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10 Greediest People of 2009

As ordinary Americans reel from the Great Recession, these gluttonous all-stars continue to claw in absurd amounts of money.
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Has picking a year’s greediest "top ten" ever been easier? We don't think so. We could, this year, fill an entire top ten just with bankers from Goldman Sachs -- or JPMorgan Chase or any of a number of other Wall Street giants. All sport executive suites packed with power suits who fanned the flames that melted down the global economy, then helped themselves, after gobbling down billions in bailouts, to paydays worth mega millions -- at a time when, in over half our states, over a quarter of America’s kids are living off food stamps.

Now that’s greed. But that’s also not the whole picture. The Great Recession’s greedy don’t just sit on Wall Street. They occupy perches of power throughout the reeling U.S. economy. So we’ve tried, in this our latest annual ranking of avarice, to survey that bigger picture.

Where does all this greed come from? We humans have always, of course, had greed among us. But levels of greed vary enormously from one historical epoch to another -- and from one society to another.

What determines which societies see the most greed and grasping? In a word: inequality. The more wealth concentrates, the more greed grows. The United States remains the most unequal nation in the developed world. Next year, we suspect, will bring us still another bumper crop of greedy.

10: Richard Anderson

America’s airlines have been flying, for the most part, under the media radar ever since the nation’s banks went into meltdown mode, and that suits Delta CEO Richard Anderson just fine.

Delta, now the world’s biggest airline, has been richly rewarding Anderson ever since he became the airline’s top exec in September 2007. If folks were paying attention, they might wonder why. Delta, after all, lost $8.9 billion in 2008. In 2009, Delta and other U.S. carriers, says the International Air Transport Association, will likely lose a combined $1 billion.

Passengers are certainly feeling this red ink. Delta and other carriers have been trimming seating capacity, a move, notes the Orlando Sentinel, designed to “enable them to raise ticket prices more often.” Delta is also squeezing passengers with airport bag fees. In August, the airline’s bag charges bounded to $20 for the first bag and $30 for the second.

Anderson and his family, meanwhile, don’t just fly free on Delta. The airline also pays the taxes due on Anderson’s free tickets -- and lots more, too.

For agreeing to become Delta’s chief, 28 months ago, Anderson picked up $8.5 million in stock awards. Seven months later, another $3.4 million. Six months after that, to celebrate the Delta-Northwest merger, more options to buy Delta stock, worth $7.3 million, and more actual shares, worth $6.1 million.

With all those rewards, Anderson must be devoting every waking hour to making Delta soar, right? Well, almost every waking hour. Anderson has been spending some of his precious hours serving on the corporate board of Medtronic, a medical tech firm. In 2009, from the good people at Medtronic, he’ll pocket $188,000 for his directorship services.

9: George David/Marie Douglas-David

This power couple hit the headlines last March, with a nasty divorce trial. We tried to pick the most greedy of the pair. We failed. Here’s why.

The 67-year-old George David, the former CEO of defense contracting powerhouse United Technologies, comes with impeccable greed credentials. In the four years after the 9/11 attacks, David hauled home bigger paydays than any other defense executive, over $200 million in all, including $88.3 million in 2004, a sum that made him that year’s top-paid CEO.

Taxpayers, noted the Institute for Policy Studies Executive Excess CEO pay report in 2006, provide a third of United Technologies annual operating income.


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Sam Pizzigati is the editor of the online weekly Too Much, and an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.
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Amazing Greed ...
Posted by: mmckinl on Dec 22, 2009 12:55 AM   
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And One Million school children are homeless ...

Am I missing something here?

Find your local Green Party

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Please don't fill this page with complaints, whiny
Posted by: The_Lazy_Left on Dec 22, 2009 1:22 AM   
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comments and zomg how bad is all this greed.

Fact is, Americans like taking it "up the ass."

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reality will hit the greedy
Posted by: denisaf on Dec 22, 2009 2:14 AM   
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The irony is that all this money cannot buy them immortality. It probably does not even buy them self respect. Can they sleep well at night?

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No mention of overpaid, over revered 'celebrities'
Posted by: outlook on Dec 22, 2009 2:29 AM   
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and that includes super-star Al Gore. They have managed to draw a smoke-screen over their untold wealth and status - they have waved the Green Banner! What do they know about reducing their carbon foot-print? How can they possibly empathise with the re-possessed, the children on food stamps, or the dire poverty that exists in large swathes of the world?

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More whining and griping from the 'little people'
Posted by: Lese Majeste on Dec 22, 2009 2:29 AM   
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We, the Wealthy Elite, need most of your money to live our lifestyle.

Do you know how much it costs to buy, staff and maintain a Manhattan penthouse, a Connecticut mansion, an Aspen ski condo and a 4,000 sq. foot beach 'house' in Aruba?

I thought not.

And we have to travel in style to our holdings, so that means our own private jet and Rolls-Royce limos.

When we travel, we like to sip on $30,000 bottles of French wine and the finest Beluga caviar.

So stop bitching and be thankful you were able to contribute to our "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous."

After all, you might be polishing our silver some day cretin.

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A Free Market Democracy was the solution to greed
Posted by: Purple Girl on Dec 22, 2009 3:10 AM   
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Greed operates best in a market that is robust with limited competitors, preferabley none.

Thus making it a Non Free Market. To have such exclusivity to this access means others were denied, some mechanism granted priviledges not afford the majority.Thus not all Are Created Equal.

A Free Market was not about Deregulated, but about Accessibility. Logos dominate our Market as Family Crests did in old europe.

Lobbiest,acting like Nobles brandishing a Crest, have run rough shod over the will of the People- thus nullifiying our Democratic process. Not to mention our Mission statement to Humanity.

Greed in a Free Market Democracy is not only Unethical and Immoral, it's treasonous.
It is not just the 'titan of industry' that determine what constitutes (and generates) a Free market- it is the consumer, the Laborer and the taxpayer. Who are all one in the same- Living breathing Citizens.We have those birth certificates, Incs do not. We've not only become caged consumers, abused labor and swindled taxpayers, we are also excluded as merchants. Who the hell says 'WE the People' can't offer healthcare insurance to our fellow citizens- let alone be a beneficiary of one being offered in the Market? FYI, 'We the People" is the Original Incoroporation in this country. We are the Multinational conglomerate which all others who wish our graces pledge their allegience to, first and foremost- even before a ensigna.

This healthcare debate has not only exposed the utter corruption of DC, but the level of cold hearted disdain many of them have for US.

Let's take a peek- a Red Coat hiding under that Armani Suit? The Neo Cons, and their Corp buddies, have re created the socio economics of 'Merry Ol England' and they should be charged accordingly. High Treason.

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Hey! My Name Is Richard Scott Too. Can I Kill Him And Assume His Identity?
Posted by: Ishmael1 on Dec 22, 2009 3:37 AM   
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Yep. My name is Rich Scott. The only difference between me and him is I'm broke, out of work and have no health insurance. Can I kill him and assume his identity? I promise to open up Healthsouth to all with no preexisting conditions and I'll do the job for 50k a year. That's all I need and the company savings from my salary will help lower premiums for everybody. I also believe that EVERYBODY deserves decent health care.

Of course, it wouldn't be me who actually iced the SOB. It would be the Samuel Brannan Memorial Committee of Vigilance.

San Francisco Committees Of Vigilance

I grew up in the SF Bay Area and I echo the cry of my fellow Brothers of Equal Indignity of the Ancient & Honorable Order of E. Clampus Vitus:

Hang The Bastard!

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Larry Silverstein for
Posted by: weathered on Dec 22, 2009 3:38 AM   
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capitalizing on the deaths of over 3k people murdered on his watch.

Indict him, he's dirty.

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Oops! Hosed The Link.
Posted by: Ishmael1 on Dec 22, 2009 3:41 AM   
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Ten Dollars
Posted by: David'Z RantZ on Dec 22, 2009 3:48 AM   
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I assume that "[Richard Scott] left with a $10 severance package and stock worth $300 million..." (italics mine) was a typo? Too bad.

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The worshippers of the State.
Posted by: Livemike on Dec 22, 2009 4:25 AM   
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So let me get this straight, Andrew Hall, one of the few people in Citigroup actually making a profit, wants to be paid according to his contract. That makes him greedy. Why because parasites who've never made a profit in their lives are upset over the complete irrelevancy of executive pay? He's quite right to say "Screw Washington, I want my money" and you would too. He's supposed to give up 8 figures because his incompetent bosses would look bad in front of sleazy politicians who won't attack the real cause of the crisis - because it's them.

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An obscene mind like yours wouldn't be able to detect obscene profits.
Posted by: Wayne Etheridge on Dec 22, 2009 5:07 AM   
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Even if true capitalism did not allow bailouts for dodo birds, I'd rather take socialism over capitalism everyday fuck fart.

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If they did it illegally, unethically, and secretly which has all been proven, then your wrong.
Posted by: Prophit0 on Dec 22, 2009 5:19 AM   
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If they got that pay for destroying instead of building up the economy, if they got that pay for colluding in violation of the Sherman Antitrust act, if they got that pay for murdering our citizens intentionally and making profits by destroying, then its not a free market and when access to that market is limited only to those who are big enough to play in it, then its not a free market.

You are getting "FACISM MIXED UP WITH CAPITALISM" and thus ill defining a free market.

When the CORPORATIONS TELL YOU WHAT YOU "CAN" BUY INSTEAD OF HTE MARKET CONSUMERS SAYING WHAT THEY "WANT" TO BUY, THEN ITS A CLOSED FIXED AND HIGHLY CONTROLLED MARKET.

So, educate yourself before pontificating from on high.

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You...
Posted by: Tweck9 on Dec 22, 2009 8:18 AM   
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are a moron.

Thanks.

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It seems you do not even know what "true capitalism" is Honky.
Posted by: Quist on Dec 22, 2009 10:54 AM   
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This country is not a true capitalist nation and never has been. This country was predominantly a state capitalist system until the Great Depression where this nation was moving slowly towards a Mixed Economy. On the flip side of the coin, this country has been moving quickly towards a mix of corporatism/fascism (as defined by Mussolini), crony capitalism, corporate welfare (corporate socialism), and a broken welfare system for the people.

Your, along with many other Americans, ignorance of economics and economic history is pathetic and dangerous.

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wrong...
Posted by: undrgrndgirl on Dec 22, 2009 6:56 PM   
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true capitalism did NOT build this country...

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What's wrong with being rich?
Posted by: wagner on Dec 22, 2009 5:17 AM   
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Hypocrisy in action: look how many of you hate the rich, meanwhile you all want to become what you hate. Look into the mirror and be honest with yourselves first before you comment on greed. Toward the end of the day I am going to show you what it means to be criminally greedy.

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Sour Grapes
Posted by: bigbrother on Dec 22, 2009 5:43 AM   
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Rupert Murdoch? for renting his yacht? Makes perfect business sense.

If it was really a list of the most greedy where is hollywood? Al Gore (making hundred of millions off his man made global warming scam), Bil Clinton? Barack Obama? (shady land deals) while his Chicago constituents lived in poverty.

Most of congress especially Pelosi who just received millions in support from one of the largest Insurance groups for dropping pressure on the public option.

THESE are the real greedy!

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Greed is merely the natural expression capitalism
Posted by: chlamor on Dec 22, 2009 6:04 AM   
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Many of the negative trends we see, such as avarice being prevalent, were the result of massive cultural conditioning, rather than of some natural, evolutionary force beyond our control. Thinking about this, would you assume that human beings are essentially greedy, struggling to compete and survive, and that more cooperative societies were nothing more than utopian dreams?

What is usually espoused is essentially the narrative of industrial society; examining the situation with the sort of blinders that every culture employs in order to perpetuate itself. These values and understanding of history, these thought patterns all reflect the world view of homo industrialis.

Mainstream Western thinkers from Adam Smith to Freud and today's academics tend to universalize what is in fact Western or industrial experience. Explicitly or implicitly, they assume that the traits they describe are a manifestation of human nature, rather than a product of industrial culture. This tendency to generalize from Western experience becomes almost inevitable as Western culture reaches out from Europe and North America to influence all the earth's people.

We see this echoed in the putrid world of the self-help industry, another cog in the machinery of the industrial corporate mentality.

Every society tends to place itself at the center of the universe and to view other cultures through its own colored lenses. What distinguishes Western culture is that it has grown so widespread and so powerful that it has lost a perspective on itself; there is no "other" with which to compare itself. It is assumed that everyone either is like us or wants to be.

No wonder so many people who are libertarians turn aside any of the larger questions about institutional injustices and power relations and simply foist all the blame, and/or credit, upon the individual. It's more of the same bullshit that says, "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps" conveniently ignoring that someone took the straps and makes you pay rent for the boots.

Serving the Master by perpetuating his myths. The Horatio Alger myth of America lives on.

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This from Vandana Shiva:

"If we are serious about ending poverty, we have to be serious about ending the systems that create poverty by robbing the poor of their common wealth, livelihoods and incomes. Before we can make poverty history, we need to get the history of poverty right. It’s not about how much wealthy nations can give, so much as how much less they can take."

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And, I think to myself of what Capt. Brown said, and think that they have forgotten it:

"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."

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What else is new?!
Posted by: X-POLYGAMIST WIFE on Dec 22, 2009 6:09 AM   
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When people don't lead, the village idiots take over.

BANKING ON HEAVEN . COM

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Now that we have their names...
Posted by: FAITHCARR on Dec 22, 2009 6:18 AM   
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We need their home addresses

Just sayin'

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Sad
Posted by: ootempo on Dec 22, 2009 6:35 AM   
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The rich just keep on gettin richer and everyone else just gets stepped on! Its the American way!

Jess
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Anyone who makes the kind of wealth these elites do, in a very, very corrupt system, must be very,
Posted by: JohnTruth2001 on Dec 22, 2009 7:20 AM   
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very corrupt themselves!

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Your kids don't have to pay for these guys....
Posted by: CB in MN on Dec 22, 2009 7:22 AM   
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Does anyone give any thought to the costs that the actions of Mr Obama and his congress are going to force all of us to pay a larger and larger percentage of our income to the government to pay for their own largess to large corporations, misguided social engineering, and a healthcare plan that STILL leaves 10% of the country with no coverage? Give yourself a LITTLE credibility and examine your idols as well as those you vilify.

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George Soros
Posted by: TagsNOLA on Dec 22, 2009 8:35 AM   
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Funny that his name should be missing from this list.

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America was founded on greed by people
Posted by: billwald on Dec 22, 2009 9:45 AM   
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who didn't want to pay taxes and who wanted to steal assets from the Indian People.

How any of you have ever turned down a raise?

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and you can thank this President for doing the same thing only bigger....
Posted by: Prophit0 on Dec 22, 2009 11:38 AM   
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.... expanded war, not contracted, more and more countries now bombed and civilians killed, in huge numbers

afghanistan

pakistan

the congo

Yesterday Yemen now has been bombed.

its us doing it, and that aint bush now, so you can't get away with not looking at the mote in our own eye while criticizing the log in someone elses.....

We are culpable if we allow this mass murder of millions of people continue. We will go down in the history books of being guilty of the same genocide that Israel will go down about in their area as well.

I do not want to be lumped with Hitler or Israel in the area of genocide. Its bad enough we have our own history of doing that to the American Indians, that we will never be able to make up to them, but at least, AS A PEOPLE, WE CAN STOP IT HERE AND NOW.

That is why I am recommending the actions that I am... AFTER THE ATTACK ON YEMEN, I REALIZED WE ARE GETTING TO THE PLACE WHERE WE HAVE NO CHOICE IF WE HAVE ANY CONSCIENCE AT ALL.

We are now and will be, if we do nothing, war criminals and are allowing crimes against humanity on the most massive scale in US and world history and if we continue we will surpass Russian during STalins time. You DO KNOW WHO STALIN WAS, RIGHT??? His kind are continuing his legacy as we speak and now we are following in his footsteps with the same people in charge.

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There's nothing wrong with
Posted by: hughesrg on Dec 22, 2009 11:04 AM   
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striving to get somewhere and make some money while you're there, but there is a fine line between earning an HONEST lucrative living and making a fortune at other's expense. What these "corporate citizens" continue to do is criminal. I will never take my company public for a number of reasons, number one being to protect my people and my company's integrity. These cocksuckers all need to choke on a bullet!

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If it weren't for Gordon Gecko who said "greed is good", where would they be today?
Posted by: Benn_Miller on Dec 22, 2009 12:19 PM   
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Our entire system is infected with greed as a disease. Every piece of legislation gets infected with one greedy thing or another. Fix the system and we won't have a top 10 to name.

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Conspicuously absent from the list is the World's greediest man: William Henry Gates III.
Posted by: GuitarBill on Dec 22, 2009 12:24 PM   
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"...To turn $100 into $110 is work. To turn $100 million into $110 million is inevitable." -- Edgar Bronfman

And Edgar Bronfman should know. After all, he's the grandson of Samuel Bronfman the wealthiest man in Canada.

That said, many people claim that Bill Gates is a "self-made man"; however, this is false. The fact is that Bill Gates is the scion of one of the wealthiest families in Washington state. Moreover, Gates was born with a multi-million dollar trust fund. In other words, he was born on third base and given a limousine ride to home plate. Moreover, his mother's connections to IBM are the stuff of [cough] legend.

Source: Why Bill Gates is Richer than You, by Philip Greenspun, professor of computer science at MIT.

Source: How to Become As Rich As Bill Gates, by Philip Greenspun, professor of computer science at MIT.

Source: Bill Gates Personal Wealth Clock, by Philip Greenspun, professor of computer science at MIT.

Your Personal Contribution to Bill Gates' fortune: $236.86.

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The Greediest Person On The Planet in 2009 is EVIL
Posted by: tony_opmoc on Dec 22, 2009 1:23 PM   
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It is not Larry Ellison. In fact I have a lot of Respect For ORACLE, much more than I have for anything Bill Gates has done...

But that Really is not the point. There is absolutely nothing wrong in starting a company up, particularly if it is a Software Company and becoming incredibly Successful and Personaly Rich.

I dont know who this person EVIL is but its not Bill Gates either.

It is someone with far more POWER and Wealth than anyone in the same league as Bill Gates and Larry Ellison or even any of The W/Bankers at least at the level to which they are visible to the public...

The Real EVIL Bastard at The Top of The Pyramid is trying to CRASH The Entire System.

Sure we need to find out who this evil bastard is.

He or She is Probably Only Human.

Tony

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Missing a special section
Posted by: reelectnoone on Dec 22, 2009 1:36 PM   
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This article does not go far enough. Greed is not always about the total amount of cash involved.

Greed is also about the way people place money ahead of other more important priorities. People who are charged ethically with a duty to do one party and who then sell out that obligation for money.

I am talking about the greed in Congress where our interests as voters and constituents are so often tossed aside to curry favor of the special interest lobby with the deepest pockets.

Congress has sold us out.

BTW I also give mention to this article with a link on my own commentary site.

Things I think About Drop by some time.

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If greed could be measured as core deceit
Posted by: weathered on Dec 22, 2009 2:03 PM   
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then put guitar swill as the most befouled poster followed by the equally contemptable encino.
They shed light on Ugly

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In The UK - You Can't Tell The Difference Between Wealth and Poverty
Posted by: tony_opmoc on Dec 22, 2009 2:54 PM   
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It is not a major issue. Well of course it is, but it is nothing like the second hand perceptions I get from people I know who have travelled to or live in America...

In England, the Poor Dress Up, and The Rich Dress Down...and We Meet in The Pub in The Middle - To See a Band or Talk Bollocks

To Give an Example...

I Was in My Local a Few Years ago watching a Band Cover Led Zeppelin..

It was Free to come in...

But this little guy was standing outside - looking through the window of the pub - at the band...

I gestured to him to come in...

But he wouldn't...

So about an hour later, after the band had finished and loads of people were coming back to our house for a party - he was still there...

And I said - Hey Mate - come back to our home for a party - and put my arm around him - and he came back...

And I was drunk and talking nonsense and he hardly said a word...

And I was sat down in my kitchen with him right next to me and he had a drink in front of him and someone asked him a question in English....

And determined that he only knew about 3 words of English...

The next day after staying the night he was on National UK TV News in a Major Music Festival in Central London...He had told us nothing much about this but my Mate Saw Him - and Went FUCK ME (My Mate is a Really Good Guitarist)

He came back very late the next night to our home and climbed into the same bed he had slept the previous night

He found a completely Naked Girl...

She screamed and said who are you?

He has invited us to his Village in The Mountains of Peru

Tony

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IT Is INCREDIBLY FUCKING HIGHLY UNUSUALLY COLD and I Feel Guilty
Posted by: tony_opmoc on Dec 22, 2009 3:32 PM   
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I was Really Looking Forward to going out Tonight To Meet My Friend Who Today Has Sold His House...

I wanted to meet him and celebrate his Release From DEBT

He was Actually CASH POSITIVE For Probably The First Time in His Adult Life....

Sure He Has Been Through Well At Least The Emotional Wars though I don't think he has actually hit anyone in anger in his life...

We all love him so

And so we were all going to tramp through the ice and snow - and I started out to test it with my two hiking sticks - one in each hand...

And I came back...

I phoned him and said sorry I don't think we are going to make it - but you are welcome to come here if you like...

Last night another of our friends turned up after over 3 hours in his car trying to travel 3 miles - and we gave him a meal.

This COLD is Highly UNUSUAL

It is Heading For -10 Degrees Tonight in Southern England..

Sure We Can Handle It - But it Should be about 50 Degrees Farenheit Now...

Maybe Jim Hansen and His Muppets Will Be On Over Christmas

In England We Talk Bollocks - But We Have Not Yet Failed To Provide Basic Services To All Our Population - which includes Energy, Food, Water and Sewage Supplies.

I find the fact that I am writing these words - as if they could ever be in doubt - and Yes I lived through Power Cuts and Candles in 1969...

We Are Better Than AMERICANS

I reckon America is Fucked

All the lights are Going To Go Out in America but English 70 year olds will get their Porn DIRECT From RUSSIA...

I reckon The Quality is Better ANYWAY

Yes I Really Did Like All The REAL GIRLS...

My Wife Didn't Get It

Tony

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destroying companies
Posted by: maxsmart on Dec 22, 2009 4:30 PM   
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That's nice and the companies probably never are the same for it as employee morale and quality and service for our entire country spirals downward as the financial experts tout the increased productivity that comes with reducing wages, downsizing and off-shoring of knowledge and experience in the name of cost cutting while giant profits still flow to the top for a while anyway. Then they skip out sometime just before the bottom falls out from under the company.
The high CEO salaries also set the scale for everyone else claiming the same competitive salaries as it goes down the line of the managerial class meanwhile everyone else is being cut back.
This kind of banana republic excessive compensation disparity between the ultra-rich and ultra-poor only goes so far before everything begins to collapse. When a business principle becomes a fixation in the face of reality it a sign of a totally dysfunction society!

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Founding Fathers
Posted by: slakkerm on Dec 22, 2009 6:05 PM   
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It is really getting late in the game and we are all tired here. The Founding Fathers had an option against their oppressors they started with the Boston Tea Party.
Have Newbie American children even heard of Thomas Paine? What is the point of all this faux "news" We are being Liebermanned by the power elite and until we figure out that one vote counts about as much as a flushable Lieberman. Nothing will change folks. What are we gonna do?

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - NUMBER 1 CHRISTMAS SONG IN THE UK
Posted by: tony_opmoc on Dec 22, 2009 6:09 PM   
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You With The Gun,

I have got my favourite toy right in front of me on my lap

No it is not my penis, nor my pussy

I have worn them down so much

But I can clearly see the keys

1-0

Most of the letters have been rubbed off by my fingers

I reckon my toy is more powerful than yours.

All yours can do is kill people

I can write words with mine

The Americans Gave

Us Rage Against The Machine

And We Voted With Money (For Charity)

Rage Against The Machine

Number 1

And So In Response I Give Our American Friends a Dot


Ginger Minger Find Her If You Can - f**k Me They Are Playing A Different Song On The Radio By Her
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Posted by: tony_opmoc on Dec 22, 2009 5:46 PM
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Now

You've Got The Love

.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nxO-yPQesA

Tony

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English Beauty is Currently Taking Place. The Words Have Not Yet Been Written Down
Posted by: tony_opmoc on Dec 22, 2009 6:52 PM   
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I Feel as If I am a Rather Older Version of Kevin Spacey except I am English and It Is Really Cold and Snowing...

And Yes Of Course My Daughter's Best Friend Was There - With Her Boyfriend

And The Three of Us Were Swinging On Our Garden Hammock - Looking at Our Fairy Garden In The Snow...

And My Son Was inside listening....

So I left the kids to get on with whatever they were doing

And then I talked to my Son

The Difference Between American Beauty and English Beauty is that although we are all in love with each other, so far as I am aware only my wife and I are having sex.

So far as I can tell - all the Kids are Innocent

They are Just So Polite and Nice

Tony

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This is Not Very Christmasy - It is Telling Americans To Fuck Off back To America and Kill Themselve
Posted by: tony_opmoc on Dec 22, 2009 8:59 PM   
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I will give you the nod once we have completed the evacuation of the USA of our Close Family and Friends

Fucking Fire Away

Do You Think Anyone Else Will Give a Fuck...

Go On You Stupid Cunts

Instead of Bombing The Rest Of The World

Fucking Shoot Yourselves

You Know Its Going To Happen

Lets Face It. The Rest Of The World are Just Telling You To Fuck Off Back To America

Bye,

Tony

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Do not forget health care executives!
Posted by: wagner on Dec 23, 2009 6:38 AM   
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More specifically, executives of major pharmaceutical companies, who are knowingly develop, manufacture and market drugs, that harm even kill people. They get away with premeditated murder for profit.

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Off with their heads!
Posted by: vertical on Dec 23, 2009 11:36 AM   
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It is sad that the rich never learn. At some point the disparity of wealth will get so bad that the poor will rise, and there will be French type revolution in America. It would be nice to see Larry's head fall to ground once it has been freed from its body.

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these 'hipsters' deserve an honorable mention
Posted by: Arakiba on Dec 26, 2009 9:03 AM   
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Scrooges.

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