Why the FBI? Why now?

posted by The Vidiot @ 6:57 AM Permalink

Bernanke: Do you think the people are catching on?

Paulson: To what? The fact that our entire system is a fabrication? That money is no longer based on human productivity? That the stock market is manipulated to drain the wealth from those with the least so that those with the most can have it all? Hell YEAH, they're catching on. The dumbest Bubba on the planet can see it.

Bernanke: So what should we do about it?

Cheney: Simple, we'll send the FBI in to root out a few of the bad apples. Meuller? Find out which of the CEOs didn't contribute enough to my campaign.

Mueller: Heil, sir! [clicks his heels, turns and exits the room.]

Cheney: Then, we'll make 'em do a perp walk, everyone will be happy, the people will think, "Oh, it was just a few bad apples that did it. The system is fine after all." And we'll be on our merry way.

Paulson: Brilliant sir, just brilliant!

Excerpt: The FBI is investigating four major U.S. financial institutions whose collapse helped trigger a $700 billion bailout plan by the Bush administration, The Associated Press has learned.

Two law enforcement officials said Tuesday the FBI is looking at potential fraud by mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and insurer American International Group Inc. Additionally, a senior law enforcement official said Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. also is under investigation.

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