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I swore I'd never have a blog - "too much to maintain" was my constant refrain - but when the mainstream media routinely ignored the facts in order to hew to preconceived notions of how this particular presidential race should play out, I had no choi
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Theatre Of the Absurd
Citibank says it made "a 1.6 billion dollar profit" in the first quarter of this year. Goldman Sachs considers it its "duty" to return the 25 billion in TARP funds it received. And JP Morgan...good old JP Morgan's CEO will actually stare into a cam...
"Crisis That Was Caused By People, White With Blue Eyes"
[REPRINT FROM LAST WEEK - EVEN FUNNIER AFTER BRAZILIAN LEADER'S QUOTE ADDED BELOW]"This is a crisis that was caused by people, white with blue eyes. And before the crisis they looked as if they knew everything about economics," he said. "Once again t...
Wall Street Bankers - Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?
Dr. Jekyll is the bailout banker you've been seeing on TV lately. They are pale, with eyes that seem to blink too much, but that’s because they aren't used to the glare of so many flashbulbs and spotlights. The voices are soothing, convivial even...
Being A Deserver Is A Lot Like Being A Decider
Believe it or not, there are people out there who are trying to explain why the guys at AIG (and Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan) deserve their bonuses/deferred compensation/ransom money for starting the financial wildfire that threatens to burn down the...
A Nation Of Outsiders
I was talking to my buddy on the phone yesterday, just a casual conversation about the perils of joining Facebook, when I said "hey man, I've been meaning to tell you something.""What’s up?""You know that wish list you have of all the stuff you'd l...
Congressman Compares CEO's To Bank Robbers
The soundbite is the currency of TV news, the primary political information source for most of America - simple, nice, neat, easy to pronounce phrases that an announcer can whip off after the guy behind the camera starts waving that they have ten se...
Wall Street And The Art Of The Big Con
The movie The Sting, with Robert Redford and Paul Newman, was one of my favorite films growing up. I didn’t really know much about Redford or Newman or con men or gambling, but I was awed anyway by every turn in the convoluted plot, by every piece...
