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		<title>THE REAL PROBLEM WITH OUR GOVERNMENT SYSTEM!</title>
		<link>http://uppitybanker.com/2011/09/the-real-problem-with-our-government-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Free Stuff]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The folks who are getting free stuff,Don&#8217;t like the folks who are paying for the free stuff,Because the folks who are paying for the free stuff,Can no longer afford to pay for both the free stuff and theirownstuff. And, the folks who are paying for the free stuff, Want the free stuff to stop. And [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times; font-size: medium;">The folks who are </span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: large;">getting</span> <span style="color: #800000; font-size: medium;">free stuff</span>,<span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">Don&#8217;t </span>like the folks who are <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">paying</span> for the <span style="color: #800000; font-size: medium;">free stuff</span>,Because the folks who are <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">paying</span> for the <span style="color: #800000; font-size: medium;">free stuff</span>,Can no longer <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">afford</span> to <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">pay</span> for <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: large;">both</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> the </span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">free stuff</span> and their<span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;">own</span><span style="color: #800000; font-size: medium;">stuff</span>.<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Times New Roman, Times; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times; font-size: medium;">And,</span> <span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: medium;">t</span>he folks who are <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: large;">paying</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> for the </span><span style="color: #800000; font-size: medium;">free stuff,<br />
</span>Want the <span style="color: #800000; font-size: medium;">free stuff</span> to <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: large;">stop</span><span style="font-size: medium;">.<br />
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">And the folks who are</span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">getting</span> the <span style="color: #800000; font-size: medium;">free stuff</span>,Want even <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">MORE</span><span style="color: #800000; font-size: medium;">free stuff</span> on <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: large;">top</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> of the </span><span style="color: #800000; font-size: large;">free stuff</span><span style="font-size: medium;">they&#8217;re getting</span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">already</span>!Now&#8230; The <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">people</span> who are <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: large;">forcing</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> people to </span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">PAY</span> for the<span style="color: #800000; font-size: medium;">free stuff</span>,Have told the people who are <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: large;">RECEIVING</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> the </span><span style="color: #800000; font-size: medium;">free stuff</span>,That the people who are <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">PAYING</span> for the <span style="color: #800000; font-size: medium;">free stuff</span>,Are being <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">mean, prejudiced</span> and <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">racist</span>.So&#8230;the people who are <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">GETTING</span> the <span style="color: #800000; font-size: medium;">free stuff</span>,Have been convinced they need to <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: large;">HATE</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> the people who are</span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: large;">PAYING</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">for the</span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: medium;">f</span><span style="color: #800000; font-size: medium;">ree stuff because they are selfish.</span>A<span style="color: #800000; font-size: large;">nd they are promised more free stuff if they will vote </span>for the <span style="font-size: medium;">people<br />
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">who force the people who pay for the free stuff to give them even more free stuff.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">And &#8211; - &#8211; that&#8217;s the</span><span style="color: #800000; font-size: large;">Straight Stuff!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">UppityBanker</span></strong></span></p>
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		<title>Mad as Hell and We&#8217;re NOT going to take it Anymore!</title>
		<link>http://uppitybanker.com/2011/08/mad-as-hell-and-were-not-going-to-take-it-anymore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Uppity Banker</dc:creator>
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<p><strong>Uppitybanker Hero of the Month!</strong></p>
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		<title>Mr. Wynn Takes On Washington</title>
		<link>http://uppitybanker.com/2011/06/mr-wynn-takes-on-washington/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Uppity Banker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first minute of Mr. Wynn&#8217;s Interview he makes reference to the Phoney Stimulus Programs that the current administration has promoted that are destroying the housing market. Instead of asking a follow-up question for him to explain specifically WHAT programs he was referring to as Phoney Stimulus Programs she trys to avoid a narrative [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">In</span> the first minute of Mr. Wynn&#8217;s Interview he makes reference to the Phoney Stimulus Programs that the current administration has promoted that are destroying the housing market. Instead of asking a follow-up question for him to explain specifically WHAT programs he was referring to as Phoney Stimulus Programs she trys to avoid a narrative she didn&#8217;t want to hear and asks him a question as to why he is moving his business headquarters to Macau? And then <span style="color: #ff0000;">Mr. Wynn opened up a can or worms I&#8217;m sure the interviewer didn&#8217;t anticipate.</span> Mr. Wynn was definately going OFF message for this CNBC reporter and laid it out for her honestly just how he had more confidence doing business with China than with Washington! </strong></p>
<p><strong>Those of US with a brain know exactly what Mr. Wynn is referring when he says we are going to Greece! <span style="color: #000000;">God Bless You Mr. Wynn for Telling it LIKE IT IS!</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">U</span>ppitybanker</strong></p>
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		<title>Goldman Sachs Lies to Clients and Congress! What a Shock&#8230;NOT!</title>
		<link>http://uppitybanker.com/2011/04/goldman-sachs-lies-to-clients-and-congress-what-a-shock-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Uppity Banker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[HAMP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the Stealing HASN&#8217;T Stopped&#8230;Goldman has made Billions since the Mortgage collapse in the repackaging of the now worthless Mortgage Back Securities that Goldman Sachs SOLD and later SHORTED to it&#8217;s customers. Someone NEEDS to go to JAIL&#8230;But it won&#8217;t happen. My Dad always told me to NEVER be Petty Thief! If you&#8217;re gonna Steal, STEAL BIG&#8230; Read the [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>And the Stealing HASN&#8217;T Stopped&#8230;Goldman has made Billions since the Mortgage collapse in the repackaging of the now worthless Mortgage Back Securities that Goldman Sachs SOLD and later SHORTED to it&#8217;s customers.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Someone NEEDS to go to JAIL&#8230;But it won&#8217;t happen. </strong></p>
<p><strong>My Dad always told me to NEVER be Petty Thief! If you&#8217;re gonna Steal, STEAL BIG&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong><a title="Levin-Coburn Report on the Financial Crisis" href="http://levin.senate.gov/newsroom/release.cfm?id=332491" target="_blank">Read the Levin-Coburn Report </a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Uppitybanker</strong></p>
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		<title>U.S. Bailout Money Helped Mostly Foreign Banks</title>
		<link>http://uppitybanker.com/2011/04/u-s-bailout-money-helped-mostly-foreign-banks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 01:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Uppity Banker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The biggest borrowers from the 97-year-old discount window as the program reached its crisis-era peak were foreign banks, accounting for at least 70 percent of the $110.7 billion borrowed during the week in October 2008 when use of the program surged to a record. The disclosures may stoke a reexamination of the risks posed to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://uppitybanker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cartoon_bernanke_lendersFloat_borrowersSink_600x461.jpg"></a><a href="http://uppitybanker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cartoon_deptOfWallstreetWelfare_300x330.gif"></a><em><a href="http://uppitybanker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Bernake3.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-879" title="Bernake3" src="http://uppitybanker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Bernake3-150x150.png" alt="" width="148" height="183" /></a>The biggest borrowers from the 97-year-old discount window as the program reached its crisis-era peak were foreign banks, accounting for at least <strong>70 percent of the $110.7 billion borrowed during the week in October 2008 when use of the program surged to a record.</strong> The disclosures may stoke a reexamination of the risks posed to U.S. taxpayers by the <a href="http://topics.bloomberg.com/central-bank/">central bank</a>’s role in global financial markets.</em></p>
<p><em>“The caricature of the Fed is that it was shoveling money to big New York banks and a bunch of foreigners, and that is not conducive to its long-run reputation,” said <a href="http://topics.bloomberg.com/vincent-reinhart/">Vincent Reinhart</a>, the Fed’s director of <a title="Open Web Site" rel="external" href="http://www.federalreserve.gov/research/mastaff.htm">monetary affairs</a> from 2001 to 2007.</em></p>
<p><strong>The New Spin from the FED is <em>&#8220;WHAT&#8217;S THE BIG DEAL&#8221;</em> &#8230;most of the Money was PAID BACK and we should <em>IGNORE</em> the fact that if it wasn&#8217;t for lawsuits and the FOIA Act we would of <em>NEVER</em> have known <em>WHO </em>got the Bailout Money. </strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><strong>Note to <em>FELLOW PEONS &#8221; Your Loan MOD has been denied &#8230;&#8230;as Lybia recieved 73 Loans from Benny worth 35 Billion! </em></strong></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>What I want to know is WHAT did the Crooked Banks <em>REALLY</em> use the Bailout Money for&#8230; It certainly wasn&#8217;t used to save those losing their homes to foreclosure!  But we&#8217;ll never know because we can&#8217;t audit the Federal Reserve and Goldman Sach isn&#8217;t gong to tell us how they exploited the Bailout for Profit. My guess is the money was used to buy failing banks and real estate assets for 10 cents on the dollar. How else can we explain the absurd profits Goldman Sachs and Wall Street are booking just 3 years later. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Uppitybanker </strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-01/foreign-banks-tapped-fed-s-lifeline-most-as-bernanke-kept-borrowers-secret.html">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-01/foreign-banks-tapped-fed-s-lifeline-most-as-bernanke-kept-borrowers-secret.html</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-31/libya-owned-arab-banking-corp-drew-at-least-5-billion-from-fed-in-crisis.html">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-31/libya-owned-arab-banking-corp-drew-at-least-5-billion-from-fed-in-crisis.html</a></p>
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		<title>House Votes To Terminate Obama Administration&#8217;s Anti-Foreclosure Program</title>
		<link>http://uppitybanker.com/2011/03/house-votes-to-terminate-obama-administrations-anti-foreclosure-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Uppity Banker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[HAMP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Making Home Affordable Program]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senate Ethics Committee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Program was a complete SCAM from the beginning. It was a ruse that allowed the Bailout of the Banks to proceed with supposedly 75 Billion being used for HAMP. The money was never spent to help the consumer. It just    created a phoney propaganda machine continuing the LIE that the administra­tion was going to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://uppitybanker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Maxine-Waters.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-861" title="Maxine Waters" src="http://uppitybanker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Maxine-Waters-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="119" height="150" /></a>The Program was a complete SCAM from the beginning. It was a ruse that allowed the Bailout of the Banks to proceed with supposedly 75 Billion being used for HAMP. The money was never spent to help the consumer. It just    created a phoney propaganda machine continuing the LIE that the administra­tion was going to help the homeowner. When Obama made the program voluntary it gave the Banks Carte Blanche to string folks along with false hope in order to get more money out of them. The 3 Month Trial Payments NEVER happened. People made MONTHS of thrial payments and then were told you don&#8217;t qualify. Foreclosur­e followed.</p>
<p>I find it a bit funny when Rep. Maxine Waters D-California, is NOW outraged. She is on the House Banking Committee and she oversaw Fannie Mae and Freddie mac when the crap loans were being funded to the masses. AND SHE DID NOTHING but Praise Fannie Mae and Franklin Raines for his service. Barney Frank did the same&#8230;He Praised the the Banks and saw NOTHING Wrong&#8230;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure they want us to forget their complicity­&#8230;</p>
<p>Uppity Banker</p>
<p>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/sdhawgman/house-votes-to-terminate-_n_842150_82566689.html</p>
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		<title>Alchemists of Greed</title>
		<link>http://uppitybanker.com/2011/01/alchemists-of-greed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Uppity Banker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought of Robert Oppenheimer when I saw the Quants on this video reflecting on the consequences of their work in developing programs that expanded the trading of Mortgage CDO&#8217;S on Wall Street. Their sadness reminded me on how Robert Oppenheimer responded to a question he was asked in the 1965 documentary The Decision to Drop the Bomb, produced by Fred [...]]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_817" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 181px"><a href="http://uppitybanker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/j-robert-oppenheimer.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-817" title="j-robert-oppenheimer" src="http://uppitybanker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/j-robert-oppenheimer-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="171" height="192" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">J. Robert Oppenheimer</p></div>
<p>I thought of Robert Oppenheimer when I saw the <em><strong>Quants</strong></em> on this video reflecting on the consequences of their work in developing programs that expanded the trading of Mortgage CDO&#8217;S on Wall Street. Their sadness reminded me on how Robert Oppenheimer responded to a question he was asked in the 1965 documentary <em>The Decision to Drop the Bomb</em>, produced by Fred Freed, NBC White Paper. Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific director of the <a title="w:Manhattan Project" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project">Manhattan Project</a> which developed the Atomic Bomb in WWII.</p>
<p>When asked a question on his feelings about the atomic bombings, while visiting Japan in 1960 his response was the following ;  <span style="color: #0000ff;">&#8220;<strong>We knew the world would not be the same. Few people laughed, few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the <em>Bhagavad-Gita</em>. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, &#8220;Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.&#8221; I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.&#8221;</strong></span></p>
<p>The Quants and Robert Oppenheimer I believe shared a similar sadness when they honestly examined their brilliant work.</p>
<p><strong>Uppitybanker</strong></p>
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		<title>U.S. Foreclosure Prevention Program to Fall Short</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Uppity Banker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Treasury’s Making  Home Affordable Program that promised to help 4.5 million homeowners has been deemed “INEFECTIVE” and has FAILED TO HOLD MORTGAGE COMPANIES ACCOUN TABLE, the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program said in a report released today. Really what a SURPRISE? What were they expecting when the HAMP Program was CONTROLLED [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_762" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 442px"><a href="http://uppitybanker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/geithner-fox-henhouse-cartoon1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-762" title="geithner-fox-henhouse-cartoon[1]" src="http://uppitybanker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/geithner-fox-henhouse-cartoon1.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="299" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">WE&#39;RE HERE TO SAVE YOU!</p></div><strong>The Treasury’s Making  Home Affordable Program that promised to help 4.5 million homeowners has been deemed<span style="color: #ff0000;"> “<em>INEFECTIVE</em>”</span> and has <em><span style="color: #ff0000;">FAILED TO HOLD MORTGAGE COMPANIES ACCOUN TABLE</span></em>, the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program said in a report released today.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Really what a SURPRISE? What were they expecting when the<em> <span style="color: #ff0000;">HAMP Program was</span></em><span style="color: #ff0000;"> <em>CONTROLLED and RUN by the Banks and Servicers</em>?</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>The report found that <span style="color: #ff0000;">&#8220;Companies that manage mortgage loans can PROFIT FROM FORECLOSURE-RELATED FEES and are RELUCTANT to PARTICIPATE in the Treasury program</span>, the report found. In addition, many borrowers have second mortgages from lenders who might profit by blocking a loan modification.&#8221;</em> </strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">GEE WHAT A SURPRISE&#8230;BANKS ARE LOOKING TO PROFIT FROM THE FORECLOSURE CRISIS!</span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong>The report also found, </strong><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Homeowners are dropping out of the program at a faster rate than they’re joining it</span></em>, the Treasury reported last month. The number of borrowers aided by HAMP grew to nearly 520,000 in October, up 23,750 from a month earlier, while 36,300 dropped out after failing to make their modified payments.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, pays lenders and servicers to rewrite loan terms for borrowers who can’t make their current mortgage payments. <span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>Since its 2008 creation, HAMP’s goal of preventing 3 million to 4 million foreclosures “has been repeatedly redefined and watered down,” the panel said. </em></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>“If current trends hold, HAMP will prevent only 700,000 to 800,000 foreclosures,” a small portion of the 8 million to 13 million foreclosures expected by 2012, said Kaufman, a Democrat from Delaware.</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>The TRUTH is that the HAMP Program was never intended to SAVE 4.5 Million Homeowners. It was just a <span style="color: #ff0000;">WINDOW DRESSING</span> for the Banks to give the <span style="color: #ff0000;">APPEARENCE of HELPING</span> while they moved the <span style="color: #ff0000;">Foreclosures </span>along their intended path! </strong></p>
<p><strong>UPPITYBANKER</strong> </p>
<p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-Foreclosure-Prevention-bloomberg-4191529766.html?x=0&amp;sec=topStories&amp;pos=9&amp;asset=&amp;ccode">http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-Foreclosure-Prevention-bloomberg-4191529766.html?x=0&amp;sec=topStories&amp;pos=9&amp;asset=&amp;ccode</a>=</p>
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		<title>Goldman Sachs Defrauds Investors&#8230;Say it Ain&#8217;t So</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Uppity Banker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  &#8220;The guy with the experience approaches the guy with the money. When the deal is complete, the guy with the experience has the money, and the guy who had the money has the experience.&#8221; Author Anonymous This could be Goldman Sachs CORPORATE MISSION STATEMENT! Uppitybanker]]></description>
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<p><strong>&#8220;The guy with the experience approaches the guy with the money. When the deal is complete, the guy with the experience has the money, and the guy who had the money has the experience.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Author Anonymous</strong></p>
<p><strong>This could be Goldman Sachs CORPORATE MISSION STATEMENT!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Uppitybanker</strong></p>
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		<title>Bait &amp; Switch or Better Known as TARP</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Uppity Banker</dc:creator>
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