[kj] OT: Tender, moving YouTube video

[The Exorcist]

Talk? yeah.... I hear "Investigations" now. Crock of shit....
Fuckers wanna take me from 9.00 to 14!

But they at least did send out a letter giving me 
the option to exercise my right
to keep the current APR and killing(canceling) my CC. Which I will be doing.

At 01:01 AM 4/18/2009, GREG SLAWSON wrote:

>Yes, the news has been talking about the recent 

>huge jump in APR rates! Actually, another report 

>said that credit card companies hate customers 

>like you--instead, they actively seek out people 

>(such as college students) that can ONLY pay the 

>monthly minimum, and ring up huge debts due 

>mostly to interest--that's how they really make 

>their $. Capitalism at it's best!!

>

>

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>Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:56:26 -0400

>From: killingjoke at theimmortalfool.com

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Tender, moving YouTube video

>

>I'll tell you one thing that pisses the fuck outa me.

>All the banks get their massive bailouts. And I 

>get letters in the mail now telling me

>that they are upping my APR. (While they fucking 

>hound me on the phone trying to sell

>me "credit protection". I swear.... They are worse than telemarketers!)

>

>I've NEVER had a late or missed payment and 

>don't stick to the "minimum due" amount.

>COCKSUCKERS!

>

>If that ain't something to be pissed about, I don't know what is! :)

>

>At 12:38 AM 4/18/2009, GREG SLAWSON wrote:

>Good post Exo. I do think many people are pissed 

>about the banks especially getting $700 billion 

>(isn't that figure right?) in tax-funded bailout 

>cash. Many are also pissed that Obama appointed 

>some of these same culprits of the financial 

>crisis in his cabinet. Still, it seemed that 

>most of yesterday's all-of-a-sudden protesters 

>were right wingers (they interviewed a woman on 

>my local news who led the ballot question that 

>tried to end income tax in Massachusetts--that 

>would have wiped out tons of jobs, closed even more schools, etc)

>

>

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>Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:58:20 -0400

>From: killingjoke at theimmortalfool.com

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Tender, moving YouTube video

>

>Well, other than the dedicated protesters most 

>ppl. tend to avoid that stuff as they have many other

>important things to do as well. It just means 

>that there are groups of individuals that got fed up and

>decided to voice their opinions. However what 

>these individuals are doing are going counter to everything

>that has been promoted by the media and they 

>don't like it. Hence, the mockery and marginalization of it.

>

>If you looked at the signs and listened to what 

>people complained, it was not all about taxes. It has to

>do with the massive spending that the gov't is 

>planning. It simply can not be covered without raising

>taxes on everyone. Even if the gov't were to 

>triple the tax on the wealthiest is would fall far short.

>There were actually quite a few republicans that 

>tried to show up and the rallies and got boo'd off

>as well.

>

>Have a great weekend Greg!

>

>SADE! Word count please!

>(BTW, do quotes count as the overall wordcount or not?)

>

>

>At 06:30 PM 4/17/2009, GREG SLAWSON wrote:

>One thing about the "2 sides protesting" 

>argument, Exorcist. The anti-war people have 

>been doing that stuff for years, and in some 

>cases decades (going back to Vietnam). I don't 

>blame for some of that crowd being a little 

>suspicious when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, 

>groups (not too large from what I could tell, 

>smaller than most earlier anti-war demos) 

>materialize protesting "taxes" (which of course 

>Obomb-'em has lowered for most), and get tons of media coverage...

>

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>Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:55:05 -0400

>From: killingjoke at theimmortalfool.com

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Tender, moving YouTube video

>I was merely quoting your words. Maybe I put to much emphasis on words that

>people say and should've thought "maybe he means protest or demonstrate"?

>I did, but then wondered why the choice word of 

>riot came up. I guess that sometimes

>I'm just not so quick on the button. You'll have to forgive me.

>I'll be responding to the astro-turfing in a bit.

>It is amazing, however, that when one side 

>protests is all for valid reasons. When they other side protests

>it's all because they are a bunch of losers.

>Will write more later (though I promise not to 

>turn this into another 800 response email thread)

>(Twisted the fuck outa my ankle and gotta ice it 

>down right now. And on the first NICE day of 2009!)

>Cheers Oli!

>

>"> Since the Obama administration has cut taxes for 95% of Americans,

> > including the working and middle class, but has promised (yet has not

> > yet delivered) to raise taxes on income over $250,000 - to raise these

> > taxes to LESS THAN THEY WERE UNDER REAGAN, it means we are living in a

> > socialist, totalitarian society. So we gotta riot.

> >

> > -Oliver"

>

>At 10:35 AM 4/17/2009, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:

>Who said there were tea party "riots"???

>I never did. I just pointed out the truth, which 

>is that they are 'astro-turf' (fake grass 

>roots), corporate directed anti-Obama events 

>designed to give vent to sore losers from the 2008 POTUS election.

>As far as the teabagging fests, which looked 

>like the worst Sarah Palin rallies from last year, this man is my hero:

>

><http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkOwsIIIe5I>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkOwsIIIe5I

>He 'infiltrated' a tea party and actally said 

>something that was true. He's got big bals for 

>doing that, because most of the people at them 

>are nuts. Accordingly, he gets booed.

>-Oliver

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