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Sun Jun-08-08 10:41 AM
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| 3. Don't worry, that's just the invisible hand performing its magic for the good of all. |
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All that laissez faire bullshit doesn't seem to be working out too hot, does it? Kinda like the tax cuts for billionaires.
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| -Hedge Funds Buying up Land, Fertilizer, Shipping Equipment and Grain Elevators!!! |
OregonBlue |
Jun-08-08 10:35 AM |
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A bunch of damn parasites. |
yourout |
Jun-08-08 10:38 AM |
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Much worse than that. This is a plan to control the world food supply and |
OregonBlue |
Jun-08-08 10:40 AM |
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The republicons have put the US in deep, dee hock to 'godless red commie China' |
SpiralHawk |
Jun-08-08 10:57 AM |
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One day we will not be able to afford food or fuel. Hedge fund scum. |
sarcasmo |
Jun-08-08 01:38 PM |
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No. It's called "fascism". It can't happen here, though. Right? nt |
sicksicksick_N_tired |
Jun-08-08 11:54 PM |
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Don't worry, that's just the invisible hand performing its magic for the good of all. |
Lasher |
Jun-08-08 10:41 AM |
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Forgive me, I don't think I understand your important post. n/t |
bluesmail |
Jun-08-08 03:10 PM |
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The "Invisible Hand of the Market" - that all-knowing force (farce?) that |
stubtoe |
Jun-08-08 07:59 PM |
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They're waddling around with their heads up their asses |
Warpy |
Jun-08-08 10:47 AM |
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Unfortunately, they are buying up the small farms all over Africa and Latin America. |
OregonBlue |
Jun-08-08 10:55 AM |
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The populations of those countries should get their pitchforks and guilottines and riot |
conspirator |
Jun-08-08 11:19 AM |
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Gee, I wonder where our military will go next.... |
brokensymmetry |
Jun-08-08 02:04 PM |
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if that doesn't tell you we are in crisis, nothing will |
ensho |
Jun-08-08 10:57 AM |
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Already got mine here at home. |
knitter4democracy |
Jun-08-08 12:32 PM |
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c'mon, u think the dems in congress are gonna bite the hands tht feed them??????? nt |
msongs |
Jun-08-08 11:00 AM |
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Didn't they just pass a farm bill. Bet there were NO CURBS on this. Look what they let |
OregonBlue |
Jun-08-08 11:05 AM |
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hedge funds are the mouth through which capitalism is devouring |
leftofthedial |
Jun-08-08 11:12 AM |
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Those hedge fund managers might want to remember what happened to the |
OregonBlue |
Jun-08-08 11:51 AM |
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So dick and bush itler are hedge fund managers? |
lonestarnot |
Jun-08-08 11:54 AM |
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Huh? |
OregonBlue |
Jun-08-08 11:55 AM |
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You said THESE ARE THE SAME HEDGE FUND MANAGERS THAT BROUGHT US THE CURRENT OIL CRISIS |
lonestarnot |
Jun-08-08 11:59 AM |
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From what I'm reading and discussions here, it's the hedge fund speculators that |
OregonBlue |
Jun-08-08 12:14 PM |
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And how 'bout that war in Iraq? |
lonestarnot |
Jun-08-08 12:28 PM |
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Yes, the war has disrupted regular oil business and speculators have taken |
OregonBlue |
Jun-08-08 01:06 PM |
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That's silly. They don't all work for the same corporation |
anigbrowl |
Jun-08-08 01:38 PM |
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Keep Your Eye On This...The Next "bubble" |
KharmaTrain |
Jun-08-08 12:04 PM |
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Yes and according to the article, they are no longer content to reap the huge profits from |
OregonBlue |
Jun-08-08 12:19 PM |
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Sucking us fucking drier than a pile of 1000 year old bones. |
lonestarnot |
Jun-08-08 12:30 PM |
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I Keep Hearing Those Sirens, Too |
KharmaTrain |
Jun-08-08 12:46 PM |
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You are sooooooooooo optimistic. |
lonestarnot |
Jun-08-08 12:55 PM |
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If you read the whole article, they are buying up small farms all over |
OregonBlue |
Jun-08-08 01:13 PM |
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But with farming, the land is more than a commodity - it is a living entity |
truedelphi |
Jun-08-08 11:41 PM |
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Trying to Bankrupt this Country on purpose, IMHO of course. |
sarcasmo |
Jun-08-08 01:40 PM |
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Trying? |
lonestarnot |
Jun-08-08 01:47 PM |
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What was the National Debt when slick willie left office. |
sarcasmo |
Jun-08-08 01:56 PM |
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a good many farms are being flooded at the moment |
ensho |
Jun-09-08 11:52 AM |
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Buy local as much as you can, then. |
knitter4democracy |
Jun-08-08 12:31 PM |
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Kinda hard to do when local authorities have outlawed |
SimpleTrend |
Jun-08-08 01:04 PM |
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This is what Americans don't get, yet, and won't get until it's too late. |
greyhound1966 |
Jun-08-08 02:22 PM |
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Where's that? Not here in Michigan. |
knitter4democracy |
Jun-08-08 03:25 PM |
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We had that, too, in a non-incorporated town, |
SimpleTrend |
Jun-08-08 04:24 PM |
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Wow. That's awful!! |
knitter4democracy |
Jun-09-08 02:34 PM |
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It's time to contact Congress..... |
Tippy |
Jun-08-08 01:26 PM |
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I contacted Al Franken's campaign. Norm Coleman is the Repuke head of the |
OregonBlue |
Jun-08-08 02:24 PM |
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"THESE ARE THE SAME HEDGE FUND MANAGERS THAT BROUGHT US THE CURRENT OIL CRISIS" Indeed. |
Buzz Clik |
Jun-08-08 01:27 PM |
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Logical next step. |
bluesmail |
Jun-08-08 03:03 PM |
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This sent a chill down my back. |
Bellator |
Jun-08-08 03:30 PM |
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And people think Obama-a current member of Congress-is gonna help them in '09. |
TheGoldenRule |
Jun-08-08 04:35 PM |
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Grow your own |
SpiralHawk |
Jun-08-08 08:13 PM |
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As much as you can.... |
WCGreen |
Jun-08-08 11:46 PM |
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Same reptiles that brought us the Mortgage Crisis as well. n/t |
BushDespiser12 |
Jun-09-08 12:56 AM |
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it's the end of the world. |
BigBearJohn |
Jun-09-08 01:51 AM |
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Chelsea Clinton and her finacee make their millions working as hedge fund traders. |
Divernan |
Jun-09-08 07:29 AM |
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sssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh |
BigDaddy44 |
Jun-09-08 07:42 AM |
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Unfortunately, the global working class is too divided and too weak to take these parasites on |
entanglement |
Jun-09-08 04:21 PM |
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