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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:10 PM Original message |
You can thank President Obama for the SEC going after Goldman Sachs |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Of course. Anyone who thinks differently is allergic to facts. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. This is why it's best to have the Dems in charge |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Of course. Anyone who thinks differently doesn't belong here. n/t |
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TheOther95Percent (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. SEC Chair Schapiro is much more aggressive than her predecessor.... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Some how I am doubting that George Bush had the same selection criteria as |
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TheOther95Percent (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. As well you should. I don't a functioning brain was required in the Bush Administration. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. And that, my friends is how a skilled politician takes both sides of an issue! |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. He is taking one side of the issue. This article addresses charges by the Republicans |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. By "taking both sides" I'm referring to the way that we have Obama to thank |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Very true, unless one notes that the vote was won thanks to the person he appointed |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Which is why it works so well. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. He probably go the same heads up the every other president gets |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. As well he should. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. so far he hasn't really gone after them, just theater until he really reins in derivatives and swaps |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That's exactly what the President was pushing in his Cooper Union speech |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. NO! The "reform" still leave loopholes for unregulated derivatives |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. If you are calling Geithner a crook, even though he hasn't been charged |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. What exactly are the "loopholes" in the bill? Provide factual proof, not op-ed polemic. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yes, I thank the President for every success he's implemented.. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. It is a start |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. Someone is feeling the heat: "Goldman CEO Blankfein feels that ‘government is out to kill them.’" |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. maybe had he not received a million dollars from them, the DOJ would be going after them |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Do you have a single shred of evidence to back up your assertion? |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Goldman Sachs donated a million dollars to Obama.... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. So did Harvard and the University of California donated even more |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. if they start to get unfair treatment, yes |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Do you understand that this counts ANY employee that works for Goldman Sachs |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. banksters gave more campaign $$$ to Obama than to any other candidate |
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greencharlie (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. lol... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's worse than nothing! Obama is just a corporatist! Obama is a republican! |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. ! |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
27. K & R |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. Oh great, that means the Tea Baggers will totally be confused |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. ROFLMAO! You do realize that Goldman Sachs gave $994,795 to the Obama campaign don't you? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Those are donations from employees and family of employees |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. BS? That's your department. |
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historian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
34. you forget something |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. and??????? |
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