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Depositors Turned Away From Stanford Banks

Posted: 2009-02-19T05:00:00Z


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Orish1 04:16:44 PM Feb 19 2009

THIS DUDE'S ANOTHER MADOFF, HOW MANY MORE ARE THERE? NOBODY KNOWS BUT ......MANY PEOPLE ARE QUITE FRIGHTENED BY THIS CRISIS? MANY PEOPLE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TIED UP IN CREDIT UNIONS, STATE SPONSORED SAVINGS PLANS THAT THOUGHT THEY WERE BUYING ASSETS OUT OF THE COUNTRY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR MONEY IS OR HAVE ANY AT ALL,,,, MUCH OF THIS GREED AND INCOMPETENCE, ARROGANCE AND LACK OF MORAL OVERSIGHT IN BEYOND CRIMINAL......AND I DON'T AGREE WITH OBAMA OF MOVING ON WITHOUT INVESTIGATIONS AND PROCECUTION OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE....

Orish1 04:09:37 PM Feb 19 2009

AND I VOTED FOR OBAMA, BUT QUITE FRANKLY A COUPLE OF HIS CABINET CHOICES DISTURB ME, THE RECOVERY PROCESS IS PROJECTED TO BE LONG, SO WE HAVE TO ADOPT AND ATTITUDE OF PRUDENCE, SAVI NG, PATIENCE AND QUIT BUYING WHAT IS NOT NEEDED....WE MUST THINK 'GREEN'.....STOP OUR AGRESSIVE WAR LIKE BEHAVIOR OF OWNING THE WORLD, WE MUST FOSTER KINDNESS, RESPECT FOR OTHERS CULTURES, AND THE LIVE AND LET LIVE ATTITUDE....I KNOW IT'S CORNY.....AND IT'S OLD SCHOOL....SO WHAT.?......HOW'S ALL THE SPENDING, GET CREDIT, BUY A HOME, NEW CAR, NEW FURNITURE, VACATION'S ON CREDIT, MORE KID'S THAN YOU CAN HANDLE, COLLEGE EDUCATION COSTS, HEALTH CARE COSTS, WORKING OUT FOR YOU NOW?.....IF YOU HAVE GRANDPARENTS BORN DURING THE DEPRESSION, ASK THEM HOW TOUGH IT WAS, AND HOW THEY SURVIVED.....

Arklight99 04:08:00 PM Feb 19 2009

Well, this is normal - - - punish the depositors, and the crooks are running around loose. Sheesh! www.hawkscafe.com; www.jpfo.org

Orish1 04:02:51 PM Feb 19 2009

DES9,......YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.....I PARTICIPATED IN A 401K PLAN SPONSORED BY MY EMPLOYER, AS A BLUE COLLER WORKER I COULD ONLY INVEST 10%, WHICH WAS NOT EMPLOYER MATCHED FOR THE RANK AND FILE, HOWEVER IT WAS MATCHED FOR MANAGERS....FOR 6 YEARS, 95-2001, THEN 9/11 HAPPENED AND NEARLY HALF WAS 'LOST', WASN'T MUCH BUT IT WOULD HAVE HELPEDTHEN IN 2005, ANOTHER 1/3 WAS LOST, THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WAS VANGUARD, A HIGHTLY RELIABLE AND SUPPOSEDLY REPUTABLE COMPANY, BECAUSE THE COMPANY I WORKED FOR WAS ALSO A FEDERAL CO........APPARENTLY THAT HAPPENED TO BE THE BEGINNING OF THE CRISIS.....9/11, IRAQ WAR/GREED/LACK OF OVERSIGHT/DEREGULATION ALONG WITH CORRUPTION IN WALL ST. BANKS, MORTGAGES, INSURNANCE COMPANIES, LOSS OF JOBS/INCOMPETENCE AND ARROGANCE......A RECEIPE FOR DISASTER.....AND I DON'T THINK THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM HAS HIT BOTTOM YET......

Qtegood1 03:40:42 PM Feb 19 2009

It's time for the indictments of the SEC management.They should be fined and sent away for jail terms right now!!Unvelievable,really.This explains why Enron and all the other companies went btoke overnight ,too!!Go dirctly to jail.Do not pass GO.!!

Brendaanderson5 03:29:30 PM Feb 19 2009

It will be awhile until the fat lady sings

Brendaanderson5 03:27:28 PM Feb 19 2009

It will be awhile until the fat lady sings

DB4514 03:19:09 PM Feb 19 2009

I HOPE THE CEO CAN ACCESS HIS BONUS $

SplatOnTheHat 03:18:02 PM Feb 19 2009

Stanford Bank Clients Can't Access Funds" ====A product of the culture of global fraud and greed perpetrated by the former Republican administration.

MHALLSebastian 03:11:34 PM Feb 19 2009

It wont be long before we hear the words Inflaition and Amero coming out of our dear leaders mouth. We are heading for a two tier system . The rich rulling class and the poor worker bees. They will have us so much under control there will not be anything anyone can do. Get used to living 10 together in a double wide and having to work 3 jobs in order to stay there.

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