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‘Colbert Report’: Greece, Frightening

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Posted on Mar 4, 2010
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Sure, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein once crowed that his firm was “doing God’s work,” but, as Stephen Colbert points out here, Blankfein never actually specified which God he was talking about. Perhaps it was Hades, Greek god of the underworld. Given the state of the Greek economy, that may not be too much of a stretch.  —KA

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By Avenger, December 13, 2010 at 10:30 pm Link to this comment
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A fed Bear is a dead bear.
http://me.woot.net/vancouver/deadbear.jpg
Feeding the Serbian bear with $20 billion grant aid from the West, and with $20 billion in weapons from Russia East, ended in 10 years war with 500000 innocent civilian dead, through execution, torture, raping, kidnapping and forcefully displacing millions of Croatian, Bosnian, and Kosovars. Shame on EU, shame on Russia.
The actions of Serbian beast ended in dismembering of Yugoslavia, and creation of many independent states, sworn enemies to Serbia. If you go to Croatia they say don’t forget VUKOVAR, don’t forget Srebenica in Bosnia, Vojvodina in Hungary, “Western Outlands” in Bulgaria, and about Kosova there never will be peace without justice. So, Serbia will end a dead Bear if not protected from outsiders forever.
Feeding Greece with grant aids, the West is creating another beast. Greece has created a virtual reality, with a very strong military, (330 Leopard tanks, F 16 jet fighters, a very powerful Navy, included up to date submarines, and more.)
http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/leo2.htm
http://www.hellas.org/military/navy/
THAT GREEKS CANNOT AFFORD.
The Greek people never learned to pay their taxes .... because no one is ever punished.
To make things more interesting Greece has FREE HEALTH CARE, LUCRATIVE PENSIONS, and HIGH PAID JOBS, which they cannot afford either.
So the WEST is feeding another Bear that soon or later will end in a DEAD BEAR.

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By Base, March 5, 2010 at 12:03 pm Link to this comment
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Damn that was funny…

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By Night-Gaunt, March 5, 2010 at 11:31 am Link to this comment

P.I.G.S. fits if they wallow in mud and root in the earth are now starving. Shouldn’t the EU be collectively helping in order to balance out the problem? Wasn’t that the basic idea of the EU in the first place? Except of most everyone in this club cheated then they can’t and it will all fall down.

Actually I would think Mammon would fit better with Goldman Sachs (of shit) in their means to profit as they destroy countries without guns or bombs. Wow, the other part of the Disaster Capitalist actions. In the end people will suffer and die too as if they were attacked.

Follow the money then who will profit from this? That is the final question to be answered.

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By Demetrios, March 5, 2010 at 9:07 am Link to this comment
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From an ancient Greek’s perspective, yes, Blankfein is absolutely doing the work of Hades. Hades was not only the God of the Underworld and the dead, but just as importantly was the God of wealth. The Greeks never spoke his name out of fear. Instead, they called him PLOUTON, which means wealth. Because gold, silver, diamonds,etc.  essentially ALL riches come from within the earth itself, the domain of Hades. From the point of view of Greek religion, Hades would be considered the patron God of Blankfein.

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