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Bailed-out Bankers in Effigy and Parody

by Eye on the Crisis that is Capitalism
No mercy for bailed out bankers--jailed, parodied and rendered headless on April 11 in front of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank. Tourists looked down from double-decked busses and shot photos of the take-home message from our fair city.
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The Raging Grannies passed out the lyrics to this and other parodies.

Their Money Lies in Other Countries
Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

Their Money Lies in Other Countries
In tax shelters parked carefully
It’s our money that they have wasted
In Jail is the place they should be!

Chorus:
Bail out, Bail out
No stinking bail out for
Wall Street bums
Bail out, Bail out
No stinking bail out for them!

They blather about the “free” market
They say that we must privatize
They’re happy to rake in the profits
Their ethics should be scrutinized!

Repeat Chorus
§Effigy
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§Raging Granny Street Theater
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§That's Our Money!
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Even as Grannies jail the evil banker, she chortles that she's still got it squandered away in Swiss bank accounts. A tussle ensues.
§Frontera No! Jail for Bankers, Si!
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§Jailhouse interview with Australian blogger
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§Raging Grannies interview and sing another song for this guy's podcast
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You Took the Money
tune: We’re in the Money

You took our money, taxpayer money,
You grabbed what WE had set a-SIDE to get along!
Where is our money?
This isn't funny,
You broke the banks
now go to jail,
you done us wrong!
§Large signs help deliver the take-home message
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Grand Theft!
§Musicians keepin' things lively
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§Activists network with one another
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§Legal observers
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§Go away, Geithner
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§Differently abled and aged give voice!
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§Go Directly to Jail!
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Parody of monopoly game, a Raging Granny creation
§As ordered!
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§Grannies gather up props to go
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§Can't stop singing those parodies
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Raging Grannies rest weary gams and newfound friend Pete figures out he can play "How Much Is that Doggie in the Window" tune for Granny composed parody:

How Much is that Banker ?

How much for a bailout
for the bankers
Oh just a mere trillion or two
How much for a bailout
for the bankers
There's DOUGH for them BUT not for you

How much for the bailout for insurers
Oh just a few billion, not much
How much for the bailout for insurers
It's THEIR dough
and YOU cannot touch

How much to help folks stay in their houses
Mere folks can't get money you see
But just give more money to the bankers
And they'll be just fine
yes-sir-ee!
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