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McCain & the S&L Financial Scandal

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:21:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: John McCain was THE principle beneficiary of Charles Keating, the man behind the S&L Crises.

Clip Source: my.barackobama.com

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Tags: crime, politics, president

Biden v. Palin VP Debate Analysis

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:23:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: He's really, really FRANK.

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Tags: politics, vote, elections, president

Money as Debt: Why Ron Paul is Right

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:26:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Why Ron Paul is Right.... Be prepared to learn something. This is 47 min.

Clip Source: video.google.com

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Tags: money.banks, government, law

The inevitable collapse of the dollar

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:24:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "The path that we're on right now is not sustainable."

"The portfolio adjustments will be swift and severe."

"There's going to be a major realignment of global living standard."

"Every knows the dollar could collapse, but nobody knows where it will start."

Clip Source: www.brasschecktv.com

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Tags: money, government, politics, society

Privatize Profits and Socialize Failure - REPUBLICANISM

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:39:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I'm gonna put this guy under my Nietzschean friend category of RABBLE ROUSER.

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Tags: friends, myspace, frank factor, republicans

S.E.C. Concedes Oversight Flaws Fueled Collapse

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:15:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The announcement was the latest illustration of how the market turmoil was rapidly changing the regulatory landscape. In the coming months, Congress will consider overhauls to the regulatory structure, but the markets and the regulators are already transforming it in response to events.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

S.E.C. Concedes Oversight Flaws Fueled Collapse

Because it is a relatively small agency, the S.E.C. tries to extend its reach over the vast financial services industry by relying heavily on self-regulation by stock exchanges, mutual funds, brokerage firms and publicly traded corporations.

The investment banks favored the S.E.C. as their umbrella regulator because that let them avoid regulation of their fast-growing European operations by the European Union.

The Fed had already begun regulating Wall Street firms that borrowed money under a new Fed lending program, and the S.E.C. had entered into an agreement under which its examiners worked jointly with Fed examiners, an arrangement that is expected to continue.

Tags: crime, wall street, money, congress, fed

Need a Job? $17,000 an Hour. No Success Required.

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:00:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: John Kenneth Galbraith, the great economist, once explained: “The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.”

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Need a Job? $17,000 an Hour. No Success Required.

Last year, Mr. Fuld earned about $45 million, according to the calculations of Equilar, an executive pay research company. That amounts to roughly $17,000 an hour to obliterate a firm. If you’re willing to drive a company into the ground for less, apply by calling Lehman Brothers at (212) 526-7000.

But one of our broad national problems is rising inequality, and it is exacerbated by corporate executives helping themselves to shareholders’ cash. Three decades ago, C.E.O.’s typically earned 30 to 40 times the income of ordinary workers. Last year, C.E.O.’s of large public companies averaged 344 times the average pay of workers.

Tags: money, wall street, crime

Let's Play "WALLSTREET BAILOUT" The Rules Are... Rep Kaptur

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:19:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Should the thieves be rewarded for their crimes?

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Tags: wall street, congress, money, crime

Slavery didn't End In The U.S. Until 1945

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:24:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: US Steel was one of the main beneficiaries..

Clip Source: www.brasschecktv.com

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Tags: race, slavery, united states, crime

Oil Democracy in Equatorial Guinea Means Fear and Death

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:42:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The butcher of Equatorial Guinea shakes hands with Condi Rice and has two mansion estates in Maryland.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Tags: oil, terrorism.america, africa

Equatorial Guinea, the rich vs. the poor

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:30:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Democracy is a brand name when you're an oil rich dictator with America's blessing.

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Tags: oil, poverty, africa, democracy

Ron Paul, Stop V.A.W.A. & Title IV d

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:45:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Rather than lecture fathers as to their responsibilities, politicians would do better to advance laws that give fathers the same consideration as mothers.

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Tags: sexism, law, men, justice, children, divorce

McCain/Palin Health Insurance Plan

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:53:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide
competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would
provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst
excesses of state-based regulation."

John McCain

Clip Source: www.johnmccain.com

Straight Talk on
Health System Reform

Tags: mccain, politics, government, healthcare

Cafferty File: Privatizing Social Security

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:56:33 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Would Social Security be secure in the hand of Wall Street. Not in light of recent events.

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Tags: social security, wall street, finanace, money

A Con Game In Pinstripes

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:27:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Americans used to think the road to serfdom was socialism. Now we know it's unbridled speculation and debt.

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

A Con Game In Pinstripes

We're entering that exciting phase of any financial crisis when the lawsuits come fast and furious, criminal charges are lodged, and Wall Street firms agree to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for having snookered their customers once again.

In recent weeks, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, UBS and Wachovia have reached settlements with state regulators under which they agreed to pay more than $500 million in fines and penalties. They have also agreed to buy back more than $50 billion in so-called auction-rate securities from retail investors who had been misled into believing that those securities were as safe as shares in money-market funds.

Tags: capitalism, money, debt, wall street