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To: mph who wrote (282865)12/3/2008 3:03:45 PM
From: the_wheel3 Recommendations  Respond to of 793917
 
"Democrats are funny"

Well, yeah, I get a big kick out of watching them.

"duped"

Well, what about the Bama duping them into thinking he was anti-war? They got mad at Nancy cause she wouldn't cut off the funding for the troops. Now they gonna let the Bama carry on the Bush Doctrine cause Bama, well, uh, I've said this before and I'll say it again: People like the sound of his voice and he's taller than most, and did I mention that he don't look like a dollar bill, ie. he's prettier than George. Never mind his ears stick out, he has a soothing voice, that is a big plus, and his acccent ain't from the hood.

"ethical code"

Well, what is a democrat supposed to do when they caught with their hand in the cookie jar? Put the cookie back? Not eat it? How about get a couple more cookies out and share with the one that caught you, then both guilty feelings can be assuaged. And whats to feel guilty about anyway? Isn't the money coming from the 5% that can afford it, either rich republicans or evil corporations, well?

NOW WHAT

Well now I just pleased as punch to have a young dude as President especially him being black. I think that's OK. The problem is he knows he lost and need help bad. That's why he's picking all the old folks and keeping on keeping on what with the Wars, the Economy, and such. All that chips about him being a communist and a mussie, well, that was just right wing propaganda. Yes, his brother makes a dollar a month, yes, his aunt and uncle are illegal aliens living on the dole, yes, his children are smarter than he is, and his wife is somebody to steer clear of. Yes, his grandmother still waiting for the money he promised to send to fix up the school over in the jungle. And lord knows, one day, her ship is bound to come in.

Now far as foreign policy, well, he got Hillary and Gates and maybe he'll march into Pakistan to make his mark. Good thing everybody loves him.

Good thing Richardson shaved too. That's the revelation of the day.

Now as far as domestic policy. Don't worry, the checks in the mail.

Do you think dumb broad trailer trash who don't even know or even heard of Africa, well, do you think such a dumb loser would say "Don't worry the checks in the mail, but first I gots to make sure the 700B is being properly spent."

Don't you think a dumb broad that winks a lot who raised a whole passel of kids and has a REAL MAN for a husband, well, maybe she wouldn't think passing out candy to the kids is the change we need, especially when the kids are grown men who flew down in private jets, yet had to go back home to hell-hole Detroit and drive down with baggy pants, mo better to hold candy.

Maybe she might have the sense to ask what the heck is going on, maybe she might have some change in mind, some real change, the kind of change, well, you get my idea don't you.

Wimpy said he'd pay me back next Tuesday, if I gave him a hamburger today.

Poor Ford going broke Friday Week unless he can some quick. Who could predict that.

Wait, didn't Bama know we going into the Great Depression, hasn't he been saying that for years? Well he's right on that one. The DOW's going haywire today.

I would ask Bama did he know about derivative growth, systemic risk, counterparty risk? I would ask him who is the counterparty to Goldman's derivative positions?

I would want to know exactly what systemic risk would look like and maybe we ought to look into it as a positive step.

If it's going to take 75 gazillion dollars to keeep the house of cards from falling down, well???, why don't somebody whiff their hand over the dang thing. Is our economic system really just a big house of cards?

Yeah, like nobody ever heard Jim Grant , or Fleck , or anybody talk about the CDSs MBSs etc before the TARPS and SIVS BailOuts.

I say why don't we PUT THEM IN JAIL, instead of BAILING THEM OUT.

Maybe IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE. And maybe somebody like SARAH could do it, cause THE ONE AINT GOT NOTHING BUT CANDY.

Well, heck, lets have one of those spider web charts showing everybodys hands in each others pockets, quid pro quo charts.

Who's holding these derivatives? the teachers union in California? Oprah?

And how come all these kids fly around in airplanes and jabber on four hundred dollar phones?

How come we buy milk on sale and freeze it to save a dollar?



To: mph who wrote (282865)12/3/2008 8:16:11 PM
From: jlallen  Respond to of 793917
 
Excellent post...



To: mph who wrote (282865)12/3/2008 9:13:01 PM
From: greenspirit5 Recommendations  Respond to of 793917
 
So true! In addition, all those wizards running AIG, Citigroup (Robert Rubin) and Lehman Brothers ran their companies into the dirt and we're supposed to bail them out without anyone going to jail.

I'll bet any amount of money, if Joe the Plumber were sitting on the board of Citigroup and being paid 10 million dollars a year like Robert Rubin, the company wouldn't have needed
billions to stay afloat.

Common sense trumps egotistic elites on most days of the week. Despite the worship of those who bow to the alter of Harvard Business school degrees.

Think about it, those clowns were given a company to manage that had literally billions in assets, billions in investments and billions in value and they drove them into the absolute dirt! The clowns who managed Citigroup, AIG, and others shouldn't be allowed to manage a local Starbucks, because of their total incompetence. Anyone with an associates degree in economics could have succeeded if placed in the same environment.

It's really not as hard as people think to run a company that has a long track record of success with loyal business customers. You simply don't let the company operate like a Casino Roulette table, and let management steal millions in unwarranted bonuses.

We should be sending those guys to jail and lambasting them like Enron execs, but instead we're giving them hundreds of billions more to waste. It's incredible the catatonic state the American public is in regarding these scam artists who are worshipped as elite masters of the universe. The only thing they've mastered is duping Americans with their silvers spooned degrees to believe we need them.

Many actually think it's Bush's fault the companies failed so pathetically. Yet, not one of them can tell you even a remote connection between their business failing and the economic policies of President Bush...