[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('greenworm', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')hat BoA deal to buy Country Slide?

[evilgenius]

So, all of that real estate goes to the banks that hold the loans, on the loans, on the loans after all of the derivative pile is sorted out. What will the banks do? They will sell to the sovereign wealth funds and anybody else that can give them dollars. They will sell and the US government will offer promises to encourage the foreign money to invest. They will offer what they have no intention of giving, of course. And the middle class won't own a pot to piss in. The land wealth of the country will wind up in some kind of quasi-governmental cooperative holding entity that offers all kinds of benefits to all considered but doesn't come through on those offers except if you are a rich American.

[Cloud9]

At the beginning of the 19th century, The U.S. government was fush with Indian land. They came up with a scheme to make it easier for the small farmer to buy land. Speculators grabbed the ball ran with it and caused a collapse. Farmers lost their land. Speculators went broke and the land reverted back to the government. New twist to an old game.

[greenworm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'J')im Cramer doesn't think much of either the Falcons or Citigroup's management:

I think Citibank screwed up. They should take the hit. Don't bail out those clowns. And Citibank — they are clowns.