matmar
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:04 PM
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We're one more economic collapse from torches and pitch forks... |
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OWS will look like a camping trip in the country if Wall St and the now even bigger "too big to fail" banks rake us over the coals again.
Dodd/Frank is a joke. I can't remember where I heard it but someone said of it - "we have faster people to chase after the horses once they left the barn"......
How about closing the damn barn door?
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:06 PM
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:07 PM
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:06 PM
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2. Surprise! Invisible rec. Nt |
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:09 PM
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5. Nonsense posts often get unrec'ed. |
xchrom
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:55 PM
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15. Better go find a post that's nonsense then. |
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Cause this isn't.
The 08 melt down finally brought OWS - another melt down is gonna bring more.
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:07 PM
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4. Why is Dodd-Frank a joke? |
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The big banks are still TBTF but they are 10-20x stronger than any bank in Europe.
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girl gone mad
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:17 PM
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8. Probably because the bank lobbyists got to write most of it. |
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:27 PM
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12. Well, it has Liquidation Authority to carve up a Bank of America into tiny fragments |
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if their capital falls below a safe minimum. (Glass-Steagall didn't)
I would think the bank haters would be delirious about that.
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:30 PM
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13. We should have already done that nt |
Autumn
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:13 PM
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6. I think that's about all it will take. |
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But don't look for horse thieves to close the barn door.
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:16 PM
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see, things are supposed to just go along as normal, the PTB say so.
and though it won't be pleasant, i hope that OWS can teach us something about community, because that's the only way to get through the coming mess... govt can't help us(it can't even help itself), we have to help each other. the Great Leveling is upon us. and if it isn't economic, it will be environmental.
but what do i know, i'm just a damn hippie!
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:19 PM
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9. Frank is a complete Bankster tool. |
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:39 PM
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14. He's not a complete tool |
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You have to add money to get him to work
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populist3
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Mon Nov-28-11 09:35 PM
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20. hes one of the better of the bought...our system doesnt produce |
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many genuine representatives
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The Doctor.
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:22 PM
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10. I'm looking for a producer. |
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For a 12 minute comedy short. Only need a few hundred bucks that I won't have available for a few months (new business investment, I got nothin' till it works out). I have a director and a bunch of talent. It directly addresses the current situation, so producing it is time-critical.
Know anyone who wants fame and recognition?
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Sun Nov-27-11 09:23 PM
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11. Careful, the 'forks and torches' line interprets violence here... |
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I, for one know that it's hyperbole for protest, but others will claim this as violence.
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Davis_X_Machina
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Sun Nov-27-11 11:47 PM
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16. In 1929, France, Germany, the US, the UK, Canada and the nations of Scandanvia.. |
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...all had constitutions -- and in 1939, all but Germany had the same ones. And the same parties as they had in 1929.
And all of those countries were still capitalist.
The degree of immiseration required to get a revolution going you do not want to see, nor can you predict the outcome of one.
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Mon Nov-28-11 12:12 AM
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17. I don't want to see one, that's true. |
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In retrospect, I realize that OWS could only be sparked by young people and poor people.
People like me are too comfortable to challenge the System.
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populist3
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Mon Nov-28-11 09:32 PM
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18. I think state and local debt is the next crisis. There |
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are way to many stupid graft projects being built on the local level. Harrisburg is just he tip of the iceberg.
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Mon Nov-28-11 09:33 PM
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19. O'liar said we will bail out Europe today |
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Change you can believe in...Long live the 2nd amendment
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Mon Nov-28-11 10:23 PM
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21. Sounds like a republican campaign slogan |
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"Elect us and hasten the revolution!" (after our fascist policies cause war, destruction, death and misery)
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