And you are right as evidenced when Copy was presented with Constitutional evidence. He even denies Obama has fired anyone. In his delusional world he has won some sort of contest, guess it truly is best to ignore him.

Innacone said it first. Boortz just correctly accused Obama of running a protection racket.
First disadvantage the banks with the CRA. Then, when some banks fail, force all banks to accept money. Upon accepting the money, all banks lose self determination. Just try to get a loan in 5 years if you're not a Nazi...er ah, I mean Democrat.

"...To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes..."

So, if a corporation doesn't deal beyond the state lines, then the federal government would appear to have no jurisdiction over its business practices. Isn't this the same thing being tested with "Made in Montana" firearms?

The Constitution defines what the government can and cannot do, NOT what you and I can/cannot do. Throw in the 10th amendment, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.", and I think you have nice cogent definition of the free market!

The feds can't regulate EVERYTHING! Just business between the states and the Native American tribes. Of course, Copyleft will argue that cross a state line, and the POTUS can fire you! Yeah, that is what our forefathers fought against the King of England for.

He really said that??? When his administration was the one that started all of this angry ire in the first place? What unmitigated gall. I'm glad I am not, nor have ever been in the banking industry. What a witch hunt.

If it's not good enough that we have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, we do have this in the Preamble:

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Note the Posterity part? Wouldn't that also include commerce, free market, etc.?

Now Copy, YOU go find where the Constitution gives Obama the right to fire ANYONE!!! And quite being so arrogant, we might confuse you with O

Fond of the Constitution you keep citing, eh? Then please cite the section that makes any mention of a "free market," or the importance of having no public oversight or accountability in our corporations... or anything about corporations, for that matter.

I'll look forward to the deafening silence.

It's simple, these business' should not have accepted this money and if they were forced to accept it then they should be screaming from the mountain tops exactly that. In all these idiotic congressional hearings we haven't had one CEO stand up and call any of them out on being hypacritical or say that they wanted their company back and we're returning the money.

Alfonse Capone would be proud to know that Chicago-style thuggery is still alive and well.

Anyone else that would create a hostile environment and then demand payment for protection from that threat would be indicted for extortion. It's absolutely sickening that these kinds of criminal tactics are considered acceptable to the Democrats simply because they want to like Obama. Anyone condoning this kind of thing is disgusting.
And spare me the wails declaring the Bush 'crimes'. Whether Bush was guilty of anything or not is irrelevant. Is your position that because Bush did something bad that your guy is now entitled to because it's your turn? Obama is turning into the biggest confidence man (Con-Man for the government educated) in history.

Because what Obama said is true. He's trying to preserve some structures of the market, before the populist outrage completely overwhelms it and destroys capitalism entirely.

The free-market purists may not like having to bend in order to survive, but that's the reality today. Unregulated capitalism is DEAD, and whining about it won't change things. You can either go forward with regulations and oversight, or give up on capitalism entirely. Which will it be?

Hmmm..this practice sounds a little like mafia tactics. I know, I know, the mafia doesn't exist. But in all those pretend stories, the pork store owner is always paying the mafia boss for protection. From the mafia thugs.
(For those of you who need to relate to it on a more childlike level, there is a parallel in the children's movie An American Tale. Warren T. Rat (who all the mice are paying for protection from the C-A-T-S so they don't get eaten) is really just a cat in disguise. It sounds like in this case Big O is taking the place of Warren T.

I love good fried chicken. There's a lot of bad fried chiken out there. Some is greasy or overcooked or undercooked or underseasoned, or the breading is lousy, etc., etc.. I can see a joint that serves bad fried chicken changing its name to include Obama's name. The best chicken I ever had was in a little soul food joint in Chattanooga. I'd crawl on my hands and knees over broken glass to get in that place. Blacks make the best fried chicken. My admiration knows no bounds.

And the Obama administration is who's passing them out.

I don't have my copy of Atlas Shrugged with me so forgive if I get it wrong.

The bankers said: “These are complicated companies,” one CEO said. Offered another: “We’re competing for talent on an international market.”

Obama's response: “Be careful how you make those statements, gentlemen. The public isn’t buying that.”

Now, Phil Larson, a friend of Hank Reardon's told Hank pretty much the same thing when Hank remarked "it's my company isn't it?".

I just found the two interesting.