I see people like Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi and Cenk Uygur are being attacked in a big way

[TiberiusB]

287. Thanks, and I am always interested in hearing opposing viewpoints

People, pundits, economists, and journalists included, are going to make mistakes and need to be called on them. On the other hand, even people you find yourself struggling to tolerate, much less agree with, may, from time to time, make a valid point.

Except Andrew Breitbart, he's just a dick.

As for the fraud issue, you may be correct, but I think the big issue, at least for many of the current administration's critics, is what appears to be active obstruction of even the smallest attempts to investigate potential criminal wrongdoing. It's one thing to try and fail, it's another not to try, and it's wholly another to prevent anyone else from trying. I am, of course, referring to the reports that the attorney general's office has been exerting pressure on the state attorney generals to accept the administration brokered bank deal. Endless appointment of former Wall Street players doesn't help either.

At any rate, I'm sure there could be a very constructive thread laying out the potential, or lack there of, for prosecutions involving a number of facets of the 2008 financial implosion in the U.S. I was more interested in trying to put an end to people holding person x, y, or z up as someone to be regarded with disdain without offering any substantial proof. Even the original post which started this whole thread is, fundamentally, pure flame bait. I doubt very much the author didn't know what sort of thread would result from such a post. Maybe that was the intention, a provocative message to draw out the two opposing camps so everyone inclined can give their mouse hand a workout clicking the "ignore" button.