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raouldukelives

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12. Not only do they create the virus. They profit from the cure.
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 12:14 PM
Jul 2012

Everyone is a victim of this. The exploitation and destruction of our greatest natural resources in the blink of an eye. The poisoning of our water tables & degradation of soil. The lax controls on chemicals in the products we consume each day. The warping of our very climate. The destruction of all of our futures for some extra digital money dots on a hard drive. From the food we eat, to the investments we choose, to the emissions we leave behind we all do our part. Placing little bets with the moneychangers in the hopes we can share in the receipts of misery.
Of course if all of this destruction and pollution causes you to become sick. Don't point fingers at them. It was your bad luck to be born near a waste disposal site of our vaunted system.
They cannot be reasoned with, they pay far to well to be exposed to reality.
They cannot be made to pay, they would only collapse and send us the bill.
They cannot be made to stop unless we choose to stop ourselves.

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K&R. nt OnyxCollie Jul 2012 #1
There is going to a huge number of law$uit$ over this with Barclays being on the wrong end. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #2
LIFE IMPRISONMENT for the ALL the bankster scum, not just civil suits, nail their arse to the wall stockholmer Jul 2012 #3
Not only do they create the virus. They profit from the cure. raouldukelives Jul 2012 #12
knr Coexist Jul 2012 #4
That Chairman was going to host a bg LONDON fundraiser for MitWit elehhhhna Jul 2012 #5
The CEO Bob Diamond malaise Jul 2012 #6
Is that legal arikara Jul 2012 #13
Diamond is a US citizen. Location doesn't matter as long as donations are from US persons FarCenter Jul 2012 #17
He's US/British citizen, but I think it is still OK. I'm pretty sure US/Israeli citizens contribute FarCenter Jul 2012 #20
I think that they conspired to make the LIBOR lower creeksneakers2 Jul 2012 #7
I'd misread what you said dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #8
Just like the Fed, the Bank of England wanted lower rates to lessen the impact of the crisis FarCenter Jul 2012 #10
Yes - what you said. nt Lucky Luciano Jul 2012 #15
But if they were colluding to lower their rates, didn't that lower the rates of consumers JDPriestly Jul 2012 #9
It had happened in both directions dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #11
no more virgins, we need to toss the top rung of the banksters into a volcano caldera. pansypoo53219 Jul 2012 #14
Maybe the Barclay's Premier League will go back to its original title of... Crowman1979 Jul 2012 #16
State and Local Gov't got hit ,too dtom67 Jul 2012 #18
Barclays also received TARP money from AIG suffragette Jul 2012 #19
Were the funds from AIG into Barclays dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #22
What I've read is "securities lending" suffragette Jul 2012 #23
"Victims" needs defining dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #21
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