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Octafish

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28. Because today Reverse Robin Hood is LEGAL.

Tue May 19, 2015, 07:08 PM

May 2015

Ever hear of Glass-Steagall?

Phil Gramm, the slow talking tip o' the spear for the repeal of Glass-Steagall hisself. On the payroll is a regular Who's Who of the process, including the guy who signed it into law, William J. Clinton. Now they work together at UBS, of all places, one of the "Too Big to Fail Banks" the US Taxpayer has had the privilege of bailing out, not to mention it isn't even a US bank.

http://financialservicesinc.ubs.com/revitalizingamerica/SenatorPhilGramm.html

Speaker Sam's immoral moral of the story: "When everybody goes along, everybody gets along."

Like Nixon said, it rhymes with "in the book."

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The Clintons STILL aren't corrupt... [View all] MaggieD May 2015 OP

Giustra and the Columbians? This sounds more and more like a Martin Scorsese script. NYC_SKP May 2015 #1

Sure busts that meme some people.... MaggieD May 2015 #3

Did you see Bernies Reddit discussion? OMG that was awesome Autumn May 2015 #5

Wow! "I've never vote in 11 years, but I'm voting for this guy." NYC_SKP May 2015 #10

F'ing A madokie May 2015 #14

Congratulations, you found an instance in which Hillary wasn't corrupt! Scuba May 2015 #2

Meanwhile, after 30 years MaggieD May 2015 #4

No need for the GOP, riddled themselves like Swiss cheese with corruption, to dig...when so many Democrats are shovelling. Fred Sanders May 2015 #17

If Hillary can't stand the heat, she should stay out of the kitchen. Or is being anti-corruption .. Scuba May 2015 #21

Are the War Room donuts free? n/t moondust May 2015 #6

No, but the Kool-Aid is. bigwillq May 2015 #7

I'm just here to offset the nutty posts about HRC MaggieD May 2015 #9

Not at all Some of us are having a lot of fun with this Autumn May 2015 #24

It's all in the definition. hobbit709 May 2015 #8

My 19 year old son thinks her hair looks corrupt. All of his friends feel the same. DisgustipatedinCA May 2015 #11

That's funny! MaggieD May 2015 #13

Thanks, Maggie. It was low-hanging fruit; it needed to be done. DisgustipatedinCA May 2015 #16

LOL! MaggieD May 2015 #18

Your post Aerows May 2015 #25

But But... Hillary killed Abe Lincoln!!! Sigh... uponit7771 May 2015 #12

I'll accept that, but the appearance of conflict of interest is in your face. cali May 2015 #15

I think it proves just the opposite MaggieD May 2015 #19

well, that was muddled- and whatever you think, it has zippo to do cali May 2015 #22

You just can't stand... MaggieD May 2015 #30

Most people will not allow the facts to stand in the way of their beliefs. nt BreakfastClub May 2015 #20

Nihilism isn't corruption. True Blue Door May 2015 #23

HRC is a Methodist. How does Nihilism come into that? Hekate May 2015 #32

Nihilism doesn't preclude membership in a religious organization. True Blue Door May 2015 #34

Thd media has nothing on them and it bothers those who don't like them. hrmjustin May 2015 #26

Thanks for the post, good point. We need more of these to spread the truth. Thinkingabout May 2015 #27

Because today Reverse Robin Hood is LEGAL. Octafish May 2015 #28

Has there ever been a person in the history of the world who made $12,000,000 in speaking fees... cherokeeprogressive May 2015 #29

And that proves? redstateblues May 2015 #31

Heh MFrohike May 2015 #33

Do you even know what the CGI DOES? No, of course you don't--but it makes a good slur. Hekate May 2015 #35

I'm not talking about the foundation MFrohike May 2015 #36

I've moved on from condescension to outright scorn, because I actually can see what's going on. Hekate May 2015 #37

Really? MFrohike May 2015 #38