I felt the need to throw that note up there in case a confused EZ-E comes around these parts at some point this afternoon. We went with the flowers, writing 'dealbreaker.com' on the card and while you people know this site is an indispensable resource for anyone hoping to achieve a modicum of success in this business, others might not. It pains us to say that Callan may actually be unfamiliar with DB. Hopefully, though, she or an assistant will follow the breadcrumbs to this address and put two and two together, at which time we can initiate girl talk, by which we mean the passing of proprietary information.
Note: We ended up going with blooms sort of by default--it was too late to send lunch, and the panty-gram seemed a little risky, it being her first day and whatnot. BUT! (see what I did there?) we want to send the PG to someone. We can't come to a consensus as to who's the most deserving of the (gag) gift which, full disclosure will be sent on behalf of Alan Greenspan, an absolute FREAK who is rumored to have legitimately sent more than a few PGs to his various strumpets back in the day. So:
a. Brian Hunter
b. Dick Fuld
c. Larry Robbins
d. Charlie Gasparino
e. Your call
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 3:59PM
Barbara Walters, she'll have a shortlist of about 47 people who could have sent her one on a given day
-HEDGEmony
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:01PM
f. Vince Offer
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:02PM
can you receive a PG in Federal Prison?
If yes, Ep.
If no, Billy Ash.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:02PM
Send them from Dick "Ewok" Bove
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:05PM
I could use a panty gram. Been a rough day.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:05PM
Send the PG is Buffet. He loves hookers and blow.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:05PM
@3-- billy ash isn't in prison.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:06PM
5 Same here. But I want a jockstrap-gram. Hopefully used. GAnalYst
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:08PM
7 - you are a retard.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:10PM
@9-- why do you say that?
7
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:10PM
e. Billy Mays
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:11PM
re-read post 3.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:12PM
@8. we could swap?
Posted by onetwo , Sep 02, 2008 4:14PM
Well, we know I won't get fired...send 'em this way.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:15PM
steve cohen
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:17PM
Does anyone know what kind of car Erin was shown with in DB's photo from earlier today?
It looks like a Chrysler P/T Cruiser to me.
The Guy from Delaware
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:19PM
I'm thinking a standard "black car" - a Lincoln Town Car
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:20PM
Jamie Dimon.... 270 Park Ave floor 48.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:20PM
@16 - it could be a Mercury Cougar
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:23PM
13 In my laundry basket are three ripe ones from this weekend, plus a pair of bike shorts. What are you offering in return? GAnalYst
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:31PM
Is this real of Pshopped?
http://gawker.com/5044243/how-bristol-and-levi-reveal-us-as-the-real-rednecks
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:35PM
spitzer
Posted by John Carney , Sep 02, 2008 4:45PM
Bess is so generous. It's her birthday today and she sends flowers to Erin Callan.
Happy birthday Bess!
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 4:48PM
Hey bess, what's your Myers Brigg thing?
and happy birthday if it is in fact you're birthday.
Posted by Anal_yst , Sep 02, 2008 4:50PM
Carney you def just set off a storm...
@TGFD, I'd say its a towncar
@21 For Mccain's sake, i hope its photoshopped, as if that broad could do any more to cement herself as a raging lunatic...
Posted by Investorcluzo , Sep 02, 2008 5:12PM
carney, where are we celebrating bess' b-day tonight?
send the pg to gasbagarino (hands down - he's a little beyatch!).
@onetwo - how was the whitewater rafting?
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 5:22PM
I'm not a supporter of hers, but how has she done anything to show she is a raging lunatic?
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 5:23PM
Does anyone know how I can become a viscount?
Thanks in advance.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 5:24PM
eliot spitzer signed by his escort
Posted by Anal_yst , Sep 02, 2008 5:35PM
@ 27
Would you like to start out with the religious evangelism (quite hypocritical esp given her daughter's situation, no?), the uber-right wing conservativism, or the fact that besides being governor of Alaska where, lets be frank, no one knew who the fuck she was until last week, yea, I'd say the thought that this broad may very well end up running the country scares the bejesus out of me just as much as the thought of Obama being behind the wheel does.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 6:18PM
@27 to continue....
Perhaps the fact that she had to get a passport for the first time last year to travel to Iraq. Prior to that she had only ever been to Canada. Before Bush became president he had travelled outside the country 2x - Mexico (vacation) and Rome (to visit one of his daughters who was doing a school term abroad). As Cindy McCain said "her knowledge of Russia comes from Alaska being geograpgical close to Russia" (not a direct quote because Cindy McCain did not utter "geographically").
I wonder if she knows the difference between Shi'a and Sunni?
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 6:26PM
you checked Obama's track record?
Index card, triple spaced.
On his website he lists one of his accomplishments as "successfully organizing a voter registration drive" (paraphrased).
and he's number one on that ticket.
Posted by bank_teller , Sep 02, 2008 6:34PM
happy bday bess!
Posted by DS , Sep 02, 2008 6:50PM
I don't think it's fair to hold a mother accountable for her children's actions. Instead you should look at how she's handling the situation which is by being supportive and encouraging her daughter to be responsible and take care of her family. How is that inconsistent with her values?
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 6:58PM
34,
Don't come around here trying to be all reasonable....
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 7:02PM
Anal,
all that notwithstanding she fought against the very parts of the republican party which are taking it down - the entrenched big money corrupt kinds living on federal dole. She fought against her well established corrupt folks from her own party.
She and McCain are similar in one aspect. McCain never minced words while criticizing his own party (and ended up being alienated for the same.) Similarly, Palin fought against the corrupt elements in her own party.
On the other hand, you have Sen. 'The One' whose rise through the most corrupt of politicial machines anywhere can be attributed to the phrase 'lemme suck your dick, mayor.' And but of course there is 5-time deferment seeker washington entrenched senator.
I think between McCain's softer stance on social issues and both of their hard stance against intra-party corruption - the republicans have an awesome pair here.
Btw, I have lived in some of the more socially conservative places and now live in a very liberal city. The folks in the previous place are way more decent, respectful and mindful of others than most of the slime that resides in this liberal paradise. So I dont understand all the hate directed at those folks. I mean have you met the 'socially liberal' pols of DC and NYC (the 2 places that I know much of)? If that is the idea of what things will look like once Democrats take over everything, give me a break.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 7:14PM
@36:
Agreed. This is going what's going in MN right now:
In one of the most chaotic moments, members of the Republican delegation from Connecticut said they were shoved and spat upon by protesters near the convention hall, according to the state party’s executive director, Heath Fahle.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02protest.html?_r=1&em&oref=slogin
People of tolerance and diversity, huh?
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 7:14PM
Happy b-day Bessticle. Send a used men's pair (carney may or may not be able to help) to the Big Guy. That would be funny.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 8:50PM
34 and 27
Believe you me, her daughter's child notwithstanding, Palin is a frightening likeness of an American cartoon character that very much embodies the photo link at 21...
From a person that resides in another country, she is scary. Good luck with the increased drilling, ever heard of Hubbert?
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2008 11:19PM
36 Then maybe you should go back from where you came. Or can't you make a living there? Which may explain why the locals act the way they do. They're not docile or polite - just beaten down.
Posted by Anal_yst , Sep 02, 2008 11:43PM
@ 36
Understand you're point, but I'm of the school of thought (as I'd hope anyone with 1/2 a brain would be) that being an extremist in any sense (except being extremely awesome obvi) is never a good idea. Whether one ("the One" you mention) is an extreme believe in his severely flawed understanding of bullshit redistributionist economic policy, or a believer in stark conservative christian evangelicalism, I have trouble taking much they do otherwise seriously. Yes, some people excel at separating their personal beliefs from what they do in the public eye (Hank Paulson's a Christian Scientist - very freaky shit - but has done pretty well in life regardless without letting it affect much of what he does, for example).
Just very disenfranchised with either party at this point, where are you Mitt?
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 12:13AM
@7:14PM who is The Big Guy?
Posted by I am a Dude , Sep 03, 2008 12:39AM
Happy B-Day Bess
where's the party?
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 4:14AM
Fuck pantygrams...get em all a "spitoon" so they can cough up all the mayo they shouldn't be swallowing when they give career building blow jobs to their colleagues.
Happy belated Bday Bess...sorry I was late, was travelling and missed the login.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 9:33AM
Anal,
The christian evangelical bit - as well as the impact that they can potentially have on your or my specific lives is highly overhyped. The Bush years were supposed to be the ones where the religious right was supposed to wipe out the fundamental separation between church and state. Yet to see much happen on that front.
Yes, what has occurred is heightened awareness of the ridiculous suppression of religious expression that the left has brought about through its sustained efforts. The loony evangelical right which is highlited on MSM is no different from the loony left greens, who want humans to go back to living in caves to save the planet. Both the groups are also similarly sized.
From my experience of living in fairly conservative locales, these people have little interest in regulating how you live in new york city. They have their own peaceful way of life and just want to live that way - as long as the left doesn't attempt to mold everyone into some pseudo western european ideals.
The lunacy of the left is fully visible here in new york. In december, I get a card from my buildings folks with their names listed (the usual bonus thing.) The card says "Seasons greeting, happy hannukah and a happy new year." I am not a christian and I kid you not, I was shocked. If someone right winger takes on examples like this to argue that somehow the majority religion is being suppressed, I wouldn't call them retarded. I think they have a point.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 9:58AM
@ 21 - Photoshopped. Perez Hilton had it on his website as well and stated it was a fake.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 10:16AM
45 You're reading too much into the holiday card. If its like my building, they're all muslim (from former yugoslav republics) so therefore equate seasons greetings with christmas.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 10:20AM
45 Read carefully, Anal's not having difficulties with the christian evangelical view per se but rather in the fact that it represents an extremist form of belief, which says something bad about the judgement of the person behind those beliefs. I agree totally. WSJ is trying to underplay that by promoting the libertarian side of Ms. Palin (see today's editorial). I'm not buying it though. This former McCain supporter is now in the Obama camp.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 10:49AM
I'm openminded re: the evangelicals, and defend their right to practice their religion. But Palin is a direct result of their overbearing emphasis on the right to life within the republican party. McCain preferred Ridge or Lieberman, two candidates with much higher qualifications than SP. But the religious right threatened to revolt given their support for abortion.
I hate abortion as much as most pro-lifers, but I hate wars and the crappy economy more. History may show GWB to be the worst president in modern history, and McCain could have been the guy in charge of this country post 9-11 if it weren't for these Jesus freaks pushing Bush to victory.
The country is in the worst shape since the 70's, but thank God we are at least two steps closer to protecting fetuses.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 10:53AM
#48 said "..in the fact that it represents an extremist form of belief, which says something bad about the judgement of the person behind those beliefs..."
Then as anal said, you would ideally sit out of the election. I call your bluff. You are not moving to the Obama camp, you were always there.
I dont think that Obama's association over many many years with a crazy religious and racial fundamentalist - a millitant and highly sexist one on top of that - speaks any more about his judgement. Neither does his extreme belief in redistributionist policies even if they reduce overall tax revenues (he accepted as much).
I consider some nanny democrat enforcing what kind of car I can drive, what fuel I use, what fastfood I eat, what insurance I get and how much i earn and what i do with my money to be as detestable as some evangelical telling me how and when i should have sex.
Thankfully, the latter is in real terms has been way less controllable even in the face of many efforts. And I clearly have a way out of it. They want to enforce it at the state level, I can move states.
The former things - however - are already being enforced and the plan is to make then nationwide very soon. I am unable to understand the mindset of most urban liberal in placing abortion and gay marriage as the litmus test of personal 'freedom' - issues that may or may not affect them - while conveniently (foolishly?) overlooking every other form of freedom which is of everyday concern to everyone.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 12:09PM
How much you want to bet a significant number of people are thinking, "Hey, perfect! If McCain becomes Pres, and if something happens to him, Palin will then become President, and she can stack that Court!"
Goodbye, Roe v Wade, Hello Coathangers and non-doctor surgeries.
It amazes me that intelligent people would rather have fat old white male politicians decide the fate of their bodies instead of intelligent women and their families and doctors.
I used to respect McCain. Now he just makes me sad. Maverick my ass.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 12:22PM
"..politicians decide the fate of their bodies instead of intelligent women and their families and doctors..."
Thank you for proving that you are a moron. You are not just deciding the fate of someone's body. You are deciding the fate of another life - a life which would not have come into existence if the owner of the body had taken proper precautions.
So as per your logic, 'intelligent women and their families and doctors' should also have a say on whether a painful 6month old should be allowed to live or not. I mean what is exactly the difference between a 7mon old embryo and a 6 month old baby? Both can survive independent of their mothers bodies and yet - will die if left on their own?
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 12:27PM
Not while it is inside someone else's body. My body, my decision. My God and I will discuss that decision, one I do not make lightly, when He/She and I are introduced to each other, and I take responsibility for that decision. YOU have NO SAY IN THE MATTER.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 1:27PM
No, the child/fetus/embryo has FULL CAPABILITY of surviving OUTSIDE the said person's body and is as such an individual life form. It is no different from a month old baby who is beholden to his/her mother's care. Yet the mother has NO RIGHT to kill the child.
YOU had your say before the child was conceived. As long as the conception was consensual, you have forfeited your SAY.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 1:54PM
Lucky for us, more reasonable heads prevailed, and Roe vs Wade is still the Law of the Land.
So Stick to that "Abstinence Only" policy, and All is Well...
...Oh, perhaps that didn't work so well for Mrs. Palin's daughter...
As much as I wish her well with her and her child's future, (and I sincerely do),I am very glad that the jurisdiction of the government stops at the entrance to the womb.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 1:56PM
Oh yeah, one more thing. Being Pro-Choice is not equivalent to being Pro-Abortion.
I am actually able to hold more than one thought in my head at the same time.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 2:03PM
56 I'm on your side, but you're forgetting that the pro-life argument is that they alone recognize that the fetus has rights. Remember the question put by the reverend to BO: not, when does life begin, but instead at what point is the fetus entitled to human rights (or something like that)
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 2:37PM
Well, here's my hilosophy/reasoning, as flawed as it may be. I am a man. Were I to conceive a child, I would support any decision the mother would make.
Reason: If I got hit by a truck, I would not be the person responsible ro that child's upbringing. So it is always the mother in the end who will have to deal with the consequences of the decision with regards to that child.
So in the end, the mother should decide. And I just heard the other night on Faux News one of the pundolts spewing her garbage about how if it was up to the liberals, abortions would be a nickel a piece and everyone would be having them. How demeaning to women is That!
As if having a abortion were not one of the hardest and most painful decisions someone could make, and as if it wouldn’t affect that woman for the rest of her life. That’s the kind of attitude that baffles me, from the party of minimal government. “Compassionate Conservatism.” Yaright.
So I will stick to allowing people dominion over their own body.
Yup, it's a cop out, but it's my cop out.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 2:52PM
You actually need to define what you mean by 'pro-choice.' Given that " the mother in the end who will have to deal with the consequences of the decision with regards to that child", does it imply that a mother has the 'choice' of terminating/killing/whaetever a 2 day old baby?
What is the miracle that happens in the 2 seconds between the time the child is inside the womb and outside that converts a 'we should have full 'choice' and it is abortion' to 'it is a homicide.'
The child is equally capable of sustaning its life (with obvious external support) after as well as BEFORE those 2 seconds. Then why does it all of a sudden convert into a homicide?
The bigger debate is over WHEN it is a homicide. You have offered no argument on that. The 'woman is responsible' argument also stands for a week old baby. So are you arguing that if a mother kills a baby then it is her choice and not a homicide?
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 4:14PM
I don’t have to define it. If I were a woman, I probably would carry an accidental pregnancy to term, then probably raise the child. But I am NOT a woman. And I cannot know the mind, heart, and full story of another person. So I decline to impose my will on another person’s body.
I’ll leave it to others to hem and haw over when the baby is a person. That is logically irrelevant to my argument that I have no right to tell a woman what to do with her body. While a baby is within the woman’s body, it is totally her responsibility. The answer to the part of your argument after the baby is born is obvious and breaks a host of rules of logic that I cannot begin to address here.
Evangelicals often use the argument, “It is God’s will.” Well, apply it here. If you believe in God and Heaven, you have to believe God will protect the baby. And if you don’t, then it is irrelevant. I personally don’t believe that God’s will interferes in our daily lives (I believe we are all responsible for our actions, and God watches what is happening, occasionally intervening in small unnoticeable ways).
And I’m probably not going to respond further. I don’t generally participate in religious arguments, because as entrenched as I am in my viewpoint, others are similarly entrenched, and neither will budge, so it is a futile struggle.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 4:28PM
What happened to Erin Callan's new job?
She is really cute.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2008 9:05PM
Anal, I hope you are reading WSJ's TRUE look at Palin's record, the first non-smear and lie laden examination by MSM, and I absolutely do not see much I can hate. Excerpts
- They note that when she first took office as mayor, city coffers were flush with revenue from a new sales tax. She took the opportunity to reduce property taxes. She displayed some enthusiasm for taxpayer relief after becoming governor, too. She got the legislature to pass an energy-relief measure last month that will send $1,200 checks to eligible Alaskans
- Yet Gov. Palin hasn't always embraced the social conservatives' platform in office. She drew flak from pro-life groups in Alaska, after she declined their request to include two abortion-related measures in a series of special sessions she called earlier this year for legislators to act on her proposal to build a gas pipeline. She said those bills would be too distracting from the gas measure, which she considered a higher priority and wanted passed, Ms. Green said.
- In an interview with Vogue in February, Gov. Palin said says her desire for independence from foreign oil is "personal." Speaking about the possible deployment of her son, who serves in the Army, to Iraq, she said, "This kid is doing everything he can to protect the safety of the United States. Are we? Are we producing a domestic, secure form of energy instead of relying on foreign sources? We need to be doing more. And we can."
- On education, Gov. Palin has been a champion for school choice, including vouchers and home schooling. She said in a 2006 questionnaire that parents should be allowed to opt out of curricula they don't approve of. She supports teaching creationism in schools alongside evolution
- Gov. Palin didn't make health care one of her top priorities, but where she did take a strong stand on health, it was for the free market. "Health care must be market-and business-driven, rather than restricted by government," her office said in a January statement.
I see a fiscally conservative, free market loving anti-corruption crusader who also is a social conservative but knows how to prioritize issues. I do not see her trying to push through a ban on abortion even if she is POTUS as long as there are wars, energy issues and fiscal problems to be solved.
How can you ask for more? Especially when she is competing with a marxist redistributionist? Her social conservatism was a bit worrisome but now I am sold. Maybe this is what MSM was scared of - the folks would discover the TRUE Sarah Palin which is why they tried to take her down as hard as possible in the first 2 days.
Read Peggy Noonan's column today. She has been pretty anti-Hillary this entire primary season but her analysis on Palin was spot on.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122048513733097089.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122044753790594947.html?mod=todays_columnists
Oh and thank god for the WSJ, the last bastion of OBJECTIVE journalism in this country.