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To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (11623)	9/14/2008 10:58:22 PM
From: Proud Deplorable	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50079

Better buy your gold and silver back.....commodities to soar now

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (11623)	9/14/2008 11:24:50 PM
From: NOW	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50079

At what point does the American taxpayer say -- enough? never

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (11623)	9/15/2008 4:07:42 AM
From: Condor	Respond to of 50079

As one institution buys another sick institution the question in my mind becomes "now how safe are the rescuers?. Bank of America comes to mind. Barclays MAY have got it right.

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (11623)	9/15/2008 3:59:22 PM
From: micdundee2	1 Recommendation Respond to of 50079

"Concerning Greenspan... I'd agree that he's too old for jail. I think the people of Italy had the right idea with Mussolini .... Let him swing from a street lamp for a day, or two outside Wall & Main, and then give the Maestro his just dues via a ticker tape parade by, of and for the people, while being pulled through the streets of New York at the end of a rope." AMEN Brother

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (11623)	9/15/2008 4:13:07 PM
From: micdundee2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50079

and Bush was very Herbert Hooverish today in his tv appearance... history repeats itself.

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (11623)	9/15/2008 8:19:58 PM
From: golfer72	Respond to of 50079

I agree Slider. Unfortunately not too many others do. They still trot him out on CNBC and of course he had nothing to do with this.

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (11623)	9/15/2008 8:59:03 PM
From: Threshold	17 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50079

Greenspan (Mr. Buy ARMs), unfortunately, will be left alone. only the unconnected are held accountable in America, while the connected, criminal, greedy establishment icons all chant "the buck stops here" and then cash in their $100 million severance packages, and get busy spending the rest of their ill gotten loot. even sadder is that most just keep their positions and do more of the same. is it just me or is there a sinister underlying purpose to all this carnage? many "ordinary" market observers (people without a shred of finance background) saw all this coming a mile away (and many years back at that), while the so called captains of finance, regulation and government just did nothing. u just can't believe those negative alarmists when the lizard class is sucking the life out of a once fine country. shout 'em down and carry on was the mantra. the fiscally conservative republicans stink to high heaven on all this, i guess they are used to the smell. they are now offering up McCain and Palin as our saviours. fark why don't we just make Karl Rove president and get it over with. or maybe that Ken doll that Bush put in charge of the silent SEC. i watched Roubini on Bloomberg last night, and he said that what is needed now is punishment. unfortunatley i believe he was talking about the markets not the perpetrators. i had a strange urge to toss a massive shovel at my TV today when Paulson and then Bush appeared on the screen. it seems that pure bullshit is now America's primary product. maybe it's time to put the war on terror on the backburner, and start a war on bankers and their enablers. they have after all done far more to damage America. if they don't suffer very harsh punishment then what good are rules of law? what example is set for their successors? no doubt the spin on it all will be "we need to fix the current problems and not focus on the past". this is one instance where, imo, both are equally important.