Subject: declare war on switzerland

[ensho]

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/mailbag/802


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Subject: declare war on switzerland

Swiss bank UBS turned over 300 names of Americans the bank acknowledges it helped in hiding assets from the U.S. government, but refuses U.S. Justice Department requests for the names of 47,000 additional account names. Seems to me this should be just cause to invade Switzerland and take over their banks. More justifiable than invading Iraq, anyway. Just imagine the good our mighty military could do if it weren't run by the people with Swiss bank accounts. Some Buzzers want a name, so here's one just for them.

Abbie Hoffman


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(buzzers have been complaing when letter writers don't sign their name)

what's up with Switzerland and UBS protecting criminals?

[moundsview]

1. That idea has more holes than

well you know...

[w4rma]

3. What are the holes, please? (nt)

[moundsview]

5. I guess I thought that invading a foreign country

because we don't agree with their internal workings was a failed policy. What happened do engaging them in diplomatic negotiation?

[Octafish]

8. Like Iraq?

They did less to hurt the U.S. than UBS and the rest of the money-hoarding banks that protect the American tax dodgers.

[Fumesucker]

6. Switzerland doesn't have an army..

Switzerland *is* an army.

A very tough military nut to crack, they have fallout shelters for every Swiss citizen among other things.

[MattBaggins]

11. Yeah and Chuck Norris doesn't do push ups

He does Earth downs. Someone invented a perpetual motion machine and a car that runs on water.

Don't believe the urban myths.

[Fumesucker]

20. Yeah, I should believe some person on the intertubez instead..

:eyes:

[Donnachaidh]

2. Isn't their whole economy based on these bank accounts?

Wasn't that the whole reason why they set themselves up like this - to allow the uber-wealthy to hide assets from taxes?

Those 300 names were the sacrificial lambs -- they figured they'd toss them under the bus to protect the REAL accounts that have the major bucks.

[ensho]

4. I thought the Swiss were smarter then to base a whole economy on

a criminal endeaver.

maybe the swiss people were snookered

[tanngrisnir3]

15. No. What an ignorant thing to say.

Engineering, high precision manufacturing, chemicals and others are major sectors in their economy.

[corruptmewithpower]

7. We could bomb them, but invasion would be impossible.

The Swiss are the finest marksmen in the world, shooting is their national sport, all the grown ups are in the ready reserve, and they keep assault rifles and ammo in every household.

[bikebloke]

12. I had friends in Basel.

They showed me their rifles sitting in the coat closet. The Swiss can mobilize their entire army in 24 hours.

Though one decided not to do his army and spent time in jail.

[MattBaggins]

13. They are all eight feet tall

and shoot lighting bolts from their eyes and fireballs from their asses.

We will not go to war with CH but if we did we would rolfstomp them.

The Swiss are a bunch of pansies who refuse to take a stand against any atrocity and a have a bank system bloated with blood and drug money. No offense but I have for years been saying fuck the Swiss.

[tanngrisnir3]

17. Head, meet ass.

Yeah, the International Committee of the Red Cross really refuses to stand up against atrocities. Those anti-human rights bastards.

Good call there, Homer.

[Joanne98]

9. That's a great idea.

[Initech]

10. Time to turn the tables on those filthy neutrals!

[Fireweed247]

14. I wish we could have a whistleblower come forward

All of the money that was 'lost' by the companies that just scammed us in the bailout....that is where it is.

[tanngrisnir3]

16. Sounds like you've declared war on rational thinking

[hugo_from_TN]

18. Why don't we boycott Ricola coughdrops and Swiss Chocolates?

Ummm..... maybe just the coughdrops.

[wuushew]

19. Starve them out

They will either capitulate or reset to a more realistic and much less industrialized Malthusian equilibrium.

http://dieoff.org/page110.htm

[specimenfred1984]

21. Levin almost went as far as to say that the other day

He chewed that UBS guy a new one in a hearing and said he doesn't understand how a country could operate that way, basically stealing taxes from other countries who have clearly defined tax laws.

[NoPasaran]

22. This would be a good time to do it

Since all their pikemen are tied up defending the Pope.