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Tue Mar-17-09 11:29 PM
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| 92. Hello, Did you ever think the USA has had a Coup |
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Hello, Did you ever think the USA has had a Coup and we are all pawns in the game of draining every dime out of Americans, as the laugh all the way to the Cayman Islands.
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| -The Real AIG Scandal-By Eliot Spitzer: "This Was ALL An INSIDE JOB" |
kpete |
Mar-17-09 12:56 PM |
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This is the motherlode. Those who KNOW have to tell us what;s going on. Thanks, kpete! |
chimpymustgo |
Mar-17-09 12:58 PM |
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A big K&R. Spitzer was on AIG's back when the feds went after him. |
McCamy Taylor |
Mar-17-09 08:19 PM |
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exactemundo nt |
flamingdem |
Mar-17-09 11:30 PM |
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A boobytrap in other words. |
no_hypocrisy |
Mar-17-09 01:02 PM |
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I gathered from another article that, |
RJ Connors |
Mar-17-09 06:29 PM |
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K&R |
Solly Mack |
Mar-17-09 01:02 PM |
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I am missing Eliot Spitzer already.... |
TheCoxwain |
Mar-17-09 01:03 PM |
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I have missed him since the very day he was shot down. |
truedelphi |
Mar-17-09 01:11 PM |
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he gave them the rope.. |
stillcool |
Mar-17-09 01:13 PM |
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Spitzer's personal issues were the public reason for his downfall |
baldguy |
Mar-17-09 01:59 PM |
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and HE had to have known that was so... |
windbreeze |
Mar-17-09 03:31 PM |
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...at least he managed to stay alive. |
bbgrunt |
Mar-17-09 06:10 PM |
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Yes, he did, |
elleng |
Mar-17-09 08:37 PM |
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I still do not know what is the big deal if he had a hooker.... |
TheCoxwain |
Mar-17-09 04:24 PM |
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Vitter got caught and he's still in office. |
louis-t |
Mar-17-09 04:50 PM |
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Joe Scarborough and dead assisstant |
Jambalaya |
Mar-17-09 11:04 PM |
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the outrage is only justified if it is REPUBLICAN outrage... |
windbreeze |
Mar-17-09 05:53 PM |
#56 |
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Hooker was a set-up? |
Jambalaya |
Mar-18-09 12:01 AM |
#94 |
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Screwer or screwee |
Jambalaya |
Mar-17-09 06:59 PM |
#66 |
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Sex....seems to be the only thing that outrages 'murkins. |
NoSheep |
Mar-18-09 11:26 AM |
#120 |
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K & R |
navarth |
Mar-17-09 01:03 PM |
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we are slowly inching closer to the truth. |
burythehatchet |
Mar-17-09 01:05 PM |
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same mo as well...aig bonuses and the 'gun to your head' bailout in sept..fast...lets round up these |
xiamiam |
Mar-17-09 01:05 PM |
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Shoot them |
The Wizard |
Mar-18-09 07:35 AM |
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Spitzer certainly puts forward excellent questions that should be... |
Spazito |
Mar-17-09 01:07 PM |
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Elliot knows the answers to these questions. That's why they outed him. |
Last Stand |
Mar-17-09 06:13 PM |
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Now we know why Spitzer had to be destroyed |
nichomachus |
Mar-17-09 01:08 PM |
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I wouldn't doubt it. |
polichick |
Mar-17-09 06:36 PM |
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Everything's a conspiracy |
Echo In Light |
Mar-17-09 01:11 PM |
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With criminal enterprises it always is. n/t |
tuckessee |
Mar-17-09 01:20 PM |
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And that's what's so perplexing about those who honestly believe conspiracies are non-existent |
Echo In Light |
Mar-17-09 02:29 PM |
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And that is business as usual. Damage control is done by big business's media |
valerief |
Mar-17-09 04:46 PM |
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Unfortunately it seems to work that way within most social/belief structures |
Echo In Light |
Mar-18-09 10:17 AM |
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RICO Enforcement |
Jambalaya |
Mar-17-09 03:18 PM |
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With ever crime, the Police want to know who else is involved! n/t |
Downwinder |
Mar-17-09 08:14 PM |
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We need Eliot Spitzer. Racketeering or other criminal convictions may get $ flowing back to us.nt |
terisan |
Mar-17-09 01:12 PM |
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K & R. n/t |
arthritisR_US |
Mar-17-09 01:12 PM |
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Could this be a rope-a-dope? |
WeDidIt |
Mar-17-09 01:15 PM |
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k & r |
elizfeelinggreat |
Mar-17-09 01:15 PM |
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It seems so Enron-ish. |
stillcool |
Mar-17-09 01:19 PM |
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Foreclosure Phil |
Jambalaya |
Mar-17-09 03:32 PM |
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uhhhhh...errrrrr....no foreign banks received TARP money... |
Lucky Luciano |
Mar-17-09 04:21 PM |
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I think the poster means indirectly. |
ColbertWatcher |
Mar-17-09 04:41 PM |
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That doesn't make much sense... |
Lucky Luciano |
Mar-17-09 04:59 PM |
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Ugh, I missed a step. |
ColbertWatcher |
Mar-17-09 05:12 PM |
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mehh...I covered that part...not significant. nt |
Lucky Luciano |
Mar-17-09 05:18 PM |
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Payouts to UBS via AIG |
Jambalaya |
Mar-17-09 06:48 PM |
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I saw Senator Olympia J. Snowe on tv today say she and Senator Wyden had it written in Stimulus |
flyarm |
Mar-17-09 07:38 PM |
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That's a real shame. |
elleng |
Mar-17-09 08:43 PM |
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how likely?? she shouldn't..none of them should sign off on anything |
flyarm |
Mar-18-09 10:53 AM |
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As to last bill, which was required |
elleng |
Mar-18-09 08:25 PM |
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Larry Summers and California Energy "crisis" / Enron |
Jambalaya |
Mar-17-09 10:57 PM |
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Tim Geithner worked for 3 years at Kissingers firm..and then the CFR......... |
flyarm |
Mar-18-09 10:39 AM |
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K&R |
pleah |
Mar-17-09 01:22 PM |
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The next company that comes with it's hand out needs to go immediately |
Ganja Ninja |
Mar-17-09 01:22 PM |
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dupe |
pleah |
Mar-17-09 01:23 PM |
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Here's more from TIME: Obama's AIG Outrage: All Talk, No Action |
chimpymustgo |
Mar-17-09 01:27 PM |
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Great insights by Spitzer |
slay |
Mar-17-09 02:40 PM |
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K&R ...."It's not the bonuses...." n/t |
slipslidingaway |
Mar-17-09 02:45 PM |
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As I have been saying AIG was always a 'passthrough' for govt taxpayer $$ .... |
Blackhatjack |
Mar-17-09 02:46 PM |
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Exactly! |
DemReadingDU |
Mar-17-09 03:16 PM |
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AIG ,CIA, and BCCI |
Jambalaya |
Mar-17-09 03:25 PM |
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Ira Sorkins' sons |
suegeo |
Mar-17-09 07:13 PM |
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Thank You! |
Jambalaya |
Mar-17-09 10:50 PM |
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Bet your ass that the REAL crooks have 3-4 layers of indirection.... |
Junkdrawer |
Mar-17-09 04:21 PM |
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AIG Reinsurance scam |
Jambalaya |
Mar-18-09 12:41 AM |
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Link to Komisar Scoop |
Jambalaya |
Mar-18-09 12:45 AM |
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Ding ding |
malaise |
Mar-17-09 02:47 PM |
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Why do we keep "bailing out" these criminals? Is this change we can believe in? |
Mr. Hyde |
Mar-17-09 02:50 PM |
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There will be a tipping point |
TornadoTN |
Mar-17-09 05:37 PM |
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I even heard people talking about it on the Los Angeles Metro |
JDPriestly |
Mar-17-09 09:54 PM |
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My next door neighbor never talks to me about politics |
truedelphi |
Mar-18-09 02:14 AM |
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It's a common theme - and it's a shame too |
TornadoTN |
Mar-18-09 07:26 AM |
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Or like he has a choice-we all do |
Bluenorthwest |
Mar-18-09 09:23 AM |
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Don't get me started on the approach/justification to inequality for |
truedelphi |
Mar-18-09 01:39 PM |
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I know - it really doesn't add up. Here is Pres. Obama coming out and |
truedelphi |
Mar-18-09 01:36 PM |
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Give Spitzer a boost by digging the Slate article |
Kaleko |
Mar-17-09 03:00 PM |
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Spitzer gets his moment- he had to go-the man who knew too much |
katty |
Mar-17-09 03:15 PM |
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too bad he managed to undo his reputation of right/wrong |
tomm2thumbs |
Mar-17-09 03:19 PM |
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Big K & R !!! |
WillyT |
Mar-17-09 03:35 PM |
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Greg Palast had the Spitzer story a long time ago |
Flagrante |
Mar-17-09 03:56 PM |
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my question to Spitzer is why didn't he reference AIG & the doomed financial market in his downfall |
Divine Discontent |
Mar-18-09 03:59 AM |
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The bonuses in spite of their obvious unfairness are a distraction |
marias23 |
Mar-17-09 03:58 PM |
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absolutely!!!!!!!! You have it right MARIAS23!! |
flyarm |
Mar-18-09 10:44 AM |
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It appears that Henry Paulson wanted his former employer, |
vssmith |
Mar-17-09 04:38 PM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Mar-17-09 06:54 PM |
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Can we hang Paulson now? |
aquart |
Mar-17-09 09:55 PM |
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the thousands of these fucked politicians and bankers in on this scam is incredible |
natrat |
Mar-17-09 04:43 PM |
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And Europe is yelling "protectionism".. We bail out their banks and when |
Joanne98 |
Mar-17-09 04:53 PM |
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It is rather annoying. |
Lucky Luciano |
Mar-17-09 05:01 PM |
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What nations in Europe have done that? Did you mean Mexico? Links please |
Better Believe It |
Mar-17-09 07:09 PM |
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K&R n.t |
myrna minx |
Mar-17-09 05:53 PM |
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We are told we owe 80% of AIG |
Politicalboi |
Mar-17-09 06:19 PM |
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Sanctity of the Contract = Zero Tolerance. |
bluesmail |
Mar-17-09 06:34 PM |
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OMG!! Why does this remind me of the Californina "energy crisis"! |
PaulRevere08 |
Mar-17-09 06:57 PM |
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K. Ms pete does it again! k*r n/t |
autorank |
Mar-17-09 07:11 PM |
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"A-I-G was an in-side jo-ob". |
Barack_America |
Mar-17-09 07:37 PM |
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Of course it was an inside job... |
RoccoR5955 |
Mar-17-09 07:53 PM |
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knr |
spanone |
Mar-17-09 08:01 PM |
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Read this as well |
malaise |
Mar-17-09 08:14 PM |
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K&R'd. |
snot |
Mar-17-09 08:14 PM |
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They'll probably be back to actually kill Spitzer now . . .!!!! |
defendandprotect |
Mar-17-09 08:17 PM |
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Yeh, you can bet he's extremely depressed and despondent. A man ready to take his |
bertman |
Mar-17-09 09:41 PM |
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odd how Spitzer's piece isn't getting much play. too bad. |
KittyWampus |
Mar-17-09 10:25 PM |
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the 'bonus outrage' is a distraction, with the msm fanning the flames... |
dysfunctional press |
Mar-17-09 10:52 PM |
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Same old suspects_Chris Dodd on Mary L. Schapiro |
sattahipdeep |
Mar-17-09 10:53 PM |
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What would make me feel better about it all. |
Vic Meyers |
Mar-17-09 10:57 PM |
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'Failure to answer these questions will feed the populist rage that is metastasizing very quickly.' |
seafan |
Mar-17-09 11:11 PM |
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Great questions. |
go west young man |
Mar-18-09 09:59 AM |
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Hello, Did you ever think the USA has had a Coup |
Stinger2 |
Mar-17-09 11:29 PM |
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Geithner has been exposed and the Obama administration better do something about it! |
democracy1st |
Mar-18-09 02:02 AM |
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How many of us here on DU were screaming this truth last fall? |
earth mom |
Mar-18-09 02:20 AM |
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Swear to God! A whole lot of people could smell this sh*t from a mile away. |
chimpymustgo |
Mar-18-09 08:11 AM |
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Deleted message |
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Mar-18-09 01:28 PM |
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The-poweres-that-be knew what they were doing when they |
Chimichurri |
Mar-18-09 07:38 AM |
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116th recommend. |
mmonk |
Mar-18-09 07:39 AM |
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The only mistake in the article: There WAS in fact a "reason" and "explanation." |
Atman |
Mar-18-09 07:51 AM |
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Oh, we know Spitzer |
mdmc |
Mar-18-09 08:12 AM |
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Interesting article from 2004 involving AIG... |
unapatriciated |
Mar-18-09 09:31 AM |
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Figures. This is why I had no illusions that a Dem majority would change much |
AllyCat |
Mar-18-09 10:07 AM |
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WSJ: Citi's Chief Economist Leaves for Treasury Post |
flyarm |
Mar-18-09 10:37 AM |
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yep. |
barbtries |
Mar-18-09 11:26 AM |
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AIG scam is tip of the iceberg. Obama's doing nothing. n/t |
antimatter98 |
Mar-18-09 10:52 AM |
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It seems it is ALL a scam. We're just paying for it. |
chimpymustgo |
Mar-18-09 10:57 AM |
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Oh and our kids and our kids kids will be paying for it!! This will be generational!! |
flyarm |
Mar-18-09 12:06 PM |
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Marking for later read |
underpants |
Mar-18-09 11:30 AM |
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Kicked to keep Cuomo safe and out of trouble |
sixmile |
Mar-18-09 12:30 PM |
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kick |
mdmc |
Mar-18-09 06:28 PM |
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....n/t |
slipslidingaway |
Mar-19-09 08:27 PM |
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kick |
Quantess |
Mar-19-09 10:40 PM |
#130 |
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