Boomerdog

But after six years, no indictment. Why? Bank Robbers and Politicians love banks because as Jesse James aptly put it, "That's where the money is." In all of the well meaning posts here, few if any note the US Government's culpability in all of this via The Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. All those wascaawy robber baron bankers; all of them are at fault. And please don't misunderstand me, I have no love lost for these guys. Few if any stood up to the Government and said, "Halt, this is no good, these are high risks loans that will ruin all of us just for the sake of getting people into housing who in hard reality, could not afford the mortgage in the first place." And the beat goes on. BofA folded and paid the fine for the consequences would have been criminal penalties so they looked at the actuarials and decided to cut their losses. Yet we've seen NO indictments of these Robber Barons. Many here have contempt and scorn for these people (I'm not a big fan either) but these executive bankers are far from dumb. They know the kabuki dance with the pols and they know how to play that game very well. None of them want to go to jail and they keep good records of every call, memo, conversation they have with elected leaders. They have the $$$ to buy the best lawyers and private investigators and come the day one of them is indicted, all of the records, conversations, e-mails with our elected leaders is going to come out at trial. Wall Street Bankers don't like jail; no caviar or Dom Perignon in the Big House. Senators and Members of Congress may enjoy a wide berth of criminal immunity, but the testimony will damn a lot of pols. Both sides know this, hence the kabuki dance. The financial crisis bailed out K Street and Wall Street. Main Street got royally screwed and it wasn't JUST the bankers who created this mess. If Mozilo is ever indicted, it'll be a show trial with a slap on the hands and the public gets thrown a bone so they can tell us, "Your elected leaders are watching out for you little people on Main Street." Spare me the bullshit!

A Desert Eagle .50 with hollow points and the wife will have the Mossbauer 12 gauge with 00 Buck ready to rock in roll in case the tangoe get past me.

I have no idea what their after action feelings are. However, when the cops are sued as a result of a bad best killing the innocent or getting the address wrong etc. the city i.e.the taxpayers end up with the tab. The transparency of "independent" investigations is questionable since it is usually the DA's office in conjunction with the Internal Affairs (IA) division of the Police Department that conducts the investigation. Any action no matter how large, small or farfetched is used to justify the shoot to state that deadly force was necessary as the officer(s) feared for their lives confronted with great bodily harm form the suspect(s). The bromides continue, "All we're talking about here are a few bad cops." Well if the "the thin blue line" allows the bad rotten apples to stay in the barrel, eventually the rot spreads.

Great subject to bring up Amazon. It's been a concern of mine. I hearken back to one of the early scenes in Braveheart where Uncle Argyle tells young William Wallace, "First we teach you this (and points to William's head), then we'll teach you that" (and points to the sword). The object lesson of course is that the application of deadly force requires both judgement, skill, and not to be engaged lightly. What the final investigation in Ferguson will show is still TBD but it went from zero to gun rather quickly. Did the suspect attempt to grab the officer's weapon just a short period after the initial engagement? If he did, then the suspect set the baseline terms of the rest of the engagement and we all know the results. Juxtaposed against this incident is the glaring fact that our police forces have become quite militarized and it's hard to say that when they get all dressed up if they get "in character" and start acting like a bunch of spec ops wannabes. All I know is that SWAT teams on no knock raids have caused a lot of unhappy endings compounded by the fact that bad intelligence leads them to the wrong house and the truly innocent get severely jacked up or killed. Obviously opinions do vary but all I see from the incidents reported is a higher proclivity to escalate a situation too quickly and that does not bode well for everyone involved.

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RRIIIGGGHHT you are and GOOD CATCH!!!!!!!

For you, I made an exception. Don't you feel so special?!?!?

...It's the end of the world as we know it....

Gotta love Joe Biden...

Well, you were up front and honest with the lady from the git go so nothing to be sorry about that one! Something tells me from your writing that this lady made an attempt to change you. It's one of the biggest mistakes some (not all) women make with men. They try to change them and when they finally realize the impossible effort they took on to no avail, they either leave or accept you the way you are. In this case she left...NEXT. Good luck...the love of your life is out there...somewhere!

"False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crime. — Cesare Beccaria, quoted by Thomas Jefferson Now...that shooting accident is a tragedy of this we both can agree. But the veiled message here is that ordinary common people are too dumb to take care of themselves and in so doing make tragic mistakes and I find that the height of pompous, elitist hubris.

Where's that one coming from in context to the subject? The Establishment Clause constrains Congress, not a private employer. Was a I taking about a private employer? I don't think so. Is this method legal? You might not like the style, the subject matter, the viewpoint much less agree it. Ok so someone in the press that is probably not a fan of the GOP reports this and has a hissy fit. The GOP is quite frankly rudderless and dysfunctional (IMHO) but I don't think anyone of the members of the NRCC who are Members of Congress want to go to jail...oh how the DNC and their lapdogs in the MSM would have a heyday over that one. One thing the NRCC did, had to do, was run this by their General Counsel to make sure they were not in violation of FEC laws. Personally I don't pay too much attention as I hear this stuff all the time in the local news media that is the National Capitol Region i.e Washington D.C. and after listening to a bunch of them over the years, ya get to know who's doing them and it's BOTH sides.

Refer to my response to DanG.

Please refer to my comment back to DanG. I don't chew my cabbage twice.

How could either side be criticized if this is in compliance with the law? These are ads by the National Republican Congressional Committee chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (OR-02). You can criticize the approach all you like. OK you don't have a soft spot in your heart for Republicans. Fine with me. But if FEC laws are not being broken don't be screaming foul when the other side does it. OBTW, since I do live and work in the Washington D.C. area, we see this stuff all the time by BOTH sides.

I trust that when the other side is discovered to be doing the same thing (as you allege), you will be demonstrating the same level of indignation? I won't be holding my breath.

No it does not work out the way we'd like sometimes. but for every tragedy like this there are many more would be tragedies where the innocent were saved and the perp got shot full of holes and got what they deserved...and legal too! Freedom and liberty are not perfect nor risk free!

"Higher standards?" Are you kidding. The "stuff" both sides are putting out wouldn't even rate fertilizer.

It works both ways amigo and if yout think your opinions and viewpoints make you a virtuous child of the light and those who disagree with you children of the darkness, you're sadly mistaken.

Can you say...First Amendment!

What we see is a mix equality but also uniformity, respect and deference. The leader does not overbear on the subordinate but the subordinate should never forget who the leader is. The commander of a unit, a division, an air wing, a carrier battle group, etc. is only first among equals and the real leaders i.e. the succesfull leaders know it. I had the priviledge to serve with a few years ago. Their leadership was sound, they knew who they were and that the men and women under their command was their most important resource.

General Greene was buried at Arlington National Cemetery and I'm gonna bet his marker is standard like a large majority of those buried there.

Oh you replied, I've been busy these past few days to notice. One man's opinion is another man's rant. S'pose its where one stands on the issue.

That one above doesn't even rate fertilizer. Every death of a military member KIA is a sad and serious loss. Flag Officers (Generals & Admirals) are afforded a higher level of protocol...not much but enough to recognize the fact that Flag Officers are vested with levels of responsibility well beyond the average soldier and those of us in the military wish to honor that. As a historical point of reference. Admiral Nimitz only requested his five stars be carved on his gravestone and that the stone bear the same resemblance in stale and charachter than the most junior of rank buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA. Buried next to Nimitz are Admirals Spruance, Lockwood, and Turner along with their wives. And if you read their biographies you would know these were humble men vested with great responsibility who asked for no more in death than what they asked for in life, very little but just what was needed to do their jobs. By all accounts and in the opinions of many senior military officials, Major General Greene was highly slated for higher promotion quite possibly up to four stars. We lost a good man.

Not sure the President's attendance is necessary. This was a Major General (Two Stars) and high ranking for certain but may not merit the presence of the President in accordance with protocol. Attendance of the SECDEF and the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army is probably the highest raning officials that would attend. Let's hope they did attend. It's a lock General Odierno (Army Chief of Staff) attended. All things in the balance, it's a sad loss.