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abelenkpe

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41. No new dollars?

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 09:27 PM

Feb 2013

Great way to start an in depth investigation. Not like the department of Justice has done anything to go after wall street anyway. Was it a representative of the SEC Elisabeth Warren was questioning last week? Love Maxine Waters...

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In Case You Missed This... And You Should Not... 'Wall Street Wins Again' - Salon [View all] WillyT Feb 2013 OP

No shit. Wonder where the co-chairs who left the government went to? Autumn Feb 2013 #1

Yep... WillyT Feb 2013 #3

Pardon me while I go vomit. Scuba Feb 2013 #2

Right There With You... WillyT Feb 2013 #4

I know, I know...but consider the alternative. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #5

Obama's a Democrat, alright. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #10

I just wanted to get out front of the discussion Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #14

Wall Street gets the government they pay for. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #35

Exactly.... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #36

Look at the twenty years of wage stagnation... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #38

So they have what they paid for. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #40

With the laws as are written... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #44

Sure... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #48

How many bankers are on trial... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #56

a non sequitur Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #57

No, the OP is about... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #58

Sorry...I didn't think that's what we were discussing. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #59

No need to apologize... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #60

I absolutely agree about campaign finance reform.... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #61

And Yet... If All 300 Million Plus... Had A Real Living Wage... Retail Business Would Be BOOMING... WillyT Feb 2013 #45

Well surely not the babies? Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #55

The people who own them... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #78

"Thirty million workers are making less today than they did in 1968, adjusted for inflation!� midnight Feb 2013 #77

But Unfortunately, not as honest or loyal as Eisenhower. Demeter Feb 2013 #74

One must ask, loyal to whom? Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #76

he's a registered democrat alright, and democrats in DC approve of this sort of thing nt msongs Feb 2013 #11

Of course they do....campaigns are not free. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #15

He's not and there is no alternative. That's the fundamental problem. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #25

Well no good alternative... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #28

Sometimes I think we are the same person (except you have managed to retain some optimism). Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #29

LMAO Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #32

The new political measuring stick... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #30

Sad isn't it? Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #34

30 years ago nineteen50 Feb 2013 #71

Absolutely agree...n/t Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #72

Shit, 30 years ago, I never in my wildest dreams, thought I'd miss Nixon. Fuddnik Feb 2013 #80

One can be a Democrat and worthless scum Demeter Feb 2013 #73

Can't argue with that. n/t Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #75

Sometimes I think all of Washington is one big shell game...knr joeybee12 Feb 2013 #6

I Think It Is... WillyT Feb 2013 #7

The idea of a representative democracy... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #31

Tell the rabble what they want to hear, huh? DearHeart Feb 2013 #8

Yep... WillyT Feb 2013 #9

Ok we know we are fucked. We know that the elite run the country. rhett o rick Feb 2013 #12

What needs to be done won't happen... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #33

And are fearful of any changes in their ideologies. WHEN CRABS ROAR Feb 2013 #54

They are still working on it... hay rick Feb 2013 #13

Yay!! The task force is coming. Is it this one? Autumn Feb 2013 #16

That be the one. hay rick Feb 2013 #24

it is a dog and pony show Skittles Feb 2013 #65

hopefully the ball gets rolling by obama's third term frylock Feb 2013 #23

Love the optimism. hay rick Feb 2013 #26

yeh, i'm all outta HOPE for CHANGE.. frylock Feb 2013 #64

LOL !!! - Perfect !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #37

I agree. bvar22 Feb 2013 #70

Seems to me there have already been some cases heard if not prosecuted.It's not over until it's over judesedit Feb 2013 #17

Um... Not So Much, Actually... WillyT Feb 2013 #21

President appoints a task force abelenkpe Feb 2013 #18

This might be the answer you are looking for. From the article Autumn Feb 2013 #27

No new dollars? abelenkpe Feb 2013 #41

It's a great way to start an investigation that you want to go nowhere. Autumn Feb 2013 #46

Are You Talking About THIS Grilling ??? WillyT Feb 2013 #49

Great, I had lost that, gonna watch it tonight. I should have remembered Autumn Feb 2013 #50

Aw Shucks... WillyT Feb 2013 #52

Well, Simpson-Bowels (intentionally misspelled) had a Pete Peterson to fund them. Fuddnik Feb 2013 #81

Check the timing,Campaign is over---cash recieved is Wellstone ruled Feb 2013 #19

to be fair... Enrique Feb 2013 #20

Or... Schneiderman Being Taken Off The Chess Board, ala Elliot Spitzer... WillyT Feb 2013 #22

I did miss it -- thanks!! gateley Feb 2013 #39

You Are Quite Welcome !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #42

Hey, where are our usual administration salesmen? They seem oddly absent. Marr Feb 2013 #43

Don't Hold Your Breath... WillyT Feb 2013 #47

I think they hired some help. Fuddnik Feb 2013 #82

Congress is all bought and paid for by the banks davidn3600 Feb 2013 #51

BINGO !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #53

What a fucking sorry state of affairs. How sad we have become. lonestarnot Feb 2013 #62

I am Jack's total lack of surprise Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #63

^ Wilms Feb 2013 #66

Morning Kick !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #67

Fuck. progressoid Feb 2013 #68

Agreed... WillyT Feb 2013 #69

"Someone got played, but it wasn�t Eric Schneiderman" snagglepuss Feb 2013 #79

KICK against the pricks Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #83

LOL !!! - I'm With YOU Fire... WillyT Feb 2013 #84

Last Kick From Me... WillyT Feb 2013 #85

Kick and Rec.! Fuddnik Feb 2013 #86

Man, I love being able to rec & kick this days later....missed this, Willy! tpsbmam Feb 2013 #87

Kick woo me with science Feb 2013 #88