Occupy Wall Street
Is anyone paying attention to these? There are Occupy protests cropping up everyone over the country. This could turn into something really really big. They dont even have a defined goal yet and its...
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Well said Kurt. Too bad the protesters themselves are so laughable though. Every time one of them opens their mouths it is pure unscripted comedy. I wish they had got their message together before...
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"The Wall Street banks who crashed the economy are a much bigger threat than a peaceful assembly. "Kurt, Democrat Congressmen Chris Dodd and Barney Frank have already dealt with that problem during...
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The idiots urinating on the street in front of the NYSE typify the reason why I decided to never get involved in large, critical database management and design. My heart goes out to the folks who...
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Kurt, Democrat Congressmen Chris Dodd and Barney Frank have already dealt with that problem during the four years that the Dems had control of Congress (2007 - 2011). Tim Geithner and Ben Bernanke...
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As long as it remains a peaceful protest, I have no problem with it. Wall Street has an amazing amount of crap to answer for. I just find the people who are doing the protesting are a ridiculous...
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Neither side is articulating a position very well. The protesters don't have a leader, and so you end up hearing from whatever random person the cameraman chooses, and of course they're looking for...
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If Dave L. was referring to the new Volcker Rule earlier, it definitely looks like a step in the right direction. Though Goldman-Sachs is already trying to get around it.
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The purpose of the Glass-Steagall Act was to control speculation and prohibit a bank from owning other financial institutions which would create a conflict of interest, such as investment banks and...
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This just in: The shipping port in Oakland, California has been reopened after a group of people who had nothing better to do shut it down. Thank goodness we'll still be able to get our stuff from...
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"Wall Street has an amazing amount of crap to answer for."For example?Laws are written by Congress, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plays a major role in enforcing them. Also, there...
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In some respect I agree with you. If a method for making a few billion bucks is morally questionable and has dire consequences, it's still OK because it wasn't against the law. If it was against the...
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No, really, it's Wall Street who crashed the economy, with banks leveraging themselves 30-to-1 buying garbage and then paying credit rating firms to give them high ratings while they were...
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Limited release is a bit of an understatement. One theater is showing it out here.
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The truth... http://www.krla870.com/vi...4-4e8f-a0ab-d1e5ce6a713b
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Ouch, talk about cutting right to the bone. Nice post SoCal. Certainly helps that Corrola is a comedian and can afford to be so upfront with his opinions though.
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Yeppers, being a comedian allows him to speak without having to be PC. Refreshing.
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Panic of the Plutocrats By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: October 9, 2011 It remains to be seen whether the Occupy Wall Street protests will change America’s direction. Yet the protests have already elicited...
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Haven't heard/seen anything about Occupy Wall Street lately. What's going on there?
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Just because it isn't on TV doesn't mean it is isn't happening.The media is busy covering the weather, and aspects of our political process, and the mundane daily aspects of occupation are not as...
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