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thomhartmann Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 12:26 PM
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Thom Hartmann: Is Larry Summers yelling Fire! to scare Democrats?
 
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PADemD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 01:33 PM
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1. Did Larry Summers negotiate this deal?
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rabies1 Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 04:27 PM
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2. They know this sucks - that's why the screaming - they're scared.
You can email Al Franken who hates the deal but is still on the fence as to how
to vote. Tell him to stand strong with Bernie Sanders et al.
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zeemike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 05:37 PM
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3. You are too smart Tom Hartman.
You got them figured out...
And I think the rest of the media knows it too but are too scared of loosing their big paying job to make any waves....we have all become economic slaves in one way or the other.
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jtuck004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 06:55 PM
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4. Larry Summers, Tim Geithner and Wall Street's ownership of government

Any Democrat that trusts either of these lying, scheming minions of the moneyed-class to
give advice that would help any American outside of the banks is a fool. That they are in
a position to put the screws to so many people who are hurting is a tragedy.




White House officials yesterday released their personal financial disclosure forms, and included in the millions of dollars which top Obama economics adviser Larry Summers made from Wall Street in 2008 is this detail:
...
This article from Stanford Magazine -- an absolutely amazing read -- details how Summers, Rubin and Greenspan led the way in blocking any regulatory efforts of the derivatives market whatsoever on the ground that the financial industry and its lobbyists were objecting:
...

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/04/04/summers">More here...



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ProfessionalLeftist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 07:16 PM
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5. My sentiments exactly. n/t
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davidwparker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 08:21 PM
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6. Yes. Larry Summers is incompetent.
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