Posted on 07/15/2009 10:19:26 PM PDT by FromLori
Earlier this evening as I headed back to my hotel, I passed through the mall area of the Prudential Center in Boston.
At one point, there was a kiosk in front of me that contained Russian Matryoshka dolls.
I noticed a guy hitting on the sales clerk at the doll kiosk. As I passed by, in total amazement, I heard the guy say to the girl, "Even the central banker of Italy used to work for Goldman Sachs."
Whether they know it or not, Goldman has a PR problem. When you have a guy hitting on a girl by displaying his sophistication about the world, and that sophisticated knowledge is that Goldman Sachs has penetrated every nook and cranny of government financial agencies around the world, Goldman is in trouble.
Not without justification, the masses now know that there is a revolving door between governments and Goldman Sachs. Not without justification, the masses are highly suspicious of the billions in "trading" profits Goldman has been making when most other financial firms are barely surviving on life support. They know that former Goldman CEO, Hank Paulson, as Treasury Secretary, snowed everyone who came within 30 feet of his breath.
I feel we are all in the early stages of a multi-act play. It's hard to tell how it will end, but it is clear this is a tragedy, not a comedy, that we are watching--and there will eventually be audience participation.
These are very powerful, and ominous, words.
Lori, the multi-act play will end when all of the people in the picture after your post are horizontal and at ambient temperature.
LOL. I’ve been in Galt’s Gulch since I was 50 years old in 1995.
“Won’t mean a thing until the Republicans take back the house or senate.” :(
You think that’s going to make a difference?
There IS no Republican or Democrat any more. The terms don’t mean anything.
Either you believe the state has the power, and tells individuals what rights they have, or the individuals have the power, and delegates some of that power to the government.
I’d say we live in a country where the vast majority believe the State should have the power, and should tell one group or another what power they have.
There’s only one party in Washington right now, and the same thing would be true if Republicans were running things. This is what we learned during W’s administration.
The Jews had a big PR problem during the last depression. Both Goldman and Sachs were Jews. Using capitalist companies as targets has become the more socially acceptable version of blaming the Jews.
100% correct. There is no longer any doubt that we are ruled, not represented but ruled, by a oligarchy. The two party system at the federal level is a scripted farce. The word is getting out and the people are not happy.
Must see video, great intro primer. Thanks Lori
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