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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:04 PM Original message |
The Most Important Event In US Economics In Almost 80 Years |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. yeah, it's nuts. can you post a paragraph & headline for those who |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Done. Thanks For The Suggestion |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act is never mentioned |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Some folks here still put Bill Clinton on a pedestal. |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Crazy, ain't it ? |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
57. Bill Clinton gave the pen he used to destroy Glass-Steagall to Billionaire Sanford Weill |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Interesting. Weill gives gobs of money to Cornell |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. ANN COULTER Went To Cornell!!! Coincidence? |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. so did Bill Maher. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Damn good school |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. I Had Two Frat Buddies Who Went To The CIA From Cornell |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. I know it was a well known school for recruitment |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Actually, These Guys Were All Engineers |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. The Colorado School of Mines is or was |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. I Was Engineering 1985-ish. What About You? |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. oh, just remembered - Janet Reno, Paul Wolfowitz, Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. They Forgot Kurt Vonnegut and Huey Lewis |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. That is now well documented |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. Ah, a Bob Dole fan! |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. You gotta be kidding me, Billy is up to his eyeballs in guilt on the housing crisis |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Another Bob Dole fan? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. I Voted For Dole - What Of It? n/t |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 06:21 AM Response to Reply #78 |
84. It's the gratutitous shots at Bill Clinton defenders that I would challenge. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. everything happens by accident; just the magic workings of the market. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Notice that Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and other of the big players |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. what do you make of that? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. The shareholders and taxpayers are in trouble not the players and directors. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. that i buy. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. Obviously they tried to screw us, but... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Capitalism is crisis yet again |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
54. You said it for me. And note how the Free Marketeers run for the |
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jlacivita (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. didn't you get your stimulus check? n/t |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
60. Karl Marx: "Give capitalists enough rope |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nationalize both Freddie and Fannie and distribute the assets equallly among the US citizenry. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. It Would Certainly Suck Less |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. no, the citizenry just has to pay for the mess. the assets? fuggidabout it. |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. They are insolvent |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Wow, that is serious. Well, never mind then. n/m |
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JetJaguar (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Stronger Regulatory Structure |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. If a Bush is in office, expect a banking crisis |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. and "finances were so bad" in France because WHY? Because |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. Profits? Privatized. Risks? Socialized. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Excellent way to put it! |
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XRubicon (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. I want that on a bumper sticker |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. Meanwhile as Bernanke's young ward Paulson lights up a cigar with a C note... |
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EbenezerMcIntosh (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. Do you really need those dollars (worth a dime each) in your pocket? |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. WTF? |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Pelosi and remoras will be waiting at the door to welcome this wonderfull legislation! |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Do You Have Any Idea Of How Much The Pelosis And Reids Would Be Out? |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Taxpayers easy to fool. Corporations control the big purse. |
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dorktv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. and if a D gets into office, he will clean up the mess and the Republicans will |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:54 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. This ain't no ONE MAN job!!! |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. Thanks for the thread Manny I forgot to nominate it. n/t |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
28. K&R |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
29. some of us can be angry at more than one thing |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:07 AM Response to Original message |
30. and the REPUBLICAN ECONOMIC DISASTER continues. . . . |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. It will be called the Second Great Republican Depression. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. I am equally worried about the government getting its hands on |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Amen on the social security point n/t |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. like Carlin said |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. is it facism yet? |
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drexel dave (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. It's been facism for a long time now |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
36. One might argue that advent of voodoo economics (Reaganomics) |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. Priorities indeed. K&R! |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
38. And just how is Bill Clinton responsible for this? The Republicons in |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. he signed the repeal of the last act that was put in place |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Next You'll Be Telling Us That Clinton's NAFTA Cost Us Jobs! |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. manny please do`t bring up rwanda |
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jlacivita (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
65. the bill passed with like 90 votes, less than 50 were repubs |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #65 |
77. He was the leader......... he pushed it, signed it and helped make it happen |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. if you missed the past lifetime.... WE ARE IN CLASS WARFARE... and ReaganOmics was the opening shot |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. total warfare, but one side didn't know it or bother to show up |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
44. K & R cringing. ..... |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. The Treasury bailout makes U.S. Taxpayers responsible for over $5.0 trillion |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
47. Quite a legacy dumbfuck |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
50. Renters with no tax breaks now subsidizing homeowners.... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Return To Taxing The Rich |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
56. really angry, angry,angry |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
62. let's see, when I graduated from college and learned a little personal finance |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
67. This latest step, to effectively guarantee Fannie & Freddie, will be inflationary & devalue the $ |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. I honestly see a barter system emerging between |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
68. Takes over a decade to get the minimum wage increased |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. My sucking up has been outsourced to Drafur n/t |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Cripes... |
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