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15. Don't forget Brooksley Borne who warned back during the Clinton admin what would happen

Wed Jul 24, 2013, 12:40 AM

Jul 2013

if they allowed derivatives to remain legal.

Summers and Greenspan and a few others, drove her out of her job for being too smart and too honorable to play the game they were playing with our futures.

I cannot think of a worse choice for this job than the rogue, Summers.

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HEADS-UP! Larry Summers Whitewashed Bankster Bailout [View all] Octafish Jul 2013 OP

"Heckuva Job Larry!" mick063 Jul 2013 #1

Ask your Doctor if Integrity is right for your country. Octafish Jul 2013 #3

Right after 9/11, President Bush diverted 500 FBI agents from white collar crime to Terrorism. mick063 Jul 2013 #7

We live in Gangster Times. Banksters told FBI guys to STFU. Octafish Jul 2013 #12

Don't forget Brooksley Borne who warned back during the Clinton admin what would happen sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #15

Black has a conflict of interest here MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #2

True that. I bet he thinks Neil Bush should've gone to jail for that measly billion. Octafish Jul 2013 #4

I remember when Neil testified to Congress about Silverado MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #10

Poppy was his BFEE Get Out of Jail free card. Octafish Jul 2013 #17

Excellent post........nt Enthusiast Jul 2013 #19

But there is criminal activity and criminal activity. What we consider criminal activity doesnt rhett o rick Jul 2013 #25

Larry the-Glass-is-half-Steagall Summers suckz! leftstreet Jul 2013 #5

Imagine the good he can do at the FED? 8 Reasons NOT to hire Summers... Octafish Jul 2013 #8

Other than that what have you got? rhett o rick Jul 2013 #29

K&R'd! snot Jul 2013 #6

Obama's choice of sleazebags like Summers and Pritzker shows whose side he's on. forestpath Jul 2013 #9

So we agree on that. Where do we go from here? nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #30

Even worse, he made the crisis happen by denigrating Brooksley Born GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #11

He didn't just ignore her warning, he helped drive her from her job. Summers is an unethical, sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #16

True GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #24

All considered great qualities for the 1%. Do you think Pres Obama shares Summers vision or rhett o rick Jul 2013 #31

You forget, 'conflict of interest' went out the window after the 2000 selection. Rex Jul 2013 #13

They're all on the same side. And We the People aren't on it. Octafish Jul 2013 #38

I hear ya brother! Rex Jul 2013 #42

Funny how a jury will throw out the photoshopped bush/obama pic, which is more an editorial jtuck004 Jul 2013 #14

This is definitely a ''dog bites man'' story. DeSwiss Jul 2013 #18

"in the end, we let them" mick063 Jul 2013 #21

Fuck wall street. n/t Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #20

^ Wilms Jul 2013 #22

Why does Obama consistantly make the worst picks for his appointments? Fawke Em Jul 2013 #23

Worst pick... For *who* MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #26

IMHO he made a pact with the devil to become president. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #27

So he's that "nigra" from "Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?' Fawke Em Jul 2013 #32

I am convinced that the presidency has become a figure-head position. Whether rhett o rick Jul 2013 #28

"..the same "players" like Clapper, Mueller, Comey, Alexander, Bernanke, Summers, etc, etc, will chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #40

I was hoping someone would talk me out of it. Thanks a lot. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #41

William Black is awesome GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #33

Two Things Black Says Every American Needs to Know About the Great Bankster Bailout Octafish Jul 2013 #36

"deregulation and desupervision"? Odd term for regulators falling down on the job GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #43

Obama appoints Summers and it will be indisputable (imnsho) that he is CORRUPT. AzDar Jul 2013 #34

That is the word for it. Octafish Jul 2013 #37

At least Larry's not sexist... MinM Jul 2013 #35

He'd Face A Rough Time In Any Confirmation... KharmaTrain Jul 2013 #39