Just a few more days . . . .

[Stinky The Clown]

. . . . on September 16 to be precise, we reach the 5th anniversary of the crash of 2008.

And magic will happen.

Criminals - real, actual, honest-to-gawd crooks - will get away with the biggest theft in the entire history of the world.

That isn't hyperbole. It is literally true. Essentially, no one has been prosecuted for the crimes that caused the crash that brought down the entire world's economy and continues to plague us to this day. On September 16, just thirteen days hence, the statute of limitations on their crimes will run out.

Yippee

Share your thoughts as we approach this momentous occasion.

[Stinky The Clown]

1. Looking back . . . .

. . . . to the 1980s, I recall oh so clearly the savings and loan debacle. Lots of money was stolen then. In the wake of that practice run for today's most excellent theft thousands of banksters went . . . . to prison. You want a really terrific story of the people (the victims) getting their due in the aftermath of but one savings and loan crime, google up Old Court Savings and Loan to see what happened to Jefferey Levitt.

His case was one of thousands.

What a difference. Life, for some, is sooooo much easier today.

[Art_from_Ark]

14. I think very few S&L fraudsters actually went to prison

A few, like some directors of Midwest Federal S&L of Minneapolis, were convicted of fraud, but most of the penalties for the others were merely slaps on the wrist, like what happened with the Silverado gang.

[Stinky The Clown]

15. I don't have the interest or energy to research that, but my own recollection is . . . .

. . . . . that a noticeable number served prison time.

But you're correct, most of them got "while collar" punishments, fines, and such.

[GeorgeGist]

2. Goldman Sachs Adds Citigroup (C) to Conviction Buy List, Sees 35% Upside.

[Ninga]

3. No worthy topic goes without discussion....

This is one more example of how the electorate get that dazed-deer-in-the-headlights look when trying to wrap their minds around another issue that requires democratic participation.

Included in the above, are our elected officials.

Syria is gobbling up media shares...and this very important far reaching issue, as the OP noted, the "biggest theft in the entire history of the world" sits like a hair ball in the gut of this country.

Another one got away with it...

Truly depressing.

[Little Star]

4. +1000000000000000000000000000

[Scuba]

5. We had no choice but to let them go, the AG was busy with State-licensed MMJ growers at the time.

[deutsey]

6. Disgusting, isn't it?

As Bob Dylan put it:

We live in a political world
Love don’t have any place
We’re living in times where men commit crimes
And crime don’t have a face



Read more: http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/political-world#ixzz2dpnBPjEE

[valerief]

7. Every soldier and mercenary and law enforcer who work to protect these assholes

are our barrier.

[MannyGoldstein]

8. His job done, Eric Holder can return to a law firm catering to Wall Street

a very, very wealthy man.

While arch-criminal pot smokers are behind bars, where they belong.

[warrant46]

18. Well put Manny

Holder is a "piece of work". But I won't really post what I think, I'm sure others here have the same opinion.

He certainly however knows which side of the bread his puppet masters want buttered.

[hue]

9. K&R!!

[grahamhgreen]

10. Correct injustice here before we try it over there.

[Martin Eden]

11. Eric Holder is preparing a BOMBSHELL of indictments of Banksters that will dwarf any attack on Syria

... in the alternate universe where true justice prevails in a nation based on the rule of law.

[Divernan]

12. That crash changed my life/retirement forever.

I took early retirement (at age 62) to care for my elderly Mom (which I did for the next 5 years until her death), believing that my savings & investment income were sufficient for a reasonably comfortable old age,i.e., goodies like a week at the shore and an annual trip abroad; contributions to environmental groups, ACLU, carefully vetted political candidates; memberships in museums; subscriptions to the local theater group and symphony. That all came to a crashing end in 2008-09.

I'm still far better off than many, and I appreciate that - but I worked DAMNED hard as a single Mom to put my kids through college, (sometimes 2 or 3 jobs at a time), going for decades without a vacation. I still managed to put aside and save part of my earnings; didn't inherit a dime; hoping I'd live long enough to retire and enjoy life, and I bitterly resent that fact that "somehow" my savings/investments disappeared into the One Percent Maw.

[Hydra]

13. I have a thought

"Mission Accomplished"

I have another thought to go with that- We're all screwn. This WILL happen again. And again. And again. Until they have our last penny.

[woo me with science]

16. In the US, there is basically one criminal party.

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In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.

Noam Chomsky

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[Skittles]

23. careful woo me or you'll invite THE LIST

or the magic wand or how long it takes to turn a ship around

[myrna minx]

17. Hey, at least we're going to war again!

Let the good times roll.

This justice department is an embarrassing joke in regards to justice, but it served it's purpose in letting the crooks get away with their crimes. I'm feeling especially sick today. And embaressed that I fell for the hope and change BS.

[G_j]

19. Mission accomplished nt

[CrispyQ]

20. My sig line says it all for me.

[polichick]

21. True dat - how long before enough citizens get it, and act?

[woo me with science]

22. kick