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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 01:55 PM Original message |
Matt Taibbi: Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?--- "Everything's fucked up, and nobody goes to jail." |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. It is hard to put those who run the country in Jail. Wall Street and |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. This may be what hurts President Obama the most. Accountability. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Obama has never believed in accountability, unless you are poor. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because they became part of the government, |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. +1 n/t |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Best Line |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. WOW! |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why not? Because they OWN the jails |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. The reason is the same employers pay both the crooks and the cops. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. I wish Taibbi would do a documentary. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. It is hard to imagine another scenario that so blatantly exposes |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. When it finally hits you |
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Lindsay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. Another excellent article from Taibbi |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. RS ROCKS! One of the few HONEST publications left in this country & why I will keep my subscription |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hey if CU logic says that corporations are people, couldn't we prosecute them as such? |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because a lot of what they did was, unfortunately, "legal" |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. tell it to the 'moderates'. nt |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
21. same reason Bush and Cheney are out? |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. We are a lawless Country. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
23. Shit, they nailed Capone for tax evasion... |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
24. Of course someone goes to jail! |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
25. It's like a huge contest to see how many people they can fuck up and get away with it. |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
26. I saw this |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
28. Tell President Obama - Either he holds Wall Street accountable or we will hold him accountable. |
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