So Goldman Sachs, the world’s greatest and smuggest investment bank, has been sued for fraud by the American Securities and Exchange Commission. Legally, the case hangs on a technicality. Morally, however, the Goldman Sachs case may turn into a final referendum on the greed-is-good ethos that conquered America sometime in the 80s – and in […]
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‘Over the last year we’ve had hundreds of parents who want to leave their children with us. They know us and trust us.’ – Fr Antonios Papanikolaou While their government buys weapons and military equipment with the bail out money Greeks have to make heart rendering decisions about what to do with children they can’t […]
Just so you know the economy is not going to turn around any time soon. Think it’s different here? Remember the train wagons? Well… we’re not building them are we? Jeffrey Immelt, the head of Barack Obama’s highly touted “Jobs Council”, is moving even more GE infrastructure to China. GE makes more medical-imaging machines than […]
On Black Friday hordes of people fought each other for cheap plastic crap made by Chinese slave labourers in a mad frenzy of greed and consumerism. These are the end days of the empire. If you want to see how that looks here’s a compilation of video material from this website. On 1 December some […]
Have one on me for some light entertainment; I give you Lewis Black on Greed.
Larry Silverstein who famously told an interviewer that WTC7 was “pulled” (informal term for controlled demolition within the demolition community) in the aftermath of the collapse of the Twin Towers still has not made enough profit out of the misery that is the 911 attack. While more than 70.000 first responders and New York citizens […]
And a little bit of news from John Key’s former career and even his former employer. The chief executive of troubled Wall Street firm Merrill Lynch is seeking a 10-million-dollar bonus this year in the midst of a financial crisis which plunged his company into dire straits, US media reported Monday. John Thain, who took […]
I reckon the only people still believing the “Coalition of the willing” hype is the New Zealand population and that includes both Pakeha and Maori. The Pakeha because they want to believe in the Superiority of the Anglo Saxon culture and the Maori because they actually volunteer for the NZ Army in a misguided believe […]
In a nationally televised speech on September 24, George W. Bush said in support of the proposed bailout plan that it was meant to “help American consumers and businessmen get credit to meet their daily needs and to create jobs.” The Bailout Lie Exposed Bush’s story was subsequently peddled by the Ministry of Information: the […]
Just imaging a humble German priest at 85 wants to hear Mozart’s Mass in C minor played for his 85th birthday. Being a humble spiritual spiritual servant to his flock and much loved you would think that his flock buys him a DVD of his favourite orchestra and choir to have him enjoy this master […]
Doctors. Lawyers. Architects. A decent society certainly needs them all. But what about bankers? Is banking also a necessary profession? Or is banking merely a grubby game where the few enrich themselves at the expense of the many? These days, the answer seems fairly obvious. We’ve simply seen too much enriching at our expense — […]
By Paul Craig Roberts 09/07/08 “ICH” — – The collapse of world socialism, the rise of the high speed Internet, a bought-and-paid-for US government, and a million dollar cap on executive pay that is not performance related are permitting greedy and disloyal corporate executives, Wall Street, and large retailers to dismantle the ladders of […]
Thank you Rave for summing it up in such a beautiful way: So it comes down to greed or need defining freedom. Greed says I want, need says our wants. Greed says my freedom, need says our freedom. Greed says my choice, my rights. Need says our choice, our rights. Greed says private ownership, need […]
