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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (128223)	1/7/2010 5:25:59 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542233

<<<What I'm saying is that the very most dangerous thing to a democracy is for business and government to be in bed together. When that happens and when they they start hiding information from the public - which by the way was all about the public sending huge amounts of money to AIG which in turn was able to pay off on the gambling adventures by GS that went sour - then the public darn well better sit up and take notice.>>> Democrats are going to have a tough time explaining to voters there were no villians in the bailout. The Fed Chair, Govs, and Treasury Secretaries (both Paulson and Geithner) took whatever action needed to save the planet from an economic disaster. If anything, they were heroes. But the public does not want to hear any of that. They are out for blood.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (128223)	1/7/2010 7:55:46 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542233

<dangerous thing to a democracy is for business and government to be in bed together> A common definition for fascism is a blurring of the line between corporate and private interests and the government, especially when mixed with nationalism. The problem with dismissing all non-standard explanations as "conspiracy theories" is that if any of them are true, we have some pretty sick sh_t going on. If only 0.001% actions of government are conspiratorial (seems like a really low estimate) then there are several government conspiracy acts a year (based upon the sheer number of individual governmental actions that occur). I expect that conspiracy in government is a much higher percentage than rodent droppings in wheat - and while expected, it has to be winnowed out. It isn't like the government has never acted improperly.