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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, Lucianos 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
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JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)1. That's some serious nonsense.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)2. Savvy!
8~P
MindMover
(5,016 posts)3. Makes perfect sense ....
dougolat
(716 posts)4. Interesting thought: "Guards, not Guardians" nt
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)5. Crime does indeed pay
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.