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**Chris Coles** · April 02, 2009, 05:54 AM

Re: Are We Idiots?

Originally posted by Rajiv View Post

I was in no way implying that there was violence -- I was responding to the "pitchfork" comment -- It was clear that the young man had used paint.

No Problem Rajiv, I had not assumed you were thinking the worst and I should have put a big smily at the end to show that.

**staci_vay** · April 02, 2009, 09:32 AM

Re: Are We Idiots?

Heck, we don't have to worry anymore about banks entering into foreclosures. With the storke of a pen, we just added $100 trillion in notional value to banks balance sheets with the new mark to magic FASB rules. Banks will be much happier now and much more solvent. Amazing after all this stimulus and bailouts, all anybody needed to do was stoke a pen and create fictitious bank value. When will the American public wake up??????????????????????

**pwcmba** · October 27, 2009, 11:05 AM

Banksters not welcome in Chi town!

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2...-showdown.html

Bank protesters descend on downtown Chicago

October 27, 2009 10:39 AM | No Comments

Streets near the Loop are shut down as several hundred protesters rallied this morning against the American Bankers Association holding its annual convention in Chicago.

At about the 10:30 a.m., the northbound lanes of Michigan Avenue were closed as the protesters marched across the bridge and gathered near Pioneer Court.
The demonstrators had arrived in buses on Upper Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue just south of the Chicago River.
Check back for more details.

**pwcmba** · October 27, 2009, 11:44 AM

Re: Banksters not welcome in Chi town!

More coverage-

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1310035421&play=1

number of protestors has grown to "several thousand" WOW.

**metalman** · October 27, 2009, 01:56 PM

Re: Banksters not welcome in Chi town!

Originally posted by pwcmba View Post

More coverage-

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1310035421&play=1

number of protestors has grown to "several thousand" WOW.

who organized this protest? let's send money.

**Slimprofits** · October 27, 2009, 02:15 PM

Re: Banksters not welcome in Chi town!

Originally posted by metalman View Post

who organized this protest? let's send money.

The SEIU

http://action.seiu.org/page/s/abarsvp

http://www.seiu.org/2009/10/photos-t...ard-change.php

and the AFL-CIO

**Slimprofits** · October 27, 2009, 02:19 PM

Re: Are We Idiots?

On the final day of a three-day protest directed at the banking industry's top trade group, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson addressed a crowd of what is reported to be more 5,000 people, along with did AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, SEIU President Andy Stern and Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger.

http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswir...7906/index.php

**strittmatter** · October 27, 2009, 02:25 PM

Re: Are We Idiots?

hmmmm.....

no mention of this on foxnewsdotcom nor googlenews headline page??????

you tryin to start trouble pwcmba???

**metalman** · October 27, 2009, 02:39 PM

Re: Are We Idiots?

Originally posted by strittmatter View Post

hmmmm.....

no mention of this on foxnewsdotcom nor googlenews headline page??????

you tryin to start trouble pwcmba???

google news has it...

Monsters and Critics.com

Demonstrators protest at Chicago banker's meeting

KWQC 6 - ‎23 minutes ago‎
AP - October 27, 2009 3:14 PM ET CHICAGO (AP) - Police estimate about 2000 protesters, joined by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, marched to demand banking reforms ...
"Showdown In Chicago": Thousands Of Protesters Gather, Jesse Jackson, Labor ... Huffington Post (blog)

Thousands protest bailout bonuses at Chicago bank meeting AFP

Thousands Rally For Financial Reform In Chicago TPM LiveWire (blog)

Chicago Tribune - Bay Area Indymedia

**metalman** · October 27, 2009, 02:40 PM

Re: Are We Idiots?

great... sleazy bankers breathing new life into sleazy unions.

**we_are_toast** · October 27, 2009, 03:45 PM

Re: Are We Idiots?

Time to go long Guillotine manufacturers?

**goadam1** · October 27, 2009, 03:49 PM

Re: Are We Idiots?

Originally posted by we_are_toast View Post

Time to go long Guillotine manufacturers?

silly protesters. Anyway, if they are looking for bankers, they can start here at 15 central park west. Lovely building and filled with bankers.

**metalman** · October 27, 2009, 05:23 PM

Re: Are We Idiots?

no kidding... have friends on unemployment 1 yr now who say they 'don't know what they will do' if the gov't stops sending checks.

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**thunderdownunder** · October 27, 2009, 07:02 PM

Re: Are We Idiots?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/...0/50088843.jpg

GS $23 Billion bonus package - Thats just the Bonus - Donate It to stop all the Foreclosures in 2010 - Is it just me that looks at this and wants to punch someone so hard, not stopping until they wake up, really wake up and see just how sick, virally, obscenely sick this has become.

The Scales of blind justice are not just crooked. They were broken on purpose.
reminds me of that song "American Idiot" by Green day from Boulevard of broken dreams (aptly named)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRFfpBOX-Pk
3 mins of truth

HOWEVER - being a History buff I would remind you Goldman Sucks(sic), that a certain Japanese Commander after a raid which rightly outraged the American public said "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
Anger them and they will serve you up as b-b-q Calamari el dent'e.
And you can take that to the Bank!!

**BiscayneSunrise** · October 27, 2009, 07:21 PM

Re: Are We Idiots?

Originally posted by thunderdownunder View Post

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/...0/50088843.jpg

GS $23 Billion bonus package - Thats just the Bonus - Donate It to stop all the Foreclosures in 2010 - Is it just me that looks at this and wants to punch someone so hard, not stopping until they wake up, really wake up and see just how sick, virally, obscenely sick this has become.

HOWEVER - being a History buff I would remind you Goldman Sucks(sic), that a certain Japanese Commander after a raid which rightly outraged the American public said "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
Anger them and they will serve you up as b-b-q Calamari el dent'e.
And you can take that to the Bank!!

Your quote from Yamamoto reminded me of the sinister underside of western civilization. That is, throughout our history, from the Greeks on, when the west was threatened we often dithered. Once the collective decision was made that the threat was existential, action was swift and sure: The threat is eliminated in the harshest way possible: "Carthago delenda est"

The Romans laid waste to Carthage; in the 18th Century, George Washington saw Indian alliances with the British as a major threat to the fledgling nation and crushed the Iroquois nation. Most recently, In the 20th Century threats to the west from Germany and Japan were met with fire bombing and atomic weapons. "Shock and Awe" is not a new concept.

There is no doubt there will be some sort of backlash against the wealthy and bankers. But if public opinion really turns on this financial issue and continuation of current policy is recognized as an existential threat, it could get ugly.