Che Chairs Douchebag Benefit, Won’t Give Back Bonus (UPDATED)
If good looks was a minute/ You know that you could've been an hour- Smokey Robinson, 'The Way You Do The Things You Do'
Che shirt and Western suit coat? You, my friend, have the fashion sense of a troll.
The man at the right in this photo is Gary Pasciucco, a former vice chairman of Morgan Stanley who now runs AIG Financial Products. That division is the prodigal arm of the insurer which guaranteed the credits swap that unraveled the global economy. Gary and his cronies will now receive millions in bonuses, even though you and I now own AIG. Yes, the politicians should be outraged. Yes, these corporate douchebags should feel such shame that thoughts of suicide are not foreign. But, America, this is a smokescreen! The bonuses are just a small slice of the hundreds of billions of wasted dollars you, me, everybody spent in the mad dash to prop up Wall Street greedheads.
Don’t let the witch hunt to catch these bonus boneheads and Bernie Madoff distract you from the real scandal. The people who got us into this mess are running the show! Timothy Geithner ran the New York branch of the Federal Reserve which signed off on these poisonous assets!
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[Sigh] Burrrissss! (UPDATED)
Senate embarrassment Roland Burris re-entered the national spotlight Saturday when the Sun-Times reported that he corrected his testimony before the Illinois House impeachment hearing. His correction came in the form of a second affidavit sent to the impeachment committee. According to today’s Tribune, this second affidavit states:
Sphere: Related Content“Gov. Blagojevich’s brother, Rob Blagojevich, called me three times to seek my assistance in fundraising.” Burris also acknowledged mentioning his interest in the Senate seat to four close Blagojevich associates.
Stimulate This!
If you thought that the decades long Great American Leaders Search had ended with the inauguration of President Obama, well, you’re wrong. Six months into the New Depression most Americans don’t know how we got here, what we can do to get through this, and, most importantly, what we can do to avoid a mess like this ever developing again. We are clueless and ignorant, watching a debate over a stimulus package nobody really likes and nobody knows for sure will work.
I’m not going to lie to you. It sucks to be American right now.
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