The Industrial Governmental Complex Paradox
from the foxes-guarding-the-henhouse dept
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Daemon & Freedom�
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we all know what happens with too little oversight and regulation, we'll you ALL should, dont you watch the news either. or have any idea of what is happening in your country ?
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Is DH for "Dark Helmet" or "D--- Head", anyway?
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Oh, well in that case game on, comrade....
"Is DH for "Dark Helmet" or "D--- Head", anyway?"
Tell you what, you can make it stand for whatever you like, mmkay? Does that make you feel better? I would hate to live a life as angry as yours, and I feel sorry for you, so please feel free to think my "name" means whatever will help you feel a little bit better and stop beating your ex-wife? Cool?
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so the COMMENTS section of this web site are not for your own comments ?
That will severly restrict you wont it dick head ?
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Yes, that's it exactly. And I order you to not comment here ever again. Because I am the comment master...or something....
"so the COMMENTS section of this web site are not for your own comments ?"
You forgot to put your name on your comment, ootb....
"That will severly restrict you wont it dick head ?"
The only thing that's restricting me is the embolism that threatens my brain whenever I try to parse out "english" written text such as the above....
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the weather is so nice today dick head
oh yes it IS so nice the blue is sooo blue dick head
im gonna go down to the store and get me some groceries dick head
cool me too dick head
dick headetc
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He's also mad because he doesn't get paid every time you view Nina's content, anything anyone else does must be infringement and he must get paid for it.
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Hmm, maybe you're right. Isn't there anything we can do to help him? I mean, I feel really bad that someone could see life in such an angry way. It makes me want to do something to help. Certainly we can't let such a pitiful existence continue without at least trying do something about it....
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I think that'd make me feel good....
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Browse to Techdirt first thing in the morning and systematically go through each article to post a disagreeable comment. Then repeatedly refresh the page to watch for replies. It's a simple matter to ignore the thoughtful ones or the replies that make him look like an idiot, while choosing the less skillfully articulated ones or ones with spelling errors to reply to.
No one should have to live that way.
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Maybe we could start a foundation? The Dark Helmet Rubber Pants Foundation for emotionally traumatized people with internet access?
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Okay, this is what I love about the internet. It's people like you that I truly want to help. Step 1 is breaking your illusional fantasies which make up your insults.
I'm a former college athlete and spend 4-5 nights a week at my local gym. By no means am I super-fit with huge awesome muscles or whatever....but I'm in shape. Are you? Throw your name out here and then we can both put up pictures of ourselves and let the community decide whose in the best shape between us.
Side Note: A "Commentors Of Techdirt Calendar" would be a hillariously bad idea. So hillarious, in fact, that it should be done immediately. I'll be readying my banana hammock....
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I read this, and an image of Darth Vader in a bright yellow European cut speed O flashed through my mind.... I don't know if I should laugh, cry, or seek professional help.... !
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Thanks, for my age group, I am in great shape, I play sports regularly, and and I am well within the correct BMI for my size, age, etc. I have no real need to lose a portion of my life in a gym, I rather enjoy the time spent with my son as he grows up. I don't find any great need to waste my life peddling a bike that goes nowhere or lifting a weight only to put it back down and do it again.
If that brings value to your life, more power to you. It's incredible to think the amount of wasted effort in it, but hey. I guess at least you fit in the rubber pants better. Just remember to use a little babe powder, otherwise they might chafe your delicate parts.
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Baby powder? Hell no. That's what Goldbond is for.
As for the rest, you're the one that brought up the beer gut, not me. And I don't have any kids and like the discipline aspect of going to the gym.
Alls I was saying was if you want to throw out insults, pick a better one, because the beer gut thing ain't me, yo. Now, incredibly large ears and nose thanks to my Irish heritage? That'd be a winner....
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THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!!!!!
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That's why we need to sue him. By suing him we can subpoena his IP address and use that information to locate him. That may help us deduce a better diagnosis.
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They keep jumping up and down trying to scape and then you point them in some direction and off they go.
Have you tried that approach yet?
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Put up or shut up.
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2 out of 10, way too high
And of course corporations do so well without oversight and regulation !!!!
like your de regulated banking SNAFU !!
or have you wiped "sub-prime" out of your memory, or "depression", such as the one you are in now !
may be nina just does not ever watch the news !!!
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None could ever hope to debate something as skillfully woven together.
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I guess if you consider federal mandates to lend to risky individuals to be deregulation, then yes it was deregulated.
However, in the real world its not.
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LOL.
http://www.freedomworks.org/crisis
LOL.
Not laughing out loud now are you?
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That seems to be a pretty tame law actually. According to the link you sent
"The law, however, emphasizes that an institution's CRA activities should be undertaken in a safe and sound manner, and does not require institutions to make high-risk loans that may bring losses to the institution.[3][4] An institution's CRA compliance record is taken into account by the banking regulatory agencies when the institution seeks to expand through merger, acquisition or branching. The law does not mandate any other penalties for non-compliance with the CRA.[6][9]"
Boooring.
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Boooring. Indeed.
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I just thought a law that actually forced banks to made bad deals was a funny idea.
Basically I read some of what you linked to, but I didn't really find anything compelling so I stopped and told you it doesn't seem very compelling. I'm not doing a research paper here. What were you trying to show me?
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From your comment above, it appeared that you were denying, or claiming that there were not such laws that forced banks to make questionable loans. I was pointing out that there are.
"That seems to be a pretty tame law actually."=
Until you follow the revisions.
"According to the link you sent
"The law, however, emphasizes that an institution's CRA activities should be undertaken in a safe and sound manner, and does not require institutions to make high-risk loans that may bring losses to the institution."
Which is untrue when you follow how it was revised.
"I'm not doing a research paper here."
Silly me for thinking you would want to learn about this kind of stuff.
Just responding to what you wrote.
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"Silly me for thinking you would want to learn about this kind of stuff. "
You're right, forget it I don't care what you are trying to say anymore. Sheesh, it's like pulling teeth.
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"Economists, including those from the Federal Reserve and the FDIC, dispute this contention. The Federal Reserve, having examined the evidence, holds that empirical research has not validated any relationship between the CRA and the 2008 financial crisis.[108] At the FDIC, Chair Sheila Bair delivered remarks noting that the majority of subprime loans originated from lenders not regulated by the CRA, calling it a "scapegoat" and declaring it "NOT guilty."[109]
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Regulation can be good or bad just like no regulation at all can turn to crap too.
So, you need to understand that, people got burned and are not going to let "deregulation" rule that sector anytime soon.
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you're right, i wouldn't give your post .5 out of 50, how about .00002 out of 100?
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Wonderfully Circular Very XINU
A laugh, a cry, a laugh
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You make the world a better place. Never change.
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(ok i am really not nina, i was just thinking we could all do a I am sparticus kinda thing. Nice cartoon though, i would take credit for it if i thought i could get away with it).
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Perhaps one day you guys will figure out Nina is using you to boost her popularity. She isn't here to entertain you!
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ummmm
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Atlas Shrugged
If you haven't read it, give it a try. (Skip over the mushy quasi-romantic parts and it won't be such a long slog)
You'll see that it condemns the exact situation that we find ourselves in today in the US - a good old boy's club where the people in large corporations, government agencies, academia, and the executive branch itself just rotate between positions every few years.
Wall Street/Mega banks -> Treasury Department -> Federal Reserve -> University -> Wall Street/Mega banks...
This pattern can also be found in the many other "regulatory" environments like transportation, commerce, justice, defense, etc...
What a way to run a railroad... Oh, wait - those guys are in on it as well.
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