Wall Street Bankers outraged that we peons would treat them so disrespectfully

[Speck Tater]

"...We're now shifting to the left pretty far in terms of business-bashing and it has reached extremes of incivility that are intolerable." --Arthur Levitt, a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Read all about how badly we peons are treating the poor misunderstood Wall Street royalty. Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123792916530530165.html

If they consider THIS level of scrutiny to be "extremes of incivility that are intolerable", what would they call it if pitchfork-wielding crowds showed up at their front doors?

[county worker]

1. How about tar and feathers, how would they like that?

[ShortnFiery]

2. "...We're now shifting to the left pretty far in terms of business-bashing"

Oh, you haven't seen anything yet! The poor wage slaves are just now awakening to THE MESS you greedy evil jerks have left this nation. :evilgrin:

GET OFF YOUR ASS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZviT8EdSfQ

[TBF]

3. If they think Obama is left, wait until they meet the rest of us. n/t

[DKRC]

20. ROFLMAO

:rofl:

Too true!

[aquart]

22. Ditto.

[drmeow]

4. Hell, as far as I'm concerned

we haven't even reached the center!

[brentspeak]

5. The amount of arrogance and entitlement the dolts in the article display is nauseating

[terisan]

6. I applaud the righteous anger...but they still are getting to unload their debt on us.

The got ther new bailout plan even before our Budget was presented. Seems backwards

[cascadiance]

24. Taxation without representation!

When they do the will of their corporate masters, that's essentially the battle we're having to fight all over again after they've gone against the founders of this country's will.

We need something like a modern day "Boston Tea Party"...

[Prometheus Bound]

7. Gonna have to rework that "Leave Britney Alone" video again.

[CoffeeCat]

8. The Wall Streeters think we are toothless hayseeds...

Come on, we are jokes in flannel shirts and housecoats--to them.

These millionaires think that anyone who doesn't live in New York and make millions--is a
stupid, lazy moron who didn't have the brains, talent or education to make something of
themselves.

We are scum peasants to these people.

How dare we have opinions or thoughts about these smart, rich, well-dressed hedge-fund managers and investment bankers.

Why, we're not even civilized!

[brentspeak]

9. Arthur "Enron enabler" Levitt

Also known as Arthur "Madoff who?" Levitt.

[cascadiance]

10. Would they like us to "respect" them the way the French did when suffering the same way...

... from their BS?

[rug]

16. You're too liberal.

[LSparkle]

11. What does the douchebag from Bank of America think?

You know, the one who was on the conference call about the
EFCA, threatening businesspeople who didn't contribute to
Norm "Chipmunk" Coleman's campaign?

Scumbags, all of 'em ... They DESERVE the criticism and
low approval. Makes me wonder if any of them are real
people or just machines.

[girl gone mad]

12. He should be grateful he doesn't live in Europe.

The house of Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of ailing Royal Bank of Scotland, was vandalized early Wednesday and windows of his car were smashed.

Mr. Goodwin attracted criticism for keeping his £703,000, or $1 million, pension despite a string of ill-timed acquisitions under his reign that brought the bank under government control...

At least three windows on the ground floor level of his house in an affluent suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, were smashed and a black Mercedes S600 parked in the driveway was vandalized.

[aquart]

23. I'm such a wuss.

I only think about doing things like that. I never do them.

[Kaleko]

13. So?

[gratuitous]

14. Do you find the peasants revolting, Mr. Levitt?

Bummer, dude.

You find us indulging in extremes of incivility after you and your cronies have stolen the bread off our tables for decades, do you? My, my, my. And even tut, tut. If you're getting back even one ten-millionth of the approbation you've earned ("earned," isn't that a funny sounding word, Mr. Levitt?), my recommendation is that you sit tight, because if you and your pals haven't learned anything to this point, you might be in for more hell than a little bit.

[Political Heretic]

15. It's always better then the oppressed don't say anything, isn't it?

[AndyA]

17. They sit up on their veranda, eating crumb cakes and drinking tea, and they watch the restless

little people down below complain.

They have what they have because of us. And they don't like the fact that finally we've realized how they came to get all that they have.

Cheat, steal, lie, work the system...why how dare we hate them for what they have!

Toss a biscuit down to the little pathetic people and hope that will be enough to shut them up.

Not this time...not this time.

[Mike 03]

18. Arthur Levitt has not sounded like himself lately.

I used to take what he had to say seriously, but lately, on Bloomberg Radio, he has been making more and more dumb statements, and many silly little errors, like constantly calling Tom Keene "Bill" or something like that.

I think he may have dementia, and I'm not kidding.

[NaturalHigh]

19. You mean the people who made millions...

while helping to cause this whole mess? Yeah, they really deserve our respect.

[Hubert Flottz]

21. Into each and every life a little rain must fall...

Sympathy can still be found in the dictionary between shit and syphilis.

[Deja Q]

25. Civility works both ways.

Treating customers like crooks at every turn, raising interest rates... whatever, why bother with the argument.

[ohheckyeah]

26. I'll spend some time

mourning for them.

Done.

[peacetalksforall]

27. They just won't come to the truth - they didn't regulate themselves under deregulation - they

became conniving and were full of themselves and their power and some group, some entity created the atmosphere that they operated under - that there was NO limit that they had to impose on themselves and their scheming. They gave all their schemes fancy names and taught their best proteges how to do it or in some situations listened to their protegess about how to do it.

They never gave us a sideways glance as they figured out how to break former ceilings on profit.

This is first of all about deregulation and how rich little manipulators found there was NO limit.

They have given us NOTHING about them to look up to. NOTHING to praise.

They have been outed.

They got away with mega mega mega thefts.

No sideway glances at those who trusted and then lost big time beause of them.

Rather they are POUTING.

They DEMAND to be protected. They DON'T DEMAND that we be protected.

Scum. This article proved it. This was one of the most despicable articles I have ever read.

[annabanana]

28. These guys wouldn't know "extremes of incivility " if it

roared up their driveways bearing torches & pitchforks.

[tavalon]

31. Oh, yes they would and they will if they don't mend their ways pronto

[Laelth]

29. Good. It's about time.

There are consequences that come from exploiting the masses for decades. I'm glad this capitalist is feeling the heat.

:dem:

-Laelth

[tavalon]

30. Oh, poor widdle sensibilities getting hurt?

We're just getting started dickweeds. Strap in, it's gonna be a bumpy ride.

[AwakeAtLast]

32. They need to keep that WAAHHmbulance number handy.

:D

[The Backlash Cometh]

33. Bend over, buddy. I still haven't had my turn to give you a swift kick in the butt.

[Raster]

34. Heads. On. Pikes.