Comments on: Deregulation now and forever XOXO, John http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:35:47 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644659 MarkH Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:02:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644659 <p>At the end of the day the American people must ask themselves why the Republicans in Congress wouldn’t help get rid of the Bush administration. Why did they insist on putting us all through this long list of crises, mistakes, criminal activities and embarrassments?</p> At the end of the day the American people must ask themselves why the Republicans in Congress wouldn’t help get rid of the Bush administration. Why did they insist on putting us all through this long list of crises, mistakes, criminal activities and embarrassments?

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644646 MarkH Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:57:15 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644646 <blockquote><p>The bailout will provide one-stop-shopping for vulture investors.</p></blockquote> <p>“lost” Iraq money, meet repo house in America.</p>

The bailout will provide one-stop-shopping for vulture investors.

“lost” Iraq money, meet repo house in America.

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644644 MarkH Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:55:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644644 <blockquote><p>a professor who makes the strong case that the most regulated sectors of the financial industry are the ones faring best and it is the least regulated sectors that are in trouble.</p></blockquote> <p>John McCain ponders, “Yes, but what do the people of Czechoslovakia think?”</p>

a professor who makes the strong case that the most regulated sectors of the financial industry are the ones faring best and it is the least regulated sectors that are in trouble.

John McCain ponders, “Yes, but what do the people of Czechoslovakia think?”

]]> By: timbo http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644574 timbo Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:23:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644574 <p>Here’s a thought. What if they want to bundle our insurance policies just like the mortgages into secondary and tertiary securities? See, the GOP has a plan to privatize health care!</p> Here’s a thought. What if they want to bundle our insurance policies just like the mortgages into secondary and tertiary securities? See, the GOP has a plan to privatize health care!

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644461 cinnamonape Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:19:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644461 <p>I thought McCain took credit for “casino culture”…after all he created the Indian Casino bill.</p> <p>And he’s constantly the one that says that people who take risks (and I suppose that means “foolish risks”) should be rewarded. Maverick gambled on the Mississippi riverboats…and McCain voted for legislation which allowed Wall Street to do so, as well. Now he’s decrying Wall Street for doing precisely what the legislation he voted for activated.</p> I thought McCain took credit for “casino culture”…after all he created the Indian Casino bill.

And he’s constantly the one that says that people who take risks (and I suppose that means “foolish risks”) should be rewarded. Maverick gambled on the Mississippi riverboats…and McCain voted for legislation which allowed Wall Street to do so, as well. Now he’s decrying Wall Street for doing precisely what the legislation he voted for activated.

]]> By: neurophius http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644353 neurophius Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:14:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644353 <p><a href="http://digg.com/business_finance/Deregulation_now_and_forever_XOXO_John" rel="nofollow">Dugg!</a></p> Dugg!

]]> By: perris http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644349 perris Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:12:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644349 <p>kay, the points made in the link do make sense but the premise is fundamentally flawed</p> <p>there is no way anyone coueld imagine this economic disaster would not reflect on this adminsitration and the republicans who deregulated the industry</p> <p>this turn of events has made it impossible for mccain to succeed</p> <p>therefore, unless the president intends on using this “catastrophy” to invoke “directive 51″ and suspend the election, this economic disaster could not have been deliberately engineered to happen at this moment in time</p> kay, the points made in the link do make sense but the premise is fundamentally flawed

there is no way anyone coueld imagine this economic disaster would not reflect on this adminsitration and the republicans who deregulated the industry

this turn of events has made it impossible for mccain to succeed

therefore, unless the president intends on using this “catastrophy” to invoke “directive 51″ and suspend the election, this economic disaster could not have been deliberately engineered to happen at this moment in time

]]> By: Hugh http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644318 Hugh Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:58:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644318 <blockquote><p>someone care to explain to me why banks that aren’t in trouble would get a piece of this too? This alone screams rip off</p></blockquote> <p>Because you need a critical mass to establish a Schwarzschild limit. *g*</p>

someone care to explain to me why banks that aren’t in trouble would get a piece of this too? This alone screams rip off

Because you need a critical mass to establish a Schwarzschild limit. *g*

]]> By: KayInMaine http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644312 KayInMaine Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:55:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644312 <p>Oh boy…</p> <p><a href="http://openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8451" rel="nofollow">http://openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8451</a></p> <p>Wouldn’t surprise me.</p> Oh boy…

http://openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8451

Wouldn’t surprise me.

]]> By: wobblybits http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644296 wobblybits Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:46:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/23/deregulation-now-and-forever-xoxo-john/#comment-1644296 <p>2004? yup this is a big ole heist. Raid and pilfer the treasury before they are out of power and leave us with nothing</p> 2004? yup this is a big ole heist. Raid and pilfer the treasury before they are out of power and leave us with nothing

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