The media is intentionally helping foment riots in the streets re: AIG bonuses.

[Atman]

The prisons are ready. The troops are ready. Dick Cheney's prison's are empty and waiting for us. All that's needed is Joe Scab and the Today Show and CNN and FOX telling us that we're all fed up and it's time to take to the streets. Which they flat-out did this morning. Buckle up, Americans! It's gonna be a rocky summer.

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[bluestateguy]

1. You really believe that?

You really believe there will be a riot in the street because of the AIG bonuses?

[Atman]

3. No, not "because of the AIG bonuses."

The AIG bonuses are being used as a way to whip up the people. The Bush Administration planned for it. The prisons are built. They knew that after they looted the country and people finally discovered the extent of their crimes that rioting would eventually break out, just as it has in so many other countries. Besides, it'll give the rich guys on the morning shows something new to talk about.

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[Echo In Light]

4. The right-wing powers that OWN this country are hoping to put those Helliburton camps to use

[zbdent]

2. when it's "liberals", it's "riots" ... when it's ReRushlicans,

it's a Glenn Beck Fan Club meeting ...

[Javaman]

5. it's a slow news cycle. Until something comes along to replace

AIG wholesale fucking of America, the media will stir the pot to create a story.

The real story is the feigned outrage by our elected officials as to "how this could have happened". they are so surprised.

:eyes:

[anonymous171]

6. Why is that a bad thing? Corporate America needs to be afraid of us.

Otherwise they will resist Obama at every turn.

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. WOW. At what point do you think the FORMER Vice President of the United States will issue the order

to jail all dissenters?

Will he do it from an "undisclosed location"? Who will back his play? If Dick dies, who will take up the reins of power you think he holds?

Or... did you forget that an election took place and there is now a different administration in power?

[Atman]

8. Where did I say anything about Cheney holding power?

Or were just being an ass for being an ass's sake?

Thanks for your input. Snarkiness is always a good response when you have nothing else to post, right?

:hi:

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[cherokeeprogressive]

9. "The prisons are ready. The troops are ready. Dick Cheney's prison's are empty and waiting for us."

So tell me, which prisons does Dick Cheney control? Whose troops are "ready"? What are they "ready" for? By saying "it's going to be a rocky summer", are you predicting that there will be riots in the streets and that said rioters will wind up in "Dick Cheney's prisons"? Lastly, can you name ONE of Dick Cheney's "empty" prisons and inform me of its location?

Your post was hyperbole. Nothing more, nothing less.

[Atman]

11. You don't actually pay much attention to the news, do you?

Post from a couple of days ago re: Cheney's $85,000,000 investment in American prison camps. But go ahead, stick your head in the sand, remain ignorant. I don't really care.

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[cherokeeprogressive]

14. Cure my ignorance by answering my questions.

Where in this country is an "empty" prison? Which prisons are Dick Cheney's? Whose troops are "ready", and what are they "ready" for? Do you expect that there will be "riots in the streets", and that all dissenters will be swept up and placed in those "empty" prisons of which you speak?

Without answers to those questions, all you have is hyperbole.

[natrat]

12. given the extent that the current administration has given into "upper management"

do you really think anything has changed? It is grift and you have to be blind not to recognize it.

[ogneopasno]

10. Um, I doubt it.

Heh.

[Fireweed247]

13. I wish they would focus on the giveaways to international bankers

This country is broke, beyond broke...why they hell did we let them hand out billions to international banks?

"Meanwhile, AIG has disclosed for the first time the names of the financial institutions that benefited from the government’s $173 billion bailout. Goldman Sachs was the largest recipient at nearly $13 billion. Over $35 billion was also paid out to foreign banks including Société Générale of France, Deutsche Bank of Germany, Barclays of Britain and UBS of Switzerland."

and why the hell isn't anyone asking how they 'lost' so much money so quickly?

"AIG recently announced that it suffered a $60 billion loss during the last three months of 2008 - the worst corporate quarterly loss in U.S. history."

I think they took all their 'loses' and put them in an offshore account.


I think this 'outrage' is to distract us from the real question people should be asking.

[eppur_se_muova]

18. The "red herring" argument hasn't been popular around here...

but I think the payments to foreign banks may be just the sort of thing the herring is meant to distract us from.

[Dreamer Tatum]

15. Can you please go sit in one, with no wireless access?

Frigging silly post.

[skooooo]

16. Riots?

Where exactly are these riots taking place????

:shrug:

[Mike 03]

17. You can see the results of it right here. People are foaming at the mouth and they don't even

know who is responsible. It's a psychotic lynching.