Subj : Re: Hell hath no fury ... To : All From : mws@wt.net Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:19:40 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september ..org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-septemb er.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!n ews-in-01.newsfeed.easynews.com!easynews!core-easynews-01!easynews.com!en-nntp- 14.dc1.easynews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Mike Smith Newsgroups: austin.general,austin.politics,dfw.general,misc.rural,neworleans.general Subject: Re: Hell hath no fury ... Message-ID: References: <4tigm71odogalvlnsckbdv08bvv7qlkt32@4ax.com> <78rhm7tlklk27dfojjfqfkigr1uc2chc7l@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 203 X-Complaints-To: abuse@easynews.com Organization: EasyNews, UseNet made Easy! 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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:19:01 -0500 X-Received-Bytes: 10377 Xref: news.eternal-september.org austin.general:179 austin.politics:38 dfw.general:306 misc.rural:972 neworleans.general:23 On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:57:05 -0700, Billy wrote: >In article , > Mikie Smith wrote: > >> On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:05:47 -0700, Billy >> wrote: >> >> >In article >> >, >> > Billy wrote: >> > >> >> In article <78rhm7tlklk27dfojjfqfkigr1uc2chc7l@4ax.com>, >> >> Mikie Smith wrote: >> >> >> >> > On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:03:05 -0700, "Pico Rico" >> >> > wrote: >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > >"Billy" wrote in message >> >> > >news:wildbilly-668C43.09463720032012@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au. >> >> > >.. >> >> > >> In article <4tigm71odogalvlnsckbdv08bvv7qlkt32@4ax.com>, >> >> > >> Mike Smith wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> > >>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:06:59 -0500, "NotMe" wrote: >> >> > >>> >> >> > >>> > >> >> > >>> >http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/425974_3142943487122_107101 >> >> > >>> >450 >> >> > >>> >5_ >> >> > >>> >3295 >> >> > >>> >4121_1658586772_n.jpg >> >> > >>> > >> >> > >>> > >> >> > >>> > >> >> > >>> Awwww... another emotionally-based libtard fantasy. >> >> > >>> >> >> > >>> How cute... >> >> > >>> >> >> > >>> Mike Smith >> >> > >> >> >> > >> Funny how rightards want to deregulate the economy, but regulate the >> >> > >> citizens. >> >> > >> -- >> >> > >> >> > Prove it, Billy-Bob. >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >objecting to being forced to pay for the specific health care items of >> >> > >others is "regulating the citizens"? I think you have it backwards. >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > In Billy's little fantasy world, anything is possible. He's not the >> >> > brightest bulb around... >> >> > >> >> > Mikie Smith >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >In his new article, "Bank of America: Too Crooked to Fail," Rolling >> >Stone reporter Matt Taibbi chronicles the remarkable history of the rise >> >of Bank of America, an institution he says has defrauded "everyone from >> >investors and insurers to homeowners and the unemployed." Taibbi >> >describes how the Bush and Obama administrations have repeatedly propped >> >up the financial institution, which received a $45 billion taxpayer >> >bailout in 2008. Bank of America has also received billions in what >> >could be described as shadow bailouts. The bank now owns more than 12 >> >percent of the nationıs bank deposits and 17 percent of all home >> >mortgages. Taibbi also recounts how fraudulent practices by Bank of >> >America and other companies ravaged pension funds. "Most people think of >> >[the mortgage crisis] as some airy abstraction ‹ you know, bankers >> >ripping off bankers," Taibbi says. "Thatıs not what it is. Itıs bankers >> >stealing from old ladies and retirees." >> > >> >MATT TAIBBI: Well, the deal is narrowly only supposed to cover a small >> >part of the problems with the mortgages that went on during the crisis. >> >It really only covers‹itıs supposed to cover robo-signing. Now, what is >> >robo-signing? Essentially, when‹what the banks were doing is they were >> >lending these companies like Countrywide billions of dollars to make >> >loans all over the place to anybody with a pulse. Then they would make >> >these billions of dollarsı worth of loans. The Countrywide-type >> >companies would sell the loans back to a big bank like Goldman Sachs or >> >Bank of America, who in turn would chop up these loans, turn them into >> >securities, and then sell them off to customers like unions and pension >> >funds and foreign retirement funds all over the world. Because they >> >werenıt going to be holding on to those loans, they werenıt like >> >traditional bankers that were going to be maintaining these loans over, >> >you know, 20 or 30 years. Because they werenıt going to be doing that >> >work, they just simply stopped doing the paperwork on these loans. It >> >wasnıt cost-effective for them. So what they were doing was they just >> >completely stopped servicing the loans. And only when they had to >> >foreclose would they go back and try to reconstitute that evidence. And >> >they would just assign a bunch of sort of entry-level people to make up >> >affidavits so that they could go to court and foreclose on people. >> >Completely illegal. >> >----- >> > >> >> >-fail-20120314> >> > >> >Bank of America: Too Crooked to Fail >> >The bank has defrauded everyone from investors and insurers to >> >homeowners and the unemployed. So why does the government keep bailing >> >it out? >> >> >> Is this going to take much longer, Billy? >> Do you know what "prove it" means? >> >> Mikie Smith > >I already did. It must have been over your head, huh? > >Maybe pictures would be better for you. >t=1&list=PL8B348761799DC3CE> > >Then, as with Gov. Walker not trusting democracy, regulates what the >people can have, and what they can't. > >We want Bush'e wars to be over, but they won't give it to us. >We want an end to prying into our private lives, but they won't give it > to us. >We want single payer health care, , but they won't give it to us. >We want our money back from the Wall Street banks, but they won't give > it to us. >We want to stop nuclear power, but they won't give it to us. >We want politicians to work for the good of common people, but they > won't give it to us. > >The people with the money are in control and it doesn't matter what the >rest of us want. > >closely.aspx> > >s-restored-our-troops-brought-home-and-the-federal-reserve-reined-in.html >> > >If we weren't regulated, we would get what we want. > >I suspect that even this answer will be more than your little head can >follow. > >What the 2 political parties want to give us is Neo-liberalism. > >The main points of neo-liberalism include: > 1. THE RULE OF THE MARKET. Liberating "free" enterprise or private >enterprise from any bonds imposed by the government (the state) no >matter how much social damage this causes. Greater openness to >international trade and investment, as in NAFTA. Reduce wages by >de-unionizing workers and eliminating workers' rights that had been won >over many years of struggle. No more price controls. All in all, total >freedom of movement for capital, goods and services. To convince us this >is good for us, they say "an unregulated market is the best way to >increase economic growth, which will ultimately benefit everyone." It's >like Reagan's "supply-side" and "trickle-down" economics -- but somehow >the wealth didn't trickle down very much. > > 2. CUTTING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES like education and >health care. REDUCING THE SAFETY-NET FOR THE POOR, and even maintenance >of roads, bridges, water supply -- again in the name of reducing >government's role. Of course, they don't oppose government subsidies and >tax benefits for business. > > 3. DEREGULATION. Reduce government regulation of everything that >could diminsh profits, including protecting the environmentand safety on >the job. > > 4. PRIVATIZATION. Sell state-owned enterprises, goods and services to >private investors. This includes banks, key industries, railroads, toll >highways, electricity, schools, hospitals and even fresh water. Although >usually done in the name of greater efficiency, which is often needed, >privatization has mainly had the effect of concentrating wealth even >more in a few hands and making the public pay even more for its needs. > > 5. ELIMINATING THE CONCEPT OF "THE PUBLIC GOOD" or "COMMUNITY" and >replacing it with "individual responsibility." Pressuring the poorest >people in a society to find solutions to their lack of health care, >education and social security all by themselves -- then blaming them, if >they fail, as "lazy." So, in your world, libtard fantasies are the same as "proof" that normal people want to deregulate the economy, but regulate the citizens. Wait... You obviously do not understand the question. Let me simplify it enough that you "might" grasp the concept. Show proof that normal people want to deregulate the economy, then when you find that, show proof that those "same" people want to regulate the citizens of that same economy. (Like I have previously stated, Billy isn't the brightest bulb around...) Mike Smith --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .