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Turning up the heat!

April 11th, 2009 Sphere: Related Content

CodePink is a women’s organization, generally opposing war.  War in Iraq, war in Afghanistan, potential war in Iran…

It seems as though they’ve expanded their message to include bailouts, as evidenced by the protest during a Larry Summers interview at the Economic Club in Washington.

While the group paints their views on war with a fairly broad brush, it’s hard to argue with their latest stand on Summers’ involvement with the economic policy coming out of Washington, and the fact that he received about $5.2 million over the past year in compensation from hedge fund D.E. Shaw, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaking fees from major financial institutions like J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers.

I find it interesting that it took so long for the two women to be removed from the stage.  Larry himself didn’t even seem to object…

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  1. April 14th, 2009 at 13:28 | #1

    “I find it interesting that it took so long for the two women to be removed from the stage. Larry himself didn’t even seem to object…”

    That’s because he’s probably come to the realization that there are no consequences for crimes and corruption conducted by the rich and powerful.

    He’s probably thinking “No biggie.. what do I have to worry about.”

  2. laura mitchel
    April 15th, 2009 at 15:42 | #2

    This just shows how inept the guy is. And he’s the one guiding economic policy in this country. Outrage is so cliche in this day in age, but in this case I wouldn’t blame you for being “outraged”.

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