Guess who came to the white house today?

[Ichingcarpenter]

President Barack Obama is meeting today with 15 heads of the world’s biggest banks, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS)’s Lloyd C. Blankfein and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)’s Jamie Dimon, White House officials said.

The state of the U.S. economy will be among the topics for the discussion, which will also include Bank of America Corp. (BAC)’s Brian T. Moynihan, Citigroup Inc. (C)’s Michael Corbat, American International Group Inc. (AIG)’s Robert Benmosche and Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC)’s John Stumpf, according to an administration official, who requested anonymity because the meeting is private.

The CEOs arrived at the White House at about 10:30 a.m. Washington time and went inside without making any comments.

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-10/obama-is-said-to-plan-meeting-with-dimon-moynihan-this-week.html


MY comment? Something is in the air and it doesn't smell good . I wonder what they had for lunch?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. And, this meeting is not being televised to the people...because of "Transparency in Government"?

[winterpark]

34. Well Silly you.... He can't be very transparent about colluding to finish siphoning what little

money we the little people have left.

[dgibby]

2. Sure do hope Elizabeth, Bernie,

Paul Krugman, and Robert Reich are there, too, but somehow, I doubt it.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Definitely not catfood salad.

[KoKo]

4. Saw that on Bloomberg Business this a.m.

Love to be a "fly on the wall" for that one.

[dixiegrrrrl]

54. I am remembering that secret meeting Cheney had with the oilmen.....

[KoKo]

56. omg... well the more things change...the more they are the same..

Remember Obama's Promise to Cheering Thousands..."And I Promise YOU...that THIS WILL BE the most TRANSPARENT ADMINISTRATION in HISTORY!

The Crowd WENT WILD!

The more things change..the more they aren't different...

[Cleita]

5. According to what I've been reading, this is the group he

identifies with. He's one of them. No wonder he is such a disappointment. Is there no one out there who cares about the 99% of Americans? Another DUer has posted about this. I hope he puts some information on your thread if he's posting today.

[cherokeeprogressive]

6. For lunch they had things none of us can afford.

Bankers and celebs at the White house for private soirees=good. Kids on vacation who want to tour history... not so much.

[Erose999]

40. Nor pronounce. lol. Meanwhile schoolchildren go without lunch while the contractors hired to feed

them throw their food away because the kids can't pay.

[forestpath]

7. His peeps!!!!!!

[avaistheone1]

8. Ahh technically it's called his base.

Just like GWB.

[Armstead]

9. I'm sure there a lotta "attaboys" flying around. "Great job with that SS thing Mr. President."

"You really showed those damn leftists a thing or two."

[deutsey]

10. Piggies clutching forks and knives

to eat their bacon.

[Boomerproud]

14. In their lives there's something lacking

what they need is a damned good whacking.

George Harrison's mum actually wrote that second line. God bless Louise Harrison.

BTW, Mr. President, please pass my "good wishes" to Jamie Dimon whose decision to downsize my department at Chase has made my life hell for the last 1 1/2 years.

[HughBeaumont]

11. Probably getting his marching orders.

Makes you wonder if our eyes are on the correct ENEMY. You know, the ones ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE for the corrupt state we've been in for 4 decades? Those . .. oh, what do they call themselves . . . oh yes, the "Extremely Productive"?

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. Things don't change

[rug]

12. Consolidating the base.

[adigal]

13. Let's bang the drum about North Korea, so we don't see that we are being consumed

by our own corporations and leaders.

Americans can be distracted every time.

[CrispyQ]

16. I'm sure the taxpayers paid for a very nice lunch

while they discussed how to cut the hot lunch program for kids & Meals on Wheels for seniors.

Fuckers.

[99Forever]

17. I'm sure some all-knowing true believer ..

... will be along to explain to you how this is necessary to the 111th dimensional chess strategy to strike another blow deep into the heart of the evil, evil, evil, wicked Republican Bad Cop.

[Ichingcarpenter]

20. I read later he nationalized their banks

and sent them all off to Gitmo... in my dreams


Good Grief talk about all the BANKSTERS in one place

Meanwhile:
Elizabeth Warren Wants HSBC Bankers Jailed for Money Laundering

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/03/elizabeth-warren-wants-hsbc-bankers-jailed-for-money-laundering/


And the Libor scandal gets thrown out in the US

[whathehell]

18. I have a suggestion for 2016..

Let's NOT get fooled again!

[Fuddnik]

36. We'll get fooled again, and like it!

[whathehell]

48. Speak for yourself

I'm not that stupid and I don't feel "alone" in that respect.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

41. Oh, come on!!! If a real Liberal runs everyone says they have no chance.

Look at Kucinich.

He was treated like a joke even though he won every debate.

[whathehell]

47. Oh "come on" my ass....You can't change the status quo by doing the same things over & over

Electing a TRUE democrat doesn't have to mean putting up someone like Kucinich.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

53. He can't help it that he's a hobbit.

[whathehell]

59. Who's the hobbit?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

61. According to this place...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1468697&mesg_id=1468931

[whathehell]

65. I gotcha. n/t

[Egalitarian Thug]

62. Exactly. Look at what the people who decide did to him, going so far as to photoshop him out of the

debate at Soldier's Field. Now, look at the people here and read their reactions to such "revelations", and these are our friends.

No Liberal-Populist will ever be allowed as a choice for the people again. The people who decide know that person would win and that's why they bought both teams. No more Huey Long's, Eugene Debs, or even RFKs in our future.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

64. I believe Capitalism is going the way of Communism....

All they've been doing is trying to save it.

[Dragonfli]

19. A walrus goes to the WH to talk to a carpenter about some clams...

http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/walrus.html

[GiveMeFreedom]

21. PBO is not only talking about finance with these boys,

he's letting them know which part of the MIC they need to finance for the next war about to start, and it is not necessarily North Korea. That is how the oligarchs truly make there money, from war.

ON EDIT: These assholes are probably his true war council.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

22. Don't worry.

He'll have more freedom and be more progressive in his 3rd term.

Its congresses fault.

This was just 23 dimensional chess, you aren't capable of understanding his brilliant strategy.

You never liked him anyways.

You lefties are going to ruin the party.


Did I leave anything out?

[progressoid]

23. Somebody didn't get their pony

Would you rather have President Palin?

He has to be president for EVERYONE.

And some new ones yet to come!

[ForgoTheConsequence]

24. A+ Thank you.

I'm one of the people who defended this President tooth and nail against detractors on the left. I feel like an idiot now. I honestly laid there in bed last night for a good hour second guessing a lot of things because of this. I just don't understand.

[whathehell]

49. Axelrod seemed to be trying that line of shit with Rachel last night..

Needless to say, she didn't go for it.

[Enrique]

25. i guessed wrong

I thought it was going to be Bernie Sanders and the Progressive Caucus.

[KarenS]

30. Ha!! you forgot the sarcasm smilie!!!

[DJ13]

26. I wonder what they had for lunch?

My guess, sauteed peon.

[HangOnKids]

32. But it was prepared so FABULOUSLY

Served on a crouton of catviar, smothered in a side soufflé of peasant.

[DJ13]

42. That made me hungry

I guess I'll go make another Fancy Feast sandwich and pretend its steak.

[HangOnKids]

43. Don't weep my dear

You will need the water soon.

[magical thyme]

52. cheer up, in a few years you'll be toothless and trying to eat kibble.

[Auggie]

27. Wow ... such negative comments! Hear that, White House?

[RevStPatrick]

28. I think it's entirely possible that this episode...

...of South Park from right after the 2008 election was much more prescient than even I would like to think:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Last_Night..._%28South_Park%29

http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s12e12-about-last-night

[robinlynne]

29. the votes that get counted ....

[HiPointDem]

31. kr

[Arctic Dave]

33. Hammering out the details for his "speaking fees" once he leaves office.

Nice gig if you can get it.

[DeSwiss]

35. Maybe they wanted to discuss....

...the success of the Cyprus Gambit.

They've discovered that direct stealing from bank accounts is so much more efficient than:

(1) Paying for elections of corrupt officials to pass corrupt ''tax'' laws and then;
(2) Having to setup an agency to collect the ''taxes'' and then;
(3) Hire ''tax'' revenue agents to steal for that agency.

This way they've reduced corporate costs and the need for exorbitant employee overhead, such a salaries, health benefits and retirement pensions. And maybe they'll also discuss that they're even considering an IMF-ATM card that allows someone like Lloyd Blankfein or Jamie Dimon to just zip their little cards into any IMF-ATM worldwide and steal whatever amount of cash they need from any nation, and any citizen, in any country because.... well just because they can!

- And I think free WH meals was included in the special ''Wall Street campaign donations'' program too.

K&R

[Lydia Leftcoast]

37. He needs to discuss finance with a minimum wage worker, a college graduate who can't find anything

but unpaid internships, a 55-year-old who's been out of work for two years, a small business owner who has gone bankrupt, an IT worker who lost his/her latest job to an H-1B, the mayor of a town where the major employer packed up and moved production to China, and a family that was foreclosed on.

[Brigid]

45. And don't forget . . .

The senior skipping half the doses of his meds because he can't afford to take them as prescribed.

[Fuddnik]

38. I heard they ate William Black and Noam Chomsky.

And Dennis Miller was the entertainment.

[Peregrine Took]

39. Submitting his resume for future consideration? n/t

[Brigid]

44. That would be rodent you smell.

And the menu? Probably something you and I have never even heard of.

[santamargarita]

46. Plotting to steal our savings accounts!

[MichiganVote]

50. How to spend our Social Security Money 101-No trust Obama. Done.

[Jakes Progress]

51. Did they have their sacks of money?

Delivery time.

[dixiegrrrrl]

55. Wow....looking at all these comments.....I see.....CHANGE.

[jsr]

57. Meh. It's a private meal for sensible adults

and consenting adults

[Honeycombe8]

58. That doesn't sound good. But then, it depends on the purpose of the mtg & what is said.

But it doesn't sound good.

Woe, despair, and misery on me.

[dixiegrrrrl]

60. Here is the news story on this meeting:

"President Barack Obama stressed the need to revive the economy and reform immigration and fiscal policy during a meeting on Thursday with some of the world's most powerful bankers.

The White House had set the agenda for the meeting, a source familiar with the situation said, and the ongoing reform of Wall Street - a hot issue for bank lobbyists - did not appear prominently on the list of topics.

"The president discussed with the business leaders the need to work together on a number of important issues affecting business confidence, economic growth and job creation," a White House official said in an emailed statement.

The bankers were all members of the Financial Services Forum, which was holding its day-long spring meeting, according to the White House official. The Forum, a prominent bank lobby, said the dialogue had been "constructive."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/11/us-obama-banks-idUSBRE93A0Z620130411

"emailed statement"...THAT is what passes for reporting nowdays?? Printing emailed news from the WH?

[woo me with science]

63. [phone]

Thank you for underscoring the other huge issue in this thread. Our media, which should serve as a fundamental check against government corruption and abuse, has been as systematically purchased, diverted, and corrupted as our government.

[snagglepuss]

66. k and r

[kenny blankenship]

67. Reminds me of the time Cheney had the oil execs come in to look at some maps of Iraq

Then there were the meets with the Big Pharmaceutical Co.s and Insurers before the Insurance Mafia Guaranteed Profits Act was pushed.

Could be time for mandatory bank accounts with the Big Five Banks for "streamlining of Income Tax records" and/or the phase-out of paper money and coinage issued by the Treasury in favor of all-privatized money supply on Big Bank issued plastic. Something nice and 100% mandatory for your democratic enjoyment... Time will tell.