The French Revolution Part Duex
AIG’s Financial Products Division is located in Wilton, Connecticut, of Fairfield County. Fairfield County has always ranked as one of the top 3-5 richest counties in the nation. In fact I grew up in Fairfield, CT and spent the first 18 years of my life there. Taxes and snooty, elitist attitudes lead me further south. The chip on my shoulder in regards to CT, still does not make me feel ok with what is happening in this country and to these AIG executives.
The Democrats want nothing more than mob mentality to use as another manufactured crisis or a smoke screen, as some have been calling it, to pass other big legislative measures under the radar. If the public was made aware of what the Democrats were really attempting to do, they would be in an uproar over the unconstitutional and costly bills being passed.
The French Revolution started much the same way – let’s take a look at one major parallel:
There were also social and political factors, many of which involved resentments and aspirations given focus by the rise of Enlightenment ideals, which included resentment of royal absolutism, resentment by the ambitious professional and mercantile classes towards noble privileges and dominance in public life, many of whom were familiar with the lives of their peers in commercial cities in the Netherlands and Great Britain, resentment by peasants, wage-earners, and the bourgeoisie toward the traditional seigneurial privileges possessed by nobles, resentment of clerical advantage (anti-clericalism) and aspirations for freedom of religion, and resentment of aristocratic bishops by the poorer rural clergy, continued hatred for Catholic control and influence on institutions of all kinds, by the large Protestant minorities, aspirations for liberty and (especially as the Revolution progressed) republicanism, and anger toward the King for firing Jacques Necker and A.R.J. Turgot (among other financial advisors), who were popularly seen as representatives of the people.
Finally, perhaps above all, was the almost total failure of Louis XVI and his advisers to deal effectively with any of these problems.
Could we be experiencing the creation of the same mentality and attitudes? Our sitting president is inept and cannot make a decision, besides his horrible NCAA picks. The government is also inciting rage and chaos on purpose to play at class warfare to distract and take the attention off of themselves, their policies, and their own corruption.
We now havea lynch mob/pitch fork mentality against rich executives who gave out valid retention bonuses to keep people on board until all of AIG’s mess was resolved – these bonuses were allowed by little Timmy Geithner during the architecture of the first TARP as well as Chris Dodd and Obama in the American Recovery Act (The Porkulus). These were private contracts that were legal and were done before the FED gave money to AIG to bail them out.
Some AIG executives are fearing for their lives and the safety of their families since they are receiving death threats. Some employees are too afraid to show up at work and others are being publicly harassed by groups, organizations and even neighbors in the area.
Here are some quotes from the International Herald Tribune:
NEW YORK:An A.I.G. executive who had been nicknamed ‘‘Jackpot Jimmy’’ by a New York tabloid walked up the driveway toward his bay-windowed house in Fairfield, Connecticut, on Thursday. ‘‘How do I feel?’’ said the executive, James Haas, repeating the question he had just been asked. ‘‘I feel horrible. This has been a complete invasion of privacy.’’
Mr. Haas walked on, his pink shirt a burst of color on a slate-gray afternoon. The words came haltingly. ‘‘You have to understand,’’ he said, ‘‘there are kids involved. There have been death threats. …’’ His voice trailed off. It looked as if he were fighting back tears.
