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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:06 AM Original message |
I am tired of Big Oil and Wall Street running Washington. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. I watched Inside Job the day before yesterday |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. CORRECT |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I suspect, if anything, they are silently applauding the continued rape of America |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Exactly. 20 Trillion + in CDO's and other toxic assets floating around still |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
53. They won't even acknowledge |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. It was the largest heist in history. |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Why is justice afraid to go after the financial crimes? |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Core question, yours. Let's call for Dr. Black... |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #33 |
66. The full powers of Congress, yes, but since (most of) Congress is.... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
55. Again, they hardly |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
62. excellent article |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Exactly. If you look at the insiders it becomes clear that his presidency is irrelevant at best. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, my thoughts are that we won't be able to |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Bernie Sanders, socialist, is one of the few to stand up for economic justice. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yeah thank God for Bernie........ |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
64. yeah, proof that there ARE still a few centrists remaining. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. I'm glad we agree Jack...... |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. Powerful financial interests |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. ''Money trumps peace...uh, sometimes.'' -- George Walker Bush |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. Whatta u gonna do about it, tough guy? Go Libya on their asses? |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. War seems to be their approach to all our problems. Mine is to use the Truth. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. K/R I'm sick of them controlling our government and |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. One family's been mixing the public business with theirs for generations. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Thank you Octafish, for keeping a light on these |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
56. PLUS ONE...............nt |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. It has gone from Of the People, By the People and For the People to... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Ah, don't wimp out........ |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Friendly Fascism |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. There's nothing anyone can do about it anymore. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Maybe, maybe not......... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Well, they're still prosecuting NAZIs all these years later. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
15. k*r You want my thoughts?;) |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. And THAT'S why it's a dictatorship......... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. I'd pay for yours, Mr. C. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
21. We'll need to take over govenment and expropriate the capitalist |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. LOL! n/t |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Word!...... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. Me too. But there is no way to get rid of it currently. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. The MIC needs oil. Big Oil needs the MIC. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Excactly, Ikonoklast. Petro biz is bigger than all national budgets combined. You gave me an idea... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. "We should nationalize the Big Banks, Big Oil" |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Currently, they don't pay taxes and enjoy multibillion and multitrillion subsidies, sduderstadt. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. NONE of the banks or oil companies pay taxes... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Laugh all you want, sduderstadt. The big fish avoid taxes and benefit from US taxpayer subsidies. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. A loan isn't a "subsidy"... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. It is when you make money off it, sduderstadt. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Overnight loans aren't.... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Whatever you say, sduderstadt. The truth is, crony capitalism runs the show. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. I say accuracy is good... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Sometimes capitalists are cronies, sometimes not... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
57. Good point. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. I agree |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Dude! That poor kid. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
63. good response for Dude |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
45. Washington DC: a wholly owned subsidiary of Exxon-Mobil |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Ha ha ha ha ha!!!! |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
48. K & R |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
49. K&R |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
50. Well then get out there and vote! |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Not that I discurage voting.............. |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
52. I think the bottom line is that bribery of public officials is legal in our country |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
54. I am tired of a government that gropes people at the airport |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
58. Well, vote them out then |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
61. What do we do about it? |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
65. I believe the tide is turning |
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