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Luminous Animal
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Mon Nov-07-11 06:59 PM Original message |
Wall St. Is Out $60 Billion, and We Can Inflict More Pain.. |
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kayakjohnny
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Mon Nov-07-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you for this. |
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Huey P. Long
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Mon Nov-07-11 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. recommend. |
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banned from Kos
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Mon Nov-07-11 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. OK - the term "Wall Street" has no meaning anymore. there are 5000 banks in |
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Luminous Animal
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Mon Nov-07-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. People are a lot smarter than you think. The term "Wall Street" is symbolic |
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jeff47
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Mon Nov-07-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Wells Fargo used to be "west coast" |
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Selatius
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Tue Nov-08-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Wells Fargo is today just as much a conglomerate as Bank of America or Citibank. |
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Tue Nov-08-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. I do not have a link but somewhere I saw a graph that shows that |
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liam_laddie
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Tue Nov-08-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
62. Reply to #47 |
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jwirr
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Tue Nov-08-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #62 |
94. That was it. Thanks. At the age of 70 there are some things my mind |
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truedelphi
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Tue Nov-08-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
73. That is probably close to the truth. And the FDIC thing-ee is |
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Dover
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Tue Nov-08-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #73 |
82. +1 .... exactly. n/t |
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quakerboy
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Wed Nov-09-11 03:06 AM Response to Reply #73 |
96. Can you explain further? |
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cui bono
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Tue Nov-08-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. It's like saying Kleenex when you want a tissue. Nitpicking there. n/t |
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SomethingFishy
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Tue Nov-08-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
75. Actually it has more meaning than ever... |
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ParkieDem
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Mon Nov-07-11 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. I like the Vanguard guy's input. |
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Xithras
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Mon Nov-07-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Thanks. I was trying to find somewhere to post this, but I was in my CU this morning... |
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Luminous Animal
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Mon Nov-07-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Hundreds! That is great! |
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NBachers
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Tue Nov-08-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
46. I spoke with a woman at my credit union yesterday- she said they were still recovering from Saturday |
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sabrina 1
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Tue Nov-08-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
86. And the tellers earned overtime. |
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former9thward
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Mon Nov-07-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Wall Street Journal today said the large banks are glad to see small deposits go. |
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whathehell
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Mon Nov-07-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Sour Grapes. n/t |
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Doremus
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Mon Nov-07-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Then why do they continue to advertise for new accounts? |
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former9thward
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Mon Nov-07-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I see the Conspiracy Theory people are posting today. |
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Doremus
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Mon Nov-07-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. If banks continue to lure new customers because they hope they will use their other services, |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #23 |
40. Not a conundrum at all. |
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Doremus
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Tue Nov-08-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
81. Ah, so the $$$ the banks pour into advertising for new customers |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #81 |
90. As usual you are making up things. |
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Doremus
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Tue Nov-08-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. And so we are back again to the original question .... |
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truedelphi
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Tue Nov-08-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
76. Do you really wanna hear the truth. Well by using google, |
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Luminous Animal
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Mon Nov-07-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. So the WSJ assumes that only small depositers have left? |
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former9thward
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Mon Nov-07-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Large depositors don't have many of the fees a small one does. |
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Luminous Animal
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Mon Nov-07-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. So it is just an assumption. |
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former9thward
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Mon Nov-07-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Of course it is an assumption. |
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Occulus
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Mon Nov-07-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. "I doubt any large depositor left" |
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former9thward
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Mon Nov-07-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. If you want to go by anonymous anecdotal stories on the internet, go for it. |
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jeff47
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Tue Nov-08-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. And I'm sure you can find one or two times the WSJ has been right in the last 5 years. (nt) |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. If you invest your money and I do the WSJ is a very good source of information. |
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SOS
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Tue Nov-08-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. You have been fortunate in your reading |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Your late father was correct about stock tips. |
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jeff47
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Tue Nov-08-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. Yes, it was clearly a great idea to follow WSJ's assertions on housing |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Please link to the false stories. |
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jeff47
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Tue Nov-08-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. If you couldn't read them when they were in the WSJ, why would you be able to read them now? |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #71 |
89. A non response. How surprising. Not. |
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AnneD
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Tue Nov-08-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. I find the WSJ |
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unapatriciated
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Tue Nov-08-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Well my parents are not anonymous, at least to me. |
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quakerboy
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Wed Nov-09-11 03:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
99. Using the numbers from the OP |
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Turbineguy
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Tue Nov-08-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Large depositors |
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kestrel91316
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Tue Nov-08-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
44. How is a large bank any more "convenient" than a small one in the electronic age? |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
91. ATMs for one thing. Banks have far more than credit unions. |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Nov-09-11 03:20 AM Response to Reply #91 |
98. You surely have heard of these misterious things called ATM networks |
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quakerboy
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Wed Nov-09-11 03:37 AM Response to Reply #91 |
100. Not so much |
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anamandujano
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Tue Nov-08-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
54. If the banks are looking to make up for -$60 billion, guess where |
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killbotfactory
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Mon Nov-07-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. If that were true, they wouldn't have dropped the $5 a month fee idea. nt |
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fascisthunter
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Mon Nov-07-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. sure they did...lol |
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Skittles
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Tue Nov-08-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. they are lying |
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flpab
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Tue Nov-08-11 07:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. screw them |
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lunatica
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Tue Nov-08-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Yeah, all those billions they make a year on nickle and dime fees is such a drag |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Then you will post a link to the real number I'm sure. |
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lunatica
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Tue Nov-08-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
61. I'm sure you can find the if you want to |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
92. Try a complete sentence next time. |
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truedelphi
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Tue Nov-08-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
74. The Wall Street Journal relies on ad$$ from the Big Banks |
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cyberpj
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Tue Nov-08-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Uh-huh. All those small accounts from which they 'earned' the majority of their fees. nt |
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peace frog
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Tue Nov-08-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
39. GOOD. We are happy to leave them |
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kestrel91316
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Tue Nov-08-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
43. I don't see how it could possibly cost them that much for piddly little accounts |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. The article said it costs credit unions about $150-$200 a year to service checking accounts. |
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Grown2Hate
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Tue Nov-08-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Yet I haven't seen you post ONE link yet... hmmmmm... |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Hmmmmmmm. Here it is. |
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Grown2Hate
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Tue Nov-08-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Awesome, thank you! Couldn't have proven the point better with the title of the |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I posted a link to the numbers which some, maybe you too, think are made up. |
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Grown2Hate
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Tue Nov-08-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
79. I don't think the numbers are made up. Perhaps they are accurate. |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #79 |
93. I don't read the WSJ for its politics. I read it for financial information. |
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jeff47
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Tue Nov-08-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. You're quoting an article that can't use mean or median properly. |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. People seem to have trouble with the numbers. |
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jeff47
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Tue Nov-08-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Would you feel better if I pulled some numbers from my nether regions and then linked them? |
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former9thward
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Tue Nov-08-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #70 |
88. Guess what group your numbers come from? |
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Paper Roses
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Tue Nov-08-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
66. Somehow I think the costs are baloney.They invest our dollars |
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aquart
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Tue Nov-08-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
78. Wonderful. Then we are all happy. |
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Deep13
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Tue Nov-08-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
83. Then we're all happy. But... |
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quakerboy
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Wed Nov-09-11 03:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
97. They make it back on fees |
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sarcasmo
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Mon Nov-07-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. Kick ass numbers. |
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Matariki
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Mon Nov-07-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. 'Not bad for a movement "with no message", is it?' |
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Luminous Animal
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Mon Nov-07-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Nice! |
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Fire Walk With Me
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Tue Nov-08-11 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
28. Awwww yeah. K&R. |
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RainDog
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Tue Nov-08-11 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
29. k&r |
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Fumesucker
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Tue Nov-08-11 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
31. K&R |
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cyberpj
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Tue Nov-08-11 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
34. Next target - all companies giving multi-millions in CEO pkgs? Stop supporting those companies! |
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valerief
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Tue Nov-08-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
41. It also doesn't account for those of us who've done it since 2008. |
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Eatacig
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Tue Nov-08-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
42. The next step!! |
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RedCloud
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Tue Nov-08-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
50. Organize consumer boycotts! Yeah baby! |
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Historic NY
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Tue Nov-08-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
56. Hey looky there the 5200 checking account stat comes from the same group........ |
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jtuck004
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Tue Nov-08-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
58. Uh, household net worth lost $11 TRILLION dollars in 2008, |
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Grown2Hate
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Tue Nov-08-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
80. You're SO right. Fuck doing ANYTHING. Let's all just kill ourselves. |
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jtuck004
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Tue Nov-08-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. LOL. Well, let me know how that works out, ok? Meanwhile, the rest of us |
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watajob
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Tue Nov-08-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
59. K&R |
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leftyohiolib
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Tue Nov-08-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
65. how long before corprate america's puppets will start crafting "special" regs on credit unions |
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CoffeeCat
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Tue Nov-08-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
69. I will be inflicting soon... |
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closeupready
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Tue Nov-08-11 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
72. Diane Sawyer told me people are sick of all this. She wouldn't lie, would she, so |
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Ricochet21
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Tue Nov-08-11 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
77. K&R |
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WillyT
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Tue Nov-08-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
84. Woo Hoo !!! - K & R !!! |
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Marnie
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Tue Nov-08-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
85. Apparently the WS guys slept through that MBA class that |
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