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	<title>Comments on: Million Dollar Bonu$e$ at Fannie Mae</title>
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		<title>By: Meryl</title>
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		<dc:creator>Meryl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh my.

Things are not completely clean at Fannie/Mac?

I&#039;m shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

And Franklin Raines got clean away with his millions with no threats of retroactive tax?

Oh, goodness.  I&#039;m sure we&#039;ve misunderstood something, because everybody knows he was SUCH a fine, fine man.

None of this is confusing and hasn&#039;t been for a long time.  It is perfectly plain that common sense conservative people who work for a living and pay their bills and have been criticized for years for their &quot;backwardness&quot; and &quot;simple thinking&quot; were--gues what--RIIIIIIGHT!!

And this is what we (us backwards people) knew would happen if an affirmative action, stupid, arrogant, ignorant, inexperienced, America-hating, lying, conniving, thuggish, BMOC, boy was elected POTUS.

We were right.

Never forget these months, so that after they are finally over (however they end) you NEVER AGAIN CRINGE WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS YOU YOU ARE OUT OF TOUCH AND DON&#039;T UNDERSTAND.  

Let these months prepare you for those later moments because when somebody says that to you in the future we build, you will look them in the eye and say, &quot;I&#039;m right. You&#039;re wrong. Get out of my way.  NOW.&quot;

Never again will we try to have a conversation with these idiots in which we are on the defensive and acting like we have to explain ourselves.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh my.</p>
<p>Things are not completely clean at Fannie/Mac?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m shocked. Shocked, I tell you.</p>
<p>And Franklin Raines got clean away with his millions with no threats of retroactive tax?</p>
<p>Oh, goodness.  I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ve misunderstood something, because everybody knows he was SUCH a fine, fine man.</p>
<p>None of this is confusing and hasn&#8217;t been for a long time.  It is perfectly plain that common sense conservative people who work for a living and pay their bills and have been criticized for years for their &#8220;backwardness&#8221; and &#8220;simple thinking&#8221; were&#8211;gues what&#8211;RIIIIIIGHT!!</p>
<p>And this is what we (us backwards people) knew would happen if an affirmative action, stupid, arrogant, ignorant, inexperienced, America-hating, lying, conniving, thuggish, BMOC, boy was elected POTUS.</p>
<p>We were right.</p>
<p>Never forget these months, so that after they are finally over (however they end) you NEVER AGAIN CRINGE WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS YOU YOU ARE OUT OF TOUCH AND DON&#8217;T UNDERSTAND.  </p>
<p>Let these months prepare you for those later moments because when somebody says that to you in the future we build, you will look them in the eye and say, &#8220;I&#8217;m right. You&#8217;re wrong. Get out of my way.  NOW.&#8221;</p>
<p>Never again will we try to have a conversation with these idiots in which we are on the defensive and acting like we have to explain ourselves.</p>
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		<title>By: Alex</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If it wasnt so sad would be hilarious to watch.

  There is a 10-12 year depression coming, and no force on earth can stop it. The Federal Reserve looted the American banking system just as they did in the 1920&#039;s, in full view and plain sight of everyone. The credit bubble created and then imploded was managed by the NY FED, which pumped massive amounts of credit into American markets, knowing full well the result is a collapse of credit, commodity and real estate markets, just as in the early 1930&#039;s. 

  The straw that broke the camels back was the transfer of at least 4 Trillion from USA to Europe in 2007, 2008 and early 2009. ( this is the amounts we know of, there may be much more we still have to uncover). These funds went to directly to European banking familys without explanation, cause, documentation of any type. The NY FED still refuses to disclose why these funds were sent, and what collateral was placed in return ( of course there is none). 
  The transfer of these Trillions hollowed out the American Banking system and left no reserves to cushion credit and real estate markets. There was nothing in the piggy bank to draw upon. 

  The Joke is on the American Taxpayer, so caught up in the world of political posturing regarding small issues that looting of the United States was done in broad daylight. We still quibble over 165 million in AIG Bonus funds while over 120 BILLION is funneled thru AIG to European Banks in the last 8 months. 

 The Irony of the banking system goes right over most peoples heads. They dont want to know or wish to understand how America is beholden to Bank of England or French Banking families for hundreds of Trillions.  We dont read what occured during the great depression or what led up to it, we dont want to take the time to understand how Federal Reserve is controlled by Europe, we dont care any longer. Just give us American Idol and who authorized 165 million in bonuses.....

 We deserve the Govt we end up with, because we dont want the heavy lifting any longer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If it wasnt so sad would be hilarious to watch.</p>
<p>  There is a 10-12 year depression coming, and no force on earth can stop it. The Federal Reserve looted the American banking system just as they did in the 1920&#8217;s, in full view and plain sight of everyone. The credit bubble created and then imploded was managed by the NY FED, which pumped massive amounts of credit into American markets, knowing full well the result is a collapse of credit, commodity and real estate markets, just as in the early 1930&#8217;s. </p>
<p>  The straw that broke the camels back was the transfer of at least 4 Trillion from USA to Europe in 2007, 2008 and early 2009. ( this is the amounts we know of, there may be much more we still have to uncover). These funds went to directly to European banking familys without explanation, cause, documentation of any type. The NY FED still refuses to disclose why these funds were sent, and what collateral was placed in return ( of course there is none).<br />
  The transfer of these Trillions hollowed out the American Banking system and left no reserves to cushion credit and real estate markets. There was nothing in the piggy bank to draw upon. </p>
<p>  The Joke is on the American Taxpayer, so caught up in the world of political posturing regarding small issues that looting of the United States was done in broad daylight. We still quibble over 165 million in AIG Bonus funds while over 120 BILLION is funneled thru AIG to European Banks in the last 8 months. </p>
<p> The Irony of the banking system goes right over most peoples heads. They dont want to know or wish to understand how America is beholden to Bank of England or French Banking families for hundreds of Trillions.  We dont read what occured during the great depression or what led up to it, we dont want to take the time to understand how Federal Reserve is controlled by Europe, we dont care any longer. Just give us American Idol and who authorized 165 million in bonuses&#8230;..</p>
<p> We deserve the Govt we end up with, because we dont want the heavy lifting any longer.</p>
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		<title>By: Gaffe Prices</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gaffe Prices</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think I got his figured out: apparently the strategy is (was) &lt;i&gt;to loot&lt;/i&gt; the company(s) (Frannie Mac, and Feddie Mae) dry
&lt;i&gt;privately&lt;/i&gt;, through a combination of mismanagement and bonuses, &lt;i&gt;in order to&lt;/i&gt; provide for the irresistible ubercompulsion that set the stage for the inevitable (government) hostile takeover (of Fannie Mac &amp; ...), not to mention countless other &quot;troubled asset&quot; Behemoths on that cesspool and den of thieves we call Wall Street.

I continue to courageously scold Ms Rossett, for this convenient &quot;distraction&quot; in singling out formerly &quot;private&quot; CEO&#039;s for abuse, in that &quot;foot in the mouth&quot;, &quot;I wish I hadn&#039;t said it that way&quot; style that has already earned me the exhaustive and frequent misapprobation of Wall Street for already many weeks now, And, I might add, the porportionate level of approbrium (de)based by my efforts (there).

I mean, what&#039;s the point of thoroughly tracing back the connections to givernment politicos when it&#039;s the administration and congress who so humbly offer up the very and only support and ass-istance and salvation the situation undoubtedly (everyone knows this) requires? Hmmm, Ms Rossett? 

what We the peep hole &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; need to know is whether any of the magazine subscriptions of inmates at Gitmo have been allowed to lapse, or whether or not their  long distance cellphone bills are kept up, and all the other countless indignities and terror suffered by our guests there, suffered in that Chamber of Horrors quaintly called the  Gantanamo Hilton, that probably &quot;pushed them over the edge&quot; along time ago, and  interminably endure there.

Not to mention the inestimable damage done by flinging various interrogative(s) at the administrations once infinite kitty of &quot;capital&quot; for dealing with, and providing &quot;solutions&quot; to (for) this crisis! (And I suppose we should just all just move on and &quot;expose&quot; all the shenanigans down at  appropriations committee in congress? (eh Ms Rossett? *wink* wink*)

So Wall Street is (was) a Quango. like none of us knew that already. (&lt;i&gt;thanks &lt;/i&gt;Ms Rossett)

(Oh, no, here comes the cat, and I just know she&#039;s gonna jump up on the keyboard, and sabotage this whole thing, like she&#039;s some Pajamas Chaos Agent for the army of defenders out there, I just know it!)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I got his figured out: apparently the strategy is (was) <i>to loot</i> the company(s) (Frannie Mac, and Feddie Mae) dry<br />
<i>privately</i>, through a combination of mismanagement and bonuses, <i>in order to</i> provide for the irresistible ubercompulsion that set the stage for the inevitable (government) hostile takeover (of Fannie Mac &amp; &#8230;), not to mention countless other &#8220;troubled asset&#8221; Behemoths on that cesspool and den of thieves we call Wall Street.</p>
<p>I continue to courageously scold Ms Rossett, for this convenient &#8220;distraction&#8221; in singling out formerly &#8220;private&#8221; CEO&#8217;s for abuse, in that &#8220;foot in the mouth&#8221;, &#8220;I wish I hadn&#8217;t said it that way&#8221; style that has already earned me the exhaustive and frequent misapprobation of Wall Street for already many weeks now, And, I might add, the porportionate level of approbrium (de)based by my efforts (there).</p>
<p>I mean, what&#8217;s the point of thoroughly tracing back the connections to givernment politicos when it&#8217;s the administration and congress who so humbly offer up the very and only support and ass-istance and salvation the situation undoubtedly (everyone knows this) requires? Hmmm, Ms Rossett? </p>
<p>what We the peep hole <i>really</i> need to know is whether any of the magazine subscriptions of inmates at Gitmo have been allowed to lapse, or whether or not their  long distance cellphone bills are kept up, and all the other countless indignities and terror suffered by our guests there, suffered in that Chamber of Horrors quaintly called the  Gantanamo Hilton, that probably &#8220;pushed them over the edge&#8221; along time ago, and  interminably endure there.</p>
<p>Not to mention the inestimable damage done by flinging various interrogative(s) at the administrations once infinite kitty of &#8220;capital&#8221; for dealing with, and providing &#8220;solutions&#8221; to (for) this crisis! (And I suppose we should just all just move on and &#8220;expose&#8221; all the shenanigans down at  appropriations committee in congress? (eh Ms Rossett? *wink* wink*)</p>
<p>So Wall Street is (was) a Quango. like none of us knew that already. (<i>thanks </i>Ms Rossett)</p>
<p>(Oh, no, here comes the cat, and I just know she&#8217;s gonna jump up on the keyboard, and sabotage this whole thing, like she&#8217;s some Pajamas Chaos Agent for the army of defenders out there, I just know it!)</p>
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		<title>By: Gaffe Prices</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gaffe Prices</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, ol&#039; Franklin  and Jamie &lt;i&gt;did&lt;/i&gt; utter the magic words &quot;Feddie Mae I?&quot; 

well, not &lt;i&gt;officially&lt;/i&gt; apparently, but quietly, outside the  din of paparazzi, but in a secret ceremony, dressed in vestments of the holy order, with freshly pressed irridiscent robes, with the sanctified inscense re and candles burning, all the incantations and  invocations to the appropriate god(s) implored, and with, with all the proper ritual implements at hand, they were now fully ready for re-initiation back into that exclusive cadre of holy cabinet (economic) warriors and with their feudal purses fully validated, and pregnant with possibilities...

&lt;i&gt;/sarcasm off&lt;/i&gt; This is just, just &lt;i&gt;terrible&lt;/i&gt;. I mean, lets face it, the &lt;i&gt;raincoating&lt;/i&gt; of Franklin Raines and virtuous Jamie Gorelick continues &lt;i&gt;unmercifully&lt;/i&gt; apace. And ceaselessly as well.

&lt;i&gt;Now you just leave Franklin Raines and what&#039;s her name alone!!&lt;/i&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, ol&#8217; Franklin  and Jamie <i>did</i> utter the magic words &#8220;Feddie Mae I?&#8221; </p>
<p>well, not <i>officially</i> apparently, but quietly, outside the  din of paparazzi, but in a secret ceremony, dressed in vestments of the holy order, with freshly pressed irridiscent robes, with the sanctified inscense re and candles burning, all the incantations and  invocations to the appropriate god(s) implored, and with, with all the proper ritual implements at hand, they were now fully ready for re-initiation back into that exclusive cadre of holy cabinet (economic) warriors and with their feudal purses fully validated, and pregnant with possibilities&#8230;</p>
<p><i>/sarcasm off</i> This is just, just <i>terrible</i>. I mean, lets face it, the <i>raincoating</i> of Franklin Raines and virtuous Jamie Gorelick continues <i>unmercifully</i> apace. And ceaselessly as well.</p>
<p><i>Now you just leave Franklin Raines and what&#8217;s her name alone!!</i></p>
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		<title>By: therealist</title>
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		<dc:creator>therealist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>By the way, Geithner himself got a $434k severance package when he left the Fed in January.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By the way, Geithner himself got a $434k severance package when he left the Fed in January.</p>
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		<title>By: Historical perspective</title>
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		<dc:creator>Historical perspective</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What bothers me most about the AIG bonus flap is that these were not really bonuses.  These were severance payments made to individuals who were told that they would be losing their jobs but if they stayed to help AIG close down this business in an orderly fashion that they would receive additional compensation to offset their leaving for other jobs.  Given the current state of the economy - many of these individuals may be out of work and without income for quite some time.  Now the Democrats are showboating their &quot;anger&quot; at these same unemployed people as if somehow that are the embellishment of all the evils that have created this economic mess.   

I am amazed that many of the same blogs and web columnist who for years have written about the bias and corruption of news offered by the MSM fell so easily in line when the MSM story line was that these &quot;executive bonuses&quot; were being paid out for failure that is costing the taxpayers trillions of dollars.  You should be ashamed of yourselves for not trusting your original instincts that say - if this is a story that is being played out by the MSM - there is something wrong here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What bothers me most about the AIG bonus flap is that these were not really bonuses.  These were severance payments made to individuals who were told that they would be losing their jobs but if they stayed to help AIG close down this business in an orderly fashion that they would receive additional compensation to offset their leaving for other jobs.  Given the current state of the economy &#8211; many of these individuals may be out of work and without income for quite some time.  Now the Democrats are showboating their &#8220;anger&#8221; at these same unemployed people as if somehow that are the embellishment of all the evils that have created this economic mess.   </p>
<p>I am amazed that many of the same blogs and web columnist who for years have written about the bias and corruption of news offered by the MSM fell so easily in line when the MSM story line was that these &#8220;executive bonuses&#8221; were being paid out for failure that is costing the taxpayers trillions of dollars.  You should be ashamed of yourselves for not trusting your original instincts that say &#8211; if this is a story that is being played out by the MSM &#8211; there is something wrong here.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul -Indiana</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul -Indiana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#8.  Don&#039;t forget that they can also make a law to take from us any money they want.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#8.  Don&#8217;t forget that they can also make a law to take from us any money they want.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul -Indiana</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul -Indiana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is Barney Frank&#039;s boyfriend still at Fannie May?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is Barney Frank&#8217;s boyfriend still at Fannie May?</p>
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		<title>By: Newmarket2</title>
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		<dc:creator>Newmarket2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>HEY!  What kind of bonuses are they?  Are they fair compared to other bonuses?  What&#039;s wrong with a large part of compensation being based on achieving goals - instead of a salary-entitlement?
Why am I the ONLY person asking these questions?

Calm down everyone and stop a second, take an anxiolytic if you must, and use your brains here.  No one will respect conservatives if we knee jerk like the liberals.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HEY!  What kind of bonuses are they?  Are they fair compared to other bonuses?  What&#8217;s wrong with a large part of compensation being based on achieving goals &#8211; instead of a salary-entitlement?<br />
Why am I the ONLY person asking these questions?</p>
<p>Calm down everyone and stop a second, take an anxiolytic if you must, and use your brains here.  No one will respect conservatives if we knee jerk like the liberals.</p>
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		<title>By: Broadsword</title>
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		<dc:creator>Broadsword</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>After Jesus was scourged, a crown made of thorns was put on his head, a reed into his right hand and someone else&#039;s scarlet raincoat...uh, nevermind.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After Jesus was scourged, a crown made of thorns was put on his head, a reed into his right hand and someone else&#8217;s scarlet raincoat&#8230;uh, nevermind.</p>
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