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- DrBombay0
I bless the rains down in africa
- designbot0
Obama sorry for disability remark
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ameri…
I'm sorry but if something like this rolls off the presidents tongue you have to wonder what is says about him as a person. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, but this was a really dumb mistake.
- kinda a facepalm moment, no?TheBlueOne
- perhaps, yes.designbot
- DrBombay0
It was a dumb remark considering he is the President, but gimme a break, what it says about him as a person?
- Who among us here who hasn't made the "special olympics joke" may cast the first stone...TheBlueOne
- *drops rock, stares at everyone elseTheBlueOne
- hahahahaDrBombay
- DrBombay0
Have you never said "That is retarded" about something?
- if it were Bush or Cheney would you be quick to forgive though?zenmasterfoo
- sigg0
Was it dumb or retarded?
- designbot0
Hey, I wasn't trying to be sensational or blow it out of proportion...just a really dumb move imo, but not that big of a deal. It might make me question what he really thinks, but of course I wouldn't say he hates handicapped people er anything based on one comment.
I think the thing that bugs me the most is his cockiness....but hey that's neither here nor there.
- dumb is a slang term for people who can't speak!!!!DrBombay
- Doesn't cockiness kinda come with the job? Name the last non-cocky president.TheBlueOne
- @TBD yeah probably.... George sure was cocky.designbot
- Dr.b get off it already :Pdesignbot
- George Washington?!?
;)DrBombay - Just messing with you, it was too easy!DrBombay
- Bush Sr. and/or Carter maybe..but LBJ, Kennedy, Nixon, reagen, Clinton...TheBlueOne
- ..all cocky.TheBlueOne
- And non-cocky = one term seems likeTheBlueOne
- I love you guys!...but in a totally heterosexual way of course :-)designbot
- ********0
Bonuses to AIG top managers are not really bonuses, but money to keep some shadow people in the British offices of AIG silent, people engaged in a large-scale investment project "Cornerstones". Madoff Investments Securities was just one part of the project and played a role as some sort of a global money laundry. Judge Denny Chin, who is going to judge Bernard Madoff -- is the second organizer of this scheme, involving major players in the U.S. real estate market, federal officials, judges, lawyers, governors, the Israeli intelligence, mafia, and the white House
http://www.fourwinds10.com/siter…
*fap fap fap
- Madoff was already sentencedukit
- on June 16 he will be********
- oh fer fucks sakeTheBlueOne
- TheBlueOne0
*phew* Thank god, the Republicans are staying true to their principles and are protecting the incompetent, corrupt rich folks. AIG bonus to be paid, beotches! Gotta get them hardworking corporate stooges their payola!
- Or are the jackoff Democrats who created the 'loophole' to blame for the completely legal bonuses?tommyo
- TheBIueOne0
- have watched the videos. did some thinking********
- I'm not 100% convinced of conclusions drawn, but I think it presents a couple of big pieces of the puzzle.TheBlueOne
- fucking scumbag, greedy bastards!utopian
- ...those puts are incredibly, incredibly suspicious...TheBlueOne
- pretty interesting education in a rock and roll kind of way...robotron3k
- have watched the videos. did some thinking
- TheBlueOne0
worth the read:
- ********0
^ OK, I read it. Now what? Is Obama going to fix this? I DON'T THINK SO. If he does, he's a hero, if he does not, he's exactly what I already know he is. A fucking bullshitter, a liar and a PUPPET.
- Fix what? Did you read the story? It's a history of how this mess happened. Should Obama have a time machine?Josev
- Dumb shit!!! JESUS SAVE US.********
- You're jumping the shark man...TheBlueOne
- ukit0
Elliot Spitzer returns
- ********0
Points and props to Obama for coming out on 60 minutes and saying that the bill to tax AIG bonuses is bogus, unconstitutional. He said he does NOT support the bill and encourages congress not to "create legislation driven by anger".
Well done Mr. President.
- I posit those "bonuses" were "earned" by illegal activity. Forfeit. Game Over.TheBlueOne
- Let's see how this plays out, shall we?
http://www.nytimes.c…TheBlueOne
- TheBlueOne0
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2…
How odd, on this issue GetRefresh supports Obama and I am dead set against his policy suggestion, and am with the House.
"First of all, government has no business making compensation decisions on behalf of the private sector, which is what Obama would do by subjecting so many companies to executive pay restrictions. The House bill doesn't do this. By hitting only those companies that have received over $5 billion of bailout money, it dodges the private sector entirely. How so? The companies that have received the lion's share of bailout money really aren't in the private sector any longer. For one thing, they continue to draw breath thanks to TARP, FDIC and Fed life support; they owe their lives to forgiving taxpayers who've not yet chosen to pull the plug. For another, the risks on their balance sheets have ostensibly been socialized. For all intents and purposes, this makes their staffers public sector employees. As such they should be subject to whatever pay restrictions taxpayers' representatives see fit to establish."
- Good point TBO, and for the record, I am AGAINST government making compensation decisions on behalf of the private sector .********
- ... behalf of the private sector .********
- Good point TBO, and for the record, I am AGAINST government making compensation decisions on behalf of the private sector .
- ukit0
Dow climbs almost 300 points on Geithner's plan to fix the banks
- Mmm..them bankers and traders sure like getting all that free money, eh?TheBlueOne
- BattleAxe0
this has reeked of corruption since the words "bail out" was first blurted out , there has to be a movement to sue the United States Government for all that money , I do not point fingers to reds or blues, the full explanation of the "crisis" has never been given to the American People, Obama's appearance on 60 minuets leaves much to be desired and I voted for him but Fuck him for laughing about the situation, yea it is so funny what is happening, you have to laugh at it right,
the greatest heist of all time is unfolding right in front of us,
everything that is being done, is returning us to the status quo , that is no change, that is not reform or new ideas .
why does aren't high level positions being filled in the Treasury yet, cause no one wants to open their book, Obama says cause the process is tough, NO SHIT! that no one wants to be embarrassed, what the fuck? Why cause no one pays taxes?
NO CONFIDENCE
- +1: ... Fuck him for laughing about the situation.********
- ... and +1 to everything else that you suggest.********
- +1: ... Fuck him for laughing about the situation.
- rusty_ace0
for those who have not seen AIG is suing the federal goverment for taxes to be returned
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/2…"quietly fighting the federal government for the return of $306 million in tax payments, some related to deals that were conducted through offshore tax havens."
along with WAMU who is sueing for the DIC not getting the share holders the most money out of their failed bank
- biting the hand that feeds them , and the hand is helping them pig outBattleAxe
- TheBlueOne0
The Financial / Banking Industry = Irv
