slim that video you put of the animated economy situation is really good, thanks for that...i sent it to all my co-workers and they liked it too
As those of us who still believe those silly "rights" our Founders put in the Constitution push to investigate and prosecute the Bush/Cheney crowd for their crimes, we have other criminals still running around free in the private and public sector.
1.Why isn\'t Bernie Madoff behind bars?
2.Why hasn\'t Congress thrown Roland Burris out of the Senate on his lying ass?
3.Why hasn\'t Fitzgerald reeled in Blago yet, instead of letting him run around giving interviews and signing book contracts?
4.Why hasn\'t the Attorney General Holder filed scores of civil recovery actions to reclaim for taxpayers the billions in excess salary and bonuses pocketed by the people who lost/squandered the life savings of millions of Americans?
5.Why hasn\'t Congress or the administration introduced and passed legislation requiring the above?
6.Why haven\'t Wall Street wheeler dealers who got us into this mess been fired and/or indicted instead of bailed out?
7.Why is it that only ordinary citizens are feeling the full impact of the chaos these movers and shakers caused?
In short, why are the very people whose actions ignited a worldwide depression still sitting pretty, at least compared to their victims? (That would now include taxpayers.)
I don\'t know about you, but I want the administration and Congress to do two things at once; start repairing the damage cause by hurricane Bush, and punish the few -- maybe as few as 100 -- individuals, like Mazillo, Madoff, Sanford et al, who aided, abetted and profited at the expense of everyone else.
Because if we just clean up the mess and don\'t also make an example of the people who caused it, we\'ll be cleaning up another mess in few years. I know this is true because this is the third financial meltdown I\'ve covered in less than 25 years.. 1) The S&L mess, 2) The Dot-Com mess, and 3) Now this one.
Each had the same things in common, including some of the very same actors; loose to non-existent regulations and/or enforcement, phony-baloney accounting methods that allowed a handful of bankers, borrowers, Wall Street firms and accounting firms to pocket billions, all of which eventually collapsed under the weight of its own bullshit costing average investors and average taxpayers billions ... and this time around, trillions of dollars.
As they used to say in the old west, there\'s nothing like a noose to focus one\'s attention.
QuoteAs those of us who still believe those silly "rights" our Founders put in the Constitution push to investigate and prosecute the Bush/Cheney crowd for their crimes, we have other criminals still running around free in the private and public sector.
1.Why isn\'t Bernie Madoff behind bars?
2.Why hasn\'t Congress thrown Roland Burris out of the Senate on his lying ass?
3.Why hasn\'t Fitzgerald reeled in Blago yet, instead of letting him run around giving interviews and signing book contracts?
4.Why hasn\'t the Attorney General Holder filed scores of civil recovery actions to reclaim for taxpayers the billions in excess salary and bonuses pocketed by the people who lost/squandered the life savings of millions of Americans?
5.Why hasn\'t Congress or the administration introduced and passed legislation requiring the above?
6.Why haven\'t Wall Street wheeler dealers who got us into this mess been fired and/or indicted instead of bailed out?
7.Why is it that only ordinary citizens are feeling the full impact of the chaos these movers and shakers caused?
In short, why are the very people whose actions ignited a worldwide depression still sitting pretty, at least compared to their victims? (That would now include taxpayers.)
I don\'t know about you, but I want the administration and Congress to do two things at once; start repairing the damage cause by hurricane Bush, and punish the few -- maybe as few as 100 -- individuals, like Mazillo, Madoff, Sanford et al, who aided, abetted and profited at the expense of everyone else.
Because if we just clean up the mess and don\'t also make an example of the people who caused it, we\'ll be cleaning up another mess in few years. I know this is true because this is the third financial meltdown I\'ve covered in less than 25 years.. 1) The S&L mess, 2) The Dot-Com mess, and 3) Now this one.
Each had the same things in common, including some of the very same actors; loose to non-existent regulations and/or enforcement, phony-baloney accounting methods that allowed a handful of bankers, borrowers, Wall Street firms and accounting firms to pocket billions, all of which eventually collapsed under the weight of its own bullshit costing average investors and average taxpayers billions ... and this time around, trillions of dollars.
As they used to say in the old west, there\'s nothing like a noose to focus one\'s attention.
Alternet.org
Quote from: SlimPickens;222089QuoteAs those of us who still believe those silly "rights" our Founders put in the Constitution push to investigate and prosecute the Bush/Cheney crowd for their crimes, we have other criminals still running around free in the private and public sector.
1.Why isn\'t Bernie Madoff behind bars?
2.Why hasn\'t Congress thrown Roland Burris out of the Senate on his lying ass?
3.Why hasn\'t Fitzgerald reeled in Blago yet, instead of letting him run around giving interviews and signing book contracts?
4.Why hasn\'t the Attorney General Holder filed scores of civil recovery actions to reclaim for taxpayers the billions in excess salary and bonuses pocketed by the people who lost/squandered the life savings of millions of Americans?
5.Why hasn\'t Congress or the administration introduced and passed legislation requiring the above?
6.Why haven\'t Wall Street wheeler dealers who got us into this mess been fired and/or indicted instead of bailed out?
7.Why is it that only ordinary citizens are feeling the full impact of the chaos these movers and shakers caused?
In short, why are the very people whose actions ignited a worldwide depression still sitting pretty, at least compared to their victims? (That would now include taxpayers.)
I don\'t know about you, but I want the administration and Congress to do two things at once; start repairing the damage cause by hurricane Bush, and punish the few -- maybe as few as 100 -- individuals, like Mazillo, Madoff, Sanford et al, who aided, abetted and profited at the expense of everyone else.
Because if we just clean up the mess and don\'t also make an example of the people who caused it, we\'ll be cleaning up another mess in few years. I know this is true because this is the third financial meltdown I\'ve covered in less than 25 years.. 1) The S&L mess, 2) The Dot-Com mess, and 3) Now this one.
Each had the same things in common, including some of the very same actors; loose to non-existent regulations and/or enforcement, phony-baloney accounting methods that allowed a handful of bankers, borrowers, Wall Street firms and accounting firms to pocket billions, all of which eventually collapsed under the weight of its own bullshit costing average investors and average taxpayers billions ... and this time around, trillions of dollars.
As they used to say in the old west, there\'s nothing like a noose to focus one\'s attention.
Alternet.org
Answer to all of the above:
"Laissez faire"
I would add. INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. Just because you are CHARGED with a crime does not make you immediately guilty of said crime. Now we can argue all day long about whether or not these people are guilty but we in te USA have a set of rules in place for trying and convicting people of crimes.
Has Blago even been indited yet ? Last time I checked he hadn\'t been charged with any crime. He has been removed etc as Gov but have they actually leveled any charges against him yet ? And even still see above
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madoff has yet to be convicted and as such should remain free unless a compelling argument can be made that he is a flight risk or risk to community.
The ever shrinking box of GSA Thin Mints.
getting a $100 ticket in the mail today with a photo of my licence plate for apparently going 60 in a 40 in DC on the way home from phish. **** horse manure.
Quote from: leith;224049The ever shrinking box of GSA Thin Mints.
The box is smaller, right? When i got my order from the little neighborhood girls, i was quite disappointed...
getting a $100 ticket in the mail today with a photo of my licence plate for apparently going 60 in a 40 in DC on the way home from phish. **** horse manure.
getting a $100 ticket in the mail today with a photo of my licence plate for apparently going 60 in a 40 in DC on the way home from phish. **** horse manure.
getting a $100 ticket in the mail today with a photo of my licence plate for apparently going 60 in a 40 in DC on the way home from phish. **** horse manure.
Quote from: davepeck;224127getting a $100 ticket in the mail today with a photo of my licence plate for apparently going 60 in a 40 in DC on the way home from phish. **** horse manure.
If it is anything like AZ, I would not pay that ticket. A photo ticket sent by mail does not ensure you actually received the ticket. If you do not pay the fine by the due date, a police officer has to be sent to physically issue the ticket. Considering you live in CT I don\'t see them making the trip up from DC.
It happened to me in AZ a couple times (that state is ridiculous with those cameras). My plates were registered in CT. I never had any reprocussions from not paying those tickets. They were sent to my CT address.