khayos

Deregulation <> GSEs. The "too big to fail" concept has been implicitly understood for a long time, hence the development of all the financial products that were backed by the good fail of the US government. Hence TARP. If you don't even understand that part of it then I hope you go nowhere near your retirement account for your own good.

JackBauer

I wasn't even referring to GSE's, so spare me the condescension when you're not even reading what is written.

patsfan13

Say the man who sets up straw men (persons?) to prove a false premise. Crony Capitalism isn't capitalism.

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."

Leave No Doubt

Yes I believe so. The US is the largest contributor to the IMF (17.1%) and Bernake's trying to issue a blank check. Plus it's more like 2 Trillion now.

Rhambo's working the phones (aka strong arming in Chitown style) to stop the proposed Fed audit. But yes, our tax dollars at work.

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PatriotsReign

Maybe the US and Europe have this all planned out. Crash our economies so they can start a new world gov't.

Over millions of dead bodies....

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patsfan13

Insanity is continuing to do what doesn't work and thinking THIS TIME WILL BE DIFFERENT.

They are Spending/Power junkies pure and simple.

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."

Real World

PR, I like to read the user comments to articles, and I've seen a lot of people mentioning that. I hope that never happens.

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"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."
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chicowalker

lot of conspiracy nuts out there

PatriotsReign

In times of crisis like we're in now, you have to look at all the potential scenarios and consider "what if?".

Personally, I would join forces with whatever group strongly opposes a "world gov't" if that option became a reality. And I would not act peacefully if that's what was necessary.

And I would fight until, well....

PATRIOTSREIGN!

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chicowalker

I'm really not sure how productive that is. Seems like an overreaction to me.