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Title: Home of ex-Royal Bank of Scotland chief vandalized
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Associated Press
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325 ... e_eu/eu_britain_ex_ceo_vandals
Published: Mar 25, 2009
Author: BEN McCONVILLE
Post Date: 2009-03-25 12:42:23 by Horse
Keywords: None
Views: 115
Comments: 11
EDINBURGH, Scotland – Vandals attacked the home of the former head of the Royal Bank of Scotland, smashing windows early Wednesday at the house of the ex-CEO who resigned in disgrace but with an annual pension of about 700,000 pounds ($1.2 million). Three windows were smashed at Fred Goodwin's sandstone Victorian house in one of Edinburgh's upscale suburbs. The rear window of a black Mercedes S600 car parked in the driveway was also broken. Goodwin was already the focus of much public anger about bank failures and wider economic problems in Britain. The British government has committed to investing 33 billion pounds to prop up the bank, while taking a majority stake in the company. An e-mail send Wednesday to The Edinburgh Evening News claimed that the attack was carried out by "Bank Bosses are Criminals," a previously unknown group. The claim could not be independently verified. Police officers stood guard outside the house while workmen cleared shards of glass from the yard. Neighbors said Goodwin, who also owns a house in Glasgow, has not been seen at the Edinburgh residence since he testified before members of Parliament in February about the bank's near-collapse. "He is normally a regular and high-profile figure around here, he has a number of nice cars, but I've not seen any movement around the house since he appeared before MPs," said neighbor David Taylor. Neighbor Andrew Macintosh said the vandals went too far. "Does he deserve this? A proper apology would be good, but this, no." Goodwin earned the nickname "Fred the Shred" for his ruthless cost-cutting at the Clydesdale Bank before joining RBS. He directed a vigorous expansion of RBS but the company's finances unraveled after it led a consortium to buy Dutch bank ABN Amro in 2007. The deal helped bring RBS near to collapse, and the company wrote off 20 billion pounds in 2008 related to the acquisition. Police said it was not clear if anyone was in the house at the time of the attack, but appealed for witnesses to come forward. In the U.S., death threats have been made against AIG executives since a controversy broke over bonuses paid with taxpayer bailout money.
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#1. To: Horse (#0)
Deserve ? What the banksters deserve isn't fit for print. (that's right, i said it)
Got to give some love, to my follow Scots on this one... ;-)
But my Scot's back home did it, before you said it.. ;-) LOL
They fell short !!
Don't these idiots have gasoline and matches? Breaking a few windows is hardly worth clicking the link for.
Shouldn't that be Picts?
You have to remember, they (for now) are a part of the damn EU. Where just saying things, can land you in jail.
Then if you're going to throw a party - THROW A SERIES EFFING PARTY !! LOL
Sometimes a brushback pitch, is better then one that hits the batter ;-)
hehehehe
I loled.
"Does he deserve this? A proper apology would be good, but this, no."
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams 
#2. To: Horse (#0)
#3. To: Rotara (#1)
(that's right, i said it)
#4. To: Refinersfire (#3)
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
#5. To: Horse (#0)
#6. To: Horse (#0)
Vandals
I've already said too much.
#7. To: TooConservative, Rotara (#5)
#8. To: Refinersfire (#7)
You have to remember, they (for now) are a part of the damn EU. Where just saying things, can land you in jail.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
#9. To: Rotara (#8)
#10. To: Refinersfire (#9)
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
#11. To: MUDDOG (#6)
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