Cheatin' Geithner now caught in ANOTHER lie! Re: A.I.G. bonuses by AURaptor

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Cheatin' Geithner now caught in ANOTHER lie! Re: A.I.G. bonuses

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UPDATED: Saturday, March 21, 2009 01:25
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Friday, March 20, 2009 10:16 AM

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

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Originally posted by citizen:
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Originally posted by BigDamnNobody:
Edit: At least Obama's detractors have come up with more 'meaty' topics than the countless "Bush said something stupid" threads we all had to endure.

If only that were true.

I was reading in the paper today about this dwarf that got pickpocketed. How could anyone stoop so low?

Oh, but it IS true, Cit - they've come up with "Obama said something stupid on Leno's show" - which, y'know, is, like, TOTALLY more meaty!

Mike

A baby seal walks into a club...

The "On Fire" Economy -
The Dow closed at 10,587.60 on January 20, 2001, the day GW Bush took office. Eight years later, it closed below 8000 on the day he left office - a net loss of 25%. That's what conservatives call an economic "success".

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Friday, March 20, 2009 10:22 AM

CITIZEN

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Oh, but it IS true, Cit - they've come up with "Obama said something stupid on Leno's show" - which, y'know, is, like, TOTALLY more meaty!

I guess I also forgot about the whole terribly important DVD issue.

I was reading in the paper today about this dwarf that got pickpocketed. How could anyone stoop so low?

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Friday, March 20, 2009 11:45 AM

BIGDAMNNOBODY

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Originally posted by rue:
Oh dear - NO ! NOT YOU ! BDN who made such a big point about the need to be non-partisan with criticism. And then ... just ... couldn't ...

I'm not the one who said they would go after The next President with the same fervor as the last. I'm not the one who said they would never try to defend the indefensible. I said it would be interesting to see what happens on this forum now that the other parties guy is in power. I was the one who said it would be interesting to see the 'two sides' reverse roles. So far, none of you have proven me wrong.

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Friday, March 20, 2009 11:55 AM

CITIZEN

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Originally posted by BigDamnNobody:
I was the one who said it would be interesting to see the 'two sides' reverse roles. So far, none of you have proven me wrong.

I said that, and for the record you've not disappointed either.

I was reading in the paper today about this dwarf that got pickpocketed. How could anyone stoop so low?

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Friday, March 20, 2009 11:59 AM

RUE

I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!

BiggusD
Spin Rue, spin.
You haven't a partisan bone in your body do you?

BiggusD
Buck stops at Obama, just like Bush.

Rue
EVERYTHING that went wrong under Bush's watch is his fault - right ?
C'mon ! Now's the time to show us all how non-partisan you are !
I'll be waiting ...

... and I'm still waiting ...

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Silence is consent.

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Friday, March 20, 2009 1:50 PM

BIGDAMNNOBODY

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Originally posted by rue:
... and I'm still waiting ...

Good luck with that.

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Friday, March 20, 2009 3:29 PM

KWICKO

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... and I'm still waiting ...

Good luck with that.

With what? With waiting for you to show how non-partisan you are?

I agree with you - that's never going to happen!

Mike

A baby seal walks into a club...

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Friday, March 20, 2009 4:40 PM

BIGDAMNNOBODY

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
With what? With waiting for you to show how non-partisan you are?

I agree with you - that's never going to happen!

Never made any such claims about myself, unlike others.

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Saturday, March 21, 2009 1:25 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Apparently this is all on Geithner.

http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/treasury-attempts-to-blame-dodd-for-
aig-bonuses/

If we're going to lay the blame anywhere, lay it where it belongs- not on Dodd.

A very prescient commentator- I think it was Robert Reich- said on Geithner's appointment that it indicated that Obama was willing to play footsie Wall Street. The commentator suggested the current head of the FDIC- Sheila Blair- would have been a much better choice, a point I agree with. Goldman Sachs has had a undue influence on the Fed, the Treasury (Paulson) and the SEC.

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Since coming to the Fed in November 2003-recruited by then-New York Fed chairman Pete Peterson, co-founder of the Blackstone Group-Geithner has learned the ways of the financial industry at the feet of some of its biggest legends. He was almost immediately taken under the wing of Gerald Corrigan, a gregarious former New York Fed chief who is now a managing director of Goldman Sachs.

Under such tutelage, its hard to come away with just the knowledge of "how" things work without being influenced with the "why"... the interests and outlooks of investment bankers.

Being the contrarian that I am, anything bad for Wall Street is good for the country! And Geithner, IMHO, is just too close to Wall Street to effectively represent the people's interests. I think they should boot him out, and replace him with a fire-breathing reformer.

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It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.

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