William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 11:18 PM
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I jumped to conclusions. Hope you guys had a nice dinner. So many people throw challenges out there and then disappear.
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| -We Can't Afford Wall Street.....And We Don't Need It |
marmar |
May-13-10 07:52 AM |
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K & R nt |
laughingliberal |
May-13-10 08:03 AM |
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K & R |
SammyWinstonJack |
May-13-10 08:06 AM |
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K&R...n/t |
Oceansaway |
May-13-10 08:08 AM |
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This is very good post |
lunatica |
May-13-10 08:14 AM |
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Thanks.....and I agree ! |
marmar |
May-13-10 01:02 PM |
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Wonderfully put |
BR_Parkway |
May-13-10 02:53 PM |
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K/R |
Echo In Light |
May-13-10 02:57 PM |
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And for only $ 12.95 David will explain how markets are not necessary |
grantcart |
May-13-10 03:00 PM |
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FAIL....and besides, better David Korten than a Bankster. |
marmar |
May-13-10 03:29 PM |
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I met David when he was in AID in BKK and I like him but if you don't see |
grantcart |
May-13-10 03:33 PM |
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Star Trek Enterprise? Umm, okay..... |
marmar |
May-13-10 03:36 PM |
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The Star Trek hoopla is old and played out so 90s. |
Rex |
May-13-10 03:38 PM |
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agreed but their economic system seemed perfect although unexplained. |
grantcart |
May-13-10 03:41 PM |
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JUST LIKE OURS YA HOSER. |
cliffordu |
May-13-10 05:05 PM |
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unrelated |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 05:52 PM |
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If he was really against capitalism |
JoeyT |
May-13-10 06:07 PM |
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He didn't say that money wasn't necessary, or even markets |
eridani |
May-13-10 06:23 PM |
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couldn't agree more |
grantcart |
May-13-10 08:28 PM |
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It's referenced in their background. |
proteus_lives |
May-13-10 08:14 PM |
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Perfect post and absolutely true! Wall Street produces nothing of substance. |
AnArmyVeteran |
May-13-10 03:51 PM |
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Please study some finance |
taught_me_patience |
May-13-10 05:58 PM |
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that cat is chasing its own tail |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 07:13 PM |
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You need capital markets to fund businesses |
eridani |
May-13-10 08:26 PM |
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40% of all corporate profits. |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 10:14 PM |
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Something can't be considered very 'modern' if it is a complete failure can it? |
AnArmyVeteran |
May-13-10 10:47 PM |
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makes sense to me. Does he tell us HOW to deep six it? |
cali |
May-13-10 05:09 PM |
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lock the doors |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 07:30 PM |
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40% of all us corporate profits go to wall street. it's a parasitical appendage of capital. |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 05:53 PM |
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Completely not true |
taught_me_patience |
May-13-10 05:59 PM |
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that is why Wall Street exists |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 07:38 PM |
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Please link a source stating the 40% of corp profits go to WS. |
taught_me_patience |
May-13-10 07:45 PM |
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that's all? |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 08:05 PM |
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Thank you for posting an article to back up my argument |
taught_me_patience |
May-13-10 11:03 PM |
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"wall street" in common parlance = the financial sector. but that part *is* open |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 11:04 PM |
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that is true |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 11:23 PM |
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You really do think "Wall Street" refers as a zip code range on a specific street of New York? |
liberation |
May-14-10 03:47 AM |
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good article here |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 08:12 PM |
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I'd say 40% of profits are "earned" by wall street |
taught_me_patience |
May-13-10 10:55 PM |
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Is shilling for Wall Street a hobby or a profession? |
U4ikLefty |
May-13-10 11:19 PM |
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;>) |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 11:25 PM |
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rofl |
Starry Messenger |
May-13-10 11:26 PM |
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I think they teach this stuff in college! |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 11:41 PM |
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I don't like many things WS did |
taught_me_patience |
May-14-10 01:50 AM |
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LOL... |
liberation |
May-14-10 03:52 AM |
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they are? |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 11:48 PM |
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I was right, then |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 09:36 PM |
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yep. they're quick to call people on stuff (usually with a dollop of name-calling), but |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 10:16 PM |
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Oy vey you are truly dense |
Egnever |
May-13-10 10:33 PM |
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i'm not sure what you're babbling about. i said 40% of all corporate profits go to wall street. |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 10:45 PM |
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Obviously your writing style needs some clarity |
taught_me_patience |
May-13-10 10:56 PM |
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i doubt it, but it does save your face. that's why you showed up now instead of earlier. |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 11:02 PM |
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nah... it was because I was driving home from work. |
taught_me_patience |
May-13-10 11:03 PM |
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sorry |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 11:18 PM |
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whatever you say. nice job ya got. |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 11:21 PM |
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you are a strange bird |
Egnever |
May-14-10 01:04 AM |
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you're a strange bird too. if you don't get it, i'm not obliged to explain to someone whose |
Hannah Bell |
May-14-10 02:00 AM |
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Personal attack? WTF? I just asked for a source for a claim. |
taught_me_patience |
May-14-10 02:10 AM |
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are you egnever's sock? because i posted to him, not to you. |
Hannah Bell |
May-14-10 03:12 AM |
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dupe |
Hannah Bell |
May-14-10 02:00 AM |
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services!! |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 11:08 PM |
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So if wall street disappeared |
Egnever |
May-14-10 01:17 AM |
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yes, it would be in someone else's pockets |
William Z. Foster |
May-14-10 12:10 PM |
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Sorry but no |
Egnever |
May-13-10 10:30 PM |
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sorry but yes. "40% of all corporate profits went to wall street" means the same thing as |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 10:53 PM |
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Which is totaly different from wall street taking profits from corporations. |
Egnever |
May-14-10 12:53 AM |
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oh, give it up. i'm not confusing a damn thing, & you know it. |
Hannah Bell |
May-14-10 02:03 AM |
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yes |
William Z. Foster |
May-14-10 12:29 PM |
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nyt, in yellow |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 08:47 PM |
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Honestly... your anger should be directed at the U.S. government |
taught_me_patience |
May-13-10 11:11 PM |
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by that logic... |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 11:16 PM |
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You keep parroting this, and its completely untrue |
Egnever |
May-13-10 10:26 PM |
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you have a reading comprehension problem. "take" = "get," "make," earn, whatever. |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 10:59 PM |
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I can accept "take" or "get", but "earn" is stretching it. |
Prometheus Bound |
May-14-10 12:08 AM |
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So you just begrudge a company making a profit then. |
Egnever |
May-14-10 01:22 AM |
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so you like straw. yum yum |
Hannah Bell |
May-14-10 02:01 AM |
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As much as you like spewing BS |
Egnever |
May-14-10 02:28 AM |
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not worth it, bit T |
Hannah Bell |
May-14-10 03:13 AM |
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ROFL!! |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 11:13 PM |
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We must have a communication issue here |
Egnever |
May-14-10 01:21 AM |
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when someone says "you seem to be saying" what follows is typically a misrepresentation |
Hannah Bell |
May-14-10 02:02 AM |
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So what are you saying? |
Egnever |
May-14-10 02:29 AM |
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that is in your imagination |
William Z. Foster |
May-14-10 12:25 PM |
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reform it |
MkapX |
May-13-10 07:47 PM |
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K&R |
leftstreet |
May-13-10 08:13 PM |
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Wall Street is no longer about investing, it is about amoral hacking |
eridani |
May-13-10 09:09 PM |
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What do you mean by 'WALL STREET"? |
Synicus Maximus |
May-13-10 09:20 PM |
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Wall Street |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 10:26 PM |
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and my greatest fear.... |
unkachuck |
May-13-10 09:35 PM |
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This guy clearly does not understand what the markets do. |
Egnever |
May-13-10 10:19 PM |
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well, we are all ears |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 10:26 PM |
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They provide operating capital for businesses that go public |
Egnever |
May-13-10 10:45 PM |
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ok |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 11:17 PM |
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40% |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 11:22 PM |
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did you learn that in your econ 101 class? |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 11:29 PM |
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times have changed |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 11:37 PM |
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obviously under any plausible modern system financial markets are necessary |
Douglas Carpenter |
May-14-10 05:56 AM |
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creating jobs |
William Z. Foster |
May-14-10 12:47 PM |
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there has never in the entire history of the world been one single case in the entire history of the |
Douglas Carpenter |
May-14-10 02:32 PM |
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social democracy works : if it works so well, why is it being cut back across the globe as we speak? |
Hannah Bell |
May-14-10 02:41 PM |
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well visit Europe and you will see that social democracy is still far, far from dead |
Douglas Carpenter |
May-14-10 08:26 PM |
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I LIVED IN EUROPE FOR 1 YEAR. You might catch up on the news, |
Hannah Bell |
May-14-10 10:46 PM |
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that has been the rule |
William Z. Foster |
May-14-10 05:50 PM |
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if you think most of human history |
Douglas Carpenter |
May-14-10 08:33 PM |
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really? |
William Z. Foster |
May-14-10 09:35 PM |
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most of European history has been just as brutal and just as savage - if not more so |
Douglas Carpenter |
May-14-10 09:58 PM |
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not open to that then? |
William Z. Foster |
May-14-10 10:01 PM |
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Please educate - they play a major role in economic growth |
taught_me_patience |
May-14-10 02:05 AM |
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as I said |
William Z. Foster |
May-14-10 06:05 PM |
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40% of all corporate profits. |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 11:22 PM |
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yeah, but |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 11:29 PM |
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god, how could i not have understood. it is to weep, how misguided i've been. |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-10 11:31 PM |
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Someone had to say it |
varelse |
May-13-10 10:33 PM |
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Evidently they are afraid we will figure this out, too. |
Starry Messenger |
May-13-10 10:52 PM |
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When pathological gamblers win big, watch out: |
azul |
May-13-10 11:19 PM |
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k and r |
William Z. Foster |
May-13-10 11:20 PM |
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agreed k/r -N/T- |
deacon_sephiroth |
May-14-10 12:13 AM |
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If you don't like Wall Street, fine, then just don't complain about employment figures. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
May-14-10 02:07 AM |
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Wall Street is about cheap labor. Wall Street closes a plant employing Americans and making an 8% |
pundaint |
May-14-10 02:27 AM |
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+1000. it can't be pointed out too often. not only do they screw you every ten |
Hannah Bell |
May-14-10 03:40 AM |
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so obviously false |
William Z. Foster |
May-14-10 12:48 PM |
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LOL. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
May-14-10 06:12 PM |
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millions were laid off... |
William Z. Foster |
May-14-10 08:33 PM |
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still thinking, I guess |
William Z. Foster |
May-15-10 12:28 PM |
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Not really. It was so ridiculous, I thought it was rhetorical. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
May-15-10 03:13 PM |
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It's not often said, but I think it's true. I think "the market" should be done away with (nt) |
harmonicon |
May-14-10 03:37 AM |
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How about we do real reform. |
Enthusiast |
May-14-10 07:24 AM |
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too much human misery |
William Z. Foster |
May-14-10 12:50 PM |
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If you look at straight investments |
Turbineguy |
May-14-10 08:00 AM |
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What we NEED is tighter REGULATION and actual JAILTIME for financial |
Rex |
May-14-10 05:57 PM |
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Excellent!!!! nt |
jxnmsdemguy65 |
May-14-10 09:52 PM |
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Wall Street has raped the workers of America for decades. Enough is enough! |
earth mom |
May-15-10 03:14 PM |
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