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sabrina 1

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27. I just watched Inside Job and all I can say is, we are now a lawless country when it comes
Thu Mar 15, 2012, 06:34 PM
Mar 2012

to Economic Terrorists and War Criminals. It should be required viewing for every American so they understand the enormity of the crimes these people got away with, not to mention the huge amounts of money they took with them.

Not only have none of them been held accountable, they have been hugely rewarded for crashing the world economy, and it's clear they knew what they were doing.

Some day maybe, when or IF the rule of law is ever re-established for the top 1%, some of them will pay for their crimes. But so far, it doesn't seem likely.

At the beginning of the film, someone compared this kind of excessive greed to a drug addiction. There seems to be some studies that demonstrate the drive for excessive power and money affects the same part of the brain that is affected by other addictions.

What is striking about them, when the appeared before Congress is that they had no remorse at all. They feel entitled to the billions they took at the expense of this country.

This is truly a very dark period in our history.

How come there are no regulations in place? midnight Mar 2012 #1
Sorry Charlie, the horse is already out of the barn 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #2
You may want to ask Mr. Hope & Change in the WH. ~nt 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #3
Did you mean to say Mr. Trickledown? UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2012 #6
I think he meant to say chervilant Mar 2012 #8
+100 nt 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #9
That works too. nt SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #14
Mr. Look forward and the banksters did nothing illegal, in the WH. nt. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #13
Problem is ... 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #16
Depressing, isn't it? SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #17
Depressing? ... well, actually ... yes and no 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #19
Greg Smith should go on Olbermann, or Maddow, or even O'Reilly to explain himself Syrinx Mar 2012 #4
I have no vendetta against late-blooming whistle-blowers. 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #5
Agreed, 100% Syrinx Mar 2012 #7
On, the stampede! woo me with science Mar 2012 #22
Mr Smith saw the writing on the wall and got out ONLY to make a profit with all he can. Justice wanted Mar 2012 #18
Banks have traditionally been one of our great bastions of rectitude and morality. tclambert Mar 2012 #10
I'm certain that's why Jesus got so pissed at the money-changers in the Temple. 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #11
I've taken to saying Jesus threw the Republicans out of the temple. tclambert Mar 2012 #12
Absolutely. If I don't act like a greedy pig myself, then I'm somehow automatically "envious" of 1%? 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #15
solution: sulphurdunn Mar 2012 #20
That would be most fitting, I agree. After all, these really are Economic Terrorists ~nt 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #21
Greed, Selfishness, Arrogance, and Pathological Narcissism RULES at the TOP. bvar22 Mar 2012 #23
I just watched Inside Job and all I can say is, we are now a lawless country when it comes sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #27
I think the time for hibernation is over RZM Mar 2012 #24
Good point. Good weather omen? Like Mother Earth is saying 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #30
Bank of America belly up? Who to believe? Buffett or the yellow journalist Taibbi? banned from Kos Mar 2012 #25
No wonder you were banned from Kos 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #28
Letter to former Goldman Sachs exec Greg Smith: keep writing until you put them out of business yurbud Mar 2012 #26
That's awesome. Here's a juicy related link, in case you missed it. 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #29
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