@Adoucette
Retain good people? Do you realize that there were people who crashed their own business, causing unemployment for a lot of people who received bonuses? Good people are people who actually create something, people who do something, they create nothing. They simply create schemes to milk money they move money, they don't earn money. Who, except a psychopath such as yourself, would say someone is 'good' and deserves a bonus for taking their own companies to the brink of collapse? You see if Steve Jobs gave himself a bonus I would say cool because he makes something useful, keeps people employed and is the cause of innovation. A banker doesn't do that. Goldman Sachs, the destroyer of nations, doesn't do that. But you think its good for the US, as if foreclosures and massive unemployment is good for a country.
Clearly GS was not behind the global Credit Crisis, but they did get caught in it.
They did take TARP funds, but not that much, and they would have survived without it, so your analysis is way off.
The fact that they returned all their TARP funds and 23% profit by 09 does indicate that they have value as a company.
But it appears that you think Banks are worthless.
Not much I can do to educate someone who is that clueless.
Do you know GS helped create the food crises?
Demand and supply certainly matter. But there's another reason why food across the world has become so expensive: Wall Street greed.
Total BS.
As the article you posted points out:
the global financial crisis sent investors running scared in early 2008, and as dollars, pounds, and euros evaded investor confidence, commodities -- including food -- seemed like the last, best place for hedge, pension, and sovereign wealth funds to park their cash. "You had people who had no clue what commodities were all about suddenly buying commodities,"
Total BS.
GS is NOT responsible for any food crisis.
Food went up because the cost of oil went up.
Are they responsible for that too?
Where did I say that the people had a vote? I said the people stated to their representatives that they didn't want the bailout, this is why they initially voted NO! The house of representatives voted with the american people, meaning they said no because they public was telling them to say no. Where were you when all of this was going on anyway? It sounds as if you were unaware.
Not at all, they voted NO, until the bill was changed to something they could support.
It was, and on Oct 3rd they voted YES.
Yes they could have arrested him in a heartbeat.
BS
And you say its a military issue but killing americans is a civil rights issue.
No it's not.
There were Americans fighting for Germany in WW2 and killing them was NOT a civil rights issue then either and no provisions were made to avoid doing so.
You, again seem to think that because its the military that it should be outside norms and standards. Stalin felt the same.
No, the Military operates under military rules.
Nothing in the killing of this Al Qaeda soldier was against military rules.
LOL! Al qaeda uses violence against americans. When was the last time they inflicted harm on americans? When?
They are still trying.
As long as they are trying we have the right to stop them.
Dec. 25: A Nigerian man on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit attempted to ignite an explosive device hidden in his underwear. The explosive device that failed to detonate was a mixture of powder and liquid that did not alert security personnel in the airport. The alleged bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, told officials later that he was directed by the terrorist group Al Qaeda. The suspect was already on the government's watch list when he attempted the bombing; his father, a respected Nigerian banker, had told the U.S. government that he was worried about his son's increased extremism.
Dec. 30, Iraq: a suicide bomber kills eight Americans civilians, seven of them CIA agents, at a base in Afghanistan. It's the deadliest attack on the agency since 9/11. The attacker is reportedly a double agent from Jordan who was acting on behalf of al-Qaeda.
2010 May 1, New York City: a car bomb is discovered in Times Square, New York City after smoke is seen coming from a vehicle. The bomb was ignited, but failed to detonate and was disarmed before it could cause any harm. Times Square was evacuated as a safety precaution. Faisal Shahzad pleads guilty to placing the bomb as well as 10 terrorism and weapons charges.
Oct. 29: two packages are found on separate cargo planes. Each package contains a bomb consisting of 300 to 400 grams (11-14 oz) of plastic explosives and a detonating mechanism. The bombs are discovered as a result of intelligence received from Saudi Arabia's security chief. The packages, bound from Yemen to the United States, are discovered at en route stop-overs, one in England and one in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Terrorist Attacks in the U.S. or Against Americans — Infoplease.com
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001454.html#ixzz1ZpzKNmcu
In the meantime you pass a law stating now that its okay for americans to kill americans. LOL! Hysterical. Alwaki was a cleric, there is no evidence he was in al qaeda
We have passed no such law and no one disputes his role in Al Qaeda but you.
he was a senior talent recruiter and motivator who was involved with planning operations for the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda
But feel free to edit the Wiki article since you know so much more than the rest of us about him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki
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