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Gays, Minorities and Liberals Didn't Bring Down Wall Street: GOP White Males Did.

Submitted by mark karlin on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 1:34pm.

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BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG

By Mark Karlin

The threat to the white male oligarchy of the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor had gotten so out of hand that if it weren't for the inspiring drama of the Green Revolution, I might have been aphyxiated by now with the hypocrisy of it all.

Here we have the white male Republicans of Wall Street cratering our economy, only to be bailed out by middle and working class taxpayers. The Wall Street river boat gamblers lost their bets and then we gave them hundreds of billions of dollars in welfare.

But to BuzzFlash's knowledge, it wasn't the "threat" of gays, minorities, liberals, and empowered women who committed economic treason; it was due to the reckless and greedy actions of full-fledged members of the white boys club.

Ann Coulter should have directed her book "treason" at the Wall Street white male Republicans, but that wouldn't have sold many books. You got to blame the woes of America on "liberals" and a "secular society" to get those desperately seeking a scapegoat to pony up for pages upon pages of demagoguery without any basis in fact.

And let's not forget our American version of the "Supreme Commander" (the new Shah) in Iran, the self-righteous fundamentalist right. They blame the "destruction" of American society on "promiscuous sex," homosexuality, and liberals. But the last time we checked, it was the God-fearing corporatist side of the GOP that drove the U.S. economy and foreign policy into the ground.

And when you get back to Wall Street, there's nothing to beat the casino playing that left us in ruins, followed by the ultimate government lavish dole, followed by hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses for failure -- or is it economic "treason"?

The "liberal" mores of Hollywood had nothing to do with what went down in the financial markets, but it would make a good movie.

In fact, it has made a good movie.

It was called "Wall Street," and it was filmed in the Reagan era, some 20 years before the blowback of financial treason brought our nation to its knees.

And it was Republican white males -- not gays, liberals, or powerful women -- who achieved what Osama bin Laden could only dream about: crashing the American economy and weakening our nation to its core.

BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG

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Submitted by davy on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 4:53am.

Thank You for that. I nearly plutzed when I read this morning headlines. Goldman Sachs, still rubbing in in your face.

Maybe you can't see Wall Street from Chicago.

Submitted by bettysdad on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 12:27am.

Tons of women, blacks, Hispanics and Asians in very significant positions in that form of organized crime.

Veritas vs Mark Karlin

Submitted by bobert on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 8:36pm.

What causes a sick feeling in my gut is that I think Veritas is pretty close to the truth. It is becoming more and more evident that neither the Republicans nor Democrats are really working for the general well being of the working stiff in this country despite the "change" mantra during the presidential campaigns. Obama is eloquent, very intelligent and on that basis is a welcome change from the last 8 years. That being said he has not reversed the unconstitutional actions of Bush such as illegal wiretaps, rendition of prisoners. Nor has he cleaned out the U.S. prosecutor nest of Republican partisans who for example with Rove's assistance and urging prosecuted Seigleman in Arkansas. I think it was Will Rogers who said we have the best Congress money can buy. They are, with few exceptions, a bunch of whores who work for the highest bidder.

Well, only If you consider....

Submitted by veritas on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 5:14pm.

Well, Mark, you've got a point there...

....Only IF you consider Robert Rubin & Lawrence Summers to be "Republcians"!

(just to drive that point home with a 15 lb. sledgehammr, here's Robert Scheer - the great (genuine) journalist Fired from the LA Times a couple of years ago for being too critical of Bush, putting.... RUBIN & SUMMERS in his (Scheer's) list of the TOP FIVE MEN MOST RESPONSIBLE for THIS economic crisis list - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-scheer/reagan-didnt-do-it_b_210675.html
... a list that doesn't even include (g.W.)Bush!!

President Obama selecting those two FRAUD WHITEWASHING Goldman-Sachs banksters to head his "economics team" (not to mention Obama's other entitled, arrogant banksters, including rahm emanuel & timmy Geithner) is simply a DISASTER of the first order for Democratic voters & American working-stiff families & workers.

Heck, under Obama's tender mercies, Goldman Sachs in blatantly gloating about their "record profits" and bonsues THIS month - http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/21/goldman-sachs-bonus-payments
FROM THEIR LONDON offices, no less!!

Hate to break it to you, Mark, but the "GOP White Male" enablers of Wall Street financial thuggery now includes not only the
Rubin/Summers/Emanuel/Geithner "economics"crew, but now their not-so-White, ostensibly "Democrat" boss in the White House as well!.
(just to hammer THAT point home with a sledgehammer, OF COURSE this
quarter's 'fantastic" G-S "profits" & bonuses are a product of ONE thing, and one thing ONLY:
the HUNDREDS of BILLIONS upon THIRTEEN TRILLION U.S. taxpayer dollars our "Democrat" "leaders" and Congress have handed over to Wall Street, in form of both overt and "back door" bailouts, over the past dozen+ months.)

Speaking of "Rubin & Summers are typical DINO 'Democrats'," aka closet Republicans, just like CORPORATE LOBBYIST Tom Daschle, and Industry HIT-MAN Senator Max Baucus, here is former Goldman Sachs trader Jim Cramer exhibiting Goldman's REAL appreciation for their bought-and-owned "Democrat" president:
"Everybody wishes Obama WOULD JUST GO AWAY."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/18/jim-cramer-everybody-wish_n_217566.html

THAT's the thanks the GS & Wall St. banksters give to the president who is handing them tens of billions upon trillions of US taxpayer dollars, keeping every dime OFF THE BOOKS, NO ACCOUNTING, NO audits, NO oversight, and, heavens forbid, NO PROSECUTIONS FOR FINANCIAL FRAUD: "THANKS FOR NOTHING, chump!"

President Obama, for all his alleged "Constitutional law professor" 'brilliance,' is taking his "enemy combatants" designation (and treatment) for captured prisoners DIRECTLY from the BUSH-CHENEY-GONZALES-MUKASEY playbook, and Mr. Obama is also taking his economic orders directly from the banksters who caused this economic crisis, & who are now practically WALLOWING in the loot they have stolen from American taxpayers - which they BLATANTLY OFFSHORE to their LONDON branch!!!!

Pres.O is ENABLING his enemies, and pushing the entire Demcoratic Party in the mud as he does so, and Buzzflash is still beating on pale white men from the disgraced & out of power party!!

Racism is racism

Submitted by jeremyg on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 4:15pm.

Demonizing white males is as wrong as demonizing any other sex and race. Shame on you. Let's start judging people by their ideas, and not by the color of their skin. Am I the only one who finds it intellectually dishonest to compare white males to Osama bin Laden and the Shah of Iran? Is this what passes for discussion of issues nowadays, simply demonize those who disagree with you. I guess I should be thankful the author didn't invoke Godwin's Law by comparing anyone who disagrees with him to Hitler.

B.S. is B.S . . .

Submitted by SkeeterVT on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 5:52pm.

And you're full of it with your claim that "demonizing white males" is racist. In the first place, white males hold the bulk of the reins of power and privilege in this country -- in spite of the fact that they are ALREADY a minority. White males comprise only 33 percent of the American populace, according to the latest estimate by the Census Bureau. They're outnumbered by white WOMEN, first of all. And after decades and decades of holding the bulk of the reins of power, white males -- particularly those of Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity's ilk -- are FREAKING OUT because they've finally realized that they are now outnumbered and that eventually they'll be forced by changing demographics to GIVE UP POWER -- and there's absolutely NOTHING they can do about it.

You are spot on..

Submitted by Chabuka on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 4:48pm.

the financial collapse on Wall Street had nothing to do with race, it was plain old fashioned greed, power and aggression, which history shows us, the white male is far superior at, more than any other race. (If you put any stock in anything as old as history !)... Although the male Caucasian would prefer you called it "progress"..not ruthlessness... even a necessity, in advancing a "modern" civilization. (if you can't lick 'em, join 'em, if you can't join 'em, AND then control 'em....kill' em!)

The war is over

Submitted by willymack on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 8:06pm.

The war between Good and the Dark Side is over, and the Dark Side has won. May the Farce be with you.

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