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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:18 PM Original message |
Attacking the "AIG bonuses" is attacking Obama |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Dude/Dudette. Stop |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. You should change your name from gulliver to gullible. |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. words out of my keyboard n/t |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. My thoughts exactly. |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Re: gulliver/gullible |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Thats exactly what this AIG outrage is about |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. What about Obama's outrage about AIG bonuses? |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. Obama is against Obama |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. The only reason I have a problem with the bonus debacle is because it's very obviously a smokescreen |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Defending AIG bonuses is defending secret government, rewarding failure, hating America. |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. I disagree. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. To support secret government is to hate America. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. It wasn't the actual bonuses, it was AIG saying FUCK YOU and the way Obama and his team |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. One half of one percent of the taxpayer funds given AIG ... the sense of proportionality is gone. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Its not the amount, its the principle of the matter. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. What principle? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. People that did irresponsible actions which bring the entire company |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. and thats where the problem lies |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. No, they were getting their salary plus the retention bonus. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. The retention bonus was part of their compensation package |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I believe that too. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Those criminal bastards on Wall Street actually did more damage to this country in the last 28 years |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. They didnt do it by themselves |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Mostly from Congress, signed into law by Clinton and Bush. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I think sometimes we forget that presidents just sign shit or don't sign |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Don't you wonder if they understand what they are proposing though? |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Every time I watch one of the televised hearings, on anything, there |
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biopowertoday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. well then, Make it so. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. No... |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. were you not paying attention when this stuff passed? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. He hired... |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. You couldn't be more wrong |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I was gonna say something here, but |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. if it were what you say |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. You've got it backward |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. Goldman Sachs gave Obama 900,000 to capture presidency. They have an armchair at Treasury. |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. To the people who disagree with me so eloquently... |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. LOL |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yes, labeling DUers 'psychotic' is an excellent way to start a conversation |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Are you reading this on a Sunday afternoon? |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. I don't have an opinion on this. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. Getting republicans to vote for taxes on the wealthy works for me. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Grover Norquist swallowed his tongue when the GOPhers voted for the largest income tax rate increase |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
43. I think the bloggers that took the game that was tossed at them, |
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