Remember what happened back in August of 1968 in Chicago? Riots in the streets, cops beating the hell out anybody who got in their way, Democrats in chaos, the Cubs in last place. 1968 wasn't that much different than now. But this week, in Chicago, a group of subhumans, financial terrorists if you will, all met in one place to plot their next scam on the American public. The American Bankers Association, jesus I about puked just typing that name, met in the Third City to decide how to spend the $17 trillion they got from us other than handing out bonuses. Despicable people allowed to plot crimes in broad daylight, with rah rah speeches from Newt Gingrich and that bow tied writer who apparently chokes his chicken to a picture of Michelle Bachman, or is it Gretchen Carlson, George Will.The 1968 riots occurred because of the ongoing slaughter of kids called the Vietnam war. I would argue that these miscreants from Citibank and BOA and Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo and whatever other thieving devil in that lousy business is far more of a threat than the Viet Cong ever were, or Al Queda, or The Taliban, or Iran, or John Gosselin for that matter. The riots that didn't happen should have. These people are destroying American lives while laughing all the way to the, oh yeah, they ARE the effing bank!
A whole lot a capitalism apologists seemed to have a real problem with the Obama Administration order to cut CEO salaries. It's not up to the government to tell private industry how much or little to pay its CEO's, they say. Private industry? Hardly. Not after accepting billions of taxpayer dollars to prop them up they aren't. Oh I am not that naive' to believe that these bastards won't find another way to steal our money. Bank of America's Kenneth Lewis is going to walk away with $125 million of public money, while loudly exclaiming he will not accept a salary in 2009. Gee, big of ya Kenny. Citigroup robber baron, Vikrim Bandit, er, Pandit, made $10 billion in 2008 for running that money pit into the ground and then accepted $45 billion in bailout funds.
Barack Obama is arguably the most powerful CEO in the world right now. It is his job to keep these thieves from furthering their ill-gotten gains despite the corporate sycophants of the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times or the Washington Times, not to mention the banker's goons that permeate Congress. Obama has a lot to do, and so far not so good, but I'll give him time. I have no choice. In the meantime, I'll open my next banking statement telling me they're going to start charging me a new administrative fee called the "Just Because We Can Fee".
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Toilet cleaners are more honorable and are held in much higher esteem by me than big bankers. They are incapable of self-management and should definitely have their salaries and business practices set and reviewed by the administration. Theseare terrorists with briefcases!
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