http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1337231563159418946#
An 800 pound gorilla in DC
http://www.youtube.com/user/irisojects#p/a/f/0/6GmFL3dM8vc
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20853
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Global Collapse of the Fiat Money System: Too Big To Fail Global Banks Will Collapse Between Now and First Quarter 2011
When Quantitative Easing Has Run Its Course and Fails
by Matthias Chang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/800_lb_gorilla
"800 lb gorilla" is an American English expression for person or organization so large or powerful that it can pursue its own purposes without the slightest regard to the needs or desires of others, social conventions, or even the rule of law.[1] It is based on the idea that a gorilla is so mighty and powerful that it can do anything it wishes.
[edit] Origins
The phrase itself is rooted in the idea of an old riddle which asks:"Where does an 800 lb. gorilla sleep?"
The answer:
"Anywhere it wants to."[2]
[edit] Usage
The term refers to the issue of a seemingly unstoppable force with greater powers than average humans being able to throw their weight around as they see fit. The issue raised with such a phrase is to highlight the sheer disparity of power between the "800 lb. gorilla" and everything and everyone else who shares the same space or lies within its sphere of influence.The term is often used to describe an a powerful geopolitical and military force, or, in business, a powerful corporate entity that has such a large majority percentage of whatever market they compete within that they can use that strength to crush would be competitors.
In early 2010, the financial firm AXA Equitable created a series of TV advertisements[3] combining the phrase with the entirely different phrase elephant in the room to form a hybrid phrase "the 800 lb. gorilla in the room". Whether the two metaphors were mixed intentionally or through error is uncertain, but one possibility is that the advertisement was better served by a talking gorilla than a talking elephant and the firm did not expect the critical viewer reaction which followed.[4]
http://www.indianaeconomicdigest.net/main.asp?SectionID=31&SubSectionID=135&ArticleID=53310&TM=48570.77
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"If any company like AIG was too big to fail," Lane said, "a proud city like Gary, in my opinion, is too big to fail."
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1363889/citibank_too_big_to_fail_fed_employees.html
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There are tons of news articles and blogs out there about how Citibank is too large to fail. President Bush said it yesterday. The new economic team being brought together by President-elect Obama seems to agree.
http://www.businessinsider.com/federal-employees-owe-nearly-a-billion-dollars-in-back-taxes-2010-3
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http://www.businessinsider.com/federal-employees-owe-nearly-a-billion-dollars-in-back-taxes-2010-3
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