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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:35 AM Original message |
Hedge Funds Buying up Land, Fertilizer, Shipping Equipment and Grain Elevators!!! |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. A bunch of damn parasites. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Much worse than that. This is a plan to control the world food supply and |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. The republicons have put the US in deep, dee hock to 'godless red commie China' |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. One day we will not be able to afford food or fuel. Hedge fund scum. |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. No. It's called "fascism". It can't happen here, though. Right? nt |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Don't worry, that's just the invisible hand performing its magic for the good of all. |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. Forgive me, I don't think I understand your important post. n/t |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. The "Invisible Hand of the Market" - that all-knowing force (farce?) that |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. They're waddling around with their heads up their asses |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Unfortunately, they are buying up the small farms all over Africa and Latin America. |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. The populations of those countries should get their pitchforks and guilottines and riot |
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brokensymmetry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Gee, I wonder where our military will go next.... |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. if that doesn't tell you we are in crisis, nothing will |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Already got mine here at home. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. c'mon, u think the dems in congress are gonna bite the hands tht feed them??????? nt |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Didn't they just pass a farm bill. Bet there were NO CURBS on this. Look what they let |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
10. hedge funds are the mouth through which capitalism is devouring |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Those hedge fund managers might want to remember what happened to the |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
13. So dick and bush itler are hedge fund managers? |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Huh? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You said THESE ARE THE SAME HEDGE FUND MANAGERS THAT BROUGHT US THE CURRENT OIL CRISIS |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. From what I'm reading and discussions here, it's the hedge fund speculators that |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. And how 'bout that war in Iraq? |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Yes, the war has disrupted regular oil business and speculators have taken |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. That's silly. They don't all work for the same corporation |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. Keep Your Eye On This...The Next "bubble" |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yes and according to the article, they are no longer content to reap the huge profits from |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Sucking us fucking drier than a pile of 1000 year old bones. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I Keep Hearing Those Sirens, Too |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. You are sooooooooooo optimistic. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. If you read the whole article, they are buying up small farms all over |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. But with farming, the land is more than a commodity - it is a living entity |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Trying to Bankrupt this Country on purpose, IMHO of course. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Trying? |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. What was the National Debt when slick willie left office. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
53. a good many farms are being flooded at the moment |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. Buy local as much as you can, then. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Kinda hard to do when local authorities have outlawed |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. This is what Americans don't get, yet, and won't get until it's too late. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Where's that? Not here in Michigan. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. We had that, too, in a non-incorporated town, |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. Wow. That's awful!! |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's time to contact Congress..... |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. I contacted Al Franken's campaign. Norm Coleman is the Repuke head of the |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. "THESE ARE THE SAME HEDGE FUND MANAGERS THAT BROUGHT US THE CURRENT OIL CRISIS" Indeed. |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
38. Logical next step. |
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Tashca (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
41. This sent a chill down my back. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
43. And people think Obama-a current member of Congress-is gonna help them in '09. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. Grow your own |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. As much as you can.... |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
49. Same reptiles that brought us the Mortgage Crisis as well. n/t |
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BigBearJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
50. it's the end of the world. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
51. Chelsea Clinton and her finacee make their millions working as hedge fund traders. |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. sssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
55. Unfortunately, the global working class is too divided and too weak to take these parasites on |
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