Mooney44Cards;929951 wrote:This is my opinion exactly. But just because a law isn't enforced doesn't mean its ok for you to break that law. Wall Street is the main culprit as they have not only broken the law over and over, they have basically paid politicians to not give a fuck.

Glory Days;929906 wrote:couldnt be sure, but believer seems to know. it does appear he is wearing specialist rank without any unit crest on his beret(i thought the beret was discontinued recently?). so either he is straight out of basic as a specialist(although it looks like he has too many ribbons for that) and headed to the 2ID or is a soup sandwich. i would take the bet he is a soup sandwich.

Mooney44Cards;929952 wrote:You know the media is dying to make this a positive story, yet nearly all the pictures I see are either old people dreaming of an America that doesn't exist or gun-toting rednecks, likely influenced by their conservative talking heads. A good number also seem to be what I would characterize as "professional" protestors, you know, people who need something to bitch about to give their life meaning.

See what I did there?

gut;929973 wrote:Yeah, I see what you tried to do there, and it doesn't reflect reality. A lot of the Tea Party coverage I saw WAS of the "pry my gun from my cold, dead hands" and the idiots, and anything else they could find to make the "mob" look like racist rednecks.

Mooney44Cards;929884 wrote: A lot of fraud was committed on Wall Street, no one was arrested.

Mooney44Cards;929952 wrote:You know the media is dying to make this a positive story, yet nearly all the pictures I see are either old people dreaming of an America that doesn't exist or gun-toting rednecks, likely influenced by their conservative talking heads. A good number also seem to be what I would characterize as "professional" protestors, you know, people who need something to bitch about to give their life meaning.

See what I did there?

majorspark;929929 wrote:Exactly. Get rid of all the subsidies and tax credits to corporations. There is reason why millions are pouring into the parasite economy.

gut;929942 wrote:You know the media is dying to make this a positive story, yet nearly all the pictures I see are either hippies or naive college students, likely influenced by their hippie professors. A good number also seem to be what I would characterize as "professional" protestors, you know, people who need something to bitch about to give their life meaning.

QuakerOats;930014 wrote:100% incorrect. Arrests for white-collar crime occur all the time, some being profoundly high profile as well. Get in the game!

Mooney44Cards;930033 wrote:This is an anecdotal meaningless statement. No one from Wall Street who committed the fraud that directly led to housing collapse has been arrested. If you can name even one person who was directly involved with the fraud involving credit default swaps and CDOs then you can begin to have an argument.

Simply saying "well people get arrested for fraud all the time" doesn't mean THESE people have been arrested.

"Well murderers get caught all the time so that means we don't have to go after these people that just committed genocide!" :laugh:

QuakerOats;930054 wrote:Oh, then you mean the CEO's of Fannie and Freddie who cooked the books in order to earn egregious personal bonuses. Oh but wait, you can't arrest them --- they're big democrats.

QuakerOats;930056 wrote:These nutballs are merely a reflection of their leader --- a community activist/agitator.

Change we can believe in ........

I Wear Pants;930055 wrote:Do I really need to start posting videos of the crazies at various Conservative rallies and protests? QUOTE]

You mean all those nutcases that believe in fiscal discipline and the U.S. constitution?

QuakerOats;930054 wrote:Oh, then you mean the CEO's of Fannie and Freddie who cooked the books in order to earn egregious personal bonuses. Oh but wait, you can't arrest them --- they're big democrats.

QuakerOats;930060 wrote:

I Wear Pants;930055 wrote:Do I really need to start posting videos of the crazies at various Conservative rallies and protests? QUOTE]

You mean all those nutcases that believe in fiscal discipline and the U.S. constitution?

No, those people wouldn't be the crazies would they? I'm talking about the people who can't articulate why they're there, spew Republican talking points without understanding, etc, etc. If those people don't make any Tea Party rally a crazy fest why do the crazies at the OWS thing make everyone else crazy by association?

Can't have it both ways.

I Wear Pants;930020 wrote:Anytime this is talked about the right says it will kill business and the economy and is class warfare/tax hikes/etc.

Mooney44Cards;930078 wrote:No no. Arrest them.

See you keep shoving democratic propaganda words in my mouth despite the fact that I keep saying that they're all crooked and need to be held accountable. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the tip of the iceberg. Goldman Sachs, AIG, Standard & Poors, Moody's, Countrywide, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, need I go on? They are all guilty.

majorspark;930082 wrote:There are big government republicans. That said I can understand how it can hurt business short term. Business plans around those subsidies, tax breaks etc.. Sudenly removing them would kill some businesses. I would argue to go ahead let let those businesses die. If they are so finacially unstable that they depend on the government to exist they should go away and be replaced with strong self sustaining businesses.

OneBuckeye;930037 wrote:[video=youtube;SaZF4FJ2eUA][/video]

LOL

majorspark;930088 wrote:Knowing corruption and fraud are human flaws. It will be found at any level governance or institutions that humans are a part of. That said you list all these companies. Who in them has committed fraud? What evidence do you have? Or are you just regurgitating ant-corporation propoganda.