Sound Health Sharry Edwards Charges: Financial Terrorism

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April 21, 2004

Sound Health Sharry Edwards Charges: 'Financial Terrorism'Health

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Ohio, Easter Sunday, 2004 - According to an alert issued by Ralph Fucetola, also

known as the Vitamin Lawyer, Sharry Edwards, founder of a school of alternative

healing through sound called Human BioAcoustics, (see website of the Sound

Health Research Institute) has been attacked in an underhanded way. In what

seems to be a typical " dirty tricks " operation, her accounts were seized by a

bank in a way that does not allow for defense.

 

The bank apparently operated on what is called a “cognovit note” that had her

name affixed to it nearly a decade ago without her knowledge. Don't know what a

cognovit note is? I didn't either, until a few minutes ago. According to a

Michigan court, “a cognovit note is a legal device by which a debtor consents in

advance to the holder's obtaining a judgment without notice or hearing, and

possibly without appearance, on the debtor's behalf, by an attorney designated

by the holder…”

 

 

Read Fucetola's open letter and further information about the case here and if

you wish, write an e-mail to tell Sharry she's not alone - you might also want

to help out with a donation.

 

Statement from Sharry Edwards, Easter Sunday 2004

 

Terrorism upheld as legal by Ohio Court

 

This can't be happening! I'm sitting here with one sock on, my mind in an

intellectual stupor of disbelief. My thoughts are racing in an attempt to make

rational sense of it all; my body frozen in the simple act of trying to put my

other sock on so that I can face the day. They only took things. I can live

with that and I can continue to work and earn money no matter how they try to

terrorize me. " How can this happen, " I silently inquire on some internal level?

How can a large banking conglomerate use a " cognovit note " claiming that my name

was affixed to it nearly a decade ago, to seize my personal bank accounts?

 

I wasn't even aware of what a cognovit note was and had never been allowed to

review the documents that were being referring to. When the Bank had first

informed me of this debt, I had asked repeatedly for them to provide copies of

the originating documents to me. I continued to ask for seven years with no

results. I had provided copies of court documents to them showing that another

person had already admitted, among other things, to signing my name to documents

associated with the loan they referred to but the Bank still refused to provide

a copy of the loan documents they claimed existed. It seemed they didn't care

to help me prove that someone else had originated this debt.

 

The Bank claimed that a cognovit note, that was part of the loan, gave them the

right to hire an attorney for me even though I hadn't signed for the loan. It

gave them the right to hire someone I had never met in any way to go to court as

my representative without my knowledge or consent and confess that I was guilty.

I was notified after the fact that I must pay back a loan that was consummated

by someone else using my name. Having my identify raped seven years ago was

devastating but to now be faced with the fact that the bank was eager to hold me

responsible when they knew full well that someone else is culpable was

incomprehensible.

 

The fact that the statue of limitations had run out on the loan didn't stop the

Court from agreeing with Big Banking that I should be found guilty without

recourse, without a court appearance and without representation that I was aware

of. How can this kind of terrorism exist in America? The realization that it

has already existed for many years begin to creep into my awareness.

Collections agencies pray on this kind of terror. That is why it works so well.

Keep the person terrorized and they are more pliable, more cooperative. This

ploy should be considered criminal. In reality a cognovit note on a consumer

loan is a criminal offense in many states, including Ohio but that didn't stop

the Court or the Bank from finding me guilty behind my back and then acting on

that counterfeit guilt in a terrorist fashion.

 

They've taken the funds from my checking and savings accounts - all of it. Well

that's not completely true, they left .01 cents in my account. They left me a

penny. The amount they took wasn't much in terms of what a large bank is worth,

but it was a huge amount for me. Such a large bank doesn't need my pittance of

a bank account. The repugnant result was to terrorize me; to make me behave so

that I would cave in and pay them in order to be free from the pain, the fear,

and the dread. Terrorizing me in this manner is probably a very effective

tactic for a Bank because it uses the basic need for safety to force compliance

through fear.

 

A thought swirled through my mental space as I was trying to sort out the facts

from the emotional terror. It dawned on me that I can't buy groceries or even

go out to eat because they have also maxed out the overdraft on my credit card.

It seems the papers they used to find me guilty state that they can have my

money, my property and my credit. An involuntary moan/sigh (I can't determine

which) escapes from deep inside. I just remembered that I promised my

granddaughter that I would help her buy her prom dress. Another thought dances

across my mind. I can't send Ben his money for his gym shoes that I promised

him. Where will I get the money for a simple pair of sneakers for my beloved

grandson? He trusts me. I'm his Grandma. I have always been able to come

through when his parents can't provide the little extras that make a childhood

just a little sweeter. I can't let him down!

 

I finally get it. The intent all along has been to break me, to terrorize me.

To move against the one principle that most Americans take for granted. The

basic need to feel safe. I can tell you from the inside of my being that it is

horrific to feel NOT safe. This is a great lesson for me. I begin to realize

that this attack is an unconscionable atrocity against the basic right of all

humans to feel safe. What I'm going through is so small and insignificant

compared to what is happening in other parts of the world but it is nevertheless

earth-shattering to my well-being.

 

Moving through the day, through the motions of being human without feeling safe

is an incredibly insidious experience especially when the terrorizing is being

done by those we were are taught to trust without reservation our banking and

court systems. I will not bow to what they expect! I know that I can't be

alone in this. This must have happened to many other people if this law has

gotten so much attention that there is actually an Ohio Code that prevents it

from being legal for consumer loans. [2323.11 (E)]

 

I slowly begin to realize that at the root of my terror, is the basic fact that

I've been betrayed by those who by law are charged with being impartial,

judicious, reasonable and fair! I'm astonished to realize that I don't feel safe

in a land that is supposed to be all about freedom and safety and choice.

 

But that is their target - my need to feel safe. Another fear crowds my mind.

" What will they seize next, " I ponder? By law, what can they take? By law they

can't hold me responsible if someone else signed my name to a paper-but it

happened. By law they can't hold someone responsible after the statue of

limitations has run out-but it happened. It's done, I've been found guilty.

The Court helped them do it, and the only way to get my property back is to go

to court against them. But how can I do that with no money? Maybe that was

their intention. Take my means of hiring an attorney so I can't fight back. In

the meantime I'm forced to do without. Everyone that I'm responsible for is

being forced to do without.

 

My head drops into my hands in despair and frustration. How can I fight Big

Banking and the Court system? I feel like sobbing. But what's the point? It

won't help. The only thing that will help is to make sure that the law that was

used against me can never be used against anyone else, EVER! I know the

commitment I will make. I must carefully plan a murder. I will help murder the

dreaded cognovit notes that immoral banking institutions try to use against

people when they are fully aware that the person they are pursing is not

responsible. I will see to it that such a law that allows lending institutions

to terrorize the little people, the poor, those not having the means to fight

them, ends up being abolished with mandatory retroactive payments to the

Americans that have been subject to such abuse by Big Brother Banking.

 

There is no purpose in resenting this abuse of power - it only provides energy

to the problem not the solution. There is no purpose in being upset. Assigning

blame has never resolved a problem. Things change only when we are determined

enough to embrace change by standing up for what is right. I only need to

remember that people who always follow never end up making a difference. I must

be courageous enough to face those in power knowing my retaliation will be to

make the world a more grace full place. I'm in good company this Easter Sunday,

2004.

 

Sharry Edwards

 

Posted at April 21, 2004 07:37 PM

 

 

 

 

 

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