The coming G20 riots & the spread of mob rule
My syndicated column today continues the theme I blogged about two days ago in the “Rule of the Mob” post. Keep an eye on next week’s G20 summit in London. Thousands of anti-capitalism zealots will be amassing there to intimidate and harass bankers. The vandalizing of the Scottish ex-banking executive’s home in Edinburgh is just a prelude. The protests are slated to start tomorrow and last all week; President Obama leaves for the summit on Tuesday. The images above are graphics and posters being disseminated online by protest organizers.
The anarchists are reportedly using Google Streetview and Twitter to organize riots, hang businessmen in effigy at the behest of a university professor known as “Mr. Mayhem,” call for guillotining bank execs, and — get this — target London firms that fail to turn off their lights to commemorate that moronic “Earth Hour” event I wrote about earlier this week. If shops don’t worship at the altar of environmentalism, they will be broken into:
Sir Paul Stephenson said ‘old faces’ from British protest groups – thought to be behind earlier anti-globalisation riots – were also expected in London. Activists have dubbed April 1 Financial Fools Day and are planning to march on the Bank of England, the European Climate Exchange in Bishopsgate and the U.S. embassy. At least 2,000 demonstrators are expected. The first demonstration in London will come tomorrow with ‘Earth Hour’ – targeting City firms that fail to turn off their lights by 8.30pm. Organisers say every office block in London with lights on will be fair game and have warned that they are prepared to break in and put the lights out themselves. The protest group Climate Camp has already released a map of potential targets in the City for its demonstration on April 1, including the Royal Bank of Scotland, carbon offset and trading companies and ‘green-washing’ PR firms.
Think this madness couldn’t happen here? Think again.
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The new vigilantes and their unaccountable enablers
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2009
If you think there are no consequences to hysterical, anti-corporate grandstanding in Washington, pay attention to what’s happening across the pond: “This is just the beginning.”
So warned a public letter signed this week by a vigilante group called “Bank Bosses are Criminals.” The thugs claimed responsibility for vandalizing a former financial executive’s home and car in Edinburgh, Scotland. The bank official, Sir Fred Goodwin, was excoriated by U.K. politicians for refusing to give up company pension benefits dubbed “obscene,” “grotesque,” “unjustifiable and unacceptable.” The vigilantes were stoked by a former newspaper editor, one Max Hastings, who wrote a diatribe exhorting citizens to violence:
“The time has come to address the entire robber banker culture. Investment banks have been run not for the benefit of society, customers, or even shareholders, but exclusively for the advantage of the bankers themselves…This is why we must stand outside their homes throwing rocks through the windows until they do.”
This is no marginal movement. Some 3,000 protesters from around the world are expected to wreak havoc on the G20 summit next week in London. What happened at Sir Fred’s house is a mere dress rehearsal. Bankers are being told to dress down to disguise themselves and avoid becoming riot targets.
Demonstrators are threatening to hang effigies. Protest organizer and university professor Chris Knight vowed worse: “We are going to be hanging a lot of people like Fred the Shred from lampposts on April Fool’s Day and I can only say let’s hope they are just effigies. To be honest, if he winds us up any more I’m afraid there will be real bankers hanging from lampposts and let’s hope that that doesn’t actually have to happen.”
How soon before we see this same kind of anarchic domestic terrorism on this side of the Atlantic? It’s already here.
Animal rights’ terrorists have firebombed researchers’ homes and Molotov cocktail-bombed their cars and been convicted of inciting threats, harassment, and vandalism against employees of a private company engaged in animal research.
Environmental terrorists have set developments on fire.
Anti-globalization anarchists in Seattle caused $2.5 million in damage to stores and downtown businesses in 1999.
Self-proclaimed “bank terrorist” Bruce Marks of the government-supported Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, whom I reported on last March, has been threatening bank employees in their homes and harassing their children for years.
And last weekend, of course, the radical ACORN mob and its corporate shakedown allies chartered a bus — with twice as many outrage-stoking MSM photographers in tow — to menace AIG executives in their homes.
Democratic Rep. Barney Frank shrugged off testimony from AIG president Edward Liddy concerning death threats leveled against the company’s employees. GOP Sen. Charles Grassley recklessly called on executives who accepted retention bonuses to commit hari kiri. Left-wing billionaire George Soros’s ground troops in the ANSWER coalition waved signs decrying, “CAPITALISM IS ORGANIZED CRIME! STOP AIG!” And 85 House Republicans, led by Minority Whip Eric Cantor, abetted the demagoguery by voting for the 90 percent retroactive bonus tax.
Pundits on both sides of the aisle demonized the business people whose sin was continuing to work for a company that accepted taxpayer funding from Chicken Littles in Washington who forked it over in a blind frenzy. Washington scribe Mort Kondrake joked about boiling the execs in oil. But the families who received the following threats through AIG’s website can’t afford to be so glib. Among the vile messages disclosed this week in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by NBC Connecticut and Hearst Newspapers:
– All you motherf***ers should be shot. Thanks for f***ing up our economy then taking our money.
— I don’t hope that bad things happen to the recipients of those bonuses. I really hope that bad things happen to the children and grandchildren of them! Whatever hurts them the most!!
— If the bonuses don’t stop, it will be very likely that every CEO @ AIG has a bulls-eye on their backs.
— We will hunt you down. Every last penny. We will hunt your children and we will hunt your conscience. We will do whatever we can to get those people getting the bonuses. Give back the money or kill yourselves.
— All the executives and their families should be executed with piano wire around their necks — my greatest hope.
— Watch your backs because someone will come to get you, you can be sure.
Federal authorities are investigating and will take action against warped vigilantes. But when will the enablers on the Hill, in newsrooms, and on TV sets be held to account?
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This is going to be very very U.G.L.Y.
Russia 1917. Rise of the Proletariat. Everyone get out there and show your support for loss of all freedom, liberty and a representative government. Somewhere out there, another Lenin, Stalin, or even a Pol Pot, Mao, is waiting in the wings. In the end, the people lose, as the anarchists take over. “We will bury you”.
I was thinking the exact same thing graysonret. It all sounds all too much like Russia 1917. Well, those who ignore history will soon repeat it. This is surreal.
I wonder though, if the violence gets too out of hand over there, will Obama still attend? OH wait, he could quell the it with just his presence. He is the One. /sarc off
I hope this is actually true. There is absolutely zero discourse with these types. They deserve jail–civil society has no place for them. It’s long past time to take these people down. Really, I don’t see that there is any room for discourse with a large portion of the left. They’re destroying not only our economy but the rest of the world as well.
Could somebody clue me in on what is the supposed sin of being a banker?
(I’m not one so maybe I just don’t know)
That would be Greed cRus, or they wear to much Cologne.
A very chilling report Michelle. I fear your predictions may be understated. The looney left have been emboldened by the last election and are anxious for payback. That video you posted of the celebrations after the election come to mind. Some young hoodlum telling a police officer (in a police car) something to the effect that this was their country now.
And we have to deal with this as well…
This group of RINOs have, like the democraps, set our Constitution aside to join in on this obscene power grab by the legislative branch. Those republicans (and I use the term loosely) should be refused party funding for re-election.
Lastly, all this reminds me of my early teen years, 1967 and 1968, when our country was literally burning because the looney left was allowed to spin out of control. While our town was under assault from the Black Panthers, we sat on our pouch roofs with our deer rifles directed by our WWII hero father to defend the old ladies who lived on our street. He and my uncles were a few blocks away protecting my grandfather’s grocery store. Thank God we did not have to fire a shot (others in the neighborhood did fire). This time around, we may be in for real trouble.
Unfortunately, they will make a show of arresting a bunch of these vile lowlifes then a liberal judge will release them to head to another violent confrontation in some other part of the world. Some of them will then successfully sue the police for brutality.
The amazing thing is that a smoker who violates the no smoking laws will be dealt with much more harshly!
Logic tells me it must be the cologne.
Well Anarchy Boy, get ready to wear orange or stripes. Oh, and you might want to put on some lipstick…you’re going to need it.
The radical nutcases are emboldened because they know they have a fellow traveler in the White House, and a sympathetic Congress. It can and will happen here. The ACORN crowds outside the AIG executive houses shows that it is already in progress.
The Rule of the Mob is something our Founding Fathers feared quite a bit. But that is what we now have. Again, AIG bonus circus proves it.
Oh, and that light’s out for an hour thing. My kids told me about it. We plan on having every light we have burning brightly in celebration of human achievement!
Now you see why concealed carry laws ara a good thing. Then the question becomes, “Is your silly little protest against ‘Bankers’ worth your life?”
“When seconds count the police are only minutes away.”
While our side is holding Tea Parties, there side is……….WTF?
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theretheirI’d love to see the cops use truncheons, rubber bullets and tear gas on these latter-day hippies – give them a very serious beatdown – but it won’t happen. Too many of the pols are hippies themselves.
Glad I got plenty of ammo.
Will the fight against these bank anarchists be considered the first Liberal Overseas Contingency Operation (LOCO) to be labeled so since the name was changed from Global War on Terrorism? This is a form of terorism isn’t it?
I’m also waiting for Janet Napolitano to start referring to the drug dealers on the Mexican border as Pharmaceutical Salesmen.
Better stock up on your ammo if you can find any.
I need more stripper clips for my Mosin-Nagant. May as well buy more speedloaders for my carry guns whilst I’m about it.
Hope is not a plan;not all change is good. We are the civilian national security force. The resistance is here; the resistance is now. RESIST!!!!
ECS
Lenin 1917 and his communists low life types.
I humbly invite these thugs to try their violent antics in states that issue firearms carry permits, such as Tennessee.
They need to demonstrate their commitment to their cause by brandishing baseball bats and other weapons in places where their victims might just have a Smith&Wesson 9mm on their hip.
The foot soldiers of lgm, chapstick and other like-minded libtards. We need about 3 more FOX News Networks to expose the insanity of todays home-grown terrorists.
This once great country doesn’t stand a chance with the dishonest media we have indoctrinating the world and her serfs.
There are alot of upset people out there. Mostly Middle Class and Poor, I feel they are looking for SOMEONE to take Resposibility for thier hardships. Yes, alot of them only need to look into a mirror, BUT also Goverment has a LARGE stake in this nightmare.
Thomas Jefferson once said : “The tree of LIBERTY must be refreshed from time to time with the BLOOD of PATRIOTS and TYRANTS”.
Maybe this is the time ?
“Anarchist group”: isn’t that an oxymoron? Besides, what would happen if the anarchists did accomplish their goals and get anarchy? Someone, or more likely a group, would take charge and create an oligarchy in its place. No anarchy lasts for very long. There’s always someone trying to take power. Anarchists are always working towards anarchy, yet fail to think about the “so now what?” after achieving their goals.
These “protest” groups converge on these meeting and cause destruction because their is no downside for them. They know no matter how many windows they break or how many cars they burn, nothing will happen to them. A few might get arrested, but then they are released.
They scream and yell because they can. Like Send_Me wrote, they do not think of the logical outcome of their demands.
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.”
Those people are protesting the wrong houses. They need to be at George Soros and the other 5 riches Hedge Fund crooks. I mean what type of person gloats about having a “good Crisis”. Soros and his “kind” are to blame for this whole meltdown. They should be protested and……
Don’t bring me up, rooster. Don’t want this to devolve into an ego trip for me.
I used to work kitty corner from the IMF/WOrld Bank headquarters in DC. Whenever there would be protests, my office was right in the epicenter, so we got a day or two off. Usually it wasn’t too bad, but one year (can’t recall which) they did end up doing a lot of damage to the storefronts at ground level. The Starbucks was particularly hit hard, even worse than the BOA right next door, which I found peculiar.
I’d rather bash a politician….
Our nation is dying of terminal socialism and it hasn’t written its will yet?
How irresponsible of us!
And while they are arresting ACORNs, they can also arrest the media that travels with them and aids them.
Holding my breath…and turning blue…because the problem word here is Federal.
Wow, talk about misdirection. The anarchists don’t know how much money AIG execs gave to their favorite politicians? What a case of you scratch my back and I’ll turn you into the boogeyman.
This morning, i am watching Mexican news. Wow, they are really eating up the Hillary Clinton speech of how border violence is all the United State’s fault. I’m going to have to take a handfull of tums before I go out for the day.
While cc laws are great to have here, remember this party is in London. NO private citizen is allowed to carry in Britian. There in lies the problem. These
anarchistsvermin will have virtual reign as they terrorize anyone they suspect to be a banker.I’m with you JJ, crack a few thick skulls. Come at them hard and fast. Make them pay the price. But, being the British are so polite, I doubt this will happen.
If you’d like to try an NRA membership, they’re offering a free one year gift membership. We may need this organization to help protect our 2nd Amendment rights.
Go here to participate!
Sorry chap, but liberal insanity needs to be exposed at will, much like the major media’s constant support of the left bombards us 24/7.
It doesn’t matter how well you sugar coat your thoughts, or prose, you and your kind harbor the class warfare mentality that has brought this country to its knees.
“For the first time in my adult life I am
proudnot very proud of my country.”Michell ObamaroosterWords have consequences. When you set out to engage in class warfare, when you as a President or a Congressional Leader use your position to villify a individual or a small group of citizens with the intent of using the resulting discord for your advantage, you have lit the match.
Rush is correct. The more chaos they create better they like it. That’s why I have written two letters to Senator grassley essentially telling him he’s a total idiot for aiding and abetting those who fan the flames of chaos.
What we need to focus on is the integrity of local and state law enforcement and fully encourage and support them to enforce the law. The work for us and we need to support them. And while I do not advocate this AT ALL, in a worse case scenario there are two pieces of good news; the right to self-defense is never denied and at that point we are the militia the Founding Fathers secured Second Amendment for. Frankly, the free people of this country possess the weaponry to be just that.
What is it with the left and families/children? Oh, that’s right–their sacrament is abortion, so who cares about kids.
Anyway, the left has plenty of time to go out & thrash things. They’re not going to work. Even if they were given a job, they would not go to work. It’s much more fun to tear down & steal what others have worked for.
LOCK AND LOAD!!!
FRONT RANK KNEEL!!!
(those with a weak constitution my want to turn away)
FIRE AT WILL!!!
(insert loud noise here)
CEASE FIRE!!!
problem solved.
Not really likely but it wouldn’t suprise me.
Does anyone wonder why there has been a run on ammunition by honest gun owners?
As an aside, how many people voted for Obambi with the expectation of riots if he didn’t win.
I really hope there is a “crap cannon…”
The libs always push class warfare and they won’t be happy until they get it. Of course it is always more fun when you’ve first de-armed the citizenry, so that only the thugs have proper weapons.
“Which one’s Will?”
(sorry couldn’t resist)
Ayers and Co.
Interesting you mentioned that. I was thinking of the time I was told to expect a riot if OJ was convicted (in criminal ct.)
And they called us crazy for stocking up on guns and ammo.
Thank God the Supreme Court set a precedent and ruled the 2nd Amendment to be an individual right. That may delay attempts to disarm the populace long enough to get some adults elected and get this country back on the right track.
While I am sure it is true nationwide, there was a news report this week that gun sales in my state are booming.
Even though I am a veteran and a former infantryman, I have never owned a handgun or a rifle; just shotguns for hunting. I confess, I am thinking that it is time to upgrade what I own.
Truly. Bernie Madoff gave virtually all of his political donations to Democrats. I wonder why that was? Maybe the same reason Dodd the Fraud is in so much trouble nowadays: they are easy to buy?
I wonder how many of these people live in their nice Parents house that the parents were only able to get bu getting a loan?
This has happened at almost every summit.
We’ve seen our fair share of rampages too for the reason du jour. Remember those idiots tearing up businesses in downtown Seattle? How about right after the Rodney King verdict? And on a smaller scale, Cincinnati and Marine recruiting offices.
Depending on the cause, some sizable segment of this country agrees or sympathizes with what these idiots are doing and it will only get worse as long as the people we depend on to create and enforce the laws remain lenient (misdemeanor?) or turn a blind eye to it.
For once, I’d like to see in the National news the faces of the people in the mayhem (yes, some don’t wear ski masks). I’d like to see plastered across the front pages of our news outlets names and faces.
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The one who is closest to you with a baseball bat with a nail through it.
He is will. So are the rest stupid enough to charge a line of armed soldiers. But like I said, it probably will not come to this. If it does, the other side would probably magicaly “find” guns as well. More than likely there will be water cannons, tear gas, a few fires and property damage.
These kids are good for cannon fodder, propoganda videos as the get hauled away, and breeding more kids to go on the dole and thats about it.
In england? Odds are they are generational dole recipiants.
They probably almost all live in state housing.
ANARCHIST UNITED So They Feel Emboldened?
So does code pink Cindy Sheehan calling Obama names. I am not going to link she doesn’t deserve anymore attention, the woman is an attention – rhymes with Bhore…you know.
Who’s Will? What did he do?
Don’t forget–if you are on the dole overseas, you are absolutely incensed if you don’t get 4 weeks’ holiday.
The real problem is that those bankers couldn’t amass their fortunes without government complicity.
I don’t live in state housing and I’m pretty pissed off at the bankers too. Tim Geithner as head of the NY Fed is another one to be pissed off at too.I’m pissed off at the corporations’CEO’s that are stealing us blind while they live in luxury.Like IBM ending thousands of jobs….oops scratch that….just moving them elsewhere….And Obama….just another greedy guy trying to take advantage of the situation to advance his own agenda.
I can’t say there is much difference between these folks and the Tea Party folks….just angrier.
I can’t help but see a comparison today to the French Revolution…..only thing is… which heads will roll?
I said a long time ago there is only one thing we need to demand that will fix many things and that is INTEGRITY. That is in short supply in congress these days.
The government paid for and trained me to decrease the quantity of our foreign enemies. If someone would like to put me on the list of bankers, I wont even ask for compensation unless ‘officially’ drafted into service again. The skills may be rusty but its just like riding a bicycle, that and you still can get a nasty case of tetanus from rusty objects.
A concept used by terrorist, thugs and tyrants for centuries, millennium and embraced by the globalist, greenies and such criminals.
University Professor Chris Knight as with Lenin feels he has to crack a few eggs to make an omlet-rule by mob terror-terror for the sake of terror itself.
Lock and load my Fellow Americans. To a large degree we are on our own. When big riots do occur the police just can not respond to individuals–just not tactically possible.When Obama’s “Volunteer” corps are firmly entrenched you probably won’t want to call the New Police anyway.
Yes Flyoverman-you do need to upgrade. Ammo is getting hard to find-get moving-you are on you own.
The War on Drugs will be their next excuse to reign in the RKBA–do not hesitate.You too ladies–much of the time you are on you own and actually a more likely target during mob actions. Get to the range and practice.
These coming G20 riots sound like a practice run on a new Kristalnaught. While I have always tried to save on energy and money as a good policy ‘Earth Hour’ will be a good time to turn on EVERYTHING.
Doom and gloom is here for awhile. Everyone including myself have stocked up on ammo and guns, but everyone is forgetting food, clothing, radios, water, and most importantly a meeting place and a plan. The first place they will come looking for you is at your job or your home. Have everything packed and ready to go in a moments notice. I wish we were as organized and as well funded as ACORN. Can wait for those Black Panthers to come to my door doing the new Census!
Doesnt being a united anarchist completely go against what anarchists stand for anyway?
Yes, but its really not about that.
Isn’t this what obama, his administration and congress have been going for here in the United States? I mean, civil unrest and thuggary are OK as long as it takes the focus off of their culpability and is committed toward someone else.
Adequate ammo is nice to have, but the good news is after the inital volley you can walk over and police up their weapons and ammo.
I am a grandmother. I don’t own a gun. But if anyone even hinted at harming my children or my grandchildren, I would find a way to hurt them…badly. I mean that. They do not want to find out about the wrath of a grandmother bear when her cubs are threatened. It wouldn’t be pretty. There are other ways to defend our own besides guns, and I would lay down my life for my kids. I am so grateful for those of you on these threads who have weapons and/or military experience and are willing to fight for our country. I have a feeling we will be needing you sooner than we expected. Keep praying, folks. This is going to accelerate quickly.
I might be an optimist, but I bet there are many honest, upright, above board financial types out there who have amassed quite large sums of money. They did so by taking careful consideration of the risk/return space of opportunities. Not all gains are ill gotten gains.
Wow! Just WOW!
I went to Wally World and they are having trouble stocking ammo. They had a 1/2 shelf of buckshot and birdshot, but no .22, .38, .357 or .45.
Lots of pellets and bee-bees.
Have food for 6 months; working on 1 year’s worth. Water would last 1 month if we ration it.
Have a sewing machine, patterns and 6 bit Tupperware boxes of fabric that I have been adding to over the last 10 years. My kids (now adults) teased me about it. It may be what the grandkids will be wearing because they have to soon.
Wonder what the O-bats here in town are doing?
Oh, thant’s right, probably turning off their lights tomorrow night. Making an “important” statement.
What time is it that intelligent people should have all the lights blazing?
Why are you pissed off at the bankers or the CEO’s?
This is America – ‘anyone’ can grow up to be president.
Well guess what. Anyone can grow up to be a CEO. Anyone can grow up to start their own company and rule their own life.
You were given the same free education and the same government programs and the same opportunities as EVERYONE ELSE in this country. (not every CEO went to private school and an Ivy league university.)
You made your own choices in life and YOU AND ONLY YOU chose to not become a CEO.
Im going to go out on a limb here and say that its not too late in life for you to STILL become a CEO. And then you can give all of your income away and live as the common person. (some do). Geez some CEOs and super-rich people didnt even finish high school or have a trust fund to live off of.
Hey maisy: What corporations are stealing from you?
The greed and thievery of wall street and financial institutions began in the 90s when Clinton was in office. I witnessed it and even though I was a conservative, I saw that customer service and fairness in the marketplace was sacrificed to make a dollar. This was actually considered a sign of “success” by everyone and anyone in business. It was ok to rape and pillage your fellow man, charging outrageous prices for goods and services and providing as little as possible as long as you made money on it, Unfortuantely, that same government that allowed this to happen has “changed” it’s collective mind..now it’s not very nice. Wall Street,banking and their executives must be punished. The only ones allowed to make money are obama and congress and it just goes to show, when you live long enough, you see people are people and NO ONE has much concern for each other. This administration is no different than any other and hardly any different than wall street. People are the same, regardless of their titles.
Should a mob show up at your door, I suggest you deal with it exactly as I learned to in my old defensive tactics classes so many years ago. To wit, size up the mob, target the biggest leader-type you can find, and blow his brains out. The mob will disperse before you, your family, or your property are burned.
There is actually a website for it!
http://www.earthhourus.org
8:30 local time, tomorrow, wherever you happen to be.
I plan to have all lights burning, maybe run the dishwasher, have a fire in the fireplace, watch a movie, etc.
Perhaps they are stupid too? Maybe? Tough guys wearing their sisters underwear over their faces don’t impress me as all that tough or smart. “Bring it sissy boys” we are here
I am 62 but one to one I would give it a try.
I was watching a movie last night… It was about the FRENCH REVOLUTION… As I watched, I said to my wife, this is the ULTIMATE in class envy… I fear MY COUNTRY, with it’s COVET THY NEIGHBOR’S WEALTH mentality is heading that way… FAILURE is rewarded with BAILOUTS, and SUCCESS is PENALIZED with threats from YOUR LAWMAKERS of 90% TAX RATES… I often wonder, all these MOONBATS who show up at every G-20 meeting, all over the WORLD, no matter where, DO THEY HAVE JOBS???
Like hell. Villanova v. Pitt will be on then.
Phileosophos is my new best friend. 8:30 PM Saturday?
stock up on ammo kids, the crime in the US is rapidly increasing. The police are generally only available to process and clean up crime scenes, not stop the crime.
Since this admin likes changing names of things (global war on terror) etc…
They need to change the name of the Presidents Admin…..like….
Clusterf%$#
Well it looks like there is still a job for Bill Ayers. He has the best of both worlds. Employment with a guarantee.
happyscrapper:
If you don’t care for guns, at least dust off your kids’ Louisville Slugger.
Nothing says “You’re not welcome here, Dirtbag” like a good pop on the noggin with a nice wooden bat.
If you don’t think the salaries and bonuses these CEO’s are giving themselves are excessive than you are way too young to understand. I used to have respect for businesses. I no longer have respect for corporations that outsource drug manufacturing to countries that import drugs that they cheapen …like Heparin and others. They don’t care about quality anymore. And don’t forget those that move overseas to get around those pesky environmental laws that have added to the cloud of pollution hanging over China and is headed our way. Som of you are the very same people that carried water for Bush for far too long. His agenda on the border which benefitted corporate cronies for their cheap labor and harmed this country overall was the deal breaker for me.
His disrespect for the culture and sovreigntry of this country was and is disgusting.Many of these CEO’s are of the same ilk. The difference between workers pay and CEO’s has grown to obscene amounts. Kinda reminds one of the plantations of old .
What corporations are stealing from me?
You have got be kidding…Have you seen the stimulus bill, or the TARP? None of that money should have been given out.
They should have been told to
Sink or Swim.
MM has made an amazing unprecedented discovery: there are nuts in the world! Some people say and do nutty things. They make nutty leaflets. And gosh, some of those are not Republicans making racist depictions of Obama! Better defund ACORN right away.
Ummm, Misscheryl are you GenY or did you completely miss the 80’s?
You might want to go rent the movie ‘Wall Street’ – from 1987…… psst Reagan was in office….
While Capitalism requires some oversight to keep greed in line, for the most part anti-capitalists are cowardice Lemmings who have, from birth, had everything handed to them by their overseers (read socialistic governments) and are afraid that life might require some independent action and thought within themselves to get by each day.
…and, God forbid, actual work.
I was once asked by a stockbroker, what my financial objectives were.
I told him once of my objectives was to make HIM rich. My point was, if he helped me make $2,000 that I could have never made in the market without his counseling and I paid him 5% of that as a service fee, that’s fair.
Now if that firm is good enough to do that for thousands of people like me and the cumulated fees make them rich, I do not begrudge them their success. I wish I had the gift.
Actually, I wish I had the gift to make mega bucks coaching basketball. Are they stealing from us too?
The french revolution was about EXCESSIVE GREED of the monarchy living large….and the people starving……you’ve got it wrong…And they were taking the peoples money to do it.ironically the dauphin was also sending much of the countrys money to America to help them fight the revolution…see any parallels there?
No Rabbid, I was hoping I could slip that by. Thanks to you “not happening.”
My thinking was priorities did begin to shift during the “me” generation of the 80s. But it was perfected in the 90s. However, I stand corrected.
A Masterlock attached to a short length of small link chain works wonders too. And it works nicely as a belt… or can be clipped to the inside of your pants leg.
happyscrapper: I have know more than one person who changed their view of being armed and ready after something bad happened to them or someone near and dear.
“She was on the phone with 9-1-1 for 12 minutes before the police arrived-the burglar alarm was ringing”
The police did arrest the errant lads several days later-selling the deceased ladies jewelry.
Dial 911 and Die (Paperback)
But we each do the best we can.
When the free market is allowed to work, it is capable of dealing with so-called “greedy” CEOs. If the CEO sucks out too much money, the company will eventually fail. If he treats his employees or customers unfairly, they will leave. His competitors will come in and roll right over him.
However, when the government comes in and starts mandating work rules, high taxes and other regulations, the free market is hamstrung. The businesses will spend money trying to influence government to stack the deck in their favor. Money better spent on capital is “invested” in politicians.
Yes, there are bad CEOs out there, but the playing field is set by the government. The excesses and corruption of business and government are the consequences of the rules laid down by the feds.
Don’t blame capitalism. We haven’t had that in the USA for quite some time.
My bad, here I’ll help you out with your hypothesis… and back you up a couple of decades
Dallas
aj, aj, aj, decorum please.
That’s Fustercluck.
Thanks JJ…you said it well…
Ven zee nu regime is firmly een place, zees radicals vill be zee first vuns lined up against the wall und shot. Nuting to vorry about!
Ammo is GONE. If you don’t have it yet you’re way behind the game. Those of us that saw the writing on the wall started buying our stock early last year. Those that have been watching this creep closer for awhile now bought ours years ago. If you’re just now thinking of stocking up, you’ve waited way too long. Good luck.