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The First One Thing

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The First One Thing

Published: Thu, 26 Mar 2009

Description: Is America going the way of the mob?

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" Here's the one thing America is going the way of the mom. We all know that it takes power to get things done and that's why mob bosses like. Tim Geithner are looking to grab more of it. Geithner now wants the power to target any company that -- even suspects. Might hurt other companies or pose a risk to the financial system moving -- winner of talk shows will do that. He wants to take them over do things like break contracts fire people even -- all -- the company. Wow kinda sounds like -- is. Is -- may be in the Corleone administration. My father is no different than any other powerful man. Any man -- it. Responsible for of the -- senator."

" You know -- sound -- Senator isn't presidents don't have been killed."

" The the but the trip is not so fantastic men of America this is my gift to you now you have -- reason to say honey. I think for the country we should watch the godfather. Geithner already has more power than any other Treasury Secretary has ever had. Yet he still wants more the Obama administration claims that if they -- had more -- war. They'd already be able to reign in companies like AIG. You know the same way the FDIC. Can -- banks oh wait a minute hang -- with citi group in. Bank of America they're not using that power they went. For more power him. Geithner wasn't even able to foresee or stop banks from going down the tubes when he was in charge of the New York's. Said he was good guy supposed to do the overseeing -- and see it. The Barney franks and Chris Dodds in congress who by the way were also in charge of oversight for the same problems. Think that suddenly they'll all be able to master that skill and stop non financial companies from failing. Coleman -- skeptic by the way but heralding -- don't work I had -- do happen to have we have the picture. But the picture up yes so -- regulators. Geez I love these types is that you Chris Dodd. The AIG."

" mess also reveals another mob tactic we've -- we've adopted. Getting things done by using intimidation and fear the poster child Andrew Cuomo. He subpoenaed the list of AIG executives who got bonuses and even threatened to go public with a in less those executives gave back the money fully aware that there were death threats against these people. To me -- kind of sounds like this line."

" want to make a mouth again if you."

" If you threaten somebody like that be called extortion. But when your New York's attorney general well people say. Could -- do. Here's my problem -- America I think -- forgotten how this country was set up what we were founded on remember your rights come from god they come directly to you and then you lend them to the government. You can't. The government can't do things think you can't do yourself they can't manufacture -- right. That you don't have. Got it. Why are they doing it why are we allowing them to do these things. Remember lord actions quote power tends to dropped absolute power corrupts absolutely. The may be a better quote to remember is from Robert -- character in the godfather. Mystical -- that's the second thing in the once he's refused -- of us understood. --"

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