Okay, I'm not blaming banks either. Am I, however, laying the blame at the feet of abuses inherent in capitalism? Yes.

Problem isn't so much capitalism as it is capital.

I think re-instating capital punishment for large-scale corruption and fraud would be a capital idea!


CAPITAL!

He's erased it from the internet!

Oh wait...

I'M LOUDER THAN YOU SO YOU HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME NOW!!

Not sure if you're serious, so:

"The Securities and Exchange Commission changed the leverage rules for just five Wall Street banks in 2004. The “Bear Stearns exemption” replaced the 1977 net capitalization rule’s 12-to-1 leverage limit. In its place, it allowed unlimited leverage for Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns. These banks ramped leverage to 20-, 30-, even 40-to-1. Extreme leverage leaves very little room for error."

From: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/what-caused-the-financial-c risis-the-big-lie-goes-viral/2011/10/31/gIQAXlSOqM_story_1.html

Also Mr. "Personal Responsibility" here ditched out on a condo mortgage he was trying to flip a few years ago. When the market went south he walked away.

Well Natch; the government _made_ him buy that condo. Then it _made_ him stop making payments, via the secret microwave radio device implanted in his frontal lobes. IT ALL MAKES SENSE, DAMNIT!!!! GET OUT OF MY MIND, ALL OF YOU!!!!

YEAH AND KEEP THOSE GIRAFFES OFF MY FUCKING LAWN?

Deadbeat Joe is toast. He's been pushed into a runoff because of Democrat controlled redistricting. The other guy is a fundie moron but doesn't have the baggage this guy has.

I think the representative might need to "be quiet for a minute" and "listen," or the voters are going to "ask [him] to leave."

I want to move to Illinois just to vote against him.

They've always been like this about saying anything bad about the rich, big business, big banks, etc.

Just now people are noticing how stupid that sounds.

Yeah, since Bush isn't in power and even the GOPers can't afford to hold their "public forums" in private (and therefore exclusive) venues, the usual tactic of having some Blackwater rejects frog-march any inconvenient questioners outside for a little knuckle music has been replaced by the hissy fit of the spoiled brat.