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		<title>By: Penelope</title>
		<link>http://jontaplin.com/2008/09/20/paulsons-deal-breaker/comment-page-2/#comment-15495</link>
		<dc:creator>Penelope</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I commend to all: David Brooks on the Op Ed page of the New York Times today (9.23.08).  As much as I don&#039;t want to see a few CEO Fat Cats get any fatter -- though I would like to see their golden handcuffs be restructured to be entirely and immediately subject to income tax -- I am far more distressed by the thought of the absolute distruction of the checks and balances and the electoral process put in place by our very courageous and far-sighted Founders.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I commend to all: David Brooks on the Op Ed page of the New York Times today (9.23.08).  As much as I don&#8217;t want to see a few CEO Fat Cats get any fatter &#8212; though I would like to see their golden handcuffs be restructured to be entirely and immediately subject to income tax &#8212; I am far more distressed by the thought of the absolute distruction of the checks and balances and the electoral process put in place by our very courageous and far-sighted Founders.</p>
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		<title>By: Penelope</title>
		<link>http://jontaplin.com/2008/09/20/paulsons-deal-breaker/comment-page-2/#comment-15505</link>
		<dc:creator>Penelope</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I commend to all: David Brooks on the Op Ed page of the New York Times today (9.23.08).  As much as I don&#039;t want to see a few CEO Fat Cats get any fatter -- though I would like to see their golden handcuffs be restructured to be entirely and immediately subject to income tax -- I am far more distressed by the thought of the absolute distruction of the checks and balances and the electoral process put in place by our very courageous and far-sighted Founders.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I commend to all: David Brooks on the Op Ed page of the New York Times today (9.23.08).  As much as I don&#8217;t want to see a few CEO Fat Cats get any fatter &#8212; though I would like to see their golden handcuffs be restructured to be entirely and immediately subject to income tax &#8212; I am far more distressed by the thought of the absolute distruction of the checks and balances and the electoral process put in place by our very courageous and far-sighted Founders.</p>
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		<title>By: Zhirem</title>
		<link>http://jontaplin.com/2008/09/20/paulsons-deal-breaker/comment-page-2/#comment-15492</link>
		<dc:creator>Zhirem</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dan, et. al others:

Liking the reading lately. This whole shitstorm has me *quite* concerned. I do have one benefit: My wife is Taiwanese, so next time I visit my mother-in-law, I will register with their government and be granted Taiwanese citizenship. I will never revoke my American citizenship, but I must agree with others that have stated here: This is *not* the America I was born in, nor the one I grew up in, nor the one I am proud of...

But, I have been wondering about many things. Why would BlackWater have been building concentration camps in Kansas? Allegedly elsewhere as well. Could it be that they *expect* some level of civil unrest before Bust&#039;s term is done? Will there be a last-minute booga-booga-booga Nukular-powered Islamo-corporate-Nazi-Commie-pinkos-swarthy-skinned-terrorist-banditos coming to get us! Martial law is the only way, and we cannot conceivably have an *election* or honor the results of the recently held election, because that&#039;s just what the Nukular-powered Islamo-corporate-Nazi-Commie-pinkos-swarthy-skinned-terrorist-banditos want?!

What?!

Don&#039;t like the shine on my tinfoil Fedora?

;)

(In all seriousness, following the money trails has led me to some apparently cursorily-hidden truths, and the more I learn, the more concerned I get. I honestly think that some of these bastards are playing for the US to lose, because they are putting short-calls on our whole society.)

- Zhirem</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan, et. al others:</p>
<p>Liking the reading lately. This whole shitstorm has me *quite* concerned. I do have one benefit: My wife is Taiwanese, so next time I visit my mother-in-law, I will register with their government and be granted Taiwanese citizenship. I will never revoke my American citizenship, but I must agree with others that have stated here: This is *not* the America I was born in, nor the one I grew up in, nor the one I am proud of&#8230;</p>
<p>But, I have been wondering about many things. Why would BlackWater have been building concentration camps in Kansas? Allegedly elsewhere as well. Could it be that they *expect* some level of civil unrest before Bust&#8217;s term is done? Will there be a last-minute booga-booga-booga Nukular-powered Islamo-corporate-Nazi-Commie-pinkos-swarthy-skinned-terrorist-banditos coming to get us! Martial law is the only way, and we cannot conceivably have an *election* or honor the results of the recently held election, because that&#8217;s just what the Nukular-powered Islamo-corporate-Nazi-Commie-pinkos-swarthy-skinned-terrorist-banditos want?!</p>
<p>What?!</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t like the shine on my tinfoil Fedora?<br />
 <img src='http://jontaplin.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>(In all seriousness, following the money trails has led me to some apparently cursorily-hidden truths, and the more I learn, the more concerned I get. I honestly think that some of these bastards are playing for the US to lose, because they are putting short-calls on our whole society.)</p>
<p>- Zhirem</p>
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		<title>By: Zhirem</title>
		<link>http://jontaplin.com/2008/09/20/paulsons-deal-breaker/comment-page-2/#comment-15493</link>
		<dc:creator>Zhirem</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dan, et. al others:

Liking the reading lately. This whole shitstorm has me *quite* concerned. I do have one benefit: My wife is Taiwanese, so next time I visit my mother-in-law, I will register with their government and be granted Taiwanese citizenship. I will never revoke my American citizenship, but I must agree with others that have stated here: This is *not* the America I was born in, nor the one I grew up in, nor the one I am proud of...

But, I have been wondering about many things. Why would BlackWater have been building concentration camps in Kansas? Allegedly elsewhere as well. Could it be that they *expect* some level of civil unrest before Bust&#039;s term is done? Will there be a last-minute booga-booga-booga Nukular-powered Islamo-corporate-Nazi-Commie-pinkos-swarthy-skinned-terrorist-banditos coming to get us! Martial law is the only way, and we cannot conceivably have an *election* or honor the results of the recently held election, because that&#039;s just what the Nukular-powered Islamo-corporate-Nazi-Commie-pinkos-swarthy-skinned-terrorist-banditos want?!

What?!

Don&#039;t like the shine on my tinfoil Fedora?

;)

(In all seriousness, following the money trails has led me to some apparently cursorily-hidden truths, and the more I learn, the more concerned I get. I honestly think that some of these bastards are playing for the US to lose, because they are putting short-calls on our whole society.)

- Zhirem</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan, et. al others:</p>
<p>Liking the reading lately. This whole shitstorm has me *quite* concerned. I do have one benefit: My wife is Taiwanese, so next time I visit my mother-in-law, I will register with their government and be granted Taiwanese citizenship. I will never revoke my American citizenship, but I must agree with others that have stated here: This is *not* the America I was born in, nor the one I grew up in, nor the one I am proud of&#8230;</p>
<p>But, I have been wondering about many things. Why would BlackWater have been building concentration camps in Kansas? Allegedly elsewhere as well. Could it be that they *expect* some level of civil unrest before Bust&#8217;s term is done? Will there be a last-minute booga-booga-booga Nukular-powered Islamo-corporate-Nazi-Commie-pinkos-swarthy-skinned-terrorist-banditos coming to get us! Martial law is the only way, and we cannot conceivably have an *election* or honor the results of the recently held election, because that&#8217;s just what the Nukular-powered Islamo-corporate-Nazi-Commie-pinkos-swarthy-skinned-terrorist-banditos want?!</p>
<p>What?!</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t like the shine on my tinfoil Fedora?<br />
 <img src='http://jontaplin.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>(In all seriousness, following the money trails has led me to some apparently cursorily-hidden truths, and the more I learn, the more concerned I get. I honestly think that some of these bastards are playing for the US to lose, because they are putting short-calls on our whole society.)</p>
<p>- Zhirem</p>
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		<title>By: Zhirem</title>
		<link>http://jontaplin.com/2008/09/20/paulsons-deal-breaker/comment-page-2/#comment-15504</link>
		<dc:creator>Zhirem</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dan, et. al others:

Liking the reading lately. This whole shitstorm has me *quite* concerned. I do have one benefit: My wife is Taiwanese, so next time I visit my mother-in-law, I will register with their government and be granted Taiwanese citizenship. I will never revoke my American citizenship, but I must agree with others that have stated here: This is *not* the America I was born in, nor the one I grew up in, nor the one I am proud of...

But, I have been wondering about many things. Why would BlackWater have been building concentration camps in Kansas? Allegedly elsewhere as well. Could it be that they *expect* some level of civil unrest before Bust&#039;s term is done? Will there be a last-minute booga-booga-booga Nukular-powered Islamo-corporate-Nazi-Commie-pinkos-swarthy-skinned-terrorist-banditos coming to get us! Martial law is the only way, and we cannot conceivably have an *election* or honor the results of the recently held election, because that&#039;s just what the Nukular-powered Islamo-corporate-Nazi-Commie-pinkos-swarthy-skinned-terrorist-banditos want?!

What?!

Don&#039;t like the shine on my tinfoil Fedora?

;)

(In all seriousness, following the money trails has led me to some apparently cursorily-hidden truths, and the more I learn, the more concerned I get. I honestly think that some of these bastards are playing for the US to lose, because they are putting short-calls on our whole society.)

- Zhirem</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan, et. al others:</p>
<p>Liking the reading lately. This whole shitstorm has me *quite* concerned. I do have one benefit: My wife is Taiwanese, so next time I visit my mother-in-law, I will register with their government and be granted Taiwanese citizenship. I will never revoke my American citizenship, but I must agree with others that have stated here: This is *not* the America I was born in, nor the one I grew up in, nor the one I am proud of&#8230;</p>
<p>But, I have been wondering about many things. Why would BlackWater have been building concentration camps in Kansas? Allegedly elsewhere as well. Could it be that they *expect* some level of civil unrest before Bust&#8217;s term is done? Will there be a last-minute booga-booga-booga Nukular-powered Islamo-corporate-Nazi-Commie-pinkos-swarthy-skinned-terrorist-banditos coming to get us! Martial law is the only way, and we cannot conceivably have an *election* or honor the results of the recently held election, because that&#8217;s just what the Nukular-powered Islamo-corporate-Nazi-Commie-pinkos-swarthy-skinned-terrorist-banditos want?!</p>
<p>What?!</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t like the shine on my tinfoil Fedora?<br />
 <img src='http://jontaplin.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>(In all seriousness, following the money trails has led me to some apparently cursorily-hidden truths, and the more I learn, the more concerned I get. I honestly think that some of these bastards are playing for the US to lose, because they are putting short-calls on our whole society.)</p>
<p>- Zhirem</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
		<link>http://jontaplin.com/2008/09/20/paulsons-deal-breaker/comment-page-2/#comment-15490</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What I think we need in any deal is the testicles of all of the Wall Street firms involved.  Not just the toxic debt, not just the &quot;assets&quot; that aren&#039;t worth anything any more.  We want the real assets too.  So firm so-and-so needs 25 billion to bail it out?  OK we&#039;ll need 10 billion of your top-notch investment-grade assets;  &lt;i&gt;actual&lt;/i&gt; investment-grade assets, not the horseshit you&#039;ve been churning out with &quot;USDA Prime&quot; labels on it.

Don&#039;t have it?  Then sink.  Bye-bye.  Are you sure you can&#039;t afford it?  Maybe you can slash those huge executive bonuses.  Or do something, anything.  I don&#039;t care how much suffering it causes your bluebloods, the ones who pay for ad campaigns to label Obama as an elitist.  You want help, you have to cut off your cojones and give them to us, and you won&#039;t get them back until EVERY PENNY is restored, with interest.

And every so many months after a given deadline, a certain percentage of those high-grade investments not yet redeemed move from the in-pawn bin to the taxpayer-owned bin, and they&#039;ll be sold at auction and applied as tax rebates, not just for wealthy people either, but for rank-and-file Americans.  And not just thrown into the Pork-for-Piggies barrel for Congress to spend on more bridges to nowhere.

Can&#039;t afford it?  Then sink.

If the deal isn&#039;t something like this, I think I&#039;ve reached the point where it&#039;s time for civil disobedience.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I think we need in any deal is the testicles of all of the Wall Street firms involved.  Not just the toxic debt, not just the &#8220;assets&#8221; that aren&#8217;t worth anything any more.  We want the real assets too.  So firm so-and-so needs 25 billion to bail it out?  OK we&#8217;ll need 10 billion of your top-notch investment-grade assets;  <i>actual</i> investment-grade assets, not the horseshit you&#8217;ve been churning out with &#8220;USDA Prime&#8221; labels on it.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t have it?  Then sink.  Bye-bye.  Are you sure you can&#8217;t afford it?  Maybe you can slash those huge executive bonuses.  Or do something, anything.  I don&#8217;t care how much suffering it causes your bluebloods, the ones who pay for ad campaigns to label Obama as an elitist.  You want help, you have to cut off your cojones and give them to us, and you won&#8217;t get them back until EVERY PENNY is restored, with interest.</p>
<p>And every so many months after a given deadline, a certain percentage of those high-grade investments not yet redeemed move from the in-pawn bin to the taxpayer-owned bin, and they&#8217;ll be sold at auction and applied as tax rebates, not just for wealthy people either, but for rank-and-file Americans.  And not just thrown into the Pork-for-Piggies barrel for Congress to spend on more bridges to nowhere.</p>
<p>Can&#8217;t afford it?  Then sink.</p>
<p>If the deal isn&#8217;t something like this, I think I&#8217;ve reached the point where it&#8217;s time for civil disobedience.</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
		<link>http://jontaplin.com/2008/09/20/paulsons-deal-breaker/comment-page-2/#comment-15503</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What I think we need in any deal is the testicles of all of the Wall Street firms involved.  Not just the toxic debt, not just the &quot;assets&quot; that aren&#039;t worth anything any more.  We want the real assets too.  So firm so-and-so needs 25 billion to bail it out?  OK we&#039;ll need 10 billion of your top-notch investment-grade assets;  &lt;i&gt;actual&lt;/i&gt; investment-grade assets, not the horseshit you&#039;ve been churning out with &quot;USDA Prime&quot; labels on it.

Don&#039;t have it?  Then sink.  Bye-bye.  Are you sure you can&#039;t afford it?  Maybe you can slash those huge executive bonuses.  Or do something, anything.  I don&#039;t care how much suffering it causes your bluebloods, the ones who pay for ad campaigns to label Obama as an elitist.  You want help, you have to cut off your cojones and give them to us, and you won&#039;t get them back until EVERY PENNY is restored, with interest.

And every so many months after a given deadline, a certain percentage of those high-grade investments not yet redeemed move from the in-pawn bin to the taxpayer-owned bin, and they&#039;ll be sold at auction and applied as tax rebates, not just for wealthy people either, but for rank-and-file Americans.  And not just thrown into the Pork-for-Piggies barrel for Congress to spend on more bridges to nowhere.

Can&#039;t afford it?  Then sink.

If the deal isn&#039;t something like this, I think I&#039;ve reached the point where it&#039;s time for civil disobedience.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I think we need in any deal is the testicles of all of the Wall Street firms involved.  Not just the toxic debt, not just the &#8220;assets&#8221; that aren&#8217;t worth anything any more.  We want the real assets too.  So firm so-and-so needs 25 billion to bail it out?  OK we&#8217;ll need 10 billion of your top-notch investment-grade assets;  <i>actual</i> investment-grade assets, not the horseshit you&#8217;ve been churning out with &#8220;USDA Prime&#8221; labels on it.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t have it?  Then sink.  Bye-bye.  Are you sure you can&#8217;t afford it?  Maybe you can slash those huge executive bonuses.  Or do something, anything.  I don&#8217;t care how much suffering it causes your bluebloods, the ones who pay for ad campaigns to label Obama as an elitist.  You want help, you have to cut off your cojones and give them to us, and you won&#8217;t get them back until EVERY PENNY is restored, with interest.</p>
<p>And every so many months after a given deadline, a certain percentage of those high-grade investments not yet redeemed move from the in-pawn bin to the taxpayer-owned bin, and they&#8217;ll be sold at auction and applied as tax rebates, not just for wealthy people either, but for rank-and-file Americans.  And not just thrown into the Pork-for-Piggies barrel for Congress to spend on more bridges to nowhere.</p>
<p>Can&#8217;t afford it?  Then sink.</p>
<p>If the deal isn&#8217;t something like this, I think I&#8217;ve reached the point where it&#8217;s time for civil disobedience.</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Take all of the executives to Guantanomo, put them in dog cages, and let them sit there for three weeks.

Then take them back out and ask them again about their severance packages.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Take all of the executives to Guantanomo, put them in dog cages, and let them sit there for three weeks.</p>
<p>Then take them back out and ask them again about their severance packages.</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
		<link>http://jontaplin.com/2008/09/20/paulsons-deal-breaker/comment-page-2/#comment-15488</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Take all of the executives to Guantanomo, put them in dog cages, and let them sit there for three weeks.

Then take them back out and ask them again about their severance packages.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Take all of the executives to Guantanomo, put them in dog cages, and let them sit there for three weeks.</p>
<p>Then take them back out and ask them again about their severance packages.</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
		<link>http://jontaplin.com/2008/09/20/paulsons-deal-breaker/comment-page-2/#comment-15502</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Take all of the executives to Guantanomo, put them in dog cages, and let them sit there for three weeks.

Then take them back out and ask them again about their severance packages.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Take all of the executives to Guantanomo, put them in dog cages, and let them sit there for three weeks.</p>
<p>Then take them back out and ask them again about their severance packages.</p>
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