Comments on: Big Bank Nightmares http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:41:00 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862216 dakine01 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:31:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862216 <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090321/bs_nm/us_financial_creditunions;_ylt=Ap1KwNf7kqw6aY59HuttzK.573QA" rel="nofollow">Credit Unions may not be in all that great shape either</a> what with the Government taking over the big central Credit Unions.</p> Credit Unions may not be in all that great shape either what with the Government taking over the big central Credit Unions.

]]> By: texasaggie http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862209 texasaggie Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:24:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862209 <p>There surely are credit unions in the Dallas area. Check out the Greater Texas Federal Credit Union out of Austin if you can qualify to join.</p> There surely are credit unions in the Dallas area. Check out the Greater Texas Federal Credit Union out of Austin if you can qualify to join.

]]> By: texasaggie http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862205 texasaggie Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:18:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862205 <p>There is a group of banks that have to a large extent avoided the problems of the financial houses. These are the credit unions that are actually owned by their depositors and clients. I have had very good luck with the one I belong to (22 years) and would recommend that those who qualify by virtue of belonging to some class of person (university student, worker in some industry, etc.) look into using them as your bank. Since they belong to the depositors, they are less likely to get eaten up by some big bank and engage in really stupid financial transactions, unlike regular banks.</p> There is a group of banks that have to a large extent avoided the problems of the financial houses. These are the credit unions that are actually owned by their depositors and clients. I have had very good luck with the one I belong to (22 years) and would recommend that those who qualify by virtue of belonging to some class of person (university student, worker in some industry, etc.) look into using them as your bank. Since they belong to the depositors, they are less likely to get eaten up by some big bank and engage in really stupid financial transactions, unlike regular banks.

]]> By: MiriamKniaz http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862152 MiriamKniaz Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:33:10 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862152 <p>There were about 40 people who went to protest in front of some of the bonus babies’ houses. That is pathetic. So much for outrage, I bet those AIG people were REALLY intimidated by a bus load of people.</p> There were about 40 people who went to protest in front of some of the bonus babies’ houses. That is pathetic. So much for outrage, I bet those AIG people were REALLY intimidated by a bus load of people.

]]> By: wethepeopleismarxnow http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862111 wethepeopleismarxnow Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:25:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862111 <p>He’s probably the only one that actually did any real work.</p> He’s probably the only one that actually did any real work.

]]> By: bobschacht http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862110 bobschacht Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:16:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862110 <p>Peterr,<br /> Isn’t this what Obama’s Small Business Loan program is promoting?</p> <p>Bob in HI</p> Peterr,
Isn’t this what Obama’s Small Business Loan program is promoting?

Bob in HI

]]> By: frandor55 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862097 frandor55 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:51:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862097 <p>Calm down, Obama is an 8th Level-Double Black Belt Jiu-Jiutsu Master. He has been planning this for sometime now, we really cannot comprehend the level at which his mind works… ~snark~</p> Calm down, Obama is an 8th Level-Double Black Belt Jiu-Jiutsu Master. He has been planning this for sometime now, we really cannot comprehend the level at which his mind works… ~snark~

]]> By: fatster http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862070 fatster Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:17:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862070 <p>This up at rawstory.com</p> <p>WaMU SUES FDIC FOR $13 BILLION: SOON</p> This up at rawstory.com

WaMU SUES FDIC FOR $13 BILLION: SOON

]]> By: greenwarrior http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862039 greenwarrior Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:29:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862039 <p>it’s no more than approximately $2000 - $3000/year. lots of computer programmers could afford that, i believe.</p> it’s no more than approximately $2000 – $3000/year. lots of computer programmers could afford that, i believe.

]]> By: Hugh http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862033 Hugh Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:21:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/21/big-bank-nightmares/#comment-1862033 <blockquote> <p>We need to be fighting for unions and workers and the powerless in this society, not spreading endless garbage about Obama based on strict ideological purity tests. It’s sickening.</p></blockquote> <p>If Obama were doing these things, I would be supporting him. But I don’t think that the Establishment which Obama represents qualifies as “unions and workers and the powerless”. I also find it funny that anyone who disagrees with Obama can do so only on “strict ideological” grounds. I think everyone here wanted Obama to be a success but he has chosen people and policies that make sure that he won’t be. I can understand your frustration but I think it is misdirected. We are just calling them as we see them, just as we did with Bush. If Obama isn’t measuring up to this same bar, a bar I should point out that is based not on ideology but effectiveness, that’s his fault not ours.</p>

We need to be fighting for unions and workers and the powerless in this society, not spreading endless garbage about Obama based on strict ideological purity tests. It’s sickening.

If Obama were doing these things, I would be supporting him. But I don’t think that the Establishment which Obama represents qualifies as “unions and workers and the powerless”. I also find it funny that anyone who disagrees with Obama can do so only on “strict ideological” grounds. I think everyone here wanted Obama to be a success but he has chosen people and policies that make sure that he won’t be. I can understand your frustration but I think it is misdirected. We are just calling them as we see them, just as we did with Bush. If Obama isn’t measuring up to this same bar, a bar I should point out that is based not on ideology but effectiveness, that’s his fault not ours.

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