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		<title>By: Rene</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rene</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You don&#039;t get it, do you, Annie Oakley? The FED is a huge success! It took them less than 100 years to loot us, ruin our monetary system and enslave us.
All these guys in top jobs and on corporate boards, they&#039;re all in on it. 
Huge corporations bought up all the independent media, used their advertising budgets to bully the media. We have FOREIGNERS who own our major media! 
No warning about monopoly and anti-trust violations came from the media, did it?
I could go on and on.
But what we need are real solutions, not just whining or dire forecasts.
Haven&#039;t seen any yet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You don&#8217;t get it, do you, Annie Oakley? The FED is a huge success! It took them less than 100 years to loot us, ruin our monetary system and enslave us.<br />
All these guys in top jobs and on corporate boards, they&#8217;re all in on it.<br />
Huge corporations bought up all the independent media, used their advertising budgets to bully the media. We have FOREIGNERS who own our major media!<br />
No warning about monopoly and anti-trust violations came from the media, did it?<br />
I could go on and on.<br />
But what we need are real solutions, not just whining or dire forecasts.<br />
Haven&#8217;t seen any yet.</p>
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		<title>By: Deb Cupples</title>
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		<dc:creator>Deb Cupples</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good point!  ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good point!  <img src='http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Deb Cupples</title>
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		<dc:creator>Deb Cupples</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree.  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree.  <img src='http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Tony</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM<br />
PLAINS RADIO NETWORK</p>
<p>To get your New Year started with a bang, Ed will make a special announcement and expose the findings the Private Investigator from Hawaii has discovered.</p>
<p>This announcement will be posted in the chat room sometime during the hours of<br />
6PM and 10PM Central time on<br />
Wednesday, December 31, 2008</p>
<p>This is the document that we have<br />
ALL been waiting for and<br />
Plains Radio<br />
will be the one to get it to you!</p>
<p>Thank you<br />
to the many that donated to help make this wish come true. Without you and your support, we may not have seen this day come.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.plainsradio.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.plainsradio.com</a></p>
<p>Hit chat and then you may see all these radio stations hit plains radio network</p>
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		<title>By: vengance is mine</title>
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		<dc:creator>vengance is mine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SCREW STOCKHOLDERS! PROFITS                        
ARE                                LABOR                                    UNCOMPENSATED!

It is time that the overlords and criminal corporatists be put asunder....simply for the ensured survival of the human race</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SCREW STOCKHOLDERS! PROFITS<br />
ARE                                LABOR                                    UNCOMPENSATED!</p>
<p>It is time that the overlords and criminal corporatists be put asunder&#8230;.simply for the ensured survival of the human race</p>
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		<title>By: cynic</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/9631/destroying-jobs-and-draining-companies-executive-pay-other-spending/#comment-1102590</link>
		<dc:creator>cynic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Half of the market is nothing more than a Ponzi scheme, deliberately complexified to conceal its actual nature from gullible investors.  

News flash:  &lt;strong&gt;We &lt;em&gt;can not&lt;/em&gt; all get rich by taking in one another&#039;s laundry.&lt;/strong&gt;  But a lot of clever people will get rich by convincing us that this is possible.  

&lt;strong&gt;The DOW has tumbled to around 8500 because 8500 is a far truer reflection of actual value than +13000.&lt;/strong&gt;  The difference was just another bubble.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Half of the market is nothing more than a Ponzi scheme, deliberately complexified to conceal its actual nature from gullible investors.  </p>
<p>News flash:  <strong>We <em>can not</em> all get rich by taking in one another&#8217;s laundry.</strong>  But a lot of clever people will get rich by convincing us that this is possible.  </p>
<p><strong>The DOW has tumbled to around 8500 because 8500 is a far truer reflection of actual value than +13000.</strong>  The difference was just another bubble.</p>
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		<title>By: cynic</title>
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		<dc:creator>cynic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In retrospect, the first round of massive bailouts were sold to America by methodically pumping up national hysteria over what would surely happen if the administration didn&#039;t get &lt;em&gt;carte blanc&lt;/em&gt; to do whatever the hell they wanted to do.  Does this remind you of anything?  

Of course it does.  

The only difference to the sell was the object of our fear.  Simply take the conjured image of a mushroom cloud rising over the ruins of an American city that was used to sell the invasion of Iraq, and replace it with the conjured image of total economic collapse.  

The similarities don&#039;t end there, either.  Before the fact with both, we were given little in the way of specific information.  Once the go-ahead was given, we were told next to nothing concerning strategy and tactics.  And once again, afterward, nobody will tell us specifically where billions upon billions of dollars have gone.  &lt;strong&gt;By design, there is no specific mechanism to find out.&lt;/strong&gt;  

Clues abound.  

Which corporations raked in untold billions of taxpayer dollars in Iraq War contracts?  Oddly, they were big supporters of the war, before the war began. 

As someone above already asked, why do CEOs who presided over corporate disasters deserve multi-million dollar bonus packages?  Because the corporations want to keep the talent?  Exactly what talent would &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; be?  

We&#039;re apparently a nation of suckers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In retrospect, the first round of massive bailouts were sold to America by methodically pumping up national hysteria over what would surely happen if the administration didn&#8217;t get <em>carte blanc</em> to do whatever the hell they wanted to do.  Does this remind you of anything?  </p>
<p>Of course it does.  </p>
<p>The only difference to the sell was the object of our fear.  Simply take the conjured image of a mushroom cloud rising over the ruins of an American city that was used to sell the invasion of Iraq, and replace it with the conjured image of total economic collapse.  </p>
<p>The similarities don&#8217;t end there, either.  Before the fact with both, we were given little in the way of specific information.  Once the go-ahead was given, we were told next to nothing concerning strategy and tactics.  And once again, afterward, nobody will tell us specifically where billions upon billions of dollars have gone.  <strong>By design, there is no specific mechanism to find out.</strong>  </p>
<p>Clues abound.  </p>
<p>Which corporations raked in untold billions of taxpayer dollars in Iraq War contracts?  Oddly, they were big supporters of the war, before the war began. </p>
<p>As someone above already asked, why do CEOs who presided over corporate disasters deserve multi-million dollar bonus packages?  Because the corporations want to keep the talent?  Exactly what talent would <em>that</em> be?  </p>
<p>We&#8217;re apparently a nation of suckers.</p>
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		<title>By: TeakWoodKite</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/9631/destroying-jobs-and-draining-companies-executive-pay-other-spending/#comment-1102354</link>
		<dc:creator>TeakWoodKite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great to see you writing Deb Cupples. Thanks for a review, it reminds me of the Robber Barrons of the turn of the 20th century. 

Hope to see more in the New Year. Best Wishes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great to see you writing Deb Cupples. Thanks for a review, it reminds me of the Robber Barrons of the turn of the 20th century. </p>
<p>Hope to see more in the New Year. Best Wishes.</p>
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		<title>By: Sassy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sassy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How much is that &quot;talent&quot; worth when there are no markets for their products or service?
These workers who are being displaced are also the consumers!
I don&#039;t have an MBA, like &quot;W&quot;, but even this pea-brain can figure out that without a mutual pact, no company can succeed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How much is that &#8220;talent&#8221; worth when there are no markets for their products or service?<br />
These workers who are being displaced are also the consumers!<br />
I don&#8217;t have an MBA, like &#8220;W&#8221;, but even this pea-brain can figure out that without a mutual pact, no company can succeed.</p>
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		<title>By: TeakWoodKite</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/9631/destroying-jobs-and-draining-companies-executive-pay-other-spending/#comment-1102286</link>
		<dc:creator>TeakWoodKite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Notice the one female CEO is paid the least&lt;/em&gt;

And why do I have the gut feeling that this person works the hardest for it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Notice the one female CEO is paid the least</em></p>
<p>And why do I have the gut feeling that this person works the hardest for it?</p>
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		<title>By: jbjd</title>
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		<dc:creator>jbjd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>THANK YOU.  THANK YOU.  THANK YOU.  Now, please, those of you who have not heretofore considered the facts contained in this article, will you stop blaming line workers and their &#039;greedy&#039; ways for U.S. relative loss of competitiveness; or ascribing the fact that other countries enjoy product advantages over us on your bogus theory that their per unit cost is not as high due to lack of inflated labor costs, attributable, to the adverse impacts of employee unions?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THANK YOU.  THANK YOU.  THANK YOU.  Now, please, those of you who have not heretofore considered the facts contained in this article, will you stop blaming line workers and their &#8216;greedy&#8217; ways for U.S. relative loss of competitiveness; or ascribing the fact that other countries enjoy product advantages over us on your bogus theory that their per unit cost is not as high due to lack of inflated labor costs, attributable, to the adverse impacts of employee unions?</p>
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		<title>By: Annie Oakley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Annie Oakley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of all the institutional failures, I think the Federal Reserve has to be the biggest. Both Volcker and Greenspan have played central roles in creating this mess. Greenspan the bubble-blower is only outdone by Volcker who invented &quot;too big to fail&quot; starting with Continental Bank in the early 80s. Volcker also engineered the refinancing of the bad bank debt to the third world countries in workouts that were very harsh to the people of those countries but saved the big banks. We keep saving the big banks and always the rationale is because they are too big to fail. Well, it&#039;s a poor capitalism that indemnifies finance at the expense of the economy. And America never recovered from Volcker&#039;s (and Reagan&#039;s) policies which closed industry here and shipped it abroad.

I assume they will succeed, eventually, in re-inflating finance, but it won&#039;t do much for the economy most of us live in. Furthermore, the &quot;recovery&quot; will be anemic and centered on the next bubble. No real changes will take place because Obama will never step on finance&#039;s toes.

Thanks for this, Deb.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of all the institutional failures, I think the Federal Reserve has to be the biggest. Both Volcker and Greenspan have played central roles in creating this mess. Greenspan the bubble-blower is only outdone by Volcker who invented &#8220;too big to fail&#8221; starting with Continental Bank in the early 80s. Volcker also engineered the refinancing of the bad bank debt to the third world countries in workouts that were very harsh to the people of those countries but saved the big banks. We keep saving the big banks and always the rationale is because they are too big to fail. Well, it&#8217;s a poor capitalism that indemnifies finance at the expense of the economy. And America never recovered from Volcker&#8217;s (and Reagan&#8217;s) policies which closed industry here and shipped it abroad.</p>
<p>I assume they will succeed, eventually, in re-inflating finance, but it won&#8217;t do much for the economy most of us live in. Furthermore, the &#8220;recovery&#8221; will be anemic and centered on the next bubble. No real changes will take place because Obama will never step on finance&#8217;s toes.</p>
<p>Thanks for this, Deb.</p>
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		<title>By: Dormaphaea</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dormaphaea</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Corporate Person-hood: A really bad fucking idea. 

First, make all these bastards personally accountable.

Second, make them irrelevant.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Corporate Person-hood: A really bad fucking idea. </p>
<p>First, make all these bastards personally accountable.</p>
<p>Second, make them irrelevant.</p>
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		<title>By: workingclass artist</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/9631/destroying-jobs-and-draining-companies-executive-pay-other-spending/#comment-1102236</link>
		<dc:creator>workingclass artist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thanks for the article Deb...Hmmmmm...Lots to consider.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks for the article Deb&#8230;Hmmmmm&#8230;Lots to consider.</p>
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		<title>By: mountainaires</title>
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		<dc:creator>mountainaires</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, indeed, why do &lt;strong&gt;stockholders&lt;/strong&gt; not complain? 

Instead, more people buy into this rigged &quot;house&quot; game by purchasing stock in companies that pay &lt;strong&gt;outrageous&lt;/strong&gt; bonus packages to their employees. Everyone&#039;s sucked into perpetuating a scam, hoping to make money on the deal.

There&#039;s no way around it: Until people decide to &lt;strong&gt;stop buying stock in these miserable corruption scam companies&lt;/strong&gt;, these inflated bonus and benefits packages to corporate CEOs will continue.

Stop buying stock. The market is a rigged game. No one produces anything anymore except wealth redistribution.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, indeed, why do <strong>stockholders</strong> not complain? </p>
<p>Instead, more people buy into this rigged &#8220;house&#8221; game by purchasing stock in companies that pay <strong>outrageous</strong> bonus packages to their employees. Everyone&#8217;s sucked into perpetuating a scam, hoping to make money on the deal.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s no way around it: Until people decide to <strong>stop buying stock in these miserable corruption scam companies</strong>, these inflated bonus and benefits packages to corporate CEOs will continue.</p>
<p>Stop buying stock. The market is a rigged game. No one produces anything anymore except wealth redistribution.</p>
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