在當今世界和未來。

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University of South Florida

**University of South Florida Special (Paste In Browser) **南佛羅里達大學的特別（粘貼在瀏覽器）

**Latest University of South Florida Special **最新南佛羅里達大學的特別
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**FOX News Special (Paste in Browser) **福克斯新聞特別（粘貼在瀏覽器中）
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**Best Place to Buy $1 Kitsch to $10,000 Folk Art Best of the Bay Award 2007 **最優的地方購買1美元媚俗至10,000元民間藝術的最佳的海灣獎 2007

Hong Kong Willie.香港威利。 The name of the artist.藝術家的名稱。 In 1958 his mother took Hong Kong Willie to an art class. 1958年他的母親帶閎空威利一個藝術類。 The name started then.這個名字開始，然後。 An art teacher when doing crafts out of Gerber baby bottles, made a statement, in Hong Kong reuse was common.一個藝術老師在做手工出格柏奶瓶，發了言，在香港重用普遍。 At that time he thought this was very interesting.當時他以為這是很有趣。 His father had low-land, at that time landfills were common also.他的父親有低的土地，當時堆填區也很普遍。 The county had told Hong Kong Willie's father, it was safe, but as we now know this was not so.全縣已告訴香港威利的父親，這是安全的，但正如我們現在知道這是不是這樣的。 Something can come from bad to be good.從壞的東西可以來為好。 Hong Kong Willie the name came from that art teacher impressing on that young mind that objects made for one use could be for many other uses.香港威利的名字來自這個美術老師在這幼小的心靈中留下深刻印象的對象作出一個可以利用許多其他用途。 Hong Kong for the neat concept.香港整潔的概念。 Willie for an American name.威利一個美國名字。 So for many years Hong Kong Willie had a life of reuse.因此，對於許多多年，香港威利有生命的重用。 Hong Kong Willie saw forms in a different light, His life now was meaningful, knowing this was and would be his life.香港威利看到了形式不同的光，他現在的生活是有意義的，知道這是和將是他的生命。 Art made from found objects, making less of a footprint on this world.藝術製成的發現物體，從而使較少的足跡在這個世界上。 Art and art teachers, HOW IMPORTANT.藝術和美術教師，多麼重要。 For the ones that have, and the ones who have not.對於那些有，和那些誰沒有。 Media can be found.媒體可以找到。 Now 50 years later, we know now being green is important.現在 50年過去了，現在我們知道綠色是重要的。 We need to look at this very carefully.我們必須非常仔細地看看這個。 Our children and our world need a different understanding.我們的孩子和我們的世界需要一個不同的理解。 Objects can be used in many different ways.對象可以被用在許多不同的方法。 Hong Kong Willie the tons of objects in his life that have been used, without much change, So for that art teacher what she did for my life.香港威利噸的對象在他的生活已被使用，沒有太大變化，因此，對於什麼是美術老師是為我的生活。 Thank You.謝謝你。 I still have the Gerber baby bottle till this day.我仍然有嘉寶嬰兒奶瓶，直到這一天。 Hong Kong Willie.香港威利。

Hong Kong Willie Key West Artist and Tampa Tourist Attraction.香港威利基韋斯特藝術家和坦帕的旅遊景點。 Hong Kong Willie: Group of artists telling how to use objects for many different purposes.香港威利：集團的藝術家告訴如何使用對象為許多不同的目的。 Looking outside of the box, learning to find solutions in a positive way.看外面的框，學習找到解決辦法，以積極的方式。 Complaining without a solution is like trying to wake a dead man.抱怨沒有辦法解決的，無異於喚醒一個死人。 Nothing is going to happen.沒有什麼事情發生。 The solution to leaving less of a foot print on this earth is left to each one of us.在離開該解決方案少一個腳印留在這個地球上每一個我們。 Finding the positive side and focusing positive energy is change for the good.尋找積極的一面，重點是積極的能量變化為好。 Hong Kong Willie has for many years looked outside of the box.香港威利多年來一直看著外面的框。 Take a look at the other story told by University of South Florida on ways to change and the social impact we all can make.看看這個故事告訴其他南佛羅里達大學就如何改變和社會影響，我們都可以做。 To live and help and not complain and spend that energy to leave less of a foot print is a good thing.為了生活和幫助，而不是抱怨，花較少的能量離開一個腳印是一件好事。

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Artist Born for the Green Movement.
It all started on a landfill in Tampa.
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Handbags made in Tampa Florida

$175.00 USD

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"I am ready to travel with you. Made for you, there is only one of me. This is my story: I am a Hong Kong Willie Handmade Bag, arriving from one destination, joining you on your life’s journey. On these travels we will find a way that more of us change. As in my purpose and your purpose, we are all meant for many uses."

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Best Place to Buy $1 Kitsch & $10,000 Folk Art Best of the Bay Award:
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Hand Made Bag
Shell: Burlap Coffee Bag
Source: Third Generation Coffee Roaster
Stitching: Recovered Yarn
Handle: Baseball Panel
Source: Recovered Game-Used Baseball
Source: Tampa Bay
Handle, Label, Pockets:
Source: Artist Worn Clothing (HKW)
Inner Pockets: 2
Outer Pocket: Tampa Bay Buccaneer (Artist Worn)
Dimensions:
Length(Strap to Bottom)-29"
Actual Length-19"
Width-11"

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Artist Born for this time, Lived on a landfill as a child. Reuse Became the way of life. To read the story from the inception of the Name Hong Kong Willie. Famed, by the humble statements from the Key West Citizen, viable art from reuse has found its time. To Live a life in the art world and be so blessed to make a social impact. Artists are to give back, talent is to tell a story, to make change. Reuse is a life experience.
Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery In Tampa, a reuse Art Gallery. Artist Kim,Derek,and Joseph. reuse artist that have lived the life and are meant for the green movement in the world. A gallery that was born for this time. Artist living a freegan life,art that makes a social statement of reuse. Media that has a profound effect in making the word green truly a movement of reuse in the world today and the future.

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... The FBI I know has their Handfuls with
fraud,but this is a Big Fish. The reco act was made for this type of
crime. They got AL Capone,Jimmy Hoffa,soon to be Jesse Willms Owner of
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Prison Time ,possible for Facebook executives and Swipebids executives.

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SwipeBids.com is a SCAM Today I was motoring around Facebook, clicking status and taking names,
when one of those sidebar ads caught my attention. They did it by
appealing to my man gene. There are three ways to appeal to someone’s
man gene. You can show him a woman in a seductive pose, you can show him
a frosty mug of beer, or you can show h...im a BBQ Grill the size of a
Chevy with wheels and tires and enough gleaming stainless steel to blind
low-flying birds. That last one is what they used on me. Just below the
picture of Grillasarus Rex was the following text.
http://thegraygeek.blogspot.com/2010/08/scam-of-penny-auctions-swipebidscom.html

The Gray Geek: The scam of penny auctions: Swipebids.com.

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SwipeBids.com is a SCAM I Had the same exact experience as the previous consumer. I got an
e-mail about how people bought the new ipad for pennies from this ??? government
auction site. They asked for my information which I filled out and my
credit card number which I thought that if I won they needed that, never
knew they will charge it $150... abou 50 cents a bid ..no contract..no
terms. To my surprise they charged immediately my credit card $150 which
I couldn't stop and I have to fill papers and file complaints to be
able to get my money back. Biggest scam and very clever
fraud..BEWARE!!!!! http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=82278

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SwipeBids.com is a SCAM I joined this site with the expectation that I was going to pay $1 for
the sample bids to try it out. By the time I got done entering my credit
card information I realized they took me for $150!! It is impossible
to change the package to the $1 package. And they won't give me a
refund. They keep giving me the run arou...nd. I believe this is also a
scam in the fact that you can bid and bid but never really win. There
are bidders that are on every single auction. Why is that fair? They
should limit people to a few auctions at a time. They apparantly have a
way that the site will just bid for you every so often. This site needs
to be closed down! Don't fall for it! They are ripping people off! http://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/www.swipebids.com

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SwipeBids.com is a SCAM Facebook do they know their advertisers. Is Facebook agreeing
to Swipebids fraud,Is Facebook a company that is involved in Fraud.
Facebook has a advertising agreement,. Now should Facebook be
investigated and charged with Fraud. The FBI unit
http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/internetschemes, is and reviewing
...Facebook , Swipebids, as reliable sources have said. Facebook has been
informed that federal indictments could be coming. This could make or
end Facebook as we know it today. As we have seen other social site as
Myspace dwindle, could this Fraud end Facebook. As today Facebook
continues to run the Swipebibs Add. Will indictments of Key players in
Facebook change the way we see advertisers that are knowing
fraud. Facebook may be proven to be a willing party in this fraud. Also
sources say the jail time for the Facebook people involved could face 20
to 30 years. A key player in this fraud has said that everyone new what
was going on. Now it is said Facebook executives are scrambling to
cover up the knowledge of the fraud and the sites that informed everyone
of the events, it is said emails that key players have disappeared.It
is also been reported that a key player at Facebook has turned to
Federal people to testify to avoid prison time.It is also reported that
Facebook could face fines in the muti million dollar range. Facebook
may be the first to find out knowing that information is their Business
and should have know-ed. Is this going to be Facebook Gate. internet
fraud might have hit a big Fish this time. Did Facebook know,Did
Facebook contrive and conspire this ,Is Facebook in the bushiness of
knowing what is in the world of info. Fraud ,Facebook, Swipebids,is it
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Randall J. Pederson Why doesn't the FTC do anything about this? Both Swipe Bids and Quibids are both scams and guilty, at bare minimum, of gross false advertising. They're worse than casinos.

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- SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM
  
  For the sake of keeping this directed where it needs to be and for the sake of not making contention with the small fish... PLEASE REFRAIN FROM MENTIONING QUIBIDS! I have warned you before. I will not warn you again. I am not protecting Qui...bids, and you have the right to say whatever you wish outside of this site, but for reasons which are obvious, I have politely requested that you refrain from discussing Quibids at all on this page. If you want to start a separate complaint it would be wise to have evidence and start a separate page for them specifically. Any further infraction of my request will result in a removal of your comment.
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  Friday at 6:27am · ·
- Randall J. Pederson ‎1. I am new to the site. This was my first post
  2. You have never warned me before
  3. I thought this was an issue with penny auctions in general not with just one variety
  
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  I apologize for my harsh words. No this is divoted primarily against swipebids only. I have reasons for this. Thank you for joining our page. I want you to know I may or may not agree with your statements against Quibid, but the reason for.... Keeping Thomas out of it is two fold. They are not the big fish and ths site is about swipebids/swipeauctions... no other company is involved except those who work for and in conjunction with swipebids. I do not want to be accused of false allegation without proof. This is not a hate on penny auctions page. It is a community action page against Jesse Willms' Swipebids/SwipeAuctions. Therefore your complaints must stay in line with the issue. If and when Swipebids lawyers come knocking, I must be able to defend these complaints and not have random allegations which make this page look like it retakes without probable and probable cause. I hope this all makes sense. I am in no way protecting any other penny auction. Fact is I see it as a way to make killer profits while making a general mockery of the original meaning of a penny auction. I am not impressed. I only became involved because of an ad about electronics and got sucked in by them stealing my $150. If I had of seen this before I had my money stolen, I never would have even ventured into penny auctions. I am perfectly happy to buy things new at retail prices with sales and promotions. Tigerdirect and Fry's are my main sources for electronic gear. I do not gamble or take chances with my money. Period.See More
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SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM Please forward this link to all of the complaint boards you find. Bring as many people as you can onboard. The more people are here and signed to the petition, the more power we have to voice our complaint.

SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM SERIOUSLY! Tell me this is not a giant internet mob and I will tell you that you must be on the payroll.

2009 MAFIA INVESTIGATION: THE LARGEST SCAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNET - WHERE IS THE FBI?

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The Largest Internet Scam/Fraud in the History of the Internet - Protect Yourself - Get a refund

SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM Damn good article which seriously is one of the first things that got my attention there was a serious issue with Swipebids... saddly AFTER I had already been duped.

SwipeBids.com Possibly Tied to Jesse Willms Just Think Media

www.pennyauctionwatch.com

Penny Auction Swipebids.com may be owned by Jesse Willms of Just Think Media in Alberta Canada.

SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM Its nice to know he can pretend. Should we all make believe with him? Oh and note that he JUST posted the last blog post!!! Yea! Yesterday!!! Its not working Jesse.

Jesse Willms Internet Ethics

jessewillmsethics.com

Jesse Willms personal take on ethics. How his experiences have shaped his views and general Internet marketing ethics.

SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM Letter from Lawyer office
http://www.pyxisstudios.us/ftp_uploads/public_files/Ltr_to_M_Larson_re_Swipebids_com.pdf

SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM

UPDATE: What I have to say under legal counsel.

Based on legal counsel I received today, I was informed that if the law firm who sent me the cease and desist letter does press charges, I will have a definitive case against them. It would be frivolous for them to pursue me for defamation because my remarks are true...

Emi Khalib-Simmons Hey peeps! Got a good news today!! Got back my $159 today! They finally credited my money back in my account!! Geeezz.. what a war!

SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM

Threats by Swipebids... Take a look for yourself.

It seems that this is not a case I can file as a Class Action because I received my refund. It has become personal and these lawyers want to make personal threats against me for speaking out, and organizing you all into a community action group...

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SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM changed their Description.

Michael Continues I GOT MY MONEY BACK! Here's how: I made the big mistake at the beginning of June. I immediately sent them (via postal mail) the return form and used up all my bids to comply with their rules.
I had to contact them four times, during which they gave me a bunch of excuses for why they hadn't credited me yet.
...
Finally, SwipeBids told me to contact my credit card to file a complaint and get the money back. This I did, and I am finally free of SwipeBids.
My suggestion is that you fill out the return form and within a week or so, contact your credit card company to save yourself the 3 months I had to wait.

Al Gates Good for you. Someone has to take on this Jesse David Willms.

SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM Update: I will be speaking with a personal injury lawyer about the legal threats and demand for take-down of this website. I will keep you posted as to a general overview. I guess I put my feet square in the fire by setting up this site and as the lawyers say they want to make an example of me.

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  I dont know if that will work. But if he is interested I will. It seems that this is not a case I can file as a Class Action because I received my refund. It has to do with personal threats by his lawyers.
  ___________________________________......______________________
  We are litigation counsel to SwipeBids_com (“SwipeBids”). We are writing to you about certain false, misleading and defamatory statements made by you regarding SwipeBids’ business practices.
  We are informed that you have posted on your website http://www.pyxisstudios.us/ and other third-party sites, such as Facebook.com, PetitionOnline.com, ScamRaiders.com, ComplaintsBoard.com, and PennyAuctionWatch.com, willfully false and defamatory statements and insinuation intended to injure SwipeBids’ reputation and cause serious harm to its business (see Exhibit A). Some particularly damaging false statements and insinuation include: (1) that SwipeBids uses bot bidders or other automated means to manipulate the bidding process; (2) that SwipeBids auctions are fake with no actual winners; (3) that SwipeBids dupes customers with hidden fees and continuity plans; and (4) generally, that SwipeBids is a scam and engages in fraudulent activity.
  These statements and insinuation are completely false and clearly have been published by you with the malicious intent to damage our client. While you may consider yourself a community crusader or consumer watchdog, your willful or reckless disregard of the truth has
  subjected you to significant personal liability.
  Be advised that our client is looking to make examples of defamers, such as yourself, and given your wanton misconduct, it is difficult to imagine a cleaner-cut set of facts on which our client can build a case and obtain its full measure of remedies.
  (1) Issue a complete and unequivocal retraction of the defamatory statements in writing and in a manner as prominent and conspicuous as the defamatory statements were originally published; and
  (2) Immediately remove all false and defamatory statements regarding SwipeBids, including, without limitation, those located at PyyisStudios.com, Facebook.com, PetitionOnline.com, ScamRaiders.com, ComplaintsBoard.com, and
  (3) Provide a written agreement that you will permanently refrain from the publication of false and defamatory statements regarding SwipeBids in the future.
  Should you refuse to comply with the above-stated demands within three days, our client will file suit against you, in which our client will seek injunctive relief, compensatory and punitive damages, attorneys’ fees, costs and all other available relief. No further demand will be made
  prior to institution of legal proceedings.
  This letter does not constitute a complete or exhaustive statement of all of our client's rights, claims, contentions or legal theories regarding this matter. Nothing stated herein is intended as, nor should it be deemed to constitute, a waiver or relinquishment of any of our
  client's rights or remedies, whether legal or equitable, all of which are hereby expressly reserved.
  This is a confidential legal communication and is not intended for publication, including publication on a website or via email distribution. Any republication of dissemination of any part of this letter will constitute infringement of copyright and a breach of confidentiality.
  Sincerely,
  KRONENBERGER BURGOYNE, LLP
  /s/ Matthew M. Thomson
  Matthew M. Thomson
  cc: SwipeBids_com
  _________________________________________________________
  Mind you they also told me I could NOT reproduce the letter and publish its contents. Another words, dont tell anyone that we are threatening you in a very sinister way, our bullshit is copyrighted, only we can say bullshit, but dont you dare reproduce our bullshit to inform the public or a lawyer about our scare tactics and evil threats and mob tactics.See More
  September 8 at 11:34pm · ·
- SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM Mischelle Bornes, I deleted your response for your protection. But I retained the number.
  
  September 9 at 12:28am · ·
- Mischelle Bornes Thank you :)
  
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SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM Prepare to be dazzeled by soon to be release documents and my reply to threats.
Stay tuned. Will be posting tomorrow, hell be damned to Swipebids chick sh*t lawyers.

Zack Armstrong Anyone here actually get their refund without having to have their bank investigate???

SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM Desperately looking for a lawyer. =(

Wayne Ray Stapleton Well my refund became official today. Key Bank had reversed the charges while doing the 90 day investigation. I just opened the mail and it's official, they found in my favor an have said the 150 they "loaned" me during the investigation is mine to keep. Thank you Key Bank !!

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- SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM Funny that SwipeFraud did not "refund your money" and it seems that you have the only bank I know of that has willingly refunded your money like they are legally bound to do so. Yes, you are blessed to have a good bank.
  
  September 7 at 8:53pm · ·
- Wayne Ray Stapleton
  
  well like i said, they "Loaned" me the 150 during the investigation. The rep told me they was well aware of this company but I had to "go thru the motions". So id di all the forms, waited 90 days. got a few phone calls... an they agreed an ...fullfilled my request.
  Of course "SwipeFraud" didn't, they wanted me to "participate an do the 60 day blah blah.. you know the drill. Which of course negates my rights to demmand a refund... ohwell im glad my money situation was fixed. Now I just wanna stay active in making people aware an stopping this scumbag.See More
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Wayne Ray Stapleton SAME SCUM BAG, DIFFERENT SITE ------ WARNING !!!!

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Hongkongwillie Hongkongwillie Hongkongwillie Facebook ,Is Facebook knowingly involved in Fraud. Updated
September 6 2010
Links to Facebooks shady past,What and who, are they selling your
...information to. How do you think divorce lawyers find their information.
Is it public records who is getting a divorce,is Facebook selling this
information to them and what else. Is Facebook doomed , has their past
business caught up with them. Look at the links below find out for
yourself.
Facebook do they know their advertisers. Is Facebook agreeing
to Swipebids fraud,Is Facebook a company that is involved in Fraud.
Facebook has a advertising agreement,. Now should Facebook be
investigated and charged with Fraud. The FBI unit
http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/internetschemes, is and reviewing
Facebook , Swipebids, as reliable sources have said. Facebook has been
informed that federal indictments could be coming. This could make or
end Facebook as we know it today. As we have seen other social site as
Myspace dwindle, could this Fraud end Facebook. As today Facebook
continues to run the Swipebibs Add. Will indictments of Key players in
Facebook change the way we see advertisers that are knowing
fraud. Facebook may be proven to be a willing party in this fraud. Also
sources say the jail time for the Facebook people involved could face
20 to 30 years. A key player in this fraud has said that everyone new
what was going on. Now it is said Facebook executives are scrambling to
cover up the knowledge of the fraud and the sites that informed
everyone of the events, it is said emails that key players have
disappeared.It is also been reported that a key player at Facebook has
turned to Federal people to testify to avoid prison time.It is also
reported that Facebook could face fines in the muti million dollar
range. Facebook may be the first to find out knowing that information
is their Business and should have know-ed. Is this going to be Facebook
Gate. internet fraud might have hit a big Fish this time. Did Facebook
know,Did Facebook contrive and conspire this ,Is Facebook in the
bushiness of knowing what is in the world of info. Fraud ,Facebook,
Swipebids,is it or is this just hot air.
hongkongwillie.wordpress.com/2010/09/04/facebook-is-faceb...
www.google.com/search?q=swipebibs+scams&ie=utf-8&...
www.facebook.com/pages/SwipeBidscom-is-a-Bloody-SCAM/1290...
www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/20/facebook-ceo-faces-accu...
www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/daily-brief/2007/07/13/face...
social.venturebeat.com/2008/04/07/facebook-to-settle-with...
bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/facebook-to-settle-thor...

http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/internetschemes

www.fbi.gov

Anjella Bailey Hacking Have you called Swipebids lately (1-866-389-3870)?
After suffering through all the garbage about how they are donating money to
helpless children around the world, if you chose the option to talk to someone
about why your credit card has be charged (#7), it just starts the whole
message over again, leaving you hanging in a... never ending loop. Nice.

SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM It always makes me scringe when I see members drop out of this page... It makes me question why they joined... Oh and BTW... We have a lot more members then the Official Swipebids "fan page". Whats that say?

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- Candace Zingg
  
  They Stole my money...so after my threats, they put back 150 into my account, although they took out 159.00??? They stole 500$ on a bid pack i never bid on (and even if I did) they closed my account and I never got to use my bid's, even the... remainder of the 3 package's i did win!...I filled out the online FBI, report/complaint. Wrote my Attorney General...and am going to right the US AG. Holder. Today I am also calling the police to file a report. This Jesse dude has already been sued by microsoft, he paid them a million cash! Sued by Oprha...The class actoin suit I have joined hopefully will recover millions from him. In my reports to FBI/AG, I voiced my concern that he is committing fraud and theft! Serious action should be taken, and he should go to prison. I think it's important that we contact Canadian official's. He lives in Canada so I don't know if they are on to him up there...i'm going to do some research and see! SCAM...SCAM...SCAM!See More
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Signatures!!!!

UPDATE: We have over 300 signatures to our primary petition and almost 100 on the international version. This is about having strength in numbers and a loud call to action. We NEED a lawyer to represent use as an entity...

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SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM changed their Description.

SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM edited their Description and Website.

SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM Excellent little page someone set up. Thanks to the person who built this.

SwipeBids Victim of Deceptive Marketing?

www.swipebidsvictims.com

Information site.

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- SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM It seems Facebook is playing double face. I am starting to honestly wonder about facebook now.
  
  September 7 at 9:07pm · ·
- Mischelle Bornes It's ashame...who the hell can you count on and trust anymore
  
  September 7 at 9:15pm · ·

Facebook do they know their advertisers. Is Facebook agreeing to Swipebids fraud,Is Facebook a company that is involved in Fraud. Facebook has a advertising agreement,. Now should Facebook be investigated and charged with Fraud. The FBI unit http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/internetschemes, is and reviewing Facebook , Swipebids, as reliable sources have said. Facebook has been informed that federal indictments could be coming. This could make or end Facebook as we know it today. As we have seen other social site as Myspace dwindle, could this Fraud end Facebook. As today Facebook continues to run the Swipebibs Add. Will indictments of Key players in Facebook change the way we see advertisers that are knowing fraud. Facebook may be proven to be a willing party in this fraud. Also sources say the jail time for the Facebook people involved could face 20 to 30 years. A key player in this fraud has said that everyone new what was going on. Now it is said Facebook executives are scrambling to cover up the knowledge of the fraud and the sites that informed everyone of the events, it is said emails that key players have disappeared.It is also been reported that a key player at Facebook has turned to Federal people to testify to avoid prison time.It is also reported that Facebook could face fines in the muti million dollar range. Facebook may be the first to find out knowing that information is their Business and should have know-ed. Is this going to be Facebook Gate. internet fraud might have hit a big Fish this time. Did Facebook know,Did Facebook contrive and conspire this ,Is Facebook in the bushiness of knowing what is in the world of info. Fraud ,Facebook, Swipebids,is it or is this just hot air.

Facebook ,Is Facebook knowingly involved in Fraud.

Fraud on Facebook

This is what will happen when you chat with Swipebibs
Please wait for a site operator to respond.
you are now chatting with ‘Rosy’
Rosy: Thank you for visiting SwipeAuctions.com Livechat Line. Our goal is to provide you with excellent customer service while assisting you with any questions or concerns you may have. We are here to help you win auctions, save money and have a great time. May we start with your name please?
you: My name is 0000, my son used my credit card without my permission no more than 10 minutes ago. I am requesting an immediate refund. Thank You
Rosy: I would be happy to assist you with your concern, so in order to pull up the details of your account, can you please provide me with your full name, e-mail address and zip code?
you: My name is 0000, 0000. The email address my son used is 000000
Rosy: Please wait while I check your order details in our system.
you: Billing zip is 0000, he may have used 0000
Rosy: I can definitely help you with your situation. Typically, any charges incurred on your credit card are your responsibility. Regardless, I am very happy to show you how easy it is to obtain a full refund. However, our bank will require your physical signature in order to reverse any unauthorized purchases. Please CLICK HERE to get the refund.
Is there anything further I can assist you with today?
you: No I wish to have a full refund now please, I have researched your company and its history.
you: It was unauthorized
you: I have spoken to counsel. Florida state law requires an immediate refund, Thank You,
Rosy: One moment please.
you: Thank You Rosy.
Rosy: You just need to follow the money back guarantee and your will be processed.
you: No. You will refund my account, this is fraud. I did not authorize this. In addition the scam sites which litter the internet expose their will be no refund. You will refund.
you: NOW
you: Supervisor Please
Rosy: If you wish to refund then you need to follow the money back guarantee.
you: Supervisor Please
you: Supervisor Please
you: Supervisor Please
you: Supervisor Please
Rosy: I am the supervisor of this shift.
you: Refund My Account Now
you: My son is handicapped, it was unauthorized
Rosy: I do apologies for the inconvenience but if you wish to get refund then you need to follow the money back guarantee.
you: http://www.scamraiders.com/forum/categories/internet-1/listForCategory
you: http://bloggerboon.com/2010/06/23/how-swipe-bids-scam-works/
you: http://www.webcops.net/just_think_media_spam_scams_8001.html
you: I am compiling names of SwipeBids victims. Also already talking to a lawyer about a class action lawsuit. Please contact me at olufasugbe@hotmail.com if you are interested to join. I have people already putting their names down. My number is 916-873-4331. This for sure, we can win!
you: http://swipebidsscams.com/
you: Cancel the ACCOUNT. There is no 0000 on the account.

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

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The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (commonly referred to as RICO Act or RICO) is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. RICO was enacted by section 901(a) of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 (Pub.L. 91-452, 84 Stat. 922, enacted October 15, 1970). RICO is codified as Chapter 96 of Title 18 of the United States Code, 18 U.S.C. § 1961–1968. While its intended use was to prosecute the Mafia as well as others who were actively engaged in organized crime, its application has been more widespread.
It has been speculated that the name and acronym were selected in a sly reference to the movie Little Caesar, which featured a notorious gangster named Rico. The original drafter of the bill, G. Robert Blakey, refused to confirm or deny this.^[1] G. Robert Blakey remains an expert on RICO;^[2] his former student Michael Goldsmith also gained a reputation as one of the nation's leading RICO experts.^[3]

[edit] Summary

Under RICO, a person who is a member of an enterprise that has committed any two of 35 crimes—27 federal crimes and 8 state crimes—within a 10-year period can be charged with racketeering. Those found guilty of racketeering can be fined up to $25,000 and sentenced to 20 years in prison per racketeering count. In addition, the racketeer must forfeit all ill-gotten gains and interest in any business gained through a pattern of "racketeering activity." RICO also permits a private individual harmed by the actions of such an enterprise to file a civil suit; if successful, the individual can collect treble damages.
When the U.S. Attorney decides to indict someone under RICO, he or she has the option of seeking a pre-trial restraining order or injunction to temporarily seize a defendant's assets and prevent the transfer of potentially forfeitable property, as well as require the defendant to put up a performance bond. This provision was placed in the law because the owners of Mafia-related shell corporations often absconded with the assets. An injunction and/or performance bond ensures that there is something to seize in the event of a guilty verdict.
In many cases, the threat of a RICO indictment can force defendants to plead guilty to lesser charges, in part because the seizure of assets would make it difficult to pay a defense attorney. Despite its harsh provisions, a RICO-related charge is considered easy to prove in court, as it focuses on patterns of behavior as opposed to criminal acts.^[4]
There is also a provision for private parties to sue. A "person damaged in his business or property" can sue one or more "racketeers." The plaintiff must prove the existence of a "criminal enterprise." The defendant(s) are not the enterprise; in other words, the defendant(s) and the enterprise are not one and the same. There must be one of four specified relationships between the defendant(s) and the enterprise. A civil RICO action, like many lawsuits based on federal law, can be filed in state or federal court.^[5]
Both the federal and civil components allow for the recovery of treble damages (damages in triple the amount of actual/compensatory damages).
Although its primary intent was to deal with organized crime, Blakey said that Congress never intended it to merely apply to the Mob. He once told Time, "We don't want one set of rules for people whose collars are blue or whose names end in vowels, and another set for those whose collars are white and have Ivy League diplomas."^[4]

[edit] RICO offenses

Under the law, racketeering activity means:

Any violation of state statutes against gambling, murder, kidnapping, extortion, arson, robbery, bribery, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act);
Any act of bribery, counterfeiting, theft, embezzlement, fraud, dealing in obscene matter, obstruction of justice, slavery, racketeering, gambling, money laundering, commission of murder-for-hire, and several other offenses covered under the Federal criminal code (Title 18);
Embezzlement of union funds;
Bankruptcy fraud or securities fraud;
Drug trafficking; long-term and elaborate drug networks can also be prosecuted using the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute;
Money laundering and related offenses;
Bringing in, aiding or assisting aliens in illegally entering the country (if the action was for financial gain);
Acts of terrorism.

Pattern of racketeering activity requires at least two acts of racketeering activity, one of which occurred after the effective date of this chapter and the last of which occurred within ten years (excluding any period of imprisonment) after the commission of a prior act of racketeering activity. The U.S. Supreme Court has instructed federal courts to follow the continuity-plus-relationship test in order to determine whether the facts of a specific case give rise to an established pattern. Predicate acts are related if they "have the same or similar purposes, results, participants, victims, or methods of commission, or otherwise are interrelated by distinguishing characteristics and are not isolated events." (H.J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.) Continuity is both a closed and open ended concept, referring to either a closed period of conduct, or to past conduct that by its nature projects into the future with a threat of repetition.

[edit] Where RICO laws might be applied

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Although some of the RICO predicate acts are extortion and blackmail, one of the most successful applications of the RICO laws has been the ability to indict or sanction individuals for their behavior and actions committed against witnesses and victims in alleged retaliation or retribution for cooperating with federal law enforcement or intelligence agencies.
Violations of the RICO laws can be alleged civil lawsuit cases or for criminal charges. In these instances charges can be brought against individuals or corporations in retaliation for said individuals or corporations working with law enforcement. Further, charges can also be brought against individuals or corporations who have sued or filed criminal charges against a defendant.
Anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) laws can be applied in an attempt to curb alleged abuses of the legal system by individuals or corporations who utilize the courts as a weapon to retaliate against whistle blowers, victims, or to silence another's speech. RICO could be alleged if it can be shown that lawyers and/or their clients conspired and collaborated to concoct fictitious legal complaints solely in retribution and retaliation for themselves having been brought before the courts.
Although the RICO laws may cover drug trafficking crimes in addition to other more traditional RICO predicate acts such as extortion, blackmail, and racketeering, large-scale and organized drug networks are now commonly prosecuted under the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute, also known as the "Kingpin Statute". The CCE laws target only traffickers who are responsible for long-term and elaborate conspiracies; whereas the RICO law can be charged for a variety of organized criminal behavior.^[6]

[edit] Famous cases

[edit] Hells Angels Motorcycle Club

In 1979, the United States federal government went after Sonny Barger and several members and associates of the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels using RICO. In United States v. Barger, the prosecution team attempted to demonstrate a pattern of behavior to convict Barger and other members of the club of RICO offenses related to guns and illegal drugs. The jury acquitted Barger on the RICO charges with a hung jury on the predicate acts: "There was no proof it was part of club policy, and as much as they tried, the government could not come up with any incriminating minutes from any of our meetings mentioning drugs and guns".^[7]^[8]

[edit] Frank Tieri

On November 21, 1980, Genovese crime family boss Frank "Funzi" Tieri was the first Mafia boss to be convicted under the RICO Act.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Catholic sex abuse cases

In some jurisdictions, RICO suits have been filed against Catholic dioceses, using racketeering laws to prosecute the higher-ups in the episcopacy for abuses committed by those under their authority. A Cleveland grand jury cleared two bishops of racketeering charges, finding that their mishandling of sex abuse claims didn't amount to criminal racketeering. Certain lawyers and abuse advocates^[who?] have openly wondered why a similar suit was not filed against archbishop Bernard Law, who escaped prosecution by going into exile in Vatican City.^[9]^[10]

[edit] Key West PD

In June 1984, the Key West Police Department in Monroe County, Florida, was declared a criminal enterprise under the federal RICO statutes after a lengthy United States Department of Justice investigation. Several high-ranking officers of the department, including Deputy Police Chief Raymond Cassamayor, were arrested on federal charges of running a protection racket for illegal cocaine smugglers.^[11] At trial, a witness testified he routinely delivered bags of cocaine to the Deputy Chief's office at City Hall.^[12]

[edit] Michael Milken

On March 29, 1989, financier Michael Milken was indicted on 98 counts of racketeering and fraud relating to an investigation into insider trading and other offenses. Milken was accused of using a wide-ranging network of contacts to manipulate stock and bond prices. It was one of the first occasions that a RICO indictment was brought against an individual with no ties to organized crime. Milken pled guilty to six lesser offenses rather than face spending the rest of his life in prison.
On September 7, 1988, Milken's employer, Drexel Burnham Lambert, was also threatened with a RICO indictment under the legal doctrine that corporations are responsible for their employees' crimes. Drexel avoided RICO charges by pleading no contest to lesser felonies. While many sources say that Drexel pleaded guilty, in truth the firm only admitted it was "not in a position to dispute the allegations." If Drexel had been indicted, it would have had to post a performance bond of up to $1 billion to avoid having its assets frozen. This would have taken precedence over all of the firm's other obligations—including the loans that provided 96 percent of its capital. If the bond ever had to be paid, its shareholders would have been practically wiped out. Since banks will not extend credit to a firm indicted under RICO, an indictment would have likely put Drexel out of business.^[13]

[edit] Major League Baseball

In 2002, the former minority owners of the Montreal Expos baseball team filed charges under the RICO Act against Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig and former Expos owner Jeffrey Loria, claiming that Selig and Loria deliberately conspired to devalue the team for personal benefit in preparation for a move.^[14] If found liable, Major League Baseball could have been found liable for up to $300 million in punitive damages. The case lasted for two years, successfully stalling the Expos' move to Washington or contraction during that time. It was eventually sent to arbitration where the arbiters ruled in favor of Major League Baseball,^[15] permitting the move to Washington to take place.

[edit] Pro-life activists

RICO laws were successfully cited in NOW v. Scheidler, 510 U.S. 249, 114 S. Ct. 798, 127 L.Ed. 2d 99 (1994), a suit in which certain parties, including the National Organization for Women, sought damages and an injunction against pro-life activists who physically block access to abortion clinics. The Court held that a RICO enterprise does not need an economic motive, and that the Pro-Life Action Network could therefore qualify as a RICO enterprise. The Court remanded for consideration of whether PLAN committed the requisite acts in a pattern of racketeering activity.

[edit] Mohawk Industries

On April 26, 2006, the Supreme Court heard Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Williams, which concerned what sort of corporations fell under the scope of RICO. Mohawk Industries had allegedly hired illegal aliens, in violation of RICO. The court was asked to decide whether or not Mohawk Industries, along with recruiting agencies, constitutes an 'enterprise' that can be prosecuted under RICO, but in June of that year dismissed the case and remanded it to Court of Appeals.^[16]

[edit] Latin Kings

On August 20, 2006, in Tampa, Florida, most of the state leadership members of the street gang, the Latin Kings, were arrested in connection with RICO conspiracy charges to engage in racketeering and currently await trial. The operation, called "Down Crown," targeted statewide leadership of the Latin Kings. The raid occurred at the Caribbean American Club. Along with Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Tampa Police Department, the State Attorney’s Office, the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were involved in the operation. Included in the arrest were Luis Hernandez, Celina Hernandez, Michael Rocca, Jessica Ramirez, Reinaldo Arroyo, Samual Alvarado, Omari Tolbert, Edwin DeLeon, and many others, totaling 39.

[edit] Gambino crime family

Also, in Tampa, on October 16, 2006, four members of the Gambino crime family (Capo Ronald Trucchio, Terry Scaglione, Steven Catallono and associate Kevin McMahon) were tried under RICO statutes, found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.

[edit] Chicago Outfit

In 2005, the U.S. Department of Justice's Operation Family Secrets indicted 15 Outfit members and associates under RICO predicates. As of 2009 Joseph Lombardo and James Marcello have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

[edit] Anthony Pellicano

Anthony Pellicano (born March 22, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois) is a former high-profile Los Angeles private investigator who recently served a sentence of three and a half years in federal prison for illegal possession of explosives, firearms and homemade grenades, and who was arrested on February 4, 2006, on unlawful wiretapping and racketeering charges.

[edit] Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella

A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Pennsylvania handed down a 48-count indictment against former Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella.^[17] The judges were charged with RICO after allegedly committing acts of Wire fraud, Mail Fraud, Tax Evasion, Money Laundering, and honest services fraud. The judges were accused of taking kickbacks for housing juveniles, that the judges convicted for mostly petty crimes, at a private detention center. The incident was dubbed by many local and national newspapers as the "Kids for cash scandal".^[18]

[edit] Scott W. Rothstein

Scott W. Rothstein is a disbarred lawyer and the former managing shareholder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the now-defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm. He is accused of funding his philanthropy, political contributions, law firm salaries, and an extravagant lifestyle with a massive 1.2 billion dollar Ponzi scheme. On December 1, 2009. Rothstein turned himself in to federal authorities and was subsequently arrested on charges related to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).^[19] Although his arraignment plea was not guilty, Rothstein cooperated with the government and reversed his plea to guilty of five federal crimes on January 27, 2010. His sentencing is scheduled for June, 2010.^[20] Bond was denied by U.S. Magistrate Judge Robin Rosenbaum, who ruled that due to his ability to forge documents, he was considered a flight risk.^[21]

[edit] Luther Jones

Luther E. Jones was indicted on RICO charges along with 10 other defendants, FRANK APODACA and MARC SCHWARTZ, and unindicted conspirators for allegedly assiting ACCESS in obtaining and maintaining lucrative contacts with local and state government entities in the City of El Paso, TX, “through bribery of and kickbacks to elected officials or himself and others, extortion under color of authority, fraudulent schemes and artifices, false pretenses, promises and representations and deprivation of the right of citizens to the honest services of their elected local officials” (see indictment)^[22]. Through the successful representation of Criminal Attorney, Gal Pissetzky, described as the "modern day Perry Mason" and “who could have been on the OJ team” ^[23]codefendant was not included in the indictment.^[24]

[edit] International equivalents to RICO

The US RICO legislation has other equivalents in the rest of the world. In spite of Interpol having a standardized definition of RICO-like crimes, the interpretation and national implementation in legislation (and enforcement) widely varies. Most nations do cooperate with the US on RICO enforcement only where their own related laws are specifically broken, but this is in line with the Interpol protocols for such matters.
By nation, alphabetically

In Australia the Australian Crime Commission has powers based on similar legislation and regulations. New Zealand has a similar arrangement and commission.
In Canada the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions enforce rules and regulations that cumulatively are equivalent to RICO.

Without other nations enforcing similar legislation to RICO many cross border RICO cases would not be possible. In the overall body of RICO cases that went to trial, at least 50% have had some non-US enforcement component to them. It must be noted that the offshoring of money away from the US finance system as part racketeering (and especially money laundering) is typically a major contributing factor to this.
However, other countries have laws that enable the government to seize property with unlawful origins. Mexico and Colombia both have specific laws that define the participation in criminal organizations as a separate crime (see Ley Federal contra la Delincuencia Organizada^[25]), and separate laws that allow the seizure of goods related with these crimes. (see Ley de Extinción de Dominio^[26]). This latter provides a specific chapter titled "International Cooperation", which instructs Mexican authorities to cooperate with foreign authorities with respect to organized crime assets within Mexico, and provides the framework by which Mexican authorities may politely request the cooperation of foreign authorities with respect to assets located outside of Mexico, in terms of any international instruments they may be party to.
Arguably, this may be construed as allowing the application of the RICO Act in Mexico, provided the relevant international agreements exist among Mexico and countries with RICO or RICO-equivalent provisions.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ "RICO Suave". Snopes.com. 2004-12-21. http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/rico.asp. Retrieved 2006-03-26.
^ G. Robert Blakey, William and Dorothy O’Neill Professor of Law, http://law.nd.edu/people/faculty-and-administration/teaching-and-research-faculty/g-robert-blakey, retrieved 2009-09-30
^ Michael Goldsmith, Woodruff J. Deem Professor of Law, http://www.law.byu.edu/Law_School/Faculty_Profile?122, retrieved 2009-09-30
^ ^a ^b Sanders, Alain; Painton, Priscilla (1989-08-21), Law: Showdown At Gucci, TIME, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,958402-1,00.html, retrieved 2009-09-30
^ Van Over, Gil, Can You Be Subject to a RICO Claim?, Dealer Magazine, http://www.dealer-magazine.com/index.asp?article=481, retrieved 2009-09-30
^ Carlson, K (1993), "Prosecuting Criminal Enterprises", National Criminal Justice Reference Series (United States: Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report): 12, http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=142524, retrieved December 28, 2009.
^ Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and The Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club, Ralph 'Sonny' Barger, with Keith and Kent Zimmerman, 2000
^ "Organized Crime Research". Klaus von Lampe. 2000. http://www.organized-crime.de/revbar01sonnybarger.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
^ But Why Isn't Bernard Law in Jail? (Part 2)
^ Mitered in the Mob?
^ Key West Police Department Called a 'Criminal Enterprise', New York Times, 1984-07-01, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E4D71539F932A35754C0A962948260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fOrganizations%2fF%2fFederal%20Bureau%20of%20Investigation%20, retrieved 2009-09-30
^ Klingener, Nancy (2005-05-22), From wrecking to smuggling to development, corruption, investigations have long history, Key West Citizen, http://web.archive.org/web/20070320075248/http://www.livableoldtown.com/from_wrecking_to_smuggling_to_de.htm, retrieved 2009-09-30
^ Stone, Dan G. (1990), April Fools: An Insider's Account of the Rise and Collapse of Drexel Burnham, New York City: Donald I. Fine, ISBN 1556112289
^ Chass, Murray (2002-07-17), BASEBALL; A Group's Racketeering Suit Brings Baseball to Full Bristle, New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/17/sports/baseball-a-group-s-racketeering-suit-brings-baseball-to-full-bristle.html, retrieved 2009-09-30
^ Ruling clears way for move to D.C., ESPN.com and Associated Press, 2004-01-15, http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1923417, retrieved 2009-09-30
^ "Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Williams, Shirley, et al." (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/05pdf/05-465.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
^ Indictment - USA v. Conahan and Ciavarella, 2009-09-09, http://media.theweekender.com/documents/INDICTMENT.pdf, retrieved 2009-09-12
^ Morgan-Besecker, Terrie (2009-09-10), Ex-judges hit with 48 counts, Times Leader, http://www.timesleader.com/news/Ex-judges_hit_with_48_counts_09-10-2009.html, retrieved 2009-09-11
^ http://www.scribd.com/doc/23448019/Scott-Rothstein-Charging-Document
^ Koppel, Nathan (2010-01-27). "Former Florida Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Ponzi Scheme". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704094304575029013194919020.html.
^ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/media/acrobat/2009-12/50820067.pdf
^ http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_15979435
^ http://criminal.pbzlawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/perry-mason.jpg
^ http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_15996268?source=pkg
^ http://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/pdf/101.pdf
^ http://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/pdf/LFED.pdf

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Just as unique as the art is, so is the company’s name. Brown says the name was created by his father, Joe Brown, in the 1950s.
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Derek Brown, 26, and his family own and operate Hong Kong Willie. The little shop specializes in preservation art. The artists don’t take preservation too lightly either.

“99 percent of everything that has gone into a piece of art has been recycled and reused,” Brown said.

Just as unique as the art is, so is the company’s name. Brown says the name was created by his father, Joe Brown, in the 1950s.

“My father being in an art class, being affected by a teacher, they were melting Gerber baby food bottles," Brown said. "The teacher interjected that Hong Kong had a great reuse and recycling program even then.”

Brown's father then took that concept and later added the Americanized name Willie to the end. And that's how Hong Kong Willie was born as a location that offers recycling in a different and creative way.

Hong Kong Willie artists are what are known as freegans. Freegans are less concerned with materialistic things and more concerned about reducing consumption to lessen the footprint humans leave on this planet.

“I’m sure everyone has their own perception of a freegan, possibly jumping into a dumpster or picking up something on the side of the road,” Brown said. “There [are] people who will have excess. There [are] also things that can be trash to one man, but art or a prize to another man.”

Brown and his family carry this practice through to their art. It’s his family’s way of life, turning trash, which would otherwise fill up landfills, into an art form.

The Brown family gets a lot of their inspiration for their art from the Florida Keys. In fact, this is where the deluge of buoys wrapping around the ‘Buoys Tree’ came from, the fishermen of Key West.

“It is Styrofoam, we understand that it does not degrade, but to blame the fishermen for their livelihood wouldn’t be correct, instead we find a usage for those,” Brown said.

Brown said there’s a usage for everything, even the hooks to hold the painted driftwood, which are also salvaged, to the wall are old bent forks. Everything’s reused here. Purses made out of old coffee bean sacks to “kitschy,” as Brown described it, jewelry made from old baseballs.

“Hong Kong Willie truly believes that a piece, whether it’s a bag or a painted artwork, it’s meant for one person.”
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ROADSIDE ATTRACTION: Located off East Fletcher Road between hotel chains and high-end office parks is the gift shop and folk art gallery Hong Kong Willie's.

Drive south on I-75, look to the right around East Fletcher Avenue, and you can't miss it. The tree appears first, hundreds of buoys wrapped around its branches, resembling a sort of Dr. Seuss-ian Christmas ornament. Then the rest of the 20,000 buoys come into view -- thousands of strands of the multicolored foam balls stretching from the tree to two wooden shacks, hanging from their roofs and walls, and stretched out over the property.

Strewn about the lawn is a menagerie of surfboards, car doors, CB radios, wooden sculptures and painted signs. A 1979 Ford pickup sits in the front driveway, painted with a rainbow of colors, four racks of antlers affixed to its roof. An old stuffed caribou sits in a lawn chair beckoning visitors.

Of the thousands of motorists who pass by this eclectic landmark off Exit 266 every day, few stop in the funky gift shop and Key West-themed folk art gallery that is Hong Kong Willie's. But this is not your typical roadside store selling cheesy Florida magnets and beach T-shirts (although they have those, too). From the moment the owners come out to greet you, it's clear that for them this isn't just a business -- it's a lifestyle.

As I step out of my car, Joe Brown ambles toward me wearing a red Hawaiian shirt and khaki shorts. With his disheveled shoulder-length brown hair and strong jaw line, Brown, 56, looks a lot like Mel Gibson in Braveheart. He ends most of his sentences with "Do you follow me?" and stares with wild gray eyes until you nod in agreement. His 46-year-old wife, Kim, who bears a strong resemblance to Grace Slick, sits near the shop's open sign, branding her latest creation. Wearing large sunglasses, she gives a smile, hardly looking up.

Joe and Kim -- Tampa natives -- bought the half-acre property off Fletcher Avenue and Morris Bridge Road in 1985. For the next two decades, the Browns operated A-24 Hour Bait and Tackle, living on the premises and bagging worms for K-Mart and Wal-Mart to make a few extra bucks. But in 2001, they decided to abandon fish food to pursue the fickle business of art, although they will tell you Hong Kong Willie's was always "part of the journey."

"We were artists," says Joe. "We were born that way. We had no choice. You follow me?"

The underlying theme of Hong Kong Willie's is creating art out of objects destined for the landfill, and while browsing the items, I get the feeling the Browns are trying to make a point rather than a sale.

"Thirty percent of the gifts given will be in the dumpster by next Christmas," Joe says. "Most Christmas gifts will be given because they think they have to. Very few will have a social impact."

Every item at Hong Kong Willie's is either art made out of an object destined for the landfill or products that other companies were throwing away and the Browns retrieved before they made it to the dumpster. But don't call this recycled art. The Browns prefer "preservation."

Recycling implies the material will be used for the same purpose. "If you get stuck in that word, then you get stuck in that form," Joe explains. Instead, the Browns create a whole new use for an item that would have been otherwise thrown away.

Kim looks up from her painting after Joe finishes his long ramble. "We've always been able to take nothing and make something out of it," she says.

Although most people assume Joe is "Hong Kong Willie," he says the name refers to the origin of junk: Hong Kong produces much of the useless merchandise that Americans buy and quickly throw away, he says. So it's up to the Willies of the world -- i.e. the Browns and other conservationists -- to find new uses for the trash.

"All of us who believe what we believe is Hong Kong Willie," Joe says.

The gift shop is a space not much bigger than a tool shed, cluttered with handmade candles, pottery, ceramic figures and deer skulls painted tie-dye style. Joe, who's not content to allow me to wander by myself, darts from item to item, sharing each one's origins. One of the first objects he shows me is an old scuba tank cut in half, stenciled with yellow and purple spray paint with a weighted rope attached on the inside. What would have been a heavy addition to a landfill or junkyard, the Browns now sell as a nautical-themed bell. Another popular item: a used Starbucks Frappuccino bottle filled with sand and shells, and the words "Florida Beachfront Property" written in paint on it.

"Is it really pragmatic to say this had one life -- to have Frappuccino in it?" he says, holding up the $3 gift. "That's not true. You follow me?"

Joe picks up a droopy glass vase -- the result of an Arizona Ice Tea bottle stuck in a kiln for too long. He says it's a collector's item: Only 300 were made and none look alike.

"People really want something that is one of a kind and something that means something," he says, holding up the vase and pointing to a stack of Beanie Babies. "Which one is the real collectible? The one that cannot be copied or the one that is mass-produced just on a small scale? You follow me?"

Most of the materials the Browns work with come from Key West. Every few months they hop in the pickup, drive the 425 miles to the Keys and start looking for the junk no one else wants: used dive tanks, the lobster trap buoys, burlap bags and even old wooden planks from ships or homes destroyed by storms.

In fact, the latter is one of their biggest sellers. They bring back an imperfect piece of lumber, slap some urethane on it and Kim paints everything from colorful fish and birds to old Key West landmarks on it. Every piece is branded, marked with a lobster cage tag and affixed with brass rings or forks with which to hang them. In the building opposite the gift shop, among stuffed animals and fish (Joe was once a taxidermist), 30 of these painted planks hang from the walls.

Customers are few at Hong Kong Willie's, but the Browns say they're doing well. They never try to push their art on anyone, figuring that if someone stops and buys something, it was meant to be. ("A piece of art is a love affair," Kim says.) They count Gaspar's Patio Bar and Grille in Temple Terrace as one of their best customers. Their other business comes from Tampa residents looking to add a tiki feel to their backyards. Among Joe's most popular creations are old car doors outfitted with waterproof speakers. A few Key West bars bought the unique sound systems to hang from their ceilings.

But the Browns are not just content to sell their art to passersby -- they want to live the ideals that inspire their art. The couple is working on getting their business off the electrical grid and powered completely by solar energy. Kim wants to start a coffee and ice cream shop with free wireless Internet to bring in likeminded people. Joe wants to be in the Guinness Book of World Records for hanging the greatest number of buoys to a structure (it's not a category yet). And they're always trying to find new uses for the trash they see lining area roads.

"We're not just sitting out here being weird," Joe says suddenly. "We're actually taking objects and making these thousands of people say, 'What's that?' We're doing it because it's the right thing to do."

His eyes get wide.

"You follow me?"
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hongkongwillie@hotmail.com (HONG KONG WILLIE) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:04:00 +0000

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Hong Kong Willie.Famous Etsy Reuse Artist. Artist of the 60’s in the now. Acclaimed Famous Florida folk artist, Living the Life of using objects for many uses. Follow the travels of life
Handbags made from reuse Coffee Burlap Bags. Artist in reuse in Handmade Handbags.The Handmade Handbags making a true green statement. Coffee Burlap Bags that have a fashion of a hip style.Hong Kong Willie Coffee Burlap Bags are a one of a kind handbag that will be a handbag for this time or a Handbag that you will have the rest or your life.

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Artist Born for this time, Lived on a landfill as a child. Reuse Became the way of life. To read the story from the inception of the Name Hong Kong Willie. Famed, by the humble statements from the Key West Citizen, viable art from reuse has found its time. To Live a life in the art world and be so blessed to make a social impact. Artists are to give back, talent is to tell a story, to make change. Reuse is a life experience.
Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery In Tampa, a reuse Art Gallery. Artist Kim,Derek,and Joseph. reuse artist that have lived the life and are meant for the green movement in the world. A gallery that was born for this time. Artist living a freegan life,art that makes a social statement of reuse. Media that has a profound effect in making the word green truly a movement of reuse in the world today and the future

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$79.99 USD

1 in stock

Coffee Burlap Bags

Description Coffee Burlap Bags

"I am ready to travel with you. Made for you, there is only one of me. This is my story: I am a Hong Kong Willie Coffee Burlap Bags , arriving from one destination, joining you on your life’s journey. On these travels we will find a way that more of us change. As in my purpose and your purpose, we are all meant for many uses."

Hand Made Bag
Shell: Burlap Coffee Bag
Source: Third Generation Coffee Roaster
Stitching: Recovered Yarn
Source: Key West
Handle, Label, Pockets:
Source: Artist Worn Clothing (HKW)
Inner Chambers: 4
Dimensions:
Length(Strap to Bottom): 33"
Actual Length-20"
Width-14"

Logged in Artist Register through Fisherman Id Tag.

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$125.00 USD

1 in stock

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"I am ready to travel with you. Made for you, there is only one of me. This is my story: I am a Hong Kong Willie Burlap Handbag Upcycled Purse , arriving from one destination, joining you on your life’s journey. On these travels we will find a way that more of us change. As in my purpose and your purpose, we are all meant for many uses."
Hand Made Bag
Shell: Burlap Coffee Bag
Source: Third Generation Coffee Roaster
Stitching: Recovered Vintage Yarn
Source: Key West
Handle, Label, Pockets:
Source: Artist Worn Clothing (HKW)
Inner Pocket: 1
Outer Pocket: 1
Dimensions:
Length(Strap to Bottom)-
Actual Length-
Width-

Logged in Artist Register through Fisherman Id Tag.

USF, Florida Focus

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By:

Chris Futrell, Florida Focus

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hongkongwillie@hotmail.com (HONG KONG WILLIE) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:32:00 +0000

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Reuse artist.
Hong Kong Willie.Famous Tampa Reuse Artist. Artist of the 60’s in the now. Acclaimed Famous Florida folk artist, Living the Life of using objects for many uses. Follow the travels of life.

Updated

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Black Bird of Key Largo

$98,000.00 USD

1 in stock

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Description

"Black Bird of Key Largo"

The allurement of the winds blowing in the palm trees and the moon shining through and the "Black Bird of Key Largo" looking upon.
Hong Kong Willie

**HONG KONG WILLIE artist Kim Brown, chose aged Florida sawmill stock as canvas. Recovered Brass Hanger: Key West lobster trap rigging. Originally connects and suspends rigging of spiny lobster traps in Key West waters. Candy-like appearance due to multiple protective layers. Assigned number in artist register by Fisherman ID tag, corresponding burn-etched # rear of piece. Key recovered by Robert Jordan, acclaimed treasure hunter: also in identification of piece and artist.
Dimensions:
24" L
8" W
4" H
Weight: 17+ LB

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Artist Born for this time, Lived on a landfill as a child. Reuse Became the way of life. To read the story from the inception of the Name Hong Kong Willie. Famed, by the humble statements from the Key West Citizen, viable art from reuse has found its time. To Live a life in the art world and be so blessed to make a social impact. Artists are to give back, talent is to tell a story, to make change. Reuse is a life experience.
Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery In Tampa, a reuse Art Gallery. Artist Kim,Derek,and Joseph. reuse artist that have lived the life and are meant for the green movement in the world. A gallery that was born for this time. Artist living a freegan life,art that makes a social statement of reuse. Media that has a profound effect in making the word green truly a movement of reuse in the world today and the future.

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Hong Kong Willie. The name of the artist. In 1958 his mother took Hong Kong Willie to an art class. The name started then. An art teacher when doing crafts out of Gerber baby bottles, made a statement, in Hong Kong reuse was common. At that time he thought this was very interesting. His father had low-land, at that time landfills were common also. The county had told Hong Kong Willie’s father, it was safe, but as we now know this was not so. Something can come from bad to be good. Hong Kong Willie the name came from that art teacher impressing on that young mind that objects made for one use could be for many other uses. Hong Kong for the neat concept. Willie for an American name. So for many years Hong Kong Willie had a life of reuse. Hong Kong Willie saw forms in a different light, His life now was meaningful, knowing this was and would be his life. Art made from found objects, making less of a footprint on this world. Art and art teachers, HOW IMPORTANT. For the ones that have, and the ones who have not. Media can be found. Now 50 years later, we know now being green is important. We need to look at this very carefully. Our children and our world need a different understanding. Objects can be used in many different ways. Hong Kong Willie the tons of objects in his life that have been used, without much change, So for that art teacher what she did for my life. Thank You. I still have the Gerber baby bottle till this day. Hong Kong Willie.
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Recycling as a Lifestyle and a Business
Tampa Art Galleries. Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery
By:
Chris Futrell, Florida Focus

TAMPA, Fla. – Have you ever seen the building on the corner of Fletcher and I-75 with a bunch of buoys strung everywhere? This small business that many think is an old bait n’ tackle shop is actually Hong Kong Willie.

Derek Brown, 26, and his family own and operate Hongkongwillie . The little shop specializes in preservation art. The artists don’t take preservation too lightly either.

“99 percent of everything that has gone into a piece of art has been recycled and reused,” Brown said.

Just as unique as the art is, so is the company’s name. Brown says the name was created by his father, Joe Brown, in the 1950s.

“My father being in an art class, being affected by a teacher, they were melting Gerber baby food bottles,” Brown said. “The teacher interjected that Hong Kong had a great reuse and recycling program even then.”

Brown’s father then took that concept and later added the Americanized name Willie to the end. And that’s how Hongkongwillie was born as a location that offers recycling in a different and creative way.

Hongkongwillie artists are what are known as freegans. Freegans are less concerned with materialistic things and more concerned about reducing consumption to lessen the footprint humans leave on this planet.

“I’m sure everyone has their own perception of a freegan, possibly jumping into a dumpster or picking up something on the side of the road,” Brown said. “There [are] people who will have excess. There [are] also things that can be trash to one man, but art or a prize to another man.”

Brown and his family carry this practice through to their art. It’s his family’s way of life, turning trash, which would otherwise fill up landfills, into an art form.

The Brown family gets a lot of their inspiration for their art from the Florida Keys. In fact, this is where the deluge of buoys wrapping around the ‘Buoys Tree’ came from, the fishermen of Key West.

“It is Styrofoam, we understand that it does not degrade, but to blame the fishermen for their livelihood wouldn’t be correct, instead we find a usage for those,” Brown said.

Brown said there’s a usage for everything, even the hooks to hold the painted driftwood, which are also salvaged, to the wall are old bent forks. Everything’s reused here. Purses made out of old coffee bean sacks to “kitschy,” as Brown described it, jewelry made from old baseballs.

Hongkongwillie truly believes that a piece, whether it’s a bag or a painted artwork, it’s meant for one person.”

Etsy Handbags

hongkongwillie@hotmail.com (HONG KONG WILLIE) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:06:00 +0000

Etsy Handbags

Updated

January 1 2011

Reuse artist.
Hong Kong Willie.Famous Etsy Reuse Artist. Artist of the 60’s in the now. Acclaimed Famous Florida folk artist, Living the Life of using objects for many uses. Follow the travels of life
Handbags made from reuse Burlap Bags. Artist in reuse in Handmade Handbags.The Handmade Handbags making a true green statement. Handbags that have a fashion of a hip style.Hong Kong Willie Handbags are a one of a kind handbag that will be a handbag for this time or a Handbag that you will have the rest or your life.

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$79.99 USD

1 in stock

Description

"I am ready to travel with you. Made for you, there is only one of me. This is my story: I am a Hong Kong Willie Handbag, arriving from one destination, joining you on your life’s journey. On these travels we will find a way that more of us change. As in my purpose and your purpose, we are all meant for many uses."

Please View:

USF Special
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbpC9S-gIOo

FOX SPECIAL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrV3Aj85I84

Hand Made Bag
Shell: Burlap Coffee Bag
Source: Third Generation Coffee Roaster
Stitching: Recovered Yarn
Source: Key West
Handle, Label, Pockets:
Source: Artist Worn Clothing (HKW)
Inner Chambers: 3
Dimensions:
Length(Strap to Bottom)-37"
Actual Length-10"
Width-14"

Logged in Artist Register through Fisherman Id Tag.

Tampa Art Gallery USF

Etsy Handbags

Handmade Florida Beach bag

$75.00 USD

1 in stock

Etsy Handbags

Description

"I am ready to travel with you. Made for you, there is only one of me. This is my story: I am a Hong Kong Willie Beach Bag, arriving from one destination, joining you on your life’s journey. On these travels we will find a way that more of us change. As in my purpose and your purpose, we are all meant for many uses."

University of South Florida Special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbpC9S-gIOo

USF SPECIAL
www.wusf.usf.edu/SoundSlides/897News/070928_HK_Willie/publish_to_web/index.html

FOX SPECIAL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrV3Aj85I84

Youtube Channel: Youtube.com/HongKongWillie

GOOGLE: HONG KONG WILLIE

Hand Made Bag
Shell: Burlap Coffee Bag
Source: Third Generation Coffee Roaster
Stitching: Recovered Yarn
Source: Key West
Handle, Label, Pockets:
Source: Artist Worn Clothing (HKW)
Inner Pocket: 1
Dimensions:
Length(Strap to Bottom)-32"
Actual Length-20"
Width-17"
Artist Born for this time, Lived on a landfill as a child. Reuse Became the way of life. To read the story from the inception of the Name Hong Kong Willie. Famed, by the humble statements from the Key West Citizen, viable art from reuse has found its time. To Live a life in the art world and be so blessed to make a social impact. Artists are to give back, talent is to tell a story, to make change. Reuse is a life experience.
Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery In Tampa, a reuse Art Gallery. Artist Kim,Derek,and Joseph. reuse artist that have lived the life and are meant for the green movement in the world. A gallery that was born for this time. Artist living a freegan life,art that makes a social statement of reuse. Media that has a profound effect in making the word green truly a movement of reuse in the world today and the future.
Etsy Handbags Handmade Hongkongwillie

Florida Handmade Handbag

$285.00 USD

1 in stock

Description

"I am ready to travel with you. Made for you, there is only one of me. This is my story: I am a Hong Kong Willie Florida Handmade Handbag, arriving from one destination, joining you on your life’s journey. On these travels we will find a way that more of us change. As in my purpose and your purpose, we are all meant for many uses."

Please View:
USF SPECIAL
www.wusf.usf.edu/SoundSlides/897News/070928_HK_Willie/publish_to_web/index.html

FOX SPECIAL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrV3Aj85I84

Best Place to Buy $1 Kitsch & $10,000 Folk Art Best of the Bay Award:
http://tampahappenings.creativeloafing.com/gbase/BestOf/BestOfAwards?Award=oid%3A180682

Shell: Burlap Coffee Bag
Source: Third Generation Coffee Roaster
Stitching: Vintage Yarn
Source: Key West Thrift Store
Pocket, Handle, Label:
Source: Artist Worn Clothing(HKW)
Triple Chambered
Inner Pockets: 2
Outer Pocket: 1
Dimensions:
Length (Strap to Bottom)-30"
Actual Length-18"
Width-13"

Logged in Artist Register through Fisherman Id Tag.
Etsy Handbags

Tampa Art Gallery

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Hippie Bag Burlap Hand Bag

$149.00 USD

1 in stock

Description

"I am ready to travel with you. Made for you, there is only one of me. This is my story: I am a Hong Kong Willie Hippie Bag, Burlap Handbag arriving from one destination, joining you on your life’s journey. On these travels we will find a way that more of us change. As in my purpose and your purpose, we are all meant for many uses."

Please View:

USF Special
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbpC9S-gIOo

FOX SPECIAL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrV3Aj85I84

Hand Made Bag
Shell: Burlap Coffee Bag
Source: Third Generation Coffee Roaster
Stitching: Wool Yarn
Source: Recovered Game-Used Baseballs
Handle, Label, Pocket, Lining:
Source: Artist Worn Clothing (HKW)
Inner Pocket: 1
Dimensions:
Length(Strap to Bottom)-26"
Actual Length-19"
Width-18"(Measure @ Middle)

Logged in Artist Register through Fisherman Id Tag.
Hong Kong Willie. The name of the artist. In 1958 his mother took Hong Kong Willie to an art class. The name started then. An art teacher when doing crafts out of Gerber baby bottles, made a statement, in Hong Kong reuse was common. At that time he thought this was very interesting. His father had low-land, at that time landfills were common also. The county had told Hong Kong Willie’s father, it was safe, but as we now know this was not so. Something can come from bad to be good. Hong Kong Willie the name came from that art teacher impressing on that young mind that objects made for one use could be for many other uses. Hong Kong for the neat concept. Willie for an American name. So for many years Hong Kong Willie had a life of reuse. Hong Kong Willie saw forms in a different light, His life now was meaningful, knowing this was and would be his life. Art made from found objects, making less of a footprint on this world. Art and art teachers, HOW IMPORTANT. For the ones that have, and the ones who have not. Media can be found. Now 50 years later, we know now being green is important. We need to look at this very carefully. Our children and our world need a different understanding. Objects can be used in many different ways. Hong Kong Willie the tons of objects in his life that have been used, without much change, So for that art teacher what she did for my life. Thank You. I still have the Gerber baby bottle till this day. Hong Kong Willie.
Etsy Handbags For sale

Hippie Bag

$400.00 USD

1 in stock

Description

"I am ready to travel with you. Made for you, there is only one of me. This is my story: I am a Hong Kong Willie Hippy Bag, arriving from one destination, joining you on your life’s journey. On these travels we will find a way that more of us change. As in my purpose and your purpose, we are all meant for many uses."

Please View:
USF SPECIAL
www.wusf.usf.edu/SoundSlides/897News/070928_HK_Willie/publish_to_web/index.html

FOX SPECIAL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrV3Aj85I84

Best Place to Buy $1 Kitsch & $10,000 Folk Art Best of the Bay Award:
http://tampahappenings.creativeloafing.com/gbase/BestOf/BestOfAwards?Award=oid%3A180682

Hand Made Bag
Shell: Burlap Coffee Bag
Source: Third Generation Coffee Roaster
Stitching: Wool Yarn
Source: Recovered Game-Used Baseball
Handle, Label, Pocket:
Source: Artist Worn Clothing (HKW)
Inner Pocket: 1
Dimensions:
Length(Strap to Bottom)-30"
Actual Length-20"
Width-19"

Logged in Artist Register through Fisherman Id Tag.

Recycling as a Lifestyle and a Business
Tampa Art Galleries. Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery
By:
Chris Futrell, Florida Focus

TAMPA, Fla. – Have you ever seen the building on the corner of Fletcher and I-75 with a bunch of buoys strung everywhere? This small business that many think is an old bait n’ tackle shop is actually Hong Kong Willie.

Derek Brown, 26, and his family own and operate Hongkongwillie . The little shop specializes in preservation art. The artists don’t take preservation too lightly either.

“99 percent of everything that has gone into a piece of art has been recycled and reused,” Brown said.

Just as unique as the art is, so is the company’s name. Brown says the name was created by his father, Joe Brown, in the 1950s.

“My father being in an art class, being affected by a teacher, they were melting Gerber baby food bottles," Brown said. "The teacher interjected that Hong Kong had a great reuse and recycling program even then.”

Brown's father then took that concept and later added the Americanized name Willie to the end. And that's how Hongkongwillie was born as a location that offers recycling in a different and creative way.

Hongkongwillie artists are what are known as freegans. Freegans are less concerned with materialistic things and more concerned about reducing consumption to lessen the footprint humans leave on this planet.

“I’m sure everyone has their own perception of a freegan, possibly jumping into a dumpster or picking up something on the side of the road,” Brown said. “There [are] people who will have excess. There [are] also things that can be trash to one man, but art or a prize to another man.”

Brown and his family carry this practice through to their art. It’s his family’s way of life, turning trash, which would otherwise fill up landfills, into an art form.

The Brown family gets a lot of their inspiration for their art from the Florida Keys. In fact, this is where the deluge of buoys wrapping around the ‘Buoys Tree’ came from, the fishermen of Key West.

“It is Styrofoam, we understand that it does not degrade, but to blame the fishermen for their livelihood wouldn’t be correct, instead we find a usage for those,” Brown said.

Brown said there’s a usage for everything, even the hooks to hold the painted driftwood, which are also salvaged, to the wall are old bent forks. Everything’s reused here. Purses made out of old coffee bean sacks to “kitschy,” as Brown described it, jewelry made from old baseballs.

Hongkongwillie truly believes that a piece, whether it’s a bag or a painted artwork, it’s meant for one person.”
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hongkongwillie@hotmail.com (HONG KONG WILLIE) — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:35:00 +0000

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TAMPA, Fla. – Have you ever seen the building on the corner of Fletcher and I-75 with a bunch of buoys strung everywhere? This small business that many think is an old bait n’ tackle shop is actually Hong Kong Willie.
Derek Brown, 26, and his family own and operate Hong Kong Willie. The little shop specializes in preservation art. The artists don’t take preservation too lightly either.
“99 percent of everything that has gone into a piece of art has been recycled and reused,” Brown said.
Just as unique as the art is, so is the company’s name. Brown says the name was created by his father, Joe Brown, in the 1950s.
“My father being in an art class, being affected by a teacher, they were melting Gerber baby food bottles,” Brown said. “The teacher interjected that Hong Kong had a great reuse and recycling program even then.”
Brown’s father then took that concept and later added the Americanized name Willie to the end. And that’s how Hong Kong Willie was born as a location that offers recycling in a different and creative way.
Hong Kong Willie artists are what are known as freegans. Freegans are less concerned with materialistic things and more concerned about reducing consumption to lessen the footprint humans leave on this planet.
“I’m sure everyone has their own perception of a freegan, possibly jumping into a dumpster or picking up something on the side of the road,” Brown said. “There [are] people who will have excess. There [are] also things that can be trash to one man, but art or a prize to another man.”
Brown and his family carry this practice through to their art. It’s his family’s way of life, turning trash, which would otherwise fill up landfills, into an art form.
The Brown family gets a lot of their inspiration for their art from the Florida Keys. In fact, this is where the deluge of buoys wrapping around the ‘Buoys Tree’ came from, the fishermen of Key West.
“It is Styrofoam, we understand that it does not degrade, but to blame the fishermen for their livelihood wouldn’t be correct, instead we find a usage for those,” Brown said.
Brown said there’s a usage for everything, even the hooks to hold the painted driftwood, which are also salvaged, to the wall are old bent forks. Everything’s reused here. Purses made out of old coffee bean sacks to “kitschy,” as Brown described it, jewelry made from old baseballs.
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Wood Source: Aged Sawmill Stock
Copper Hanger Source: Reclaimed Wire
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Key West Fisherman ID Tag Referenced in ARtists Log
Hong Kong Willie Artist: Kim Brown

The zen of junk

Published 12.06.06

By Alex Pickett

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ROADSIDE ATTRACTION: Located off East Fletcher Road between hotel chains and high-end office parks is the gift shop and folk art gallery Hong Kong Willie’s.

Drive south on I-75, look to the right around East Fletcher Avenue, and you can’t miss it. The tree appears first, hundreds of buoys wrapped around its branches, resembling a sort of Dr. Seuss-ian Christmas ornament. Then the rest of the 20,000 buoys come into view — thousands of strands of the multicolored foam balls stretching from the tree to two wooden shacks, hanging from their roofs and walls, and stretched out over the property.
Strewn about the lawn is a menagerie of surfboards, car doors, CB radios, wooden sculptures and painted signs. A 1979 Ford pickup sits in the front driveway, painted with a rainbow of colors, four racks of antlers affixed to its roof. An old stuffed caribou sits in a lawn chair beckoning visitors.
Of the thousands of motorists who pass by this eclectic landmark off Exit 266 every day, few stop in the funky gift shop and Key West-themed folk art gallery that is Hong Kong Willie’s. But this is not your typical roadside store selling cheesy Florida magnets and beach T-shirts (although they have those, too). From the moment the owners come out to greet you, it’s clear that for them this isn’t just a business — it’s a lifestyle.
As I step out of my car, Joe Brown ambles toward me wearing a red Hawaiian shirt and khaki shorts. With his disheveled shoulder-length brown hair and strong jaw line, Brown, 56, looks a lot like Mel Gibson in Braveheart. He ends most of his sentences with “Do you follow me?” and stares with wild gray eyes until you nod in agreement. His 46-year-old wife, Kim, who bears a strong resemblance to Grace Slick, sits near the shop’s open sign, branding her latest creation. Wearing large sunglasses, she gives a smile, hardly looking up.
Joe and Kim — Tampa natives — bought the half-acre property off Fletcher Avenue and Morris Bridge Road in 1985. For the next two decades, the Browns operated A-24 Hour Bait and Tackle, living on the premises and bagging worms for K-Mart and Wal-Mart to make a few extra bucks. But in 2001, they decided to abandon fish food to pursue the fickle business of art, although they will tell you Hong Kong Willie’s was always “part of the journey.”
“We were artists,” says Joe. “We were born that way. We had no choice. You follow me?”
The underlying theme of Hong Kong Willie’s is creating art out of objects destined for the landfill, and while browsing the items, I get the feeling the Browns are trying to make a point rather than a sale.
“Thirty percent of the gifts given will be in the dumpster by next Christmas,” Joe says. “Most Christmas gifts will be given because they think they have to. Very few will have a social impact.”
Every item at Hong Kong Willie’s is either art made out of an object destined for the landfill or products that other companies were throwing away and the Browns retrieved before they made it to the dumpster. But don’t call this recycled art. The Browns prefer “preservation.”
Recycling implies the material will be used for the same purpose. “If you get stuck in that word, then you get stuck in that form,” Joe explains. Instead, the Browns create a whole new use for an item that would have been otherwise thrown away.
Kim looks up from her painting after Joe finishes his long ramble. “We’ve always been able to take nothing and make something out of it,” she says.
Although most people assume Joe is “Hong Kong Willie,” he says the name refers to the origin of junk: Hong Kong produces much of the useless merchandise that Americans buy and quickly throw away, he says. So it’s up to the Willies of the world — i.e. the Browns and other conservationists — to find new uses for the trash.
“All of us who believe what we believe is Hong Kong Willie,” Joe says.
The gift shop is a space not much bigger than a tool shed, cluttered with handmade candles, pottery, ceramic figures and deer skulls painted tie-dye style. Joe, who’s not content to allow me to wander by myself, darts from item to item, sharing each one’s origins. One of the first objects he shows me is an old scuba tank cut in half, stenciled with yellow and purple spray paint with a weighted rope attached on the inside. What would have been a heavy addition to a landfill or junkyard, the Browns now sell as a nautical-themed bell. Another popular item: a used Starbucks Frappuccino bottle filled with sand and shells, and the words “Florida Beachfront Property” written in paint on it.
“Is it really pragmatic to say this had one life — to have Frappuccino in it?” he says, holding up the $3 gift. “That’s not true. You follow me?”
Joe picks up a droopy glass vase — the result of an Arizona Ice Tea bottle stuck in a kiln for too long. He says it’s a collector’s item: Only 300 were made and none look alike.
“People really want something that is one of a kind and something that means something,” he says, holding up the vase and pointing to a stack of Beanie Babies. “Which one is the real collectible? The one that cannot be copied or the one that is mass-produced just on a small scale? You follow me?”
Most of the materials the Browns work with come from Key West. Every few months they hop in the pickup, drive the 425 miles to the Keys and start looking for the junk no one else wants: used dive tanks, the lobster trap buoys, burlap bags and even old wooden planks from ships or homes destroyed by storms.
In fact, the latter is one of their biggest sellers. They bring back an imperfect piece of lumber, slap some urethane on it and Kim paints everything from colorful fish and birds to old Key West landmarks on it. Every piece is branded, marked with a lobster cage tag and affixed with brass rings or forks with which to hang them. In the building opposite the gift shop, among stuffed animals and fish (Joe was once a taxidermist), 30 of these painted planks hang from the walls.
Customers are few at Hong Kong Willie’s, but the Browns say they’re doing well. They never try to push their art on anyone, figuring that if someone stops and buys something, it was meant to be. (“A piece of art is a love affair,” Kim says.) They count Gaspar’s Patio Bar and Grille in Temple Terrace as one of their best customers. Their other business comes from Tampa residents looking to add a tiki feel to their backyards. Among Joe’s most popular creations are old car doors outfitted with waterproof speakers. A few Key West bars bought the unique sound systems to hang from their ceilings.
But the Browns are not just content to sell their art to passersby — they want to live the ideals that inspire their art. The couple is working on getting their business off the electrical grid and powered completely by solar energy. Kim wants to start a coffee and ice cream shop with free wireless Internet to bring in likeminded people. Joe wants to be in the Guinness Book of World Records for hanging the greatest number of buoys to a structure (it’s not a category yet). And they’re always trying to find new uses for the trash they see lining area roads.
“We’re not just sitting out here being weird,” Joe says suddenly. “We’re actually taking objects and making these thousands of people say, ‘What’s that?’ We’re doing it because it’s the right thing to do.”
His eyes get wide.

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http://www.scamraiders.com/forum/topics/swipebids-are-scam-artists

SwipeBids.com is a SCAM Swipbids credit card fraud
http://huckaba.net/luke/uncategorized/swipebids-com-absolute-scam-no-refund-at-all/

SwipeBids.com is a SCAM Links on "Report-Online -Scams"
http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=120468575683&share_id=134367659927551&comments=1

SwipeBids.com is a SCAM Update: Recently Swipe Bids re-branded their
website as Swipe Auctions. I have started a new website dedicated to
scams where you can review my report of Swipe Auctions Scam.
http://bloggerboon.com/2010/06/23/how-swipe-bids-scam-works/

SwipeBids.com is a SCAM Great link
http://www.pennyauctionwatch.com/2010/02/swipebids-penny-auction-review/

Hongkongwillie Hongkongwillie Hongkongwillie More info on Swipebids
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SwipeBidscom-is-a-SCAM/155914777768748?v=wall

SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM Letter from Lawyer office
http://www.pyxisstudios.us/ftp_uploads/public_files/Ltr_to_M_Larson_re_Swipebids_com.pdf

SwipeBids.com is a Bloody SCAM Prepare to be dazzeled by soon to be release documents and my reply to threats.
Stay tuned. Will be posting tomorrow, hell be damned to Swipebids chick sh*t lawyers.