Comments on: Abdicating Responsibility – It’s Not Just for Wall Street http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:35:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: myshadow http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1655153 myshadow Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:45:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1655153 <p>This thing is more than some mortgages that were forclosed upon. This is about REAL MONEY being there. Our banks have to be in compliance with the Basel 2 agreement by Sept 30 other wise there will be nothing to trade with. This bomb has been ticking for a while now and the administration hastried to stampede congress into STAKING THE ECONOMY on bankrolling fraud that has been comitted on an incomprehensible level.. There are a number of EU and Middle Eastern entities who made a call a few weeks ago saying they wanted their money, if they don’t get it, they take every thing out of US money market funds, and go elsewhere. That is what set off the first panic. This thing is huge.</p> <p><a href="http://www.developer.com/java/ent/article.php/3403901" rel="nofollow">http://www.developer.com/java/.....hp/3403901</a></p> This thing is more than some mortgages that were forclosed upon. This is about REAL MONEY being there. Our banks have to be in compliance with the Basel 2 agreement by Sept 30 other wise there will be nothing to trade with. This bomb has been ticking for a while now and the administration hastried to stampede congress into STAKING THE ECONOMY on bankrolling fraud that has been comitted on an incomprehensible level.. There are a number of EU and Middle Eastern entities who made a call a few weeks ago saying they wanted their money, if they don’t get it, they take every thing out of US money market funds, and go elsewhere. That is what set off the first panic. This thing is huge.

http://www.developer.com/java/…..hp/3403901

]]> By: DeanOR http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1655063 DeanOR Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:05:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1655063 <p>Sorry Siun, we can’t afford health care for children, whether they are in Iraq or America. The money just isn’t there. Er…well,</p> Sorry Siun, we can’t afford health care for children, whether they are in Iraq or America. The money just isn’t there. Er…well,

]]> By: Laura Doty http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1655030 Laura Doty Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:42:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1655030 <p>I must have checked in before you posted–as I go there every day. Just read it. I hadn’t caught the LBGT story. How terrible. </p> <p>I appreciate your posts, CT.</p> I must have checked in before you posted–as I go there every day. Just read it. I hadn’t caught the LBGT story. How terrible.

I appreciate your posts, CT.

]]> By: CTuttle http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1654982 CTuttle Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:44:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1654982 <p>Ditto! Did you see my post today? In particular about the slaying of the LBGT icon…?</p> Ditto! Did you see my post today? In particular about the slaying of the LBGT icon…?

]]> By: ratfood http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1654981 ratfood Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:44:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1654981 <p>No need to be sorry, there are things worth be outraged about and this is certainly one of them.</p> No need to be sorry, there are things worth be outraged about and this is certainly one of them.

]]> By: Twain http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1654980 Twain Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:43:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1654980 <p>I had read about the Gates Foundation and think that’s great. I don’t understand why Buffet got involved in this Wall Street thing to begin with but as you say, maybe he just wants to play.</p> I had read about the Gates Foundation and think that’s great. I don’t understand why Buffet got involved in this Wall Street thing to begin with but as you say, maybe he just wants to play.

]]> By: Laura Doty http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1654979 Laura Doty Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:43:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1654979 <p>I’m flitting all over tonight. How’s by you?</p> I’m flitting all over tonight. How’s by you?

]]> By: Laura Doty http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1654977 Laura Doty Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:41:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1654977 <p><a href="https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:25612.1365995340/rid:e99ce6eb56e6a9f9a6d4b95c7528470f" rel="nofollow">TomDispatch: Chalmers Johnson, The Pentagon Bailout Fraud</a></p> TomDispatch: Chalmers Johnson, The Pentagon Bailout Fraud

]]> By: CTuttle http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1654976 CTuttle Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:40:35 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1654976 <p>I noticed ya popped in at the Beach House, Laura!</p> I noticed ya popped in at the Beach House, Laura!

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1654974 Teddy Partridge Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:38:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/abdicating-responsibility-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-for-wall-street/#comment-1654974 <p>Buffet is very old. His money is committed to the Gates Foundation. What does he care if it doesn’t work, as long as he gets to be a player?</p> Buffet is very old. His money is committed to the Gates Foundation. What does he care if it doesn’t work, as long as he gets to be a player?

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