I love the way Kucinich described the bailout as racketeering. The United States government is just one big Mafia, has been for a hell of a long time, utterly controlled by big money, by banks, by the pharmaceutical industry, by the military industrial complex. This isn't our country. Our elected officials are a bunch of traitorous crooks, have been for ages. I like Kucinich's idealism, his belief that maybe Congress will do something about it. I don't share his optimism. He's a good man in a filthy stream. He's a godly man walking in a bog full of hippopotamus shit. That's American politics. That's the guys you vote for. One can only hope that the president elect isn't a pile of hippo shit like the last few dozen. Bipartisan hippo shit. Too damn bad Dennis Kucinich isn't king around here. That's what it would take to straighten this bullshit country out. All we're doing, by taxing the hell out of ourselves, is giving 700 billion dollars to banks to continue fucking us and to give themselves bonuses. Holy shit. How stupid is America? Will the president elect stand up to this bullshit? Well, let's see. I know King Dennis would. Obama doesn't talk like King Dennis.
lfbno7 posted on Nov 17, 2008
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sheltercrow said on Nov 17, 2008....
Finally! the dems let loose Dennis Kucinich. See Paulson the Bungler by Mike Whitney and Bankers Shake Down Congress and the G-20 by Mike Hudson.
Dennis Kucinich "Racketeering On A Scale This Country Has Never Seen Before!!!"
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hottips4u said on Nov 17, 2008....
I like Dennis, if I hadn't deleted the blog I wrote about him, you would have seen that he was my first choice in the primary.
I sincerely believe Dennis would have made a really good President for America, I certainly would have not hesitated to cast my vote for him.
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sheltercrow said on Nov 17, 2008....
Re: "continue fucking us and to give themselves bonuses"
Excerpts from... Too Much weekly newsletter
Greed at a Glance
A weekly update on avarice in America and beyond
November 17, 2008The bank bailout enacted earlier this fall doesn’t forbid CEO bonus windfalls. But the legislation does include some limits on “golden parachutes” for departing executives. Not a problem for South Financial, a South Carolina-based banking giant worth $13.7 billion. In September, South Financial announced the retirement of CEO Mack Whittle effective the end of the year. Then last month, out of the blue, the bank announced Whittle would be retiring two months ahead of schedule. Why the haste? With the hurry-up, South Financial could apply for bailout dollars without jeopardizing CEO Whittle’s $18-million getaway package. South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford last week called on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to look into the matter — and see “if there is anything that can be done to keep each one of the taxpayers I represent from in essence having this $18 million, or other millions like it, plucked from their respective pocketbooks and wallets.”
The chairman of the global group that purports to champion “good corporate governance worldwide” last week urged policy makers not to place any “arbitrary limits” on executive pay. Nations must not, the International Corporate Governance Network’s Peter Montagnon warned in the Financial Times, “give in to outrage and mob rule.” Policy makers need to recognize, he added, “that market-based solutions work best.” Meanwhile, in San Francisco last week, another top business leader — former Hewlett-Packard CEO and McCain campaign adviser Carly Fiorina — was urging financial industry leaders to fixate less, not more, on marketplace verdicts. Noted Fiorina: “A chief executive's job isn't just to serve shareholders. A CEO's job is to balance the needs of shareholders, customers, employees, and communities.” The remarks represent something of a remarkable change of heart for Fiorina. She left H-P with $42.5 million in severance after axing over 20,000 jobs . . . -
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lfbno7 said on Nov 18, 2008....
I think I could squeak by with 42 million. I don't think I'd mind doing without the additional half a million. Cut a few corners here and there. Don't order the filet mignon. -
sheltercrow said on Nov 18, 2008....
You could almost describe the "getaway package" as a piece-work payout. $2,100 per job you cut. Oh the humanity. -
kelly said on Nov 20, 2008....
I said it before the election and I'll re-state. No more voting Republican, and after this election if the Democrats don't do some amazing stuff no more voting Democratic either. From now on it'll be third party all the way to my grave. -
sheltercrow said on Nov 20, 2008....
Between the bluedogs and the republican minority it is a sure bet nothing will pass the senate no matter who gets hurt. If you watch the hearings the republican core are still doing the utmost to oppose all progress on any issue not theirs. They praise Paulson for not working to help the mortgage foreclosure crisis. They are still no more than the slimy fucks they have always been. -
sheltercrow said on Nov 21, 2008....
How utterly absurd is our government? The country is over ten trillion dollars in debt, that means all borrowed with interest lest we forget, and NASA is still looking to send a space ship to mars in 2009.The total cost of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission could reach $2 billion as the program races to surmount its developmental problems and make its scheduled 2009 launch, according to Associate Administrator for Science Alan Stern.
Who really wants NASA? Corporate CEO's.CEO's from companies that have aerospace divisions — including Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, SGT of Greenbelt and Swales Aerospace of Beltsville — are lobbying federal officials to increase NASA’s fiscal 2008 budget.
Lockheed CEO Robert J. Stevens, SGT CEO Harold S. Stinger, Swales CEO Michael Cerneck and others recently sent a letter to Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations. They urged Obey to support $1.4 billion in additional funding for NASA next fiscal year. NASA requested $17.3 billion for 2008, about 3 percent more than this year.
The nation can go into bankruptcy but the Chamber of Commerce never flags when it comes to pork.17 locals in multistate group that met with lawmakers, staffers
About 130 members of a multistate, grass-roots space advocacy group were in Washington, D.C., this week lobbying for a strong space exploration program and fully funded NASA budget.
This is the 17th Washington trip for Citizens for Space Exploration, which has members from 26 states, said Mike Ward, vice president, governmental relations with the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce. Ward is among 17 people from this area who made the trip.
This phony "grass roots" group is actually the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership, Cocoa Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, Huntsville Madison Chamber of Commerce and Partners for Stennis.
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