Thursday
Oct272011
Pissed Off Irishman Is Back
This time he shares his views on Wall Street.
This is not as good as his appearance last year.
This time he shares his views on Wall Street.
This is not as good as his appearance last year.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GMAnm3vulw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-i-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-love-the-ows-protests-20111110#ixzz1dNdkxIPb
Key insight there.
Charles Ferguson was right when at the Oscar's he lamented the fact that no one's gone to jail in this financial crisis. But the real tell is what Bill Black points out: the S&L crisis saw 1000+ convictions as the result of 10,000 criminal referrals. (A criminal referral is like a legal brief. In 20-30 pages, it makes the case for prosecuting so-and-so. Attached to the brief are 200-300 pages of exhibits, comprising emails, letters, etc.) In the current crisis, there have been 0 criminal referrals. ZE-RO.
Now Taibbi's observation isn't so jarring. Unnerving, yes, to learn what "protect and serve" means exactly, but not jarring.
If I recall correctly, one of DB's chief objectives in doing this site at all was to lay a record, a contemporaneous record, of both the charges and the evidence.
A person so inclined could make several criminal referrals just from within the 4 corners of this website. How much work would that take you? Maybe 6 hours, maybe a week? But you could do it--unlike our so-called Department of Justice.
Not that Clint Eastwood made this saying up but it does ring true. "There really are no secrets in life". Though I believe that I also feel pretty disheartened. I think that's why I memorized an MLK quote that also rings true. "I believe that justice is indivisable. I know that injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice eveywhere".
TDB rocks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nHdSK-mB3k
Outstanding!