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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:18 PM Original message |
The Wall Street Pentagon Papers: Biggest Scam In World History Exposed |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Another great reason to love Bernie Sanders. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. +1000% ... yes, ONLY Bernie pushed for this information ....!! |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
107. And, sadly enough, Ron Paul. nt |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #107 |
146. Yes. I've been startled at how much sense |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
148. "Can you imagine what we could do to restructure society with $12.3 trillion?" Wow...just wow. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #148 |
181. How about if we could just find the $2.3 TRILLION Pentagon can't account for ???? |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
135. Bernie Sanders for President 2012 |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #135 |
182. +1000% .... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
159. +666 trillion! |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not enough unreccers on DU to keep THIS one down. nt |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Thanks for the recs. Lots of video clips/testimony at link as well! |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Almost forgot... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. 12.3 trillion is about 85% of our GDP |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. The derivatives market was so far out there |
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Mark D. (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
68. Actually... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
108. Those are some real ambitious crooks. nt |
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howmad1 (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. It would take 31,700 years to count to a trillion! |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. New bookmark for me thanks! |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. Duplicate |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't think people are going to be shocked, simply because it's too big to comprehend. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. 21,000 overnight loans = its not as big as you think |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. It's still as big as I think. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. That they were...and it did work |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. It worked for the FED and for the banks ... not for the public ... |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
64. There is that, but there are enough real crimes that invention is unnecessary |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. These banks committed real crimes .. just look at your credit card bills .... |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #66 |
72. That's a whole different issue, which half-baked gibberish about TARP does nothing for. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Overturning of regulations was criminal intent ... and it applies to the entire |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #77 |
139. I believe you meant 3.5% and 4% interest--not .035% and .04%. Big difference. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #139 |
174. What ... ? You took .04% to mean 40% ... ???? |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #174 |
177. No, I took .035% to mean 35/100ths of one percent. And .04% to mean 4/10ths of |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #177 |
180. Shouldn't have stated it that way -- |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #64 |
132. So, if I borrow (without permission) my boss's big bucks on to bet on the horses on Saturday |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Pressure was on to naitonalize these corrupt and criminal banks...this bailed them out .... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. Of course it is HUGE coup ... who would have lent these banks money ... and at what rates???? |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:35 AM Response to Reply #48 |
73. US manufacturing was the real priority |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. We've lost 50,000 manfacturing plants over past 10 years .... |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
118. BWAHAHAhahahahahaha .... (n/t) |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
137. lie |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
143. $1.93 trillion outstanding as of September 2010 |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #143 |
155. Ok, I'll concede there is more to the picture |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #155 |
157. no, not all the tarp money has been repaid. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #155 |
187. The biggest chunk was the purchase of $1.1 trillion in worthless MBS. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #143 |
175. Some talk about the totals being more like $23 trillion in all ... but we also have missing |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #175 |
176. Link- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #176 |
178. And memories of Rep. Cynthia McKinney chasing after Rumsfeld...!!! Loved it!! |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #178 |
186. Of couse none of her detractors have/had an answer, so the smear |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #186 |
188. Agree -- |
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Rockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
152. If it were sex related, people would get it. |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. All the big banks should have gone bankrupt. But they let millions of people go bk! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. Rahm confirms that Obama didn't NATIONALIZE banks despite the pressure to do so!!! |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #45 |
88. You say that like it was possible, easy, and a good idea! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:55 AM Response to Reply #88 |
93. It was possible -- and it was recommended to Obama -- |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. A Bald Lie : "The Fed doled out $12.3 trillion in near-zero interest loans" |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Give it up, People here don't understand how those loans were counted. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. Tell us who else would have lent this money and at what rates to corrupt banks? |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
71. Oh, Is That It? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. If not for US Treasury, what would it have cost these banks to borrow this money.... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #47 |
128. The Fed is not the Treasury |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. Rec'd I think this is why they are going after Wikileaks. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
52. Exactly what Thom Hartmann is also saying ... agree with you .... |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
67. I agree. n/t |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
112. agree, n/t |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R WikiLeaks was a cover for this. It keeps media focused on the wrong things |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You think they were working with them? Or just that they are being used as a decoy. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. That's what I read |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Typical Anti-Fed Nonsense |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Deleted message |
Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Alerted? Me? n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. No, I mean the page linked in the OP. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
55. How many of these banks would still exist if they had to borrow this money on open market? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:11 AM Response to Reply #55 |
69. None of them, which is the reason we had to act |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:57 AM Response to Reply #69 |
94. No -- it's the reason why the banks should have been NATIONALIZED.... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:50 AM Response to Reply #94 |
103. Calling FDR's actions "Nationalizing" is not 100% accurate |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #103 |
172. Well, we weren't bailing out SOLVENT banks were we? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:42 AM Response to Reply #172 |
184. We were not nationalizing them either n/t |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #55 |
75. How many of our jobs would still exist if the govt hadn't rescued the banks is a better question |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:59 AM Response to Reply #75 |
95. NATIONALIZING the banks .... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:01 AM Response to Reply #75 |
97. ...and same had we NATIONALIZED the auto industry .... |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
76. No. The 3.3 trillion was used to buy "assets." |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #76 |
83. And didn't they force the sale of one or more banks to Goldman Sachs .... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
82. Anti-FED nonsense? Why should FED be setting economic policy for America? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #82 |
86. It is the whole reason we have a central bank |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Unfortunately, they are setting economic policy for America ... including |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:01 AM Response to Reply #89 |
99. They are not setting the policy |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #99 |
173. FED is deciding whether to act any further re economy .... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:56 AM Response to Reply #173 |
185. The Fed is not a private bank in any conventional sense |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #89 |
149. Correntewire.com has interesting discussion about this. |
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Truth2Pwer (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thank You very much for this!!! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. I feel like |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I feel like its a sideshow, an attention trap |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
56. Money rules this world... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
57. Exactly ... this is all the result of corrupt government ... |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
96. paid back to WHOM??? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #96 |
124. I believe you are under a mistaken impression that the Fed's money is from the taxpayers |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. thank you for posting this/ K&R |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. Can you imagine what we would have found if Grayson's bill for the deep audit had passed? nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
109. The mere suggestion is why he is out. nt |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. sick |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. Deleted message |
seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. Bernanke, Paulson, Geithner, Blankfein, GW Bush must be arrested immediately. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. indeed.... traitors |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. +1 |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
129. Arrested for...? |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #129 |
160. Is it in the FED's Charter to lend to Foreign banks? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #160 |
164. What "taxpayer risk"? |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #164 |
166. A trillion in MBS with Frannie and Freddie written on it. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #166 |
183. I think you have it backwards |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. This is what I would consider to be TREASON |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Except that the OP describes it so badly |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. You forgot to tell us about the army of unicorns we got back too... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
61. it is ... it's collusion of government officials with crooks and criminals .... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #61 |
130. How can taxpayers get it "back"? The Fed doesn't get taxpayer money |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. This heist is what destroyed our economy, |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. It was paid back, and it saved the banking sector from collapse. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. If the money was paid back as you say, then...umm... WHERE IS IT??? |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. The TARP Program, and its all accounted for. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:31 AM Response to Reply #65 |
87. Wall Street bailout alone is over $4.6 TRILLION and no final figures on anything yet .... |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
167. Maiden Lane I and II ring any bells? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:11 AM Response to Reply #41 |
84. ALL of these corrupt and criminal banks should have been NATIONALIZED ... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #41 |
133. I Can't believe someone is here defending this shit |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #133 |
168. And there's several at that... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. . |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
110. What heist? All that money was loans and purchasing assets |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. K&R'd |
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BobTheSubgenius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. I'm sure this has been posted numerous times, but if you want to see what a trillion looks like.. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
38. The crony ''insiders'' got to use Govt Trillions to make Billions loaning it back to We the People. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. Actually, many banks took the 0% loans and bought Treasury securities with it .... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:42 AM Response to Reply #58 |
90. The sums involved are staggering. Just moving offshore requires genius... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Evidently, they used private pension funds to help move corporations out of America.... |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
42. Nothing new, in the big scheme of things, given that Capitalism at its core is a game of CONfidence |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Think everyone would get the story if it was heard ... except on internet ... |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
54. K&R |
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BadGimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
60. THE FED DOES NOT DOLE OUT TAXPAYER DOLLARS |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Let's try this ... who OKay'd these loans if not Bush/Obama ... ???? |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #62 |
74. This would all be easier if you had followed the news at the time |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:59 AM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Banks did not lend money after being rescued because they invested it in Treasury securities... |
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Klingon (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:29 AM Response to Reply #74 |
113. So Bloomberg, Bernie and Ron Paul missed the news too? |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #74 |
119. what there are some good books and reporting on is how we've all been ripped off to benefit the 1% |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:11 AM Response to Reply #60 |
98. That's right, the Fed is not a US government institution. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
63. This thread is a perfect example of how supposedly intelligent liberals jump on any crap someone |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:12 AM Response to Reply #63 |
70. It's Ron Paul, "Buy Silver" Wack-A-Doodle stuff. |
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immune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #63 |
121. "Truthy"? Try this on for size. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
79. That's Why I think wealth should be LIMITED |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Exactly ... nor should the FED have the power it does over our government .... |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. Well.. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:43 AM Response to Reply #85 |
91. Agree with you ... and all of your observations .... |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:29 AM Response to Reply #91 |
104. I fear we will never have a chance |
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LarryNM (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #79 |
150. Imagine +1000 n/t |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
100. Time for a people's currency? |
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immune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #100 |
125. People's currency, |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
101. K & R |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
102. Enron x 12 Trillion. Some of us knew those banksters were goddamn gangsters from day one. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:45 AM Response to Original message |
105. Deleted message |
xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:19 AM Response to Original message |
106. recommend |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
111. Mind Blowing facts......... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
114. This was late 2008 correct? I tried to look through some of the links |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
115. "Please, sir. May I have another". |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
116. Thanks for posting this. n/t |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
117. More "change" I can believe in. |
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soryang (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
120. CDOs, MBSs, and naked derivatives need to be reigned in |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #120 |
122. At the very least, naked derivatives need to wear a towel |
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soryang (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #122 |
127. Or naked shorts! |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
123. Biggest scam in world history? |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
126. Thanks Poboy.... |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
131. Yep. It looks like Marx was right after all. |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
134. Wow, I see this thread has completely blown up with 300 +/- recs. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
136. Sons of bitches! |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
138. Thanks for posting this, Poboy |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
140. Here's what a trillion dollars looks like: |
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riverbendviewgal (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
141. I have just one question |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #141 |
153. We are in the same boat. I don't know. Anyone any ideas for retired folks? |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #141 |
154. I see you have a Canada icon. Not that it makes you much safer, but |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
142. Well, on the whole, I would say they need more tax cuts to shelter their wealth. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
144. We've allowed thieves to take over the financial system. |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
145. "it seems that the average person doesn’t comprehend how much a trillion dollars is" |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
147. K&R |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
151. K&R |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
156. It's hard to read this stuff and think we are anything but screwed, |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
158. We're up to 369 recommends. This thread is Epic. |
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guzzie (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #158 |
163. Australia ? |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
161. k & r |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
162. The Master Class ... |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
165. "According to some estimates we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions" |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
170. we're done` |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
171. Congress voted for this ...American people have been |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
179. K&R |
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