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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 07:12 PM Original message |
Now we know the truth. The financial meltdown wasn't a mistake – it was a con |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Despicable. nt |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's a duh! |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Paulson with Co-Conspirators |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. I much prefer |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Huge K&R |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's not over |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. That's the sad part! They will not stop until they have it all. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. now they will be stopped |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Hope you are right. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Another Meltdown to create more confusion and disarray. |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Yes! Confusion...disarray...then, when we're in "shock," they swoop in like vultures |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. Including the bailout |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. k & r. nt |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. Most certainly was a con, and a transparent one at that.... |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. Are you going to invest your toppin's suh? |
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Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. 'tuppence' I believe |
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WVRICK13 (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
12. Don't Forget |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
13. Dear Obama, |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. Matt Taibbi has been talking about this for months too. Good to see someone |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Here is another one, from October 2009. Doesn't seem to pull any punches. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
15. Was anyone saying that it was a mistake? |
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tiny elvis (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. besides the banks, the 'news' agencies and the congress? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. When only I can tell you the value of the thing I sell to you, |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
18. Most Americans at least guessed at this back in November 08 (nt) |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. No! Most Americans still don't understand what happened. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
20. Ya think? |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
21. I think it is more than just fraud. I think it is an attempt to subjugate the rest of us. |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. No need for despair. We can still defeat this attempt. We only need to defeat our own darkness |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
23. And in Other News... |
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Mike K (539 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Behind every great fortrune - |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
24. Now you know |
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Mike K (539 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. The Marines storming Wall Street - |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. From start to finish..and like any successful con, the perpetrators walked away, rich and free. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. It ALWAYS is fraud. It's NEVER a 'whoops!' However, they ALWAYS say their fraud is a 'whoops'. nt |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
30. And what is the first thing ever local and state government cuts? Education |
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mrdmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
33. That seems to lay most of it out... |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
34. Many of us knew years ago. All the signs were there. |
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ThomThom (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. The Stock Market is a con that runs every day |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. And most folks here.. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
37. THANK GOD IT PASSED!!! |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
39. a big ponzi game by OCD wealth hoarders |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. K & R |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
41. They've known for a long time that it was coming. It's also a rational explanation for the Invasion |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
43. Again, where are the "All Is Well" Brown Shirts to spin this away for us? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
45. It was a daylight robbery, pure and simple |
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econoclast (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
46. A bit if important detail ... |
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OllieLotte (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
47. How can someone write such a long piece and leave out so much? |
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