Comments on: How They “Own” Us: Banks Prevent Credit Card Customers from Testifying http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:28:48 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: brendanscalling http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894298 brendanscalling Thu, 07 May 2009 01:27:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894298 <p>the only way i know of would get my comment deleted by the mods.</p> the only way i know of would get my comment deleted by the mods.

]]> By: brendanscalling http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894297 brendanscalling Thu, 07 May 2009 01:25:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894297 <p>i’m actually being sued by capital one for not paying.<br /> my lawyer’s trying to get them to settle by tellign them if we go to court, I will probably lose but I’ll be the most embarrassing defendant they ever deal with. </p> <p>i’ll just keep asking the judge and their lawyers why uncle sam can’t bail them out loike everyone else. or to go ask arlen specter for the money (i dropped that one on one of their collection agencies.</p> <p>fuck ‘em. in the end, we’re all dead anyway.</p> i’m actually being sued by capital one for not paying.
my lawyer’s trying to get them to settle by tellign them if we go to court, I will probably lose but I’ll be the most embarrassing defendant they ever deal with.

i’ll just keep asking the judge and their lawyers why uncle sam can’t bail them out loike everyone else. or to go ask arlen specter for the money (i dropped that one on one of their collection agencies.

fuck ‘em. in the end, we’re all dead anyway.

]]> By: Imhotep http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894295 Imhotep Thu, 07 May 2009 01:11:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894295 <p>The insurance industry also owns Congress. Yesterday’s Senate hearing on health care reform was a joke. Only industry reps were allowed to testify.<br /> Single-payer is “off the table” according to Baucus.</p> The insurance industry also owns Congress. Yesterday’s Senate hearing on health care reform was a joke. Only industry reps were allowed to testify.
Single-payer is “off the table” according to Baucus.

]]> By: sptatt http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894290 sptatt Thu, 07 May 2009 00:32:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894290 <p>cut up the fornicating cards pay em off stop using them. live on what you make not they way you think you should be able to. until you stop buying into the fairytale they are going to own you. the first year’s gonna be rough but ya know what it can be done, i’ve done it. the question is how much is enough, do i really need the latest electronic toy or the latest whatever and the answer is no. as to the politicians they all in the moneyed interests pockets and only give a shit about you when it’s election time and will tell you whatever pretty lies it takes. my granddaddy had it right ain’t none of em fit to haul guts to the buzzards. vote for yourself with your money the hours and minutes of your life you spend to get it you can’t get back.</p> cut up the fornicating cards pay em off stop using them. live on what you make not they way you think you should be able to. until you stop buying into the fairytale they are going to own you. the first year’s gonna be rough but ya know what it can be done, i’ve done it. the question is how much is enough, do i really need the latest electronic toy or the latest whatever and the answer is no. as to the politicians they all in the moneyed interests pockets and only give a shit about you when it’s election time and will tell you whatever pretty lies it takes. my granddaddy had it right ain’t none of em fit to haul guts to the buzzards. vote for yourself with your money the hours and minutes of your life you spend to get it you can’t get back.

]]> By: Arkinsaw http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894285 Arkinsaw Thu, 07 May 2009 00:21:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894285 <p>Hey not to worry! The private equity firms are lining up to force the Fed to let them buy the banks.<br /></p><blockquote> <p>Mr. Flowers, in an interview, said he was confident he would prevail. Even if he cannot make the Fed reverse its policy, he will consider it a victory if the Fed approves an individual deal.</p> <p>He has estimated his banking empire will one day earn at least a 35 percent return on banks it has bought in the United States. “I find it to be an extraordinary time to invest,” he said.</p> <p>He was even more blunt when he spoke to an industry group in New York earlier this year. “<strong>Lowlife grave dancers like me will make a fortune</strong>,” he predicted.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/business/06equity.html?_r=1&hp" rel="nofollow">www.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/bus.....=1&hp</a></p> Hey not to worry! The private equity firms are lining up to force the Fed to let them buy the banks.

Mr. Flowers, in an interview, said he was confident he would prevail. Even if he cannot make the Fed reverse its policy, he will consider it a victory if the Fed approves an individual deal.

He has estimated his banking empire will one day earn at least a 35 percent return on banks it has bought in the United States. “I find it to be an extraordinary time to invest,” he said.

He was even more blunt when he spoke to an industry group in New York earlier this year. “Lowlife grave dancers like me will make a fortune,” he predicted.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/bus…..=1&hp

]]> By: BiscuitBoy http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894258 BiscuitBoy Wed, 06 May 2009 23:01:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894258 <p>Exactly how do we do that?<br /> I would love to have a way of hurting them, I closed all my accounts but I don’t see how my “pocketbook” is going to make a difference.</p> Exactly how do we do that?
I would love to have a way of hurting them, I closed all my accounts but I don’t see how my “pocketbook” is going to make a difference.

]]> By: BooRadley http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894187 BooRadley Wed, 06 May 2009 21:34:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894187 <p>deleted</p> deleted

]]> By: TheLurkingMod http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894183 TheLurkingMod Wed, 06 May 2009 21:32:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894183 <p>Scarecrow’s diary promoted<br /><a href="http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/5161" rel="nofollow">Mike Allen Lets Frank Luntz Explain How Republicans Should Lie About Health Care Reform</a></p> Scarecrow’s diary promoted
Mike Allen Lets Frank Luntz Explain How Republicans Should Lie About Health Care Reform

]]> By: David65 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894181 David65 Wed, 06 May 2009 21:30:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894181 <p>What we are seeing is that over a very long time span Congress has quietly created laws prob as amendments that has leaglized bribery.</p> What we are seeing is that over a very long time span Congress has quietly created laws prob as amendments that has leaglized bribery.

]]> By: BooRadley http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894176 BooRadley Wed, 06 May 2009 21:25:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/06/how-they-own-us-banks-prevent-credit-card-customers-from-testifying/#comment-1894176 <p>Thanks Jane.</p> Thanks Jane.

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