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Are you saying this reporter is making all of this up about what happened at the party?
There was nothing tin foil about reporting the off color jokes and absurd behaviors of the mega wealthy at this party.
I never said it was true or not, just that I don't believe it...and it reads too much like fiction I have seen before to pass my smell test. I have seen other claims about people crashing these parties, including on C-D, and most often there is nothing besides the poster liking the story that proves the story.
I never said it was true or not, just that I don't believe it...and it reads too much like fiction I have seen before to pass my smell test. I have seen other claims about people crashing these parties, including on C-D, and most often there is nothing besides the poster liking the story that proves the story.
Well it is a reputable media source (New York Magazine), this did not come off of some tin foil website.
Well it is a reputable media source (New York Magazine), this did not come off of some tin foil website.
The person in question was being interviewed on many of the popular cable news stations this morning. What I recall him saying was they were cracking jokes about the 99%. Many where in drag as a gag. He was caught taking a picture using his cell phone and then a table mate asked him who he was. He told him the truth and everyone shut up in a hurry. I then left for work.
Now you have something against capitalism?
Here's a thought. How about if the government takes over the banks? Would you like that, or is it too "commie"?
Confusing Wall St. brokers with true innovative entrepreneurs is assanine and an insult.
This country deserves to go to hell in a handbasket if its citizens are too stupid to figure out what's been killing the Economy.
Confusing Wall St. brokers with true innovative entrepreneurs is assanine and an insult.
This country deserves to go to hell in a handbasket if its citizens are too stupid to figure out what's been killing the Economy.
I'm sure weltschmerz will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the intent of the earlier post was to lampoon libertarian attitudes toward capitalism, free enterprise, "job creation," "punishing success," etc.
If The Market (hallowed be Its name) can do no wrong, as the free-market fundamentalists would have us believe, then there's absolutely nothing wrong with the shenanigans depicted in the article. Rich people -- having earned every single penny they have through the sweat of their brows -- are entitled to act however they want.
I'm sure weltschmerz will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the intent of the earlier post was to lampoon libertarian attitudes toward capitalism, free enterprise, "job creation," "punishing success," etc.
If The Market (hallowed be Its name) can do no wrong, as the free-market fundamentalists would have us believe, then there's absolutely nothing wrong with the shenanigans depicted in the article. Rich people -- having earned every single penny they have through the sweat of their brows -- are entitled to act however they want.
At least we can all rest easily knowing it was all the banks fault, not the government at all and surely not the people trying to cash in on the exploding real estate market with speculation and then walked away when they got caught upside down.
Or the lady that kept refinancing her house but when the market went south and she couldn't refi anymore and buried in credit card and other debt walked away as well.
Fraud and greed all over the place....not just some bankers.
Wierd how foreclosures were massive in some parts of the country and not nearly so much in others. I guess the bankers were only greedy in certain parts of the country? lol.
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