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Corruption Inc

(1,568 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 06:51 PM Nov 2013

Obama and Holder Let Gangsters Pay Fine, Continue Business As Usual

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/20-9

"Imagine if Charles “Lucky” Luciano and his “Commission” representing the five reigning New York Mafia families plus the Chicago mob had been immune from law enforcement meddling in their activities, from the establishment of the “Syndicate” in 1931 to the present day. By now, Luciano’s gangster heirs would be the unchallenged rulers of economic and political life in the United States and, by imperial extension, the entire capitalist world.

JP Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimon is the man Lucky Luciano dreamed of becoming. A friend and golfing partner of President Obama, Dimon sits at the top of the ruling financial pyramid whose “commissioners” include the heads of Bank of America, CitiGroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Their syndicate owns the cops, prosecutors, judges and major political parties and is, therefore, immune from criminal prosecution: the true “Untouchables,” too big to jail."
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Obama and Holder Let Gangsters Pay Fine, Continue Business As Usual (Original Post) Corruption Inc Nov 2013 OP
That's some serious nonsense. JoePhilly Nov 2013 #1
Savvy! blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #2
Makes perfect sense .... MindMover Nov 2013 #3
Interesting thought: "Guards, not Guardians" nt dougolat Nov 2013 #4
Crime does indeed pay Doctor_J Nov 2013 #5
 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
5. Crime does indeed pay
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 06:57 PM
Nov 2013

I think anyone who's honest with themselves understands that we're a gangster state/banana republic. I had hopes during campaign 2008 that this particular president would restore some goodness to the country, but those were dashed soon after the inauguration.

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