How they F*** you

RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
edited January 2008 in A Moving Train
Anyone else seeing this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byebxE9k4vo

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Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.

http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

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  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    there are probably people who cant see youtube at work. what is it?
  • jlew24asu wrote:
    there are probably people who cant see youtube at work. what is it?

    its awesome.

    Its like the shit i draw on napkins to explain to my goober friends how the government fucks you through a money trail.

    Except its all on blackboards ... with a pointer stick.
    :D
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • Uncle LeoUncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    its awesome.

    Its like the shit i draw on napkins to explain to my goober friends how the government fucks you through a money trail.

    Except its all on blackboards ... with a pointer stick.
    :D




    Ooooh shit. I canot wait to get back home to look at this. Blackboards and a pointer stick. On TV!
    I cannot come up with a new sig till I get this egg off my face.
  • Uncle Leo wrote:
    Ooooh shit. I canot wait to get back home to look at this. Blackboards and a pointer stick. On TV!
    lol.
    i didn't say "high energy".
    I just meant awesome in the sense that it tickled me to watch.

    If you want High NRG, Here You Go!
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • Uncle LeoUncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    lol.
    i didn't say "high energy".
    I just meant awesome in the sense that it tickled me to watch.

    If you want High NRG, Here You Go!


    I know. Just playin' along.
    I cannot come up with a new sig till I get this egg off my face.
  • couldnt he just say that when the gov't takes loans from banks they pay it back by printing money (thus causing inflation)? the rest seemed kinda pointless, but yeah i get the drift.
  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    They buy stocks in companies they know are going to make profits through the no bid contracts that they give them, that's fucked up.
  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    the give a no bid contract to a company
    they buy stocks from that comany
    they make profit


    all done with tax dollars



    We take the risk, they take the profit
  • In theory, Enron did the exact same thing, and all those f-ers are in jail right now.

    They played their own stock (no bid contracts) and fabricated (lied about) their true wealth (printed money) to steal money from people by causing planned power outages on purpose (war on people) in order to drive rates up to make themselves rich. Exact same deal.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    the key here are the players ... they are all the same ...

    cheney - secretary of defense - halliburton - vp ... the connections are obvious ...
  • JamMastaEJamMastaE Posts: 444
    that is just one of many,many,many,many ways they fuck "US".
    "In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot". Mark Twain


    "I would rather die on my feet than to live on my knees."
    Emiliano Zapata
  • ok this is the problem i have with this. perhaps you can explain it better.

    These are all publically traded companies. anyone can invest in these stocks, and its known which companies have politicians on the payroll. So why doesn't everyone just invest in these companies and get stinking rich? As far as I know, Haliburton's stock hasnt gone through the roof, so how are these politicians getting rich off these investments?
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    MrSmith wrote:
    ok this is the problem i have with this. perhaps you can explain it better.

    These are all publically traded companies. anyone can invest in these stocks, and its known which companies have politicians on the payroll. So why doesn't everyone just invest in these companies and get stinking rich? As far as I know, Haliburton's stock hasnt gone through the roof, so how are these politicians getting rich off these investments?

    http://quote.morningstar.com/Quote/Quote.aspx?ticker=HAL

    look at the 5 year ... from like $9 to like $39 ... that's going thru the roof i'd say ...

    the truth is yes - i would say that if you have a neocon admin in power - "engineering" companies, oil and gas and defence are good buys ... the thing with this video is that these no bid contracts are paid for by you! ... which is bad because your tax dollars are a) not getting good value and b) they are being spent on things that will not benefit the public - only the people that work there ...
  • MrSmith wrote:
    Haliburton's stock hasnt gone through the roof, so how are these politicians getting rich off these investments?

    1st.
    The stock doubled since its late 90's peak after we invaded Iraq ... and multiplied 4X plus since post 911.

    2nd

    I think the piece you are missing is that
    1. it is YOUR money that is going to these companies
    2. The people that ran those companies go to politics
    3. They maniuplate the policy to benefit their company \ industry \ friends
    4. They are often still receiving payouts from these companies
    5. They often go BACK to those companies \ industries once out of office

    In some ways they are directy assuring their own job security ... "hey i did you good while in office, got a place for me?" ... "Welcome back Dick, ole buddy ole boy!"

    ... and in other ways, it is a "gentlemans game" where they all compete in the market, but they all steer the market in the favor for ALL of them! And there is no greater shortterm bet on gains than war profits!

    You need to read some stuff like Confessions of an Economic Hitman, or The Bush Agenda or i think even Chomsky addresses this stuff among others folk ... regarding how US Politics in general is based on enriching the corporatocracy both at the expense of the American public, and the public of each of the other nations it exploits.

    All the WTO and IMF shit is just a scam to bribe 3rd world dictators who care about nothing but their own pockets (except in rare cases, i think it was Torrijos who was portrayed as this in Confessions of an ECH) ... and who are willing to subserve their populace by the deliberately calculated burden of US enslavement to the giant development corporation and energy industries ... ie ... bechtel, haliburton, chevron, etc ...
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • i get all that i'm just wondering why every fund manager and investor hasn't jumped all over this since its such a sure bet. but maybe they have, i dont know. i'm too lazy right now to check haha
  • MrSmith wrote:
    i get all that i'm just wondering why every fund manager and investor hasn't jumped all over this since its such a sure bet. but maybe they have, i dont know. i'm too lazy right now to check haha

    Increases in stock price ARE investment by "every fund manager and investor" ...i mean when a stock multiplies 4 times in value ... that means there is a serious increase in the demand for that stock.

    So many fund managers DID get in on it.
    But it certainly isn't everyone.
    And the real money is that going directly to the corporations. Not the table scraps fed to the investors.

    AND companies like Bechtel are privately held!
    :mad:
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
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