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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 12:44 PM Original message |
Mike Bloomberg deploys aristocratic fantasy to smear OWS - Taibbi rips him a new one |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ya should be mad at washington... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Wall Street sycophancy is not just the GOP anymore |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 07:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. I couldn't believe Bloomberg made such a stupid statement - he knows better. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 08:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. i think that indicates "bad faith" on his part RE this statement. he does know better... |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. The banks OWN our government... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. you got it exactly right -- Wall Street BOUGHT the ability to crash the economy (from GOP and DEMs) |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's in large part Congress' fault because they toadied to Wall Street ... |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Taibbi gives an excellent clear brief summary of how it all worked: |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. and derivatives remain unregulated. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. VIDEO Here: Taibbi on Tonight's Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. awesome! |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. and they took bets on them to fail |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Grotesque that Bloomberg would trot out this glib obfuscation. Boils down to "stupid poor people." |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Bloomberg can always be trusted to try to blame poor people. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. kinda like having the "help" chip in for the boss' $300 cufflinks |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Don't. Get. Me. Started! |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. Nailed it. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. K&R - Thank you Matt for calling out that condescending, patronizing jerk. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. knr GREAT article --- My favorite line |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. mine too! |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. Exactly. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. That phrase "ownership society" as in |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. It gets even better |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. It would make sense if the CRA loans were, at least in the beginning, |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Thank you, nashville_brook! |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. thanky -- good to see you! |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. KO's all over this tonight. He had Taibbi on -- great stuff. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 06:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. i love how Taibbi makes news by calling the bastards out. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. He popped Bloomberg's casual, gigantic lie with eye-watering speed. |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R n/t |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. knr |
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FlyByNight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
27. Bloomberg lives in a bubble |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. ...it's "entertaining" & "cathartic" when they let their entitlement flags flap in the breeze |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Good to know he finds peoples' deepest concerns so "entertaining." |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. medical bankruptcies, alone, can keep him laughing for years |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Revenge is entertaining & cathartic too, Mr. Bloomberg. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
28. Oh my Dog, he's not only my dad, but two of my sisters as well. |
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catbyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
30. Matt Taibbi deserves a Pulitzer for his Perry evisceration alone |
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aquamarina (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
31. And who lobbied Congress?? |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
32. Psycho ENTJs think that morality is a sin. |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
33. Jumbo Loans (Those Over $500,000) |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. IMHO Wall Street and DC colluded to cause this problem |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
36. K&R. nt |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
37. bloomberg lives in his out thought-bubbles-like all the rest he |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. bloomberg like his friends with lotsa $ lives in his own thought |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
39. Wow! |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. well said! |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
47. It's Good To Be The Emperor..... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
48. This is an outstanding column, well worth the read! I only regret missing the recommend deadline. |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Same here. |
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