The COP (Congressional Oversight Panel): $ 78 Billion Missing!?/and other money problems

[R1]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">The Congressional Oversight Panel's&nbsp;(COP) website is this, for your reference:</font></p><p><font size="3">http://cop.senate.gov/index.cfm</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[R1]

<p><font size="2">Recent video from The COP:</font></p><p><font size="3">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7PCWTqBGQ</font></p><p><font size="3">...explains that your money may be getting lost somewhere down the line ?</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3">The media report:&nbsp; </font></p><p><font size="3">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IefZLdPhCxs&feature=related</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">A 78 Billion dollar Treasury scandal/scam&nbsp; ?</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[R1]

<font size="2">I'm not implying the Treasury or the banks, or SEC (or anyone, in fact)&nbsp;to be&nbsp;the actual robber.&nbsp; But the Treasury did have sufficient time and intelligence to know what prices to pay using the peoples hundreds of billions of dollars.&nbsp; Either somebody or everybody along the line is either incompetent, or we are getting robbed, or both.&nbsp; There are probably no other choices.</font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jim48]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>I'm not implying the Treasury or the banks, or SEC (or anyone, in fact)&nbsp;to be&nbsp;the actual robber.&nbsp; But the Treasury did have sufficient time and intelligence to know what prices to pay using the peoples hundreds of billions of dollars.&nbsp; Either somebody or everybody along the line is either incompetent, or we are getting robbed, or both.&nbsp; There are probably no other choices. <br />Posted by R1</DIV><br /><br /><strong><font size="2">I agree. Say hey to R2 for me.</font></strong> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[R1]

<p><font size="2">I mentioned possible illegal behavior&nbsp;in the Treasury&nbsp;a while ago. &nbsp;I have found a good video describing the situation.&nbsp; Here is the link for future reference:</font></p><p><font size="2">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R164rvutQHw</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[adrenalynn]

$78B is nothing in the grand scheme of things, right?&nbsp; I'm sure it just fell out of someone's pocket and is behind a sofa cushion somewhere. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>.</p><p><font size="3">bipartisan</font>  (<span style="color:blue" class="pointer"><span class="pron"><font face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size="2">bī-pär'tĭ-zən, -sən</font></span></span>) [Adj.]  Maintaining the ability to blame republications when your stimulus plan proves to be a devastating failure.</p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#ff0000">IMPE</font><font color="#c0c0c0">ACH</font> <font color="#0000ff"><font color="#c0c0c0">O</font>BAMA</font>!</font></strong></p> </div>

 

[R1]

<p><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">It must be found.&nbsp; I am surprised all these&nbsp;weeks and weeks&nbsp;have passed and it is just now barely making it to the media.&nbsp; A $100 Million bridge to nowhere was a Big scandal not too long ago, and here now somebody misplaced $78 Billion during rush hour.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[BoJangles]

<p>Actually a billion of anything is a huge,&nbsp;lets see what 78 billion can&nbsp;buy you.</p><ul><li>Buy 38 billion cans of coke.</li><li>Buy 26 billion quater pounders.</li><li>Pay for 1.6 million people&nbsp;$1000 a week wage for a year.</li><li>Pay for 2000&nbsp;executive wages for a year.</li><li>Pay for 780 Bridges worth 100 million.</li><li>Replace half the GDP of New zealand annually.</li><li>Pay for 1 month of US trade imbalance.</li><li>If you stacked up all the money in $1 notes, it would reach 15600 kilometers into space or wrap it around the earth a couple of times.</li></ul><p>78 Billion is an obscene amount of money, and losing it should be a death sentence.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#808080">-------------- </font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>Let me start out with the standard disclaimer ... I am an idiot, I know almost nothing, I haven’t taken calculus, I don’t work for NASA, and I am one-quarter Bulgarian sheep dog.  With that out of the way, I have several stupid questions... </em></font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>*** A few months blogging can save a few hours in research ***</em></font></p> </div>

 

[R1]

<p><font size="2">It <em>is </em>too much to lose, Bojangles.&nbsp; Almost a fourth of the entire first half of the Wall Street bailout!</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>$78B is nothing in the grand scheme of things, right?&nbsp; I'm sure it just fell out of someone's pocket and is behind a sofa cushion somewhere. <br />Posted by adrenalynn</DIV></p><p><font size="2">Well, the way you word it makes me wonder.&nbsp; I wonder now if it <em>is</em> part of the grand scheme.&nbsp; After all, these were assets in search of a gullible buyer.</font></p><p><br /><br />&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>