Jay Bookman

By DB, Gwinnettian

January 6, 2009 3:19 PM | Link to this

Cast your mind back to ‘79.

Now it’s you that’s threatening me…

By The Corporal

January 6, 2009 3:43 PM | Link to this

Banksters are able to hire high priced attorneys so unlike low level gansters or common criminals they are able to beat the prosecustor’s (yep that’s the correct spelling) charges.

By RealityKing

January 6, 2009 3:56 PM | Link to this

The biggest threat comes from our elected politangsters…

By Joey

January 6, 2009 3:56 PM | Link to this

Challenge, use Bankster in a sentence:

No Democrat House Member or Senator ever met a Bankster that he did not like.

By @@

January 6, 2009 4:10 PM | Link to this

How many politicians are left behind the eight ball with the banksters shot?

Again, jay……..quality vs quantity

quality vs quantity

quality vs quantity

Say it with me, jay….

quality vs quantity

By Davo

January 6, 2009 4:20 PM | Link to this

“The bankster’d up my loan application”

Lame, I know….so was the challenge.

By Davo

January 6, 2009 4:45 PM | Link to this

Relevent to this topic is this piece from the WSJ…the comments are pretty good as well. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/01/05/ron-paul-finally-gets-his-due/

Nothing to worry about from the GOP for a long time. “Yet today, the six men vying to run the Republican National Committee praised the grassroots enthusiasm Paul tapped into during his campaign—and discussed how they would like to capture that enthusiasm to expand the party’s appeal.” All they are concerned with is how he raised the money, they all go on to say that they do not support his policies. Good luck with that.

By Taxpayer

January 6, 2009 5:01 PM | Link to this

Banksters such as those that have commandeered Wall Street’s headquarters during the late 20th and early 21st Centuries leave the lowly taxpayer yearning for the good old days, now known as The (Once) Great Depression, for these arrogant and Oh, So greedy amongst us have once again proven that no matter how bad things may have been, they’re more than capable and willing to establish a yet newer and lower record for the history book and proclaim afterward with a sense of accomplishment and pride reminiscent of potty-training days, “Look What I’ve Done!” What’s left for a good parent to do at that point other than say, “Good Job,” and try to prepare for the next lesson….

By Hillbilly Deluxe

January 6, 2009 5:04 PM | Link to this

Before FDR appointed Joseph Kennedy as head of the SEC, he was a master of the stock pool.

By Hillbilly Deluxe

January 6, 2009 5:09 PM | Link to this

Sorry hit the wrong button.

Before FDR appointed Joseph Kennedy as head of the SEC, he was a master of the stock pool. That was an arrangement where a few traders conspired to inflate a stock’s price and sell just before the bubble burst.

After he became head of the SEC he oversaw the banning of this practice.

Does this make him a bankster?

[http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Joseph:P:Kennedy:Sr.html]

I hope the link works; I’ve never mastered that.

By @@

January 6, 2009 5:12 PM | Link to this

Some of Paul’s policies I embrace. Limiting government being first and foremost. His naivete on national security is a deal breaker for me.

He’s too much of an isolationist. Reality is not his strong suit. I have the same problem with the Constitution Party.

We cannot exist in a bubble without suffocating ourselves.

By @@

January 6, 2009 5:21 PM | Link to this

Hillbilly:

Does this make him a bankster?

Text “Does this make him a bankster?” enclosed in brackets…[text] immediately followed by ( with web address, then close with ). A visual:

Does this…. Notice there are no spaces.

Web address can be copied and pasted in place.

I hope that helped.

By Class of '98

January 6, 2009 5:31 PM | Link to this

Banksters at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae donated the most money to Chris Dodd (D) and Barack Obama (D).

By CommunistAJC

January 6, 2009 5:56 PM | Link to this

Jay rhymes with well…… you know what it rhymes with right, Jay?

By JAY BOOKMAN

January 6, 2009 6:15 PM | Link to this

Ray?

By Paul

January 6, 2009 6:21 PM | Link to this

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Would you mind providing a couple of examples of national security naivete? Just so we’re on the same page, I take it by “naive” you mean

showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; showing unaffected simplicity; marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training.

You sure you weren’t namejacked?

By @@

January 6, 2009 6:52 PM | Link to this

Sure thing Paul.

“There is no benefit for us to be involved in this fight over there. This thing is an entire mess. The Palestinians are in like a concentration camp. They have a few small missiles, but it’s so minor compared to the firepower of Israel, who has nuclear weapons. And they can turn off all the food and all the water….And yet we are going to have to accept some of the moral responsibility for this.”

He refers to alliances as entanglements. I think of them as someone you can count on in a pinch. If Iran refuses to comply with the international community on its nuclear development, who better to take out their sites than Israel?

Some may be reluctant to admit it, but we do have a strategic interest in the ME. It’s energy — something that both parties over the decades have failed to provide, be it from domestic drilling or alternative sources. Even with alternatives, we’ll always need oil for the by-products.

I researched products derived from oil some time back. The list was long. Vewy, vewy wong.

By Bud Wiser

January 6, 2009 7:00 PM | Link to this

A bankster is a financial prankster,

He steals money legally;

Not to be confused with a gangster;

Who will shoot you but for a fee.

By Paul

January 6, 2009 7:01 PM | Link to this

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Sorry. Just read “Paul,” backtracked, didn’t see what you were referring to, thought you meant… me. Kinda threw me after our policy discussions. But seeing how it’s Ron Paul, Libertarian, I think he illustrates very well the idea of one who takes ideology and applies it, without exception, to varied and unexpected circumstances.

As far as the energy thing, you know my view. As fast as we can do without ME oil, it’s so long, goodbye, don’t let the door hit you in the …. when we leave. And the Pelosis with no offshore drilling to placate a constituency have the effect of keeping us there longer than we need to.

That Ron Paul quote: “Germany is a defeated nation. You’ve got this crazy guy running around with his buddies in their little brown uniforms. No one takes his threats seriously.”

Funny what happens when present intent meets future capability.

By RW-(the original)

January 6, 2009 7:29 PM | Link to this

They knew they lost out

It was too good to be true

They blame the Bankster

By CommunistAJC

January 6, 2009 7:45 PM | Link to this

JAY BOOKMAN, LOL. I had to write that just to see if you’d actually respond. Ray? Not what I was thinking but I didn’t want to actually write it and get “banned” from your wonderful blogs. Again, funny response. You made me crack up laughing. Thanks Jay.