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Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:36 PM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
Say Hello to the Enemy.... Game On Motherfuckers!!Last edited Mon Nov 26, 2012, 05:26 PM - Edit history (3)
(on edit: I put the word 'Motherfuckers' back into the OP headline... the general consensus if that, in this case, the word Motherfucker is, most definitely appropriate)
This Article at Huffpo, if you haven't seen it already, is blowing up all over facebook and twitter.... I Have seen several posts over the last ten days or so on DU as well on the same topic... this article however, is putting some fuel to the fire and is starting to stir up some well deserved outrage. CEO Council Demands Cuts To Poor, Elderly While Reaping Billions In Government Contracts, Tax Breaks
link to article WASHINGTON -- The corporate CEOs who have made a high-profile foray into deficit negotiations have themselves been substantially responsible for the size of the deficit they now want closed. The companies represented by executives working with the Campaign To Fix The Debt have received trillions in federal war contracts, subsidies and bailouts, as well as specialized tax breaks and loopholes that virtually eliminate the companies' tax bills. The CEOs are part of a campaign run by the Peter Peterson-backed Center for a Responsible Federal Budget, which plans to spend at least $30 million pushing for a deficit reduction deal in the lame-duck session and beyond. During the past few days, CEOs belonging to what the campaign calls its CEO Fiscal Leadership Council (see pdf pages below listing memebrs) -- most visibly, Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein and Honeywell's David Cote -- have barnstormed the media, making the case that the only way to cut the deficit is to severely scale back social safety-net programs -- Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security -- which would disproportionately impact the poor and the elderly. As part of their push, they are advocating a "territorial tax system" that would exempt their companies' foreign profits from taxation, netting them about $134 billion in tax savings, according to a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies titled "The CEO Campaign to Fix the Debt: A Trojan Horse for Massive Corporate Tax Breaks" -- money that could help pay off the federal budget deficit. Yet the CEOs are not offering to forgo federal money or pay a higher tax rate, on their personal income or corporate profits. Instead, council recommendations include cutting "entitlement" programs, as well as what they call "low-priority spending." more Here is the LIST of all of the CEO's who will do anything to continue to steal from us: Here is their Bullshit Website http://www.fixthedebt.org/
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Say Hello to the Enemy.... Game On Motherfuckers!! (Original post) |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | OP |
NYC_SKP | Nov 2012 | #1 | |
kelliekat44 | Nov 2012 | #170 | |
Kaleva | Nov 2012 | #2 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #3 | |
Kaleva | Nov 2012 | #5 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #12 | |
RepublicansRZombies | Nov 2012 | #27 | |
WinkyDink | Nov 2012 | #67 | |
BlancheSplanchnik | Nov 2012 | #29 | |
BrainGlutton23 | Nov 2012 | #133 | |
arthritisR_US | Nov 2012 | #45 | |
LukeFL | Nov 2012 | #59 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #74 | |
gateley | Nov 2012 | #86 | |
JDPriestly | Nov 2012 | #88 | |
Zorra | Nov 2012 | #91 | |
lonestarnot | Nov 2012 | #167 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #84 | |
RepublicansRZombies | Nov 2012 | #126 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #131 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #144 | |
Zorra | Nov 2012 | #171 | |
2naSalit | Nov 2012 | #8 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #73 | |
2naSalit | Nov 2012 | #95 | |
calimary | Nov 2012 | #113 | |
chknltl | Nov 2012 | #108 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #112 | |
freshwest | Nov 2012 | #122 | |
maindawg | Nov 2012 | #127 | |
Kaleva | Nov 2012 | #128 | |
h2ebits | Nov 2012 | #152 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #159 | |
L0oniX | Nov 2012 | #4 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #17 | |
WillyT | Nov 2012 | #6 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #158 | |
patrice | Nov 2012 | #7 | |
2naSalit | Nov 2012 | #10 | |
patrice | Nov 2012 | #22 | |
Panasonic | Nov 2012 | #9 | |
2naSalit | Nov 2012 | #13 | |
rufus dog | Nov 2012 | #11 | |
DiehardLiberal | Nov 2012 | #46 | |
sakabatou | Nov 2012 | #14 | |
trueblue2007 | Nov 2012 | #33 | |
spanone | Nov 2012 | #15 | |
AAO | Nov 2012 | #21 | |
Voltaire | Nov 2012 | #16 | |
hfojvt | Nov 2012 | #18 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #77 | |
hfojvt | Nov 2012 | #94 | |
dchill | Nov 2012 | #19 | |
trueblue2007 | Nov 2012 | #36 | |
SammyWinstonJack | Nov 2012 | #79 | |
2naSalit | Nov 2012 | #96 | |
neverforget | Nov 2012 | #20 | |
DonCoquixote | Nov 2012 | #23 | |
Crowman1979 | Nov 2012 | #24 | |
2naSalit | Nov 2012 | #28 | |
druidity33 | Nov 2012 | #147 | |
forestpath | Nov 2012 | #25 | |
LenaBaby61 | Nov 2012 | #53 | |
russspeakeasy | Nov 2012 | #168 | |
ProfessionalLeftist | Nov 2012 | #26 | |
msongs | Nov 2012 | #30 | |
JEB | Nov 2012 | #31 | |
Populist_Prole | Nov 2012 | #32 | |
Webster Green | Nov 2012 | #34 | |
2naSalit | Nov 2012 | #97 | |
RepublicansRZombies | Nov 2012 | #106 | |
blkmusclmachine | Nov 2012 | #35 | |
fleabiscuit | Nov 2012 | #37 | |
DearHeart | Nov 2012 | #38 | |
bluestate10 | Nov 2012 | #41 | |
SammyWinstonJack | Nov 2012 | #80 | |
bluestate10 | Nov 2012 | #39 | |
VOX | Nov 2012 | #40 | |
Moonwalk | Nov 2012 | #42 | |
riverSdawn | Nov 2012 | #160 | |
fleabiscuit | Nov 2012 | #43 | |
silverweb | Nov 2012 | #44 | |
world wide wally | Nov 2012 | #47 | |
bluestate10 | Nov 2012 | #48 | |
HiPointDem | Nov 2012 | #49 | |
Rain Mcloud | Nov 2012 | #50 | |
Amonester | Nov 2012 | #51 | |
blackspade | Nov 2012 | #52 | |
cliffordu | Nov 2012 | #54 | |
2naSalit | Nov 2012 | #100 | |
Milliesmom | Nov 2012 | #55 | |
2naSalit | Nov 2012 | #153 | |
SariesNightly | Nov 2012 | #56 | |
Kablooie | Nov 2012 | #57 | |
WinkyDink | Nov 2012 | #68 | |
SammyWinstonJack | Nov 2012 | #81 | |
freshwest | Nov 2012 | #58 | |
LeftofObama | Nov 2012 | #65 | |
freshwest | Nov 2012 | #92 | |
LongTomH | Nov 2012 | #115 | |
freshwest | Nov 2012 | #121 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #164 | |
Tsiyu | Nov 2012 | #60 | |
limpyhobbler | Nov 2012 | #61 | |
moondust | Nov 2012 | #62 | |
Peace Patriot | Nov 2012 | #64 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #66 | |
WinkyDink | Nov 2012 | #70 | |
2naSalit | Nov 2012 | #101 | |
nashville_brook | Nov 2012 | #149 | |
ReRe | Nov 2012 | #63 | |
WinkyDink | Nov 2012 | #75 | |
2naSalit | Nov 2012 | #102 | |
geardaddy | Nov 2012 | #109 | |
hobbit709 | Nov 2012 | #69 | |
lunatica | Nov 2012 | #71 | |
WinkyDink | Nov 2012 | #76 | |
Are_grits_groceries | Nov 2012 | #72 | |
WinkyDink | Nov 2012 | #78 | |
RepublicansRZombies | Nov 2012 | #107 | |
TygrBright | Nov 2012 | #116 | |
WinkyDink | Nov 2012 | #151 | |
lbrtbell | Nov 2012 | #82 | |
raouldukelives | Nov 2012 | #83 | |
RoccoR5955 | Nov 2012 | #85 | |
JDPriestly | Nov 2012 | #87 | |
Swede Atlanta | Nov 2012 | #89 | |
savannah43 | Nov 2012 | #143 | |
JimDandy | Nov 2012 | #90 | |
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Doremus | Nov 2012 | #98 | |
bluestate10 | Nov 2012 | #118 | |
Berlin Expat | Nov 2012 | #99 | |
RepublicansRZombies | Nov 2012 | #105 | |
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CRH | Nov 2012 | #103 | |
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CRH | Nov 2012 | #140 | |
midnight | Nov 2012 | #104 | |
trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #110 | |
The Wizard | Nov 2012 | #111 | |
heaven05 | Nov 2012 | #114 | |
Hayabusa | Nov 2012 | #117 | |
Raster | Nov 2012 | #123 | |
bluestate10 | Nov 2012 | #135 | |
Initech | Nov 2012 | #124 | |
pitchforx | Nov 2012 | #125 | |
Dont call me Shirley | Nov 2012 | #129 | |
savannah43 | Nov 2012 | #130 | |
Metro135 | Nov 2012 | #132 | |
bluestate10 | Nov 2012 | #137 | |
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trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #136 | |
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Lady Freedom Returns | Nov 2012 | #139 | |
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trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #156 | |
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trailmonkee | Nov 2012 | #175 | |
SmileyRose | Nov 2012 | #177 | |
Fire Walk With Me | Nov 2012 | #178 |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:38 PM
NYC_SKP (65,232 posts)
1. K/R (nt)
Response to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 09:57 PM
kelliekat44 (6,205 posts)
170. Who has to listen to these guys? Didn't the 2012 election prove that their money
can and should be ignored? When you have it all what else do you need? Oh, I know..you need everybody else to have nothing!
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:41 PM
Kaleva (14,064 posts)
2. I won't be surprised if your OP gets alerted on for the use of that certain cuss word.
You could edit.
Response to Kaleva (Reply #2)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:46 PM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
3. suggestions... it was what came to mind.... would assholes be better? I see the word Fuck used all
the time at DU? I am seriously outraged... and that word, really hit the spot, again, any suggestions would be welcomed
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #3)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:50 PM
Kaleva (14,064 posts)
5. "assholes" ought to be fine!
While I wouldn't be surprised at all if your post will be if not already alerted on, I would be very surprised if a jury would agree to hide it as it currently is.
Good OP though! Will rec it. |
Response to Kaleva (Reply #5)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:57 PM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
12. I'm sticking with motherfuckers for now... just fits the occasion
Thanks for the heads up though....
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #12)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:31 AM
RepublicansRZombies (982 posts)
27. it really does flow just right
Response to RepublicansRZombies (Reply #27)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:19 AM
WinkyDink (43,271 posts)
67. As a student of literature, I can appreciate that!
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #12)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:39 AM
BlancheSplanchnik (12,660 posts)
29. fuckwads. shitsticks. scumbags. dickbrains. POSs. sewage. bugfuckers.
That's what comes to mind for me.....
Reprehensible wastes of oxygen. |
Response to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #29)
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Response to trailmonkee (Reply #12)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:36 AM
arthritisR_US (5,167 posts)
45. Assholes is too polite for those people, I would
not change a thing in your OP!
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #12)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:52 AM
LukeFL (574 posts)
59. Dont change it. It fits just like glove
They ARE mOtherfuckers!! I hope P. Obama do Not cave in. I hope he gibes them a fight! |
Response to LukeFL (Reply #59)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:32 AM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
74. then, motherfuckers it is!
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #12)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 10:56 AM
gateley (62,117 posts)
86. We're adults, we can handle it. We've become overly cautious -- not seeing the forest.
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #12)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:02 AM
JDPriestly (47,730 posts)
88. Actually, considering what these rich monsters want to do to elderly
people including grandmothers and mothers, the word is quite appropriate seems to me.
This is exceptional. |
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #12)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:24 AM
Zorra (24,216 posts)
91. Can't we just like, ya know, like leave our moms out this equation?
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #12)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 09:23 PM
lonestarnot (73,281 posts)
167. Some people do not appreciate the use of a perfectly good adjective/noun.
I say fuck all that nonsense.
Response to Kaleva (Reply #5)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 10:00 AM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
84. Took it out :( looks like this has too many rec's and will end up on the homepage...
motherfucker might not look so good on the Homepage
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #84)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:24 PM
RepublicansRZombies (982 posts)
126. It had that many recs because of the headline
we are who we are, and we are mad as hell! |
Response to RepublicansRZombies (Reply #126)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 05:16 PM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
131. Maybe I should put that motherfucker back then?
Response to RepublicansRZombies (Reply #126)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:39 PM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
144. I put The 'MOTHERFUCKER' Back!!!
definitely needed it |
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #144)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 10:35 PM
Zorra (24,216 posts)
171. That is just soooo cool! But how about FATHERFUCKERS? BROTHERSUCKERS? DADDYCORNHOLERS!!!
We're adults! hehheh heheh hehhehheh. |
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #3)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:54 PM
2naSalit (6,842 posts)
8. How about
neck-breathing scumsuckers? Or mother-rapers, or ugly-demon-nightmare-shitbags-from-hell...aka Wall St.?
The POS in the photo is also the one who claimed he is doing god's work by screwing everybody in the country out of their hard earned $$. He needs to be taken down several notches... Probably one of mittens' heroes. I'd love to see that one, in particular, doing the perp walk in full view of the world. Maybe this could be a case for The Hague. |
Response to 2naSalit (Reply #8)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:31 AM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
73. coincidentally, I was going to go with ugly-demon-nightmare-shitbags-from-hell.
Just not enough room in the op subject line
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #73)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:00 PM
2naSalit (6,842 posts)
95. Glad you liked that
I was laughing pretty hard when I wrote it, but make no mistake, I share your sentiment entirely! In all honesty though, it's one of my all-time favorites...
ugly-demon-nightmare-(insert your issue or epithet here)-from-hell. And for the sensitive folks you can trade the word "hell" for "outerspace". Works every time. |
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #73)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:09 PM
calimary (37,577 posts)
113. Hey, if the expletive fits, use it! I kinda like fuckstick myself!
Or needle-dick bug-fucker. Little things like that.
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #3)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:00 PM
chknltl (9,407 posts)
108. Praise, gratitude, a thought and a suggestion.
KnR for an excellent op which I intend to bookmark and share. Thank you for this material. I am ok with you changing out the word 'motherfucker' because these greedy selfish sociopaths do not deserve the joy of having sex with anyone's mother! If it were up to me and on the off chance any of them is reading my response, let me be on record with suggesting that the only ones they can go fuck is themselves.
Response to chknltl (Reply #108)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:54 PM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
112. sweet!! +1
Response to Kaleva (Reply #2)
freshwest This message was self-deleted by its author.
Response to Kaleva (Reply #2)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:34 PM
maindawg (722 posts)
127. fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
grow the fuck up
Response to maindawg (Reply #127)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:57 PM
Kaleva (14,064 posts)
128. OP modified the title as you can see.
Response to Kaleva (Reply #2)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:27 PM
h2ebits (105 posts)
152. Unable to post to my Facebook page due to vulgar heading.
Doing my own self edit. I like to post DU articles to my Facebook page but have turned down many due to unnecessary vulgar words in the heading and/or body. I won't be posting this article either--too bad.
Response to h2ebits (Reply #152)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 08:15 PM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
159. i'm sorry... debated the removal of the word... took it off and added it back...
op didn't seem right without it....
I send way more time reading DU material than fb material... still review my fb a couple times daily... but DU is way more deep and interesting, and honest... when I posted the op last night... this article mad me furious and I used the most honest word that came to me when I wrote the subject line... and motherfuckers it was! try facebooking the actual article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/25/deficit-reduction-council-fiscal-cliff_n_2185585.html?utm_hp_ref=politics and then post the thread link http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021882694 with the comment 'Discussion thread at DU' how does that sound? |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
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Response to L0oniX (Reply #4)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:00 AM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
17. I would delete your comment if I were you...
It will be alerted and deleted either way...
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:50 PM
WillyT (61,356 posts)
6. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:52 PM
patrice (47,992 posts)
7. Run us into debt, fat bonuses, take our jobs, refuse to pay your taxes, force our wages down,
fight against our health care, and social security . . . .
What better argument in support of SOCIALISM is there than the American CEO. |
Response to patrice (Reply #7)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:56 PM
2naSalit (6,842 posts)
10. I don't think there are
any arguments against socialism that would be viable at this point. We should nationalize the banks for starters.
Response to 2naSalit (Reply #10)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:09 AM
patrice (47,992 posts)
22. Since they killed Kennedy for that, we should prepare to take over D.C., nonviolentlently of course.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:54 PM
Panasonic (2,921 posts)
9. The entire group is now hereby disqualified and ordered to pay billions in additional taxes & fines
from an effort to continue to rape the poor.
Oh, an additional punishment - live like a poor man for no less than 120 days. And no cellphones or contact. Think "Life Stinks" |
Response to Panasonic (Reply #9)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:57 PM
2naSalit (6,842 posts)
13. We could completely turns tha tables on them and
nationalize the banks, it's our money anyway... then send them on a Carribean cruise to gitmo... indefinitely.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:57 PM
rufus dog (5,367 posts)
11. shit, I am going to have to cancel my XM subscriptions
That and switch my kids flights from Jet Blue to Alaska. Other than that not much of an impact for me to stay away from these companies.
Response to rufus dog (Reply #11)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:37 AM
DiehardLiberal (145 posts)
46. Shit - me, too. And I only subscribed a couple months ago..
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:58 PM
sakabatou (33,127 posts)
Response to sakabatou (Reply #14)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:53 AM
trueblue2007 (5,643 posts)
33. I JUST POSTED TO MY FACEBOOK WALL. Thanks to the info.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:58 PM
spanone (79,822 posts)
15. one douchenozzle after another.
Response to spanone (Reply #15)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:08 AM
AAO (3,300 posts)
21. Two Bain Capital fucks on their "business leadership council"!
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:59 PM
Voltaire (2,630 posts)
16. Time for a one way trip to the National Razor
for these filthy bastards
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:04 AM
hfojvt (35,595 posts)
18. game on?
Obama is fighting to give them $40 billion in tax cuts.
Yeah, sure, game on. |
Response to hfojvt (Reply #18)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:45 AM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
77. game on from all of us... fighting the bullshit... we're going to get some help....
From Obama.... I think he had his heart and mind in the right place.... Once he realizes who and what he needs to be protecting... It'll be game on from him too... I have a good feeling about this next round of fisticuffs....
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #77)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:55 AM
hfojvt (35,595 posts)
94. I don't have a good feeling about it
I don't even like what Obama says he will fight for http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021880321#post3
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:05 AM
dchill (8,197 posts)
19. Blatant rapists...
flaunting their perversion. Economic extortionists making their threats. Kidnappers making their ransom demands.
But who can stop them? |
Response to dchill (Reply #19)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:57 AM
trueblue2007 (5,643 posts)
And now they want to cut Social Security, NO, NO AND NO!! I say BRING IT ON UGLY. It is pretty bad when a news article makes ME CRY.
Response to dchill (Reply #19)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:57 AM
SammyWinstonJack (36,622 posts)
79. Not who can but who will?
Don't look for the billionaires/millionaires congresscritters to make an effort in that directions. They are only out for themselves and we aren't on their radar, at least not until the next election.
Response to SammyWinstonJack (Reply #79)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:07 PM
2naSalit (6,842 posts)
96. Oh they've got us on their radar alright...
we just happen to look like pixelated out worker drones that only require the crack o' the whip and nothing more... eventually we drop dead and they put our children in our places. It's really very simple, their problem is that a fair number of us have a clue about what they're trying to do and that we know we have rights, so far at least.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:06 AM
neverforget (8,096 posts)
20. The "I got mine!" crowd telling us peons that a lump of coal is good enough
for us to get by in life.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:10 AM
DonCoquixote (8,898 posts)
23. Just look at this
as a list of people whose products are not to be bought.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:17 AM
Crowman1979 (3,516 posts)
24. Time to start learning Linux.
Especially since the top scumbags from Microsoft are on this list.
Response to Crowman1979 (Reply #24)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:39 AM
2naSalit (6,842 posts)
28. Ha!
It's just about every big business in the country. All our cellphones, laptops, most communications entities and banks... Most of them. So we need a solution set and go for it.
Maybe we should create a new currency that is of no use to them. It would be hard but localize and socialize everything, it would mean giving up a lot of conveniences that people have come to rely on... but that was the intent, to get us hooked on things we have been led to believe we can't live without. We can live without a lot of their stuff but we will have to be more willing to take care of each other more than we currently do as a society. It's not impossible, just requires a change in what we value and how we go about interacting with each other. That's what a social contract is, like the Constitution for example, and we have to get our collective mind around a more streamlined concept of freedom and responsibility to make it work, a more structured concept f what we see as our national worth. These douchebags have composed an argument for what they want, we should do the same to counter them and hold our elected officials to it... we are their employers after all. And if there should end up being some social safety net cuts even discussed, I say we start demanding that the golden parachute offered and paid for by we the people that goes to the free healthcare and pensions of our do nothing Congress be item #1 before anything else is even remotely considered. Those people get free healthcare for themselves and their families for life, and we out here in the lowly workingstiffistan get shit unless we pay the equivalent of a mortgage on a luxury trophy home just have the privilege of being denied healthcare, among other services we deserve and have worked to make possible. |
Response to 2naSalit (Reply #28)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:52 PM
druidity33 (4,286 posts)
147. hear, here! I agree...
just felt i needed to add that. I felt i needed to reply based on the Congressional Healthcare issue. It's stuck in my craw for awhile now. That's pretty damn good health care and they have to serve, what 2+ terms and they get it for life? That's 5 freaking years... enough to DO ANYTHING to get a 3rd term just so they could get excellent HC forever.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:21 AM
forestpath (3,102 posts)
25. And that sleazy Ed Rendell pretends to be a Democrat when he's on MSNBC. Fucking fraud.
Response to forestpath (Reply #25)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:13 AM
LenaBaby61 (29 posts)
53. I've never really....
Been what you'd call a "big" Ed Rendell fan for this very reason....
Response to forestpath (Reply #25)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 09:26 PM
russspeakeasy (6,525 posts)
168. He is a for real "slug".
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:22 AM
ProfessionalLeftist (4,982 posts)
26. I noticed BAIN is on that scumbucket list. n/t
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:42 AM
msongs (35,505 posts)
30. the best friends of obama and the congress will not like being criticized here on DU nt
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:43 AM
JEB (3,040 posts)
31. Nearly all appear to be male.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:52 AM
Populist_Prole (4,345 posts)
32. K&R. Hey plutocrats, you want to go down swinging; but you're going DOWN!
Let the decisive battle begin.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:55 AM
Webster Green (13,902 posts)
34. We paid into those programs.
No way those assholes will take away our benefits, and get away with it.
That would leave me (and many others) with nothing left to lose, and we will start fighting them for real. Keep pushing mutherfuckers. We have just about had it with you. |
Response to Webster Green (Reply #34)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:12 PM
2naSalit (6,842 posts)
97. I'm waaaay beyond "just about had it".
Response to Webster Green (Reply #34)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:41 PM
RepublicansRZombies (982 posts)
106. they are asking for it
someone is bound to go postal with this list in hand
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:57 AM
blkmusclmachine (14,696 posts)
35. .
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:59 AM
fleabiscuit (365 posts)
37. The heard was thinned rather dramatically with ALEC and Rush following public pressure.
Can't think of why public pressure can't repeat itself with these asses. Speaking of asses, might pick off a congressman or two along the way also.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:04 AM
DearHeart (692 posts)
38. There has got to be a solution to all of this BS!!
How the HELL do you STOP THIS SHIT??? You can't just boycott these products and that's it. When is the rest of the country going to WAKE THE HELL UP??? Do we have to have 1 million, 5 million, 10 million or more, marching on DC and in every major city of this country?? Would anyone even pay attention if we did have millions in every city, protesting??
I know that I'm being a worrywart and quite possibly a drama queen here, but I'm getting seriously scared, disgusted, and actually nauseous, thinking that we're going to be sold down the river!! |
Response to DearHeart (Reply #38)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:18 AM
bluestate10 (10,942 posts)
41. I companies attempt to use money held offshore as leverage, we must force their hands.
It is better to not have jobs than to let those people keep raping the nation and average citizens. Our government must call their fucking bluff, or we must get rid of our government. Let companies take their jobs offshore, we must force them to sell all of their products offshore also while we buy products from companies that believe in and invest in this country. Economic wars go both ways, we have allowed them to run roughshod over us - where has that gotten the average person? This must end now.
Response to DearHeart (Reply #38)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 08:05 AM
SammyWinstonJack (36,622 posts)
80. The rest of the country will wake up when their earned benefits have been slashed but by then it
will be too little too late for all of us who depends solely on these programs.
Isn't that how it usually works out and exactly what these greedheads are counting on? |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:14 AM
bluestate10 (10,942 posts)
39. They couldn't buy the election, now they try this. Fuck them.
Let them spend all the money they want to, they can't buy people power. I wonder how many of those 300,000 people voted for President Obama? I am betting very fucking few of them - fuck them also. This is a battle for the very heart and soul of this country and what we will be as a nation. They have a fight on their hands and if democratic politicians think they will be allowed to give in to those motherfuckers this time, they have another thought coming.
Those people think they own everything. Our job is to hold politicians feet to the fire or end their political careers if they don't act in every day people's best interests. Their statement in the ad that the election is over, but OUR momentum - OUR momentum? Those assholes bankrolled Mitt Romney and republicans and fought us every fucking centimeter of the way to the election. Now it is time for them to make the equivalent contribution to this nation that the average person makes. Elections have consequences, losers don't set the agenda. |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:16 AM
VOX (15,742 posts)
40. These gold-plated doucherockets are the REAL "welfare queens"...
Talk about dependency on "big gub'mint." These guys are robbing the store six ways from Sunday, and the pitiful Red State denizens are carrying their water -- you know, all those craptastic lines like "heroic job creators," and "what's wrong with being successful?"
These cutthroats are ON THE DOLE, taking it from OUR pockets, and they want it ALL. |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:21 AM
Moonwalk (1,615 posts)
42. We shouldn't just list the CEO's and their companies--we should also offer alternatives....
...As with the whole Papa John's fiasco, we shouldn't just say, "Don't buy Papa John's pizza," we should also say, "Get pizza from some small, local place instead." Because part of the stranglehold these companies have is that customers are unaware of any alternatives. They advertise so much, and have so many stores that people don't think anything equal or even better exists. So if we say, "Don't by anything from Macy's" that's not good enough. We also need to say, "Try Nordstrom's instead" or something like that.
Because these CEOs are able to spew such crap because they believe not only that they are invulnerable, but that customers are enslaved to them as workers used to be enslaved to the company store. They believe that customers have no alternative or choice--or at least that customers have been brainwashed to think they have no alternative or choice. So when you make up and pass around these lists of evil CEO's and their companies--offer alternatives. Because what these arrogant asses are saying is going to make people mad, and they are going to want to avoid those companies. But doing without a flight on Jet Blue isn't going to be nearly as clear a message as doing without flights on Jet Blue in favor of flights on: (fill in the blank here of a good, undervalued, American airline). Let's not just punish the bad CEOs, let's reward the small businesses and good CEOs--and make people see that they don't have to do "without" in order to do "without." |
Response to Moonwalk (Reply #42)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 08:17 PM
riverSdawn (9 posts)
160. Right on!
Thank you Moonwalk for this awesome post. It should be it's own thread. Solutions-alternatives- hope and change.
power to the people |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:30 AM
fleabiscuit (365 posts)
43. It wouldnt hurt to incorporate a living wage into the debate/pressure.
I believe I heard on the msm this morning that the cost to the consumer for Walmart to pay its employees a living wage (generally considered to be about $12.50 an hour) would be $17 a year.
Whos keeping notes? |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:39 AM
world wide wally (1,945 posts)
47. The faces of "evil"
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:40 AM
bluestate10 (10,942 posts)
48. Leon Black, Lloyd Blankfein, Steve Ballmer, John Chambers. Check any list of big Romney
contributors and you should find those four on it. They fought us every step of the way. Why should we care what they want? Their interests have never been aligned with ours. It is time to hold our political leaders feet to the fire, we will not tolerate abandonment of us in favor of people whose actions have made them our sworn enemies. They have outsourced jobs, forced down wages, nearly bankrupted the nation. Who gives a shit about what they think? Who should?
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:50 AM
Rain Mcloud (812 posts)
50. The election is over
you lost,the people won.
We would like all our money back with the same interest that you asshats charge,does 3000% over the time to payback sound fair? That is funny,it was a steal of a deal when you had the upper hand. |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:56 AM
Amonester (11,406 posts)
51. These cRooks R stupid beyond belief! So they want customers to go away?
Is that what they want?
Didn't work back then in '29... but I guess they were not born yet? |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:04 AM
blackspade (6,021 posts)
52. Hangin's to good for 'em
Burnin's to good for 'em.
They should be torn into little bitty pieces and buried alive! [link:| |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:24 AM
cliffordu (30,673 posts)
54. Ah, the list.
Print it up. Pass it out.
Every psycho killer in america should have this. Along with their addresses. Just sayin'. |
Response to cliffordu (Reply #54)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:25 PM
2naSalit (6,842 posts)
100. ...ony problem that I can see
with that is that they already employ many psycho killers in that rarely heard of anymore institution formerly known as Blackwater. Don't forget them as they may end up doing the dirty work once the war between the people and the oligarchs heats up.
Just sayin'... |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:25 AM
Milliesmom (164 posts)
55. Hoping
I'm hoping someone will start an online ppetition and/or a march against these people. Alan Garyson anyone, Bernie Sanders? where are they?
Response to Milliesmom (Reply #55)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:27 PM
2naSalit (6,842 posts)
153. that's what OWS...
you know, Occupy Wall Street movement that was brutally evicted from many public spaces last year? Who are now on the forefront of the NYC Sandy relief operations?
For some good, honest coverage of the movement and what they are doing now... http://billmoyers.com/content/one-year-after-the-occupation/ http://billmoyers.com/content/peoples-relief/ |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:25 AM
SariesNightly (285 posts)
56. The System is Corrupted
by these degenerates
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:27 AM
Kablooie (10,944 posts)
57. I want to know WHY they are so concerned over the debt.
I'm sure it affects their profit somehow but I don't really see how.
They certainly aren't trying to bring it down so the next generation can live better. What do they get out of lower national debt? |
Response to Kablooie (Reply #57)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:21 AM
WinkyDink (43,271 posts)
68. THIS! I was just about to ask THIS! FASCISTS TRYING TO EXERT POWER OVER OBAMA!!
Response to Kablooie (Reply #57)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 08:14 AM
SammyWinstonJack (36,622 posts)
81. Their "concern" is getting their hands on the SS Trust Fund and using the debt/deficit as
scare tactics seems to work or so they believe. We shall see.
Their "concern" is greed deep and those working stiffs carrying water for these vultures need to see that. |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:35 AM
freshwest (49,359 posts)
58. Feel the love...
Last edited Fri Jun 28, 2013, 03:34 AM - Edit history (1) |
Response to freshwest (Reply #58)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:33 AM
LeftofObama (4,018 posts)
65. I have always LOVED that pic!
Perfectly describes my sentiments!
Response to LeftofObama (Reply #65)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:39 AM
freshwest (49,359 posts)
92. Yeah, can't help it, always enjoyed it. But it refers to a different generation, who *did* jump.
The misery inflicted on the world gave us the New Deal. We need the Second New Deal. Or better.
The Second New Deal is the term used by commentators at the time and historians ever since to characterize the second stage of the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In his address to Congress in January 1935, Roosevelt called for three major goals: improved use of national resources, security against old age, unemployment and illness, and slum clearance, as well as a national welfare program (the WPA) to replace state relief efforts. It is usually dated 1935-36, and includes programs to redistribute wealth, income and power in favor of the poor, the old, farmers and labor unions. The most important programs included Social Security, the National Labor Relations Act ("Wagner Act"), the Banking Act, rural electrification, and breaking up utility holding companies. Programs that were later ended by the Supreme Court or the Conservative Coalition included WPA, NYA, the Resettlement Administration, and programs for retail price control, farm rescues, coal stabilization, and taxes on the rich and the Undistributed profits tax. Liberals in Congress passed the Bonus Bill of $1.5 billion to 3 million World War veterans over FDR's veto. Liberals strongly supported the new direction, and formed the New Deal Coalition of union members, big city machines, the white South, and ethnic minorities to support it; and conservativestypified by the American Liberty League were strongly opposed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_New_Deal We need this or something like it to rise up out of the OFA organization, which has not dissolved yet: The New Deal Coalition was the alignment of interest groups and voting blocs that supported the New Deal and voted for Democratic presidential candidates from 1932 until the late 1960s. It made the Democratic Party the majority party during that period, losing only to Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956. Franklin D. Roosevelt forged a coalition that included the Democratic state party organizations, city machines, labor unions and blue collar workers, minorities (racial, ethnic and religious), farmers, white Southerners, people on relief, and intellectuals. The coalition fell apart around the bitter factionalism during the 1968 election, but it remains the model that party activists seek to replicate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal_Coalition We're dealing with the same opposing philosophies and interests now as then, except the media is in conservative hands. It makes organizing for our ideas through media very difficult. So we must go back to the grass roots to give the liberal majority in Congress. Our work is cut out for us. |
Response to freshwest (Reply #92)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:46 PM
LongTomH (5,415 posts)
115. Bookmarking for the OP and for this comment!
Thanks Freshwest for reminding us that this is a battle against an ancient enemy. Actually, in many ways, it goes back to the founding of the Nation and beyond.
Remember, the Boston Tea Party was more a revolt against the monopoly of the East India Company that it was a revolt against the British Crown. |
Response to LongTomH (Reply #115)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:21 PM
freshwest (49,359 posts)
121. Yes, I was just discussing the forces that confront us are actually the ones who opposed the nation
that the Founders sought to set the groundwork for.
But then, we should know that Rust Never Sleeps. |
Response to freshwest (Reply #121)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 08:53 PM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
164. Saw that when I was a kid - loved it
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:05 AM
Tsiyu (17,529 posts)
60. Bullies, ego-centric narcissists, outright liars
taking food out of the mouths of hungry babies and elderly people so they can have another dozen houses and cars and politicians.
I say we curse them all until they do right by this country. They are a disgrace. In other words, we need Anonymous |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:23 AM
limpyhobbler (8,244 posts)
61. k/r
It wouldn't matter if we could trust the political party that we all voted for. Nothing can pass unless they vote for it, and sign it.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:37 AM
moondust (9,723 posts)
62. Where were they circa 2000-2003?
Did they endorse and support Al Gore for President on the assumption that he would keep the Clinton/Gore surpluses rolling along which was projected to responsibly FIX THE DEBT over the course of a decade or so?
Fuck no. Did they publicly denounce the profligate Bush tax cuts which destroyed the Clinton/Gore surpluses and possibly the last best chance to responsibly FIX THE DEBT during a period of relatively good economic health? Fuck no. Were they out in the streets marching and using their loud corporate voices to lobby Congress against the unwise and unnecessary invasion of Iraq which only made the hole deeper and harder to responsibly FIX THE DEBT in an economy made sick partly because of their own selfishness and malignant greed? Fuck no. These little men and little women seem to have no shame whatsoever. |
Response to moondust (Reply #62)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:15 AM
Peace Patriot (22,090 posts)
64. Excellent comment, moondust! Where were they THEN? nt
Response to moondust (Reply #62)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:18 AM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
66. excellent point
Their bullshit of starting to get a little too obvious
Response to moondust (Reply #62)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:26 AM
WinkyDink (43,271 posts)
70. Preparing to gain trillions in the up-coming Illegal Invasion of Iraq, would be my guess.
Response to moondust (Reply #62)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:34 PM
2naSalit (6,842 posts)
101. Because it's
That American exceptionalism thing that they believe in, it's their religion and thus gives them their self appointed divine right to demand that we bow down to them and their selfish BS.
Response to moondust (Reply #62)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:09 PM
nashville_brook (19,472 posts)
149. wish i could rec this post
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:42 AM
ReRe (9,088 posts)
63. I thought I had seen madness, but nothing compares to this
Madness. I have never seen such madness in my life or read it in a book of fiction. It's diabolical. Evil incarnate. Total effing madness in the United States of America. These guys made the debt, now they need to pay for it, not the American People. If those Bush tax cuts don't pass away on New Year's Eve, with no stings attached, I say it's time to reactivate the 99% protests, only get SERIOUS. about it this time. Not just a few hundred people here or there, but hundreds of thousands of people in the streets all over this country, and especially in Washington DC. And keep it up until our demands are met. And make some GD demands!!!!!!! Be specific, GDit. Really, I look at that public pronouncement as a declaration of war by the 1% upon the 99%. Something is happening here, and I think it's perfectly clear. It's an economic war on the People of the United States of America. |
Response to ReRe (Reply #63)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:37 AM
WinkyDink (43,271 posts)
75. Because, while their primary (for bribing) domiciles might be here, the 1% ARE NOT PATRIOTS.
Last edited Mon Nov 26, 2012, 08:16 AM - Edit history (2) THEY HATE AMERICAN WORKERS BECAUSE WE GET PENSIONS!
THEY HATE AMERICAN WORKERS BECAUSE WE GET SOCIAL SECURITY! THEY HATE AMERICAN WORKERS BECAUSE WE GET A MODICUM OF HEALTH-CARE COVERAGE! THEY HATE AMERICAN WORKERS BECAUSE WE GET UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION! THEY HATE AMERICAN WORKERS BECAUSE WE GET LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR OUR WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY! THEY HATE AMERICAN WORKERS BECAUSE WE GET A GUARANTEED MINIMUM WAGE! THEY HATE AMERICAN WORKERS BECAUSE WE GET A CHANCE TO MOVE UP THE ECONOMIC LADDER! BUT MOSTLY, THEY HATE AMERICAN WORKERS BECAUSE WE GET ONE DIME TO OUR NAMES THAT THEY CANNOT REACH. MAKE NO MISTAKE: THIS IS A WAR, A GLOBAL WAR TO IMPOVERISH AMERICANS, BRITONS, and ALL EUROPEANS TO THE CONDITIONS FOUND IN GUATEMALA, INDONESIA, VIETNAM, CHINA, PAKISTAN, INDIA. |
Response to WinkyDink (Reply #75)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:37 PM
2naSalit (6,842 posts)
102. From the most memorable quote from the mouth of the $acred $hrub...
"..they hate us for our freedom."
Response to WinkyDink (Reply #75)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:14 PM
geardaddy (16,874 posts)
109. You win the thread. n/t
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:23 AM
hobbit709 (33,906 posts)
69. Assholes, each and every one of them.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:26 AM
lunatica (30,057 posts)
71. And yet people don't believe in conspiracy theories
It this isn't conspiring to fuck us over royally then I don't know what is.
If anyone thinks the Koch brothers and their ilk and people like Rove haven't been conspiring to fuck us all over then they're fucking stupid. |
Response to lunatica (Reply #71)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:38 AM
WinkyDink (43,271 posts)
76. They laughed when HRC mentioned "a vast Right-Wing conspiracy."
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:27 AM
Are_grits_groceries (15,696 posts)
72. Oh Good!!!
They kindly provided us a list of those to target with boycotts and other means.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:46 AM
WinkyDink (43,271 posts)
The chancellor may have to extend the squeeze on public spending until 2018 if the recent deterioration in growth prospects and tax receipts turns out to be permanent, a think tank has said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20470864 London (CNN) -- Amid a din of whistles and klaxons, and bearing banners emblazoned with "No cuts" and "Austerity is failing," thousands of protesters marched past London's landmarks Saturday in a show of popular anger over government cutbacks. "I don't like the government's policy, I don't think it works and I think the most vulnerable people suffer -- that's why I'm here," said one woman on the march. The planned cuts to services and payments that help the sick and disabled are "shameful," she said. Culminating in a mass rally in Hyde Park, the protest, staged by unions representing public sector workers and others, reflects a rising tide of discontent among many over the austerity measures brought in or proposed by the coalition government http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/20/world/europe/uk-anti-austerity-march/index.html http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/29/14152479-spain-portugal-hit-with-anti-austerity-protests?lite ?w=593 |
Response to WinkyDink (Reply #78)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:46 PM
RepublicansRZombies (982 posts)
107. 1%ers make their move across the globe, yet they are blaming us for buying too many houses
Or being takers, or whatever their bullshit excuse to blame the victims.
Did everyone screw up in every country? They expect us to believe 99% of us are just lazy fuckups, and they are just so smart and hard working which is why they looted every country's treasury and stuck it in the Cayman Islands and why we must now all feel the pain of what we have done. |
Response to RepublicansRZombies (Reply #107)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:58 PM
TygrBright (13,798 posts)
116. No. Iceland got it right.
They messed up, sure, riding the wave of Ponzi Street (formerly Wall Street) scams and bankster shell games. Then the balloon went up. The Oligarchs there hollered about "austerity!"
The people of Iceland said "F*** that noise. Debt forgiveness, restructuring, maintain our standard of living for the middle class. Go screw yerselves, banksters & Oligarchs." Did you hear about this? No? Gee, why not? Remind me again about the "liberal media." disgustedly, Bright |
Response to TygrBright (Reply #116)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:20 PM
WinkyDink (43,271 posts)
151. Iceland has the highest literacy rate. The 1% must hate that.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 08:25 AM
lbrtbell (2,317 posts)
82. 2 Microsoft bigwigs on the list
DO NOT buy a new computer, people! Get it fixed and install one of the many FREE Linux distributions on your PC.
Linux has many easy-to-use distros like Puppy, which can be run off a CD...you don't even have to install them! No worries about viruses, spyware, adware, as you have with Windoze. I'm using a PC that is more than a decade old. And it FLIES on Puppy Linux, much faster than it ever did on Windows 98. Micro$haft views Linux as a threat...because it is! Free yourselves from MS tyranny, and make the switch to Linux. You'll be glad you did. |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 09:36 AM
raouldukelives (3,329 posts)
83. Reads like the backbone of any sound retirement portfolio.
If we want to know who the water carriers of these corporations are, In many cases, we can just look in the mirror.
That is where the ideology rubber meets the reality highway. |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 10:20 AM
RoccoR5955 (7,879 posts)
85. I'd like to start my own campaign to fix the debt
by raising the minimum tax rate on all income over $1 million a year from any and all sources to 95%
Anyone with me? |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:00 AM
JDPriestly (47,730 posts)
87. OK, Macy's, Time Warner, State Farm to name a couple.
Cut my Social Security even just a little, and I won't be able to afford what little I purchase from you.
Multiply that times the number of seniors on Social Security and then reconsider your "solution." Bad idea. TV and cable would probably go first. Then my car. Lots of my friends don't have cars. Oh, and Macy's. You are gone. You've got lots of competition. A lot of these CEOs sell things to the elderly. And lots of consumers are elderly. As individuals we don't have much money. But as a group, we have a lot, and we sometimes help make decisions about how our children spend their money. Cut our Medicare, and our children will have less to spend on your products. You are sealing your own fate. You have the money. You have to pay the taxes. |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:19 AM
Swede Atlanta (3,596 posts)
89. Fixing the deficit should be fairly straight forward......
1. Implement the Buffet rule
2. Raise or eliminate the cap on salary subject to FICA and Medicare taxes 3. Responsibly reduce current and future expenditures on military (kill unneeded weapons programs while retaining R&D, close bases except where absolutely necessary) 4. Pass legislation that would require all expenditures for military action of any kind to be paid for with new taxes 5. Eliminate ALL corporate welfare except where incentives can be justified (e.g. promoting green energy initiatives) 6. Tie ANY future assistance to business (e.g. bailouts) to immediate termination of all executives, board of directors, etc. and forbid these individuals in serving in those capacities for any other publicly traded company for not less than 20 years 7. Immediately terminate all pensions and health care programs for members of Congress, the Executive branch and the Judiciary. These are to be replaced with Medicare/Obamacare and Social Security 8. Close all loopholes and deductions except for primary residence mortgage interest up to a maximum purchase value of $250K and charitable contributions not to exceed 10% of annual income 9. Tax religious institutions on all non-charitable work (converting people and giving them spiritual counseling is not charity) |
Response to Swede Atlanta (Reply #89)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:35 PM
savannah43 (575 posts)
143. Stop the wars. Why do taxpayers have to pay to provide cover for oil
companies? Why do US citizens have to die while doing this? No wars coupled with fair taxation of all citizens equals prosperity and more money than we know what to do with. Oh, yeah. Make lobbying illegal. That should fix quite a bit.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:20 AM
JimDandy (4,617 posts)
90. Thanks. Bookmarked. n/t
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:45 AM
Iggo (28,542 posts)
93. What a bunch of goddam emmer-effing assholes.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:21 PM
Doremus (5,351 posts)
98. That list of members is mind boggling.
Jeesus on a stick, how the hell are we supposed to fight that many fucking billionaires? It really brings it home how badly screwed we all really are.
Response to Doremus (Reply #98)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:16 PM
bluestate10 (10,942 posts)
118. We fought them in the last election and won. We can only lose if we don't pay attention. nt
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:24 PM
Berlin Expat (721 posts)
99. These clowns should be thankful I'm
not the President. They'd find letters requesting their presence...
at Guantanamo Bay. You know, for a little "friendly discussion". These fools get the old blood pressure up, that's for sure. I'd perhaps hit back with a proposal to end all manner of corporate welfare, as well as jack their corporate and personal income tax rates to 90%, and some supplementary laws forbidding them from leaving the country, shutting down, or laying off/firing any workers whatsoever under the threat of nationalization. And if they wanna go screaming, "Oh, you eeeevvvillll commie!", well, my response would be, "Buddy, you ain't see nothin' yet." |
Response to Berlin Expat (Reply #99)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:39 PM
RepublicansRZombies (982 posts)
105. +100000
Response to Berlin Expat (Reply #99)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:18 PM
bluestate10 (10,942 posts)
119. We need a dictator for 8 years. One that is Progressive and would give the added benefit
of hanging those bastards. After that, we can have a working democracy.
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:37 PM
CRH (1,483 posts)
103. Check your Christmas shopping list, ...
Check your Christmas shopping list,
And check it twice, Check the list above, See who's been naughty or nice, Make sure Santa doesn't bring their product around. Your best statement is in boycotting all their products, pinch them in the ass, where their wallet usually sits. Let what they are promoting today be a reflection of their future corporate bottom line. |
Response to CRH (Reply #103)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:20 PM
bluestate10 (10,942 posts)
120. My list includes companies that manufacture in the US. I don't think any company
on the "concerned bigwigs" list meet that criteria.
Response to bluestate10 (Reply #120)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:26 PM
CRH (1,483 posts)
140. Yep better yet, buy local, n/t
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:38 PM
midnight (25,030 posts)
104. Apparently most of congress believes in this plan too, and empowers these folks on the list.
After all our congress made out nicely while the rest of the country lost their homes, savings, and jobs....
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:50 PM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
110. updated shares
almost 17k shares and over 42k likes.... I'm glad folks are showing interest
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:52 PM
The Wizard (8,312 posts)
111. Shoot them
Shoot them all.
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:28 PM
heaven05 (8,594 posts)
114. great amerikkkan way
profit before people. Not surprised, outraged or anything. Just confirms my corporate-fascist suspicions. By getting all the cuts they want in medicare, medicaid and social security they will gain complete control of people's lives. It's a power and profit thing with the greed merchants.
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:59 PM
Hayabusa (1,991 posts)
117. Oh, look!
A nice big boycott list for those who wish to do so. I can't believe that these people can be so greedy. Then again...
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:04 PM
Raster (12,757 posts)
123. Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein = Satan in a $1,000 suit.
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 05:53 PM
bluestate10 (10,942 posts)
135. His suits surely cost more than $1,000 each. $1,000 or $10,000 suit, Fuck him. nt
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:10 PM
Initech (47,466 posts)
124. If I were in charge this type of capitalism would a class A federal felony.
Really these fucking CEOs are no better than common criminals. They just get away with it and on a grand scale. This practice of just flat out grifting should be completely illegal yet in our society not only is it common practice our stupid bullshit media encourages it.
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:20 PM
pitchforx (49 posts)
125. I call it "Supply-Side Socialism"
corporate welfare, privatization, loopholes, golden parachutes, all social engineering to coddle the rich.
Turns out hey really like "free stuff" too. meanwhile workers and consumers have built the greatest infrastructure and society in the world for them to feed on " target="_blank"> |
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 05:16 PM
Dont call me Shirley (3,958 posts)
129. Fuck the debt! And all the greedmonkeys making big $$$ from our debt!
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 05:16 PM
savannah43 (575 posts)
130. Social Security has absolutely NOTHING to do with the deficit.
It is self-supporting. If the money BushCo took from the SS fund to cover tax breaks for the wealthy was paid back, there would be not a single reason to ever mention SS again with respect to its funding. Everyone should research the facts and then keep repeating them until the MSM discusses it honestly every single day. This SS/deficit connection is one of the biggest lies in history. It is a travesty.
With respect to Medicare, everyone working or collecting it pays into the fund for it. Medicare pays 80% of "approved expenses", and the recipient of those services is responsible for the other 20%. The recipient can pay cash or purchase private insurance to cover most of the 20%. That's Medicare Part C. Part D is a private insurance purchased by the recipient that covers "approved" medications. You can also just pay cash for medications. The blood-sucking noise heard if one pays attention is the health care industry, including health care insurance, and Big Pharma literally sucking the life out of people. How is it that a patient can be charged $10,000.00 per day to simply lay in a hospital bed while being observed? No treatment, just observation. All those politicians who make an issue out of the funding of SS and Medicare are either ignorant or liars. Enough! The unmitigated greed of Wall Street and the above-mentioned corporate gangsters, lobbyists, and purchased politicians should not be tolerated another minute. Demand the truth be told and only the truth. Pass it on. |
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 05:20 PM
Metro135 (64 posts)
132. Screw Blankfein
The only thing uglier than Blankfein's face is his dry rot soul.
My company, McGraw-Hill Education, was sold to Apollo Global Management, a Bain Capital-type "business" today. The assure us there won't be any layoffs. Uh huh. |
Response to Metro135 (Reply #132)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:04 PM
bluestate10 (10,942 posts)
137. Probably a good time to assess your skill-set and evaluate your most passionate interests.
It does sound like your line of work, on the surface is tough to outsource if you aren't in some administrative function like Finance or other function that can be outsourced. If you are on the product development end or distribution, you may be in better shape. Still, do the evaluations that I mentioned above, believe me, if you do a thorough job, you will sleep better at night.
Welcome to DU. This is a good site with lots of good people. |
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 05:51 PM
bluestate10 (10,942 posts)
134. There is one company on the list that I have a monthly payment relationship with.
I have been contemplating consolidating to another company, I will go ahead and get that done. I will check the list of hotels that Starwood owns and skip booking with any of them. Marriott has been off my list for some time, due to it's robust backing of Romney.
Response to bluestate10 (Reply #134)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:00 PM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
136. a little bit at a time!!!
Hopefully it wont get so bad that you will have to start staying in youth hostels?
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #136)
Tue Nov 27, 2012, 11:31 PM
bluestate10 (10,942 posts)
176. Nah. Sleeping in a car sounds better. My youth days are over and I don't have kids. Being around
young people for anything other than business will shock my system. I respect young people, they have enormous talent. It is just that I have hit the calm stretch of my existence, young people are like active volcanoes.
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:04 PM
mojowork_n (2,332 posts)
138. In a more genteel age, it would have been automatic to add....
..."and the horses you rode in on."
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:10 PM
Lady Freedom Returns (8,215 posts)
139. ...
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:31 PM
ChaoticTrilby (211 posts)
141. I notice that Verizon and AT&T have names on that list.
Stick with T-Mobile, if you can. An interesting little story: someone close to me has worked for both T-Mobile and AT&T in rough succession when we moved from place to place. One raised her pay often, gave good benefits, and offered bonuses and gifts (including free phones!) The other raised her insurance rates every time she got a raise in pay; gave cheap, low, health benefits; and their idea of a "prize/incentive" for her superb performance was to give her either an extra hundred bucks or the "opportunity" to attend "conventions" and meet with the higher-ups...and, often, she would have had to pay to do so. Impossible standards and weak rewards. Peachy, huh? I'll let you decide which was which based on those lists up there.
Let's just say that I practically knew AT&T's CEO would be on these lists. |
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:34 PM
ThoughtCriminal (10,375 posts)
142. Larry D Fink?
OK, there's still a 12-year-old in me that can't help it.
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:43 PM
arely staircase (11,094 posts)
145. sorry motherfuckers, to be more precise
sleazy, slimy, greed head motherfuckers.
if this word get banned here in this context, the context of these particular sorry motherfucking sons of bitches, then that would be sad. these are people who want to raise taxes on the middle class and working poor by eliminating tax credits, while lowering their own already treasonous low rates (both the highest earned income, and the grotesquely low capital gains tax.) fuck them and the upper/ruling class they rise from, and their tea party useful idiots too (also motherfuckers.) |
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:51 PM
Trillo (8,546 posts)
146. Wow, that list is much like the list in
"Who runs the world"
http://planetsave.com/2011/08/28/who-runs-the-world-network-analysis-reveals-super-entity-of-global-corporate-control/ Scroll down and the top 50 companies are listed. |
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:08 PM
mostlyconfused (206 posts)
148. but who is going to take them on..
the line between government and big business is pretty blurred. If they are collaborators in the problem, it's doubtful the government will provide much of a solution.
Response to mostlyconfused (Reply #148)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:35 PM
Skittles (98,487 posts)
it is time for US to "take them on"
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:10 PM
nashville_brook (19,472 posts)
150. k and r
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:34 PM
robertpaulsen (7,681 posts)
154. Thomas F. Steyer is on this list?! Say it ain't so!
Hopefully someone will inform him what this is really about and he'll remove his support for this class rape.
Response to robertpaulsen (Reply #154)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:54 PM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
156. I am sure there are a few Dem'as on that list...
I wonder what the organizations prospectus looked like? had to be full of bs, i'm sure
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 08:07 PM
Myrina (11,294 posts)
157. Is it true that Geithner is leading the 'fiscal cliff' discussions?
I just heard it on Eliot Spitzer's show.
If that's the case, why'd we bother to vote 3 weeks ago? Every stinkin' working schmuck in America just got thrown under the bus by POTUS. |
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 08:20 PM
WHEN CRABS ROAR (3,105 posts)
161. Time for the true will of the people to be heard.
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 08:39 PM
Faygo Kid (20,829 posts)
163. I can't begin to describe the depths of my outrage.
They are shameless. I haven't been so angry about something in quite some time.
Do elections matter? We will find out. |
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 08:56 PM
fascisthunter (29,168 posts)
165. WOW... it's weird seeing actual people this full of themselves
it is absolutely incredible and remarkable that I can say that as the norm.
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 09:19 PM
IDemo (14,831 posts)
166. Calling it class war would be neither polite nor politic
It's class war.
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 09:50 PM
lib2DaBone (8,124 posts)
169. The world is controlled by a very small group of men...
Google ...Blackstone Capital, Carlysle Corporation.... Council on Foreign Relations, Federal Reserve... same names over and over.....
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:16 PM
Pakid (335 posts)
172. Looking at the list of companies who support this greedy BS
I wonder just how many of them we can put the hurts to by refusing to do any business with them And my 2 cents worth just what in the hell do these greedy SOB want, us to stave to death so they can have more money. Now I am not a violent person but I have to wonder just how much do we take before we do in fact say ENOUGH!!!! and tar and feather these pile of garbage and run them out of town on a rail
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Tue Nov 27, 2012, 09:27 AM
Hotler (4,272 posts)
173. Kicking nt
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Tue Nov 27, 2012, 12:19 PM
JackRiddler (22,073 posts)
174. The guillotine list?
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Tue Nov 27, 2012, 11:41 PM
SmileyRose (4,854 posts)
177. kick
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Wed Nov 28, 2012, 12:34 PM
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178. Kickety


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London Times /Marie Colvin | October 22 2006
AMERICAN officials held secret talks with leaders of the Iraqi insurgency last week after admitting that their two-month clampdown on violence in Baghdad had failed.
Few details of the discussions in the Jordanian capital Amman have emerged but an Iraqi source close to the negotiations said the participants had met for at least two days.
They included members of the Islamic Army in Iraq, one of the main Sunni militias behind the insurgency, and American government representatives. The talks were described as "feeler" discussions. The US officials were exploring ways of persuading the Sunni groups to stop attacks on allied forces and to end a cycle of increasingly bloody sectarian clashes with members of the majority Shi'ite groups.
According to the source, the key demand of the Islamic Army was the release of American-held prisoners in allied jails.
The Islamic Army has been held responsible for the killing of Enzo Baldoni, an Italian journalist kidnapped in Baghdad in August 2004, and the execution of three Macedonian engineers working for the American army two months later.
The talks with Sunni insurgents, a further sign that US forces in Iraq are rethinking their tactics, came amid parallel efforts to persuade Shi'ite militias to quell their own violence.
Nouri Al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister and a former Shi'ite political activist, held talks with Moqtadr al-Sadr, the radical Shi'ite cleric who leads the Mahdi Army and controls 30 of the 275 seats in the Iraqi parliament. Maliki is believed to have urged him to control his men.
But there were further clashes yesterday when gunmen loyal to Sadr fought with police near Baghdad, a day after hundreds of his militiamen attacked police stations and Iraqi forces in the south of the country.
The escalation of Shi'ite infighting in Amara, where up to 300 gunmen clashed with police, left at least 31 people dead. It is believed last week's violence was sparked by the arrest of the brother of the local leader of the Mahdi Army.
About 700 Iraqi troops were sent on Friday to restore order, but the violence highlighted the weakness of the Maliki government in keeping order as rival Shi'ite groups jostle for power. Last night it appeared that the Iraqi troops had succeeded in stopping the fighting and they were manning checkpoints around the city.
Only two months ago British troops handed Amara to Iraqi control stating that the security situation there was "relatively quiet". Yesterday the troops, based in Basra, were on standby, ready to go back in if the Iraqi army loses control.
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Men's Fashion Trends – Spring Jackets
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This year, more than ever, anyone who has had it with the wintery weather has been thinking of shedding a few layers and breaking out the clothes for warmer weather. As winter turns into spring, it will be time to replace our heavier jackets with something lighter and water resistant.
For 2014, there are a few trends that have carried through in fashion when it comes to men's spring jackets and rainwear. First, color is still dominant when it comes to clothing trends. For example, this shorter pointed collar jacket in "bubble gum" pink, the pullover ¾ zip-front jacket in tangerine, and this longer spring coat that is color-blocked in shades of blue. If you are not into the brighter range of colors, then there are also darker shades of plum and burgundy that will give your look a punch of color, but with riche tones instead. Comfort and color are available with a number of outdoor jackets from Brookes, including Workwear Jackets, 3 in 1 Jackets, and Waterproof Jackets.
How to Mix Patterns, Color in Spring Wardrobe
For men's fashion, women's fashion.
Two of the biggest trends this season for both men and women are the mixing of patterns and adding color to your wardrobe. With woman, it may be a little easier to adopt these trends because women tend to wear more patterned clothing than men and they also have the ability to add a pop of color with a hair accessory, a new handbag, or a bright pair of shoes.
However, mixing patterns and unexpected colors into a man's wardrobe can feel a little unnatural. It can be accomplished by following a few simple rules. In order for the different patterns to not compete too much, it is best to stick to a color palate that has three different colors or less. One example is this runway outfit by Viktor Rolf for Spring 2013. The total look is achieved with the colors of blues, greys, and black. If you look closely at the button-down shirt, it has a subtle, tonal design that runs in a striping pattern across the collar and down the body of the shirt. The cuffed shorts and sport coat are done in a sharp geometric pattern of greys that also pick up on the blue tones. The whole outfit is grounded nicely with a dark charcoal colored overcoat. This look may not be everyone's style, but you can follow the same principles with less bold patterns. A brand that's doing some similar matchings but in a less "avante-garde" style is jack jones uk.
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Musings on Men's Fashion – PARC 81's 2011 Spring Collection
For men's fashion.
Parc 81 is a quality brand that we here at cefashion have run contests with before. That's why I'm happy to present to you gents their spring preview video, which also features pieces from Bachrach's spring collection as well. Let us know what you think of digs – I'm pretty partial to that grey trench myself…
53. Yellow
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INFEASIBLE: Jonquil
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So it's spring and I'm sure all you pipsqueaks want to go frolic outside in green pastures under crisp the sunlight. And of course, you want your clothing to reflect your bright-eyed youthfulness and exuberance. The wonderful color yellow can help you do just that.
But not just any yellow. Take Jonquil for instance. There's something…a little ugly about this shade. At first it's hard to put one's finger on it, but do take a look at the above picture, specifically where the shadow of the sleeve falls on the shirt. Look at how dirty the yellow comes across with a hint of shade. If you were to get anything on this shirt, e.g. a coffee stain oh lord, this yellow is going just make matters so much worse. Sooooo much worse.
In addition, it's hard for me to think of any jean color to match with this shade. I encourage you, John Q Fashion, to let me know if you think you've come up with something to successfully pair it with. Until then, yuck.
Feasible: Oasis Yellow
(Brought to you by Ralph Lauren)
This yellow feels a little more "royal" to me – it's bright, it's deep, and shadow falls much more kindly on it. If it were to get dirty when you roll down the hill in a tire or a barrel or go-cart or whatever-the-fuck, it wouldn't look good dirty (I mean, we're talking about yellow here people) but it wouldn't make anyone queesey. And it would go swimmingly with a bright pair of blue jeans.


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King John (Modern)
Enter Hubert and executioners [with a rope and irons].
1571Hubert Heat me these irons hot, and look thou stand
1572Within the arras. When I strike my foot
1573Upon the bosom of the ground, rush forth
1574And bind the boy which you shall find with me
1575Fast to the chair. Be heedful. Hence, and watch.
1576Executioner I hope your warrant will bear out the deed.
1577Hubert Uncleanly scruples! Fear not you. Look too't.
[The executioners withdraw.]
1578Young lad come forth. I have to say with you.
Enter Arthur.
1580Arthur | |
Good morrow Hubert. | |
1581Hubert | |
Good morrow little prince. |
1582Arthur As little prince, having so great a title
1583To be more prince, as may be. You are sad.
1584Hubert | |
Indeed I have been merrier. | |
1585Arthur | |
Mercy on me! |
1586Methinks nobody should be sad but I.
1587Yet I remember, when I was in France,
1588Young gentlemen would be as sad as night
1589Only for wantonness. By my christendom,
1590So I were out of prison and kept sheep,
1591I should be as merry as the day is long;
1592And so I would be here but that I doubt
1593My uncle practices more harm to me.
1594He is afraid of me, and I of him.
1595Is it my fault that I was Geoffrey's son?
1596No indeed is't not; and I would to heaven
1597I were your son, so you would love me, Hubert.
1599He will awake my mercy, which lies dead.
1600Therefore I will be sudden and dispatch.
1601Arthur Are you sick Hubert? You look pale today.
1602In sooth I would you were a little sick
1603That I might sit all night and watch with you.
1604I warrant I love you more than you do me.
[To Arthur, showing him a paper]
1606Read here young Arthur. [Aside] How now, foolish rheum?
1607Turning dispiteous torture out of door?
1608I must be brief, lest resolution drop
1609Out at mine eyes in tender womanish tears.
1610Can you not read it? Is it not fair writ?
1611Arthur Too fairly Hubert, for so foul effect.
1612Must you with hot irons, burn out both mine eyes?
1613Hubert | ||
Young boy, I must. | ||
1614Arthur | ||
And will you? | ||
1615Hubert | ||
And I will. |
1618I knit my handkerchief about your brows --
1619The best I had, a princess wrought it me --
1620And I did never ask it you again.
1621And with my hand at midnight held your head,
1622And like the watchful minutes to the hour
1623Still and anon cheered up the heavy time,
1624Saying, "What lack you?" and "Where lies your grief?"
1625Or "What good love may I perform for you?"
1626Many a poor man's son would have lain still
1627And ne'er have spoke a loving word to you,
1628But you at your sick service had a prince.
1629Nay, you may think my love was crafty love,
1630And call it cunning. Do, an if you will,
1631If heaven be pleased that you must use me ill,
1632Why then you must. Will you put out mine eyes?
1633These eyes that never did, nor never shall,
1634So much as frown on you?
1635Hubert I have sworn to do it,
1636And with hot irons must I burn them out.
1637Arthur Ah, none but in this iron age would do it.
1638The iron of itself, though heat red hot,
1639Approaching near these eyes, would drink my tears,
1640And quench his fiery indignation,
1641Even in the matter of mine innocence;
1642Nay, after that, consume away in rust,
1643But for containing fire to harm mine eye.
1644Are you more stubborn-hard, than hammered iron?
1645An if an angel should have come to me
1646And told me Hubert should put out mine eyes
1647I would not have believed him. No tongue
But Hubert's. | ||
1648Hubert | ||
[Stamps his foot] Come forth! | ||
[Executioners come forward with a cord, a heated iron, and a brazier.] | ||
Do as I bid you do. |
1649Arthur O, save me Hubert, save me! My eyes are out
1650Even with the fierce looks of these bloody men.
1651Hubert Give me the iron, I say, and bind him here.
1652Arthur Alas, what need you be so boisterous-rough?
1653I will not struggle, I will stand stone-still.
1654For [god's] sake Hubert, let me not be bound.
1655Nay, hear me Hubert! Drive these men away,
1656And I will sit as quiet as a lamb.
1657I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word,
1658Nor look upon the iron angrily.
1659Thrust but these men away, and I'll forgive you
1660Whatever torment you do put me to.
1661Hubert Go stand within. Let me alone with him.
1662Executioner I am best pleased to be from such a deed.
[Exeunt executioners.]
1663Arthur Alas, I then have chid away my friend.
1664He hath a stern look, but a gentle heart.
1665Let him come back, that his compassion may
1666Give life to yours. | |
1667Hubert | |
Come, boy, prepare your self. |
1668Arthur | |
Is there no remedy? | |
1669Hubert | |
None but to lose your eyes. |
1670Arthur O heaven, that there were but a mote in yours,
1671A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair,
1672Any annoyance in that precious sense:
1673Then, feeling what small things are boisterous there,
1674Your vile intent must needs seem horrible.
1675Hubert Is this your promise? Go to, hold your tongue.
1676Arthur Hubert, the utterance of a brace of tongues
1677Must needs want pleading for a pair of eyes.
1678Let me not hold my tongue, let me not Hubert;
1679Or Hubert, if you will, cut out my tongue,
1680So I may keep mine eyes. O spare mine eyes,
1681Though to no use, but still to look on you.
1682Lo, by my troth, the instrument is cold,
1683And would not harm me.
1684Hubert I can heat it, boy.
1685Arthur No, in good sooth. The fire is dead with grief,
1686Being create for comfort, to be used
1687In undeserved extremes. See else yourself;
1688There is no malice in this burning coal.
1689The breath of heaven hath blown his spirit out
1690And strewed repentant ashes on his head.
1691Hubert But with my breath I can revive it, boy.
1692Arthur An if you do, you will but make it blush
1693And glow with shame of your proceedings, Hubert.
1694Nay, it perchance will sparkle in your eyes,
1695And, like a dog that is compelled to fight,
1696Snatch at his master that doth tarre him on.
1697All things that you should use to do me wrong
1698Deny their office: only you do lack
1699That mercy which fierce fire and iron extends,
1700Creatures of note for mercy-lacking uses.
1701Hubert Well, see to live. I will not touch thine eye
1702For all the treasure that thine uncle owes.
1703Yet am I sworn, and I did purpose, boy,
1704With this same very iron to burn them out.
1705Arthur O, now you look like Hubert. All this while
1706You were disguisèd. | |
1707Hubert | |
Peace, no more. Adieu. |
1708Your uncle must not know but you are dead.
1709I'll fill these doggèd spies with false reports;
1710And, pretty child, sleep doubtless and secure,
1711That Hubert, for the wealth of all the world,
1712Will not offend thee.
1713Arthur O heaven! I thank you Hubert.
1714Hubert Silence, no more. Go closely in with me.
1715Much danger do I undergo for thee.


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Burlesque is laughable, but not in the hah-hah sense. And it sure ain't Showgirls.
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Starring Cher, Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci and Kristen Bell. Written and directed by Steven Antin. At major theatres. 119 minutes. PG
Snobs, cynics and hussies will try to tell you that Burlesque is a farrago of atrocious acting and worse singing.
Point granted on the singing, especially when Christina Aguilera is in full bovine belch as a frustrated Iowa farm girl who moves to Los Angeles to find her inner slut. One blast of her mighty pipes could stun an advancing bull moose at 50 paces.
But the knock against her acting is a damnable lie, and the same goes for her co-star Cher, likewise no stranger to social misconduct and moose-abusing vocals. Simple logic insists that superhuman thespian abilities were required to maintain a straight face when negotiating such farcical material.
You try being Cher's Tess, co-owner of the titular Burlesque Lounge, which promises "the best view on the Sunset Strip," then fails to deliver. She's a fleshpot Norma Desmond — and working on Sunset Boulevard! — who has to mouth howlers such as telling an aspiring butt wiggler that, "Maybe you could learn from my mistakes."
It helps that Cher's face is now permanently immobile, frozen in a rictus pose that's long past second thoughts about cosmetic surgery.
And imagine Aguilera's hard labour as the naive but nubile Ali Rose, who must feign seriousness while telling everyone that her life ambition is to lacquer her face, dress like a whore and sing PG-13 facsimiles of raunchy songs to drunks. Good thing Ali's mom expired when she was 11; they don't approve of things like this down on the farm.
It's all pretty laughable (and please note that I'm kidding about the great acting), but it must be said that Burlesque is no Showgirls, that hilarious attempt at multiplex-friendly porn that killed any chance of a rational adult film rating stateside.
Burlesque writer/director Steven Antin may be one overpainted eyelash away from straight parody, and his dialogue is certainly risible, but not much of it is really funny in the hah-hah sense. Burlesque is not over the top enough to qualify it for the midnight movie hoot-fests that Showgirls enjoyed, although you can certainly see the top from here. It's more corny than campy and more silly than sexy, much more's the pity.
No one could say that Aguilera doesn't give it her all, though. This is her first real acting assignment, and by God, she's going to act.
She shimmies and shakes that bod within every inch of its cantilevered curvature. When she belts out a dominatrix number, she does so sans microphone, defying the evil bee-yatchery perpetrated by perpetually drunk rival showgirl Nikki (Kristen Bell). It's like listening to a building demolition crew at work without hearing protection.
No slouch herself in the over-emoting department, when Cher sings the Diane Warren-penned power ballad "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me," it sounds like a threat. At least she seems to realize that she's acting in trash; sadly, her role is rather compacted.
What of men, you ask? Not really wanted on the journey, but it's funny to see Stanley Tucci's gay dresser character seeming as if he was simply cut-and-pasted out of The Devil Wears Prada. You go, girl!
Studly bartender Jack (Cam Gigandet) keeps the home fires burning very, very slowly for Ali. Eric Dane gnaws foliage as a randy real estate developer. Peter Gallagher whines as Cher's ex-hubby. Alan Cumming wishes so badly he could have been Joel Grey, but he's barely in the film.
Sex and nudity? Nothing more than you'd see in a TV ad for the Bahamas, unless the sight of someone consuming a banana onstage sounds arousing.
The singing and dancing are better than in last year's unfortunate Nine, but that's not saying much. You'd expect Antin, a videographer by past profession and current inclination, to know a thing or two about movement.
But it ain't no Cabaret, or even Chicago.
Somewhere, the ghost of Bob Fosse is smirking.
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