"Capitalist Tool"

[autorank]

We are nothing to them

It doesn't take much to figure that out.

We lose our jobs. The insiders have theirs forever.

Our wages are flat while Wall Street fat cats get ever increasing bonuses.

We lose our health coverage while Congress, the Judiciary, and the Executive branches enjoy the best insurance around.

Commercial credit for most is tight but the big banks have trillions in credit.

Organized crime would never have been this insensitive. At least, they realized that they needed customers with a few bucks to place a bet.

Link: http://agonist.org/michael_collins/20100127/capitalist_tool

[valerief]

1. +14 trillion

[glitch]

4. +something like 70 billion a day. And that's just for Afghanistan. nt

[leftstreet]

2. K&R

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3. It's the "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie"

[NoSheep]

8. I'll be having my dinner in the toidy now.

;)

[autorank]

18. You say ...

[formercia]

24. I never attended Charm School

I guess that leaves me out. ;)

[autorank]

26. We need more "gruff" and "blunt" - to the point!

[formercia]

32. Kick ass.

Take names.

[EFerrari]

36. When I was in 6th grade, all the girls in the class were taken to the multipurpose room

and taught how to sit and walk like the women in our white suburb. I forget what else our principal that was urgent for prepubescent girls to know. How to sit with your legs crossed at the ankle, not the knee. Not birth control, not menses, not personal hygiene or safety. How to walk with a book on your head and to wear a pleasant expression. lol

[mmonk]

30. Great pic.

[begin_within]

43. Is that the "Billionaires for Bush (or Gore)" group?

[leftstreet]

50. No

it's from 2007 in London

[truedelphi]

5. Are you sure we are nothing to any of them?

Mr Geithner spent over two hours today testifying and assuring our elected officials that he has spent years of his life in service to Us the People.

From his mouth to God's ears...

[lib2DaBone]

51. Geithner should be in JAIL. He told AIG to lie and cover up their books..

Geithner knew.. so did Bernake. So what do we do? We re-appoint Bernake. Throw some more money at Geithner.

You are correct.. even the Mafia wouldn't be as bad as these Bankers.

It's all Kabuki... our government supports the Wall Street.. not Main Street.

[omega minimo]

6. "Organized crime would never have been this insensitive."

:wow: the M word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yoiks::scared:

[EFerrari]

9. My mom calls them "the legal Mafia".

and she's right.

[autorank]

10. :) I don't use the "M" word but they are more sensitive to their customers

You can't sell numbers if the people have no money.

What good is vice if nobody has "chump change?"

It's all about spreading it around so there's a take on the table. No spreading lately, just taking.

The well ran dry.

[omega minimo]

12. you can't get decent sauce

if people are spittin in it.

[truedelphi]

15. LOL. Best excuse I have heard in a while! n/t

[autorank]

16. That's for sure

Where I come from they called it "gravy" but it's the same thing.

:hi:

[unkachuck]

7. yep....

....the Prez definitely fits that discription....but what else would you expect from one of the two capitalist Parties?

....right now the wall street casinos, the banking parlors, capitalism and the capitalist Parties are extremely unpopular....the ground is fertile for something new....

....anyone who can define the wall street casinos, the banking parlors and the two capitalist Parties in the same breath, has a real chance for political success....especially when you consider this depression we're in is far from over....

[autorank]

11. It's all about The Monehy Party

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0709/S00549.htm

[Me.]

13. Check This Oui

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7583845

[autorank]

17. Damn fine of "Me" if I do say so myself. k*r that thread!!!

[amborin]

14. k&r

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22. Thnx!

[defendandprotect]

19. K&R -- follow up tomorrow -- interesting website!

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21. The Agonist

http://agonist.org is an outstanding site. Lots of original posts and fine people.

:hi:

[JanMichael]

20. Commie! nt.

[mmonk]

23. Good one. You nailed it.

Recommended.

[autorank]

25. Thanks mmonk. Wish there was better news

Like, millions back to work instead of a promised one million over 12 months.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/LA28Dj01.html


Page 1 of 2
Obama's unending jobs nightmare
By Hossein Askari and Noureddine Krichene

The Barack Obama administration is slowly waking up to reality, faced with an unemployment rate in the United States that has already exceeded 10% and is now firmly entrenched at around that level (or more than 17% using a more encompassing measure) and an ever increasing number of Americans impoverished and living on food stamps.

What matters most to the American electorate is jobs and their livelihood. For Democrats in congress, especially senators up for re-election in 2010, the same reality may mean deserting their president when it comes to key issues that are important to their constituencies back home.

[mmonk]

29. Thanks for that.

It's quite true. Good link.

[Horse with no Name]

27. K&R n/t

[scarletwoman]

28. Morning kick of appreciation.

Gotta leave for work now.

:hi:
sw

[autorank]

31. Thanks scarletwoman

Mighty fine thread you've got going too!

:hi:

[scarletwoman]

40. You're too kind.

Mine is not much of a thread, in truth. Although, I've added another post to it, just in case someone might read it. :)

[blindpig]

33. k&r

somethin' gotta give....

[defendandprotect]

34. Terrific article -- and didn't know this . . .. .

The Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Paulson, told a private session of Congress that absent immediate aid, the financial calamity would be so devastating that Congress should prepare for riots by outraged citizens.

[lib_wit_it]

48. I guess he didn't know we'd get them anyway. Did someone say teabagger?

[defendandprotect]

35. And . . .

the Federal Reserve extended $23.7 trillion line of credit for the big banks.

I think our GDP is only $12 trillion a year? How wrong am I?

[autorank]

46. You're pretty damn close

GDP is $13.5 trillion. And yep, that's one bad ass line of credit ... all for them!

[inna]

37. Excellent article, KR

:kick:

[maryf]

38. Kick and wreck!!!

the bastards, oh and Kick and rec this OP!

[autorank]

45. Swift kick

:hi:

Glad to have the opportunity!

[Truth2Tell]

39. Thanks Auto! K&R. nt

[autorank]

41. Always great to see you and Dennis! Thanks!

[DemReadingDU]

42. Evening kick

:hi:

[autorank]

44. Reading, there's something I love to do

And I'm doing some tonight. If I didn't have to pay outrageous rates for being stuck in an insurance policy that I can't leave (but that I'm grateful to have!), I'd real a lot more;)

:hi:

[democratus]

47. I like this part

"It didn't stop there. A few months into the era of hope and change, we found out that the administration was heavily staffed with CitiBank insiders who were doing their best to keep that tottering zombie walking as though it were alive.

All the while, the jobless rate rose month after month until real world unemployment reached 17%. Those official unemployment figures we get do not include workers who simply give up looking for jobs after months of finding nothing. They're unemployed, none the less.

Instead of focusing on jobs, the administration became obsessed with passing a health reform bill. It was reform, but not for citizen health. It seems that the health of the insurance companies was a bit off after years of bad investments and acquisitions. They needed 40 million new customers and a central role in the new plan. They got both. Citizens are now about to get a Frankenstein health bill that they can't afford. Hard to pay those premiums if you're out of work, earning flat wages for the past ten years.

Now we're told that domestic programs will be frozen for three years while foreign aid and military expenditures for Obama's new war in Afghanistan won't be touched.'

[autorank]

49. Glad you liked it.

The "rulers" don't understand the word - URGENT.

Things have to shift with the people moving to the front of the line.

[puebloknot]

52. "And nothing *is* but what is not"!

With a nod to Old Will (Shakespeare, not Pitt)!

Somewhere, someone is looking up plans on the Internet for how to build a guillotine. The People of America are crying for bread, brie, and Merlot! When the cupboard is finally really bare, then an interest in history may kick in.