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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:26 PM Original message |
Thanks To The Obama Administration, Hedge Fund Billionaire Sentenced To 11 Yrs. + $10 Million Fine |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. shouldn't this be bookmarked |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Obama just said this week that there was no crime committed |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Nonsense! Obama said that MORTGAGES were not a crime. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #37 |
52. The mortgages themselves may not be a crime (and that's debatable) but many, if not most, of |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #52 |
150. There's been a $20,000,000,000 settlement which will go entirely to helping distressed homeowners. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #150 |
174. Yes, allowing them to buy their way out of their crimes. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:21 AM Response to Reply #37 |
82. Now you're making it worse. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #82 |
149. President Obama never said that. Give us the exact full quote along with a link to the news source. |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
160. What was this person's role in the economic collapse? Less than certain members of the Obama admin? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks for finding that |
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great white snark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. You, sir, are on a roll. Thank you. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Yes OF COURSE it all hot air and there are no grievances. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Excellent! Another Wall St. Crook Goes to Prison! |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. "The 11-year sentence was significantly lower than the range of roughly 19 to 24 years requested" |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. ... |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Trust me, what ever you can dish out, I can take. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I can definitely tell you didn't bother to read the article. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. Your conclusion is unwarranted |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. LOL! Unlike my OP headline, your empty rhetoric is unsupported by any facts. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. NYTimes Editorial Board: Obama's foreclosure settlement deal with big banks would let them off hook |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Still cherrypicking negative op-eds? |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
162. So that's the guy that wrecked the economy? I'm glad they got him! |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yup....just a drop in the bucket....a sacrificial lamb if you will... |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. +1000 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Deleted message |
chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. And there's your problem right there... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
47. So what is the story of that darn cute dog popping up into the |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
71. +1000 |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
155. Wrong. Did you bother to read the entire OP? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. And |
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great white snark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. +1 "The number of prosecutions will never be enough." |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. How come you forgot THESE links? |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Hmmm. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #25 |
134. Damn you! This was supposed to be a "told you so" thread. How dare you bring these items up? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Regarding Taylor, Bean and Lee Farkas |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
165. Becasue the # of prosecutions is not relevant. It's who's prosecuted vs. who's protected. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Rec'd. Truth. -nt |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Ah ok so one out of thousands huh? Color me unimpressed. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Color me unsurprised by your inability to acknowledge ALL the facts detailed in the OP. |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
146. A few fall guys. A few fines. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
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ChandlerJr (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. He got nailed for insider trading, even Martha Stewart got prison time |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. What do you think Wall Street reform was about? Pres. Obama stands behind the Volcker Rule in it. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
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FedUp_Queer (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
142. Cowardice. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #142 |
168. Yes, we know you're never satisfied, even when Pres. Obama reverses Clinton's deregulating shame. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #168 |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. Good. Although that fine's way too low. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. Nice that he's going away. Even if it is just for show. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. Not all that difficult to convict an outsider, an apparent immigrant. |
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BulletproofLandshark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. That's why they went after him. |
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FedUp_Queer (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
187. They can't do that. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
31. "In 2009, the agency launched nearly 500 investigations, double the 2008 level" |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
33. Who prosecuted this crime? Seems it was a Manhattan DA. |
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BulletproofLandshark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. THAT DOESN'T SUPPORT MY PREDETERMINED NARRATIVE! |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. I'm sorry if it doesn't support your predetermined narrative. |
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BulletproofLandshark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:40 AM Response to Reply #48 |
133. Sorry for the misunderstanding. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. +1 |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. +2 |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Hmmm? |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #40 |
62. Thanks to you and Clark for still trying to debunk the bullshit |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. "deceptive claims"? The irony of your red herring accusation is striking given the FACTS. --> |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. A massive crime was committed against this country by |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Your rhetoric is patently false. ProSense and I answered your question & my OP proves you wrong. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #50 |
68. Your OP proves that one person |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:12 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Wrong again. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. About what? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:05 AM Response to Reply #79 |
123. Enough with the strawmen. Your leading sentence is false. You were wrong here too. --> |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:16 AM Response to Reply #50 |
130. You cannot expect honesty from that one. |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
46. Hey you! Stop revealing the truth! We have propaganda to sell. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
49. A net of $2.8 billion after the fine and an 11-year sentence he'll probably never have to serve? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. FACT: He "must report within 45 days to the Bureau of Prisons, which will assign him to a facility." |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I wonder what kind of "facility" it is. Bread and water? Toilet next to the wooden bed? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Here's their website. --> |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I'm not doing your research for you. You're the one making an allegation. Defend it. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. You're making a false statement. I proved you wrong on your original claim so just accept it. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. You didn't prove anything. Has the criminal started serving his sentence yet? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:52 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. The New York Times did it for me. And reread Reply #51. Lather, rinse, repeat. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. So I have 45 days to be proven right. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Uh huh. Unlike me, you have zero facts on your side, of course. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. You have the kind of facts that can see into the future?? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:57 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I am quoting The New York Times re: what the judge ordered. Who are your legal sources? |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:00 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Please show me the quote from NYT "legal sources" that says this guy will serve the full... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:06 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. LOL! Moving the goalpost now? Do your own homework. I've answered you enough. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #69 |
74. I'm not moving anything. I say he never serves the full 11 years. Guys like this seldom do. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. There's no parole. But he is Christie-corpulent. If the perp dies, then you'd be right. |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #77 |
166. There is time off for good behavior - per your post. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #166 |
171. Quote? |
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bornskeptic (951 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
177. Nobody goes to prison for sleeping in the park. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. By the way, you've conveniently avoided the FACT that this criminal netted a $2.8 billion profit. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:59 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. So what? Go cry to the judge or run for office and change sentencing guidelines in NY. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:01 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. So what? Your OP screams that he's being "held accountable." But now it's... |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:07 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. He does have that heavy burden to carry. "White Collar Criminal and Billionaire". That's harsh! |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:10 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Being sentenced to a record eleven years in federal prison for this type of crime is historic. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #73 |
92. Wow, so now sentences for country club prisons are only tiny, not miniscule. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:41 AM Response to Reply #92 |
96. A record setting 11 yr, sentence is "tiny"? Sure. Prove that FMC Butner is a "country club prison" |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:47 AM Response to Reply #96 |
101. Prove that it isn't one. And tell the folks serving longer for shoplifting to feed their families... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:51 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. You made the claim, I didn't, so prove it. Also name "the folks serving longer for shoplifting". |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:52 AM Response to Reply #103 |
105. I repeat, Didn't you say that he'd be "assigned to a facility in 45 days?" So why do you somehow... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #105 |
108. Name "the folks serving longer sentences for shoplifting" in federal prison. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #108 |
110. I repeat, so you have zero proof of your bogus claims. How unsurprising |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:59 AM Response to Reply #110 |
114. My OP proves my claims. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:01 AM Response to Reply #114 |
117. It proves that letting a criminal keep $2.8 billion of the $2.9 billion he stole holds him... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:03 AM Response to Reply #117 |
121. If you're not happy with the fine, that's not my problem. Complain to the judge. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:06 AM Response to Reply #121 |
124. This has nothing to do with my happiness. Show me where the article proves that letting a... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #124 |
126. Yes, it does. You keep complaining about it. It clearly bothers you. That's not my problem. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:13 AM Response to Reply #126 |
128. No, I keep complaining that it undermines the entire premise of your OP, that this common thief... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:16 AM Response to Reply #128 |
129. You're entitled to your subjective opinion. Legally speaking, you are wrong. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:19 AM Response to Reply #129 |
131. I agree that it's my opinion that your opinion is laughable. Why do you keep trying avoid... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #131 |
132. Yawn. Your empty rhetoric is a bore. |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #117 |
167. If he got to keep that money then this is certainly not justice. |
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FedUp_Queer (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #103 |
144. Life Sentences for Shoplifting. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #144 |
153. Apples and oranges. What does CA state law circa 2004 have to do with this federal case? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #153 |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:08 AM Response to Reply #67 |
72. That's right. Your never ending complaints do not change the facts contained in my OP. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. I didn't say it changed any facts. I said it gave the lie to your allegation that this criminal... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. That's your subjective opinion. Legally speaking, you are wrong. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #78 |
80. No, that's YOUR subjective opinion. I wasn't speaking about anything "legally." I was speaking... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:19 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. The fine is a legal fact, as reported by The New York Times article. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:21 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Tricky. Change your post after I've responded. Can't win on the "facts," so you resort to cheating? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Deleted message |
ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. I give him copious credit when he deserves it. I think it disrespects him to... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. That's news to me. Here's proof of President Obama's role in bringing this case to fruition.--> |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:35 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Whether he was responsible for this failure of justice or not, he doesn't deserve kudos for it. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:38 AM Response to Reply #90 |
93. A record prison term = "failure of justice"? lol! Your perspective is quite skewed. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:41 AM Response to Reply #93 |
95. A record prison term? I'm sure that'll console the folks serving longer sentences for shoplifting. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:42 AM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Name "the folks serving longer sentences for shoplifting" in federal prison at FMC Butner. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Oh, they don't get the country club accommodations. But you keep avoiding the point. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:47 AM Response to Reply #99 |
100. I repeat, name "the folks serving longer sentences for shoplifting" in federal prison at FMC Butner. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:52 AM Response to Reply #100 |
104. I repeat, Didn't you say that he'd be "assigned to a facility in 45 days?" So why do you somehow... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #104 |
109. You have zero proof of your bogus claims. How unsurprising. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:55 AM Response to Reply #109 |
111. You have zero proof of your bogus claims. How unsurprising. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:03 AM Response to Reply #111 |
120. lol! Keep repeating after me... maybe you'll finally read Reply 51. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #120 |
122. I did. See reply #119. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:10 AM Response to Reply #122 |
127. Deleted message |
ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. I'm not talking about "the fine." I'm talking about how patently laughable it is to claim that... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:29 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Again, that's your subjective opinion. Legally speaking, you are wrong. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. I'm not legally speaking. And yes, it's my opinion that your opinion is laughable. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:35 AM Response to Reply #88 |
91. The feeling is mutual. Yet unlike you, I have facts to back me up. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #91 |
94. Okay, show me the facts that say that a $2.8 billion profit holds a criminal "accountable"... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #94 |
98. You're constructing a strawman argument. Is that all you've got? |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:48 AM Response to Reply #98 |
102. Didn't you say that he'd be "assigned to a facility in 45 days?" So why do you somehow know... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:53 AM Response to Reply #102 |
106. Where is proof of your claim that the facility is a "country club prison"? |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #106 |
107. So you have zero proof for your bogus claims. How unsurprising. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:58 AM Response to Reply #98 |
112. You're right. I should have phrased that differently. I should have said... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:58 AM Response to Reply #112 |
113. Name "the folks serving longer sentences for shoplifting" in federal prison at FMC Butner. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #113 |
115. I thought your "facts" said he'd be assigned a facility in 45 days. So what the hell is "FMC Butner? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #115 |
116. For the second time: Reread Reply #51. You keep ignoring the facts in favor of empty rhetoric. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:02 AM Response to Reply #116 |
119. I did. It says, "FACT: He "must report within 45 days to the Bureau of Prisons, which will..." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:07 AM Response to Reply #119 |
125. Deleted message |
ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #119 |
137. That's one sentence. Try reading the REST of the paragraph I have repeatedly quoted. |
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girl_interrupted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
118. This was for insider trading, not going after Bank CEO's responsible for the financial crisis |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #118 |
139. Did you read the entire OP? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
135. So when are they going after the Goldman Sachs guy who funneled info to Raj? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #135 |
138. Take the last paragraph to heart. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #138 |
140. When it's Goldman Sachs, the answer is more than likely NEVER... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #140 |
141. Wrong. The SEC has successfully sued Goldman Sachs for fraud during the 2008-2009 financial crisis. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #141 |
143. A fine is not a Goldman exec going to prison... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #143 |
145. To be exact, it was a record $550,000,000 fine. As a taxpayer, I'm satisfied with that. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #145 |
147. Sounds like an excuse not to go after their good buddies. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #147 |
148. Prove it. Your conspiracy theory is unfounded. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #148 |
151. That lame line you use doesn't impress me - and neither does the WH rhetoric. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #151 |
152. Lame conspiracy theories don't impress me - and neither does your negative rhetoric. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. Refusing to prosecute high-level criminals is not a conspiracy theory, it's a policy for this WH... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #154 |
156. My OP content proves you wrong. Baseless conspiracy theory rhetoric doesn't impress me. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #156 |
161. We already went through the difference between fines and prison... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #161 |
164. We already went though the difference between the OP facts and your baseless conspiracy theories. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
136. Deleted message |
GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
157. This is for insider trading - which is not behavior that brought down the Economy |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #157 |
159. Which "the government" got "brought down"? |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #159 |
163. Ooops. Meant "Economy" |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
158. Great job, and there are many more crooks who need the same |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
169. The scape-goating of one brown person |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #169 |
170. Your racially-tinged comment is patronizingly offensive.Your conspiracy theory is unfounded as well. |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #170 |
180. It is patronizingly offensive to |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #180 |
181. Not interested in your racial BS conspiracy theory. He did the crime & will soon serve record time. |
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FedUp_Queer (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
173. Not a bad article but not a big deal. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
176. Steal $2.9 Billion, pay a $10 Million dollar fine.... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #176 |
178. Go for it. |
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Moosepoop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 05:58 AM Response to Reply #176 |
183. Rajaratnam stole $72 million. |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
179. Kudos to the O Admin. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
182. Well, that's one. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 06:47 AM Response to Reply #182 |
184. LOLOL |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
185. Oh my lord, now we have reached Alice in Wonderland levels of absurdity. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #185 |
186. The op shows how the need to believe trumps all reason. |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
188. K & R! |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
189. Ten million to a billionaire is nothing |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
190. Jesus H. Christ ... do you think this idiot was anywhere NEAR the top? |
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