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POSTED BY: dreamtrove
UPDATED: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 22:33
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:05 AM

The nation had just elected its first socialist president of the century, on the heels of out of control crony capitalism. Industry was collapsing, plants were closing and people losing jobs because loans and bonds were unable to make good. The banking gold reserves had gotten so bad that should anyone have gone to the bank to demand their money, they could be only be promised two cents on the dollar. The financial system was coming out of a fiasco from a mark to market margin based financial ponzi scheme with Goldman Sachs at the center of it. The Federal Reserve System looked something like this:



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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:01 AM

You mean it looks any better today ?

Sheeeet, Mario Buda knew EXACTLY what and why he did what he did on a nearby corner to that one.

-F

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:23 AM

Frem,

What, are your irony sensors turned off?

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:29 AM

To quote Jayne...
"You're comin in loud and clear"

Heh heh heh

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:10 PM

Reckon by that logic I was jes beginning the count down to the day that some might call "sometime's it's bad to be the president"

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:33 PM

Hell, I'm fortified with irony! It's part of a healthy breakfast.

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