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From: William Clark on 8 Jun 2010 15:07 In article <pqks06dgvm5a92nnonia2p3hqejqed7cj7(a)4ax.com>, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 18:59:16 -0700 (PDT), "John B." > <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >Financial institutions have done well under Obama? Which ones? Do you > >regard being subject to financial reform legislation as "doing well?" > > The banks got away with hundreds of billions of taxpayer money and > still took their huge bonuses home. The financial regulation bill is > a joke. No banks were broken up and if in the future one of the big > ones fail, the government will be there to bail them out again. The > banks run Obama. Only because the Bush administration gutted the federal oversight of banks and eviscerated the SEC. And now the Rethuglicans are busting a gut to stop legislation requiring the imposition of better oversight of financial institutions. How hypocritical can you wingnuts get?
From: William Clark on 8 Jun 2010 15:08 In article <miks06d4bvsed5rcpudo7gfb09iee2uab2(a)4ax.com>, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:06:56 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> > wrote: > > >On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:18:07 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > > > >>BP hasn't allowed anyone's suggestions to penetrate their > >>stubbornness. Cameron has more experience at greater depths than this > >>drilling, and they ignored him The fact is that I don't find that > >>funny. > > > >The guy is a film director, you've got to be kidding me. The Idea > >that he could come in and help BP is laughable. > > Not he, his undersea crews with excellent equipment. Try not to > become Bert. Think a little first. > K Excuse me, Bobby, but you are speaking to a "PhD" here. Show some respect ;-)
From: William Clark on 8 Jun 2010 15:10 In article <khss061gj4o1remrkdljd72pv557gb3p5m(a)4ax.com>, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:12:55 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > > > His subs aren't cameras. They are adept at twice the depth of this > >oil rig and can be used in a lot more ways than taking pictures. you > >even know what hey' This just goes to show what a fool you can be > >Jack. > > How many undersea oil wells has Cameron drilled or repaired. > > Only a bunch of fools like the EPA would even consider this fool. > > This will just go down as another failure by the Obama Administration. And yet you seem to think the Federal government can do this. Having trouble engaging the brain today?
From: MNMikeW on 8 Jun 2010 15:29 "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message news:clark-E41C69.15074208062010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > In article <pqks06dgvm5a92nnonia2p3hqejqed7cj7(a)4ax.com>, > Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 18:59:16 -0700 (PDT), "John B." >> <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >Financial institutions have done well under Obama? Which ones? Do you >> >regard being subject to financial reform legislation as "doing well?" >> >> The banks got away with hundreds of billions of taxpayer money and >> still took their huge bonuses home. The financial regulation bill is >> a joke. No banks were broken up and if in the future one of the big >> ones fail, the government will be there to bail them out again. The >> banks run Obama. > > Only because the Bush administration gutted the federal oversight of > banks and eviscerated the SEC. And now the Rethuglicans are busting a > gut to stop legislation requiring the imposition of better oversight of > financial institutions. How hypocritical can you wingnuts get? "These two entities-Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-are not facing any kind of financial crisis," said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. "The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing."
From: John B. on 8 Jun 2010 16:17
On Jun 8, 12:42 pm, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 08:59:40 -0700 (PDT), "John B." > > <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> The guy is a film director, you've got to be kidding me. =A0The Idea > >> that he could come in and help BP is laughable. =A0 > > >What would be the harm? He says he's well-acquainted with people who > >do deep-sea submersible work. If I were the CEO of BP, I'd be looking > >for any help I could get. > > He'd just get in the way and add nothing. I admire your open-mindedness. |