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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 06:56 AM Original message |
Matt Taibbi: Let's Get It Straight, Hank Paulsen Is a Prick Who Took Down the Economy |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. This whole Wall Street thing needs to be investigated, and people need to be prosecuted |
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howmad1 (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Yeh, right! |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Obama let us know very early on where his sympathies lay |
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JanusAscending (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Wow! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. People need to read more. |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Read more, or at least open their eyes and pay attention |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. "craven, bumlicking ass-goblin"...SCORE!!! n/t. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. taibbi rocks...thanks for this..nt |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. Matt Taibbi hammers the point home |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Taibbi is a truthteller. And roundly shellacked on DU for it. GREAT article. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Taibbi is the best out there today by far |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:53 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. He's Regularly On Maher's Show |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. I agree that the TARP 1 bailout worked. But it was Barney Frank's and Gordon Brown's handiwork |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. You just don't give up. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:26 AM Response to Reply #30 |
43. When you get the basic facts wrong, it's hard to take you seriously |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 02:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
39. I think it is way too soon to tell. An article in yesterday's Bloomberg |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:18 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. i've heard rumblings that the stress tests were a bit rigged to get the results desired. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Bank Profits From Accounting Rules Masking Looming Loan Losses |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:27 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Agreed. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. "A head of lettuce". |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. "ass-goblin" might just be the name of my next band |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. I get the impression Taibbi is upset. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. I never thought of this angle. |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. Paulsen is a blood-sucker |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. The ass-goblins are still firmly in charge. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. This is all so incredibly wrong. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yep and he had/has plenty of help to do it. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. K&R |
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mullard12ax7 (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. By taking a gov't job, Paulson kept $500 million tax-free |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Hey there welcome to DU. |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. The fault is not in any one person--it is the culture of Wall Street, the Bankers, AND both parties. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. nicely said |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. oops |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. +1 |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. Taibbi is is right on money. Hmm, nowadays I should be saying he's right on the debt. nt |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. " he's right on the debt." |
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Serial Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. He tells the truth like it is n/t |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. HELLO! Bush tax cuts, War on Iraq ..... Bush destroyed the economy. |
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mascarax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. Where is Henry "Hank" Paulson now? |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. K&R WOW! Love it. Thanks for posting. nt |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. There's simply no equal to Hank! (Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.) |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Good old Chuck.....who also gave us the gift of Mukasey. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Paulson was confirmed by unanimous voice vote. |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
37. You know this sounds to me just like the shit we would get under Shrub! You know |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
38. K&R for the OP as much as the insightful comments. n/t |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
40. Once again, Matt Taibbi tells it like it is. |
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The Second Stone (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
47. Why yes he did work for Goldman Sachs |
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