Richard Severin Fuld Jr., people! With all this Lehman craziness, we’d almost forgotten the significance of this date in history. It’s Maria Bartiromo’s birthday! She does so much for us, I think we should do something nice for her. My first thought was flowers, but we are feeling sensitive about the fact that we already sent a certain Wall Street lady some stems and it didn’t exactly pan out like we thought it’d would. So no plants. However, if you are down, we are proposing pooling our collective funds and buying her Lehman Brothers (though if nothing happens by Sunday night Carney and I will do it ourselves).
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doubt we would even have to pool funds…
Chicken Marsala for everyone!
I’ll chip in $0.05 towards the bid (which could not reach more than $1.50)
Seriously, that’s what you say when you say we almost forgot the significance of this date in history? Poor taste Bess.
@4 fuck off. it was mb’s birthday before 9/11
I agree with 4…too soon
@6– how is it too soon? she’s 41.
Yeah, especially when someone you know DIED. C’mon Bess!
I’d definitely fuck MB, bet she’s a tiger in bed
yeah not a good one bess…
how is this in poor taste? has bess made fun of 9/11? no. is she not allowed to say that it is maria bartiromo’s birthday? seriously people, spare us the phony outrage.
@7
well played sir
Bess – that’s ridiculous. Did you spend more than a minute on the “Post Comment” button before deciding… “Fuck it, let’s do it live.”
If we can’t give a warm “Happy Birthday” to MB, then the terrorists have won.
@13- jesus christ. there is nothing in this post that is disrespectful to 9/11. It is about fucking maria bartiromo. Hey, pal, if you happened to be born on 9/11, would you take one for the team and requested that no one ever recognized your birthday? that’s what I thought.
haha #5
With all this Lehman craziness, we’d almost forgotten the significance of this date in history
I think that’s the part that pissed everyone off. Not the MB Bday part.
Bess, don’t take Dick’s name in vain.
cnbc headline: “Which financial stocks are the shorts pouncing on?”
Hmmmmm… I wonder…
Thank you, captain obvious!
http://www.cnbc.com/id/26647033
(apologies to captain obvious)
@blnd– nah, you’re wrong. they’d act like sanctimonious douchebags anyway.
do u think MB likes mayo
More like, it’s 9/11.
Btw, Maria, Happy birthday.
LEH took out its low 3:32pm. Look out below. Sold for a buck in the morning I bet.
Is it me or does she seem a little worn at 41?
@21
Nah you’re wrong. I don’t think I have EVER gotten righteous about ANYTHING ANYONE has ever posted on this b%tch. I’ve learned to ignore the ron paul, and the mayo, and shamwow? (really shamwow?) and I love me some good ole fashioned gay bashing, misogyny, and dick jokes.
This I thought was inappropriate. First time ever.
@25– totally, i would’ve guessed more like 45.
@9 – Obviously you didn’t see the dateline special last friday on Egret boy. She was commenting on the whole episode and didn’t look good.
I’d have to agree with #25.
I’ve never understood everyone’s fascination with her.
@23- we know it’s 9/11. i lost people. it sucked. we don’t need to stop living our lives, and walk on egg shells on this date, though. You know, those who died are gone every single day, not just this one. I bet you don’t even think about them any other day but today, and then get self-righteous if people talk about anything else.
It’s like the stupidity of Valentine’s day. You’re supposed to express your love for your significant other every day, not just the one you’re told to.
what’s sham-wow? seriously.
Kids- ease up. Some people are well over 9/11 and some people will never be. Just gotta deal with it.
@21…….You sound like someone with a working brain in your head. Can’t say that about the majority of these “psycho” assholes. Thanks 21
@29 – Well said sir.
Bess is 41?
Too old, wouldn’t date.
@beentheredonethat– I agree but also don’t think we should presume that bess is or isn’t “over it.” People express their grief in all sorts of ways. And I don’t think it would be that big of a stretch that BL might be one of those people who uses humor to mask pain.
people need thicker skin…would have thought in this industry it wouldnt be a problem. nothing offensive in this post whatsoever.
A little hypersentive and sanctimonious, if you ask me. (No one asked, but eff it.)
Bess’s comment is clearly satire, as, realistically, Maria Bartiromo’s birthdate ISN’T historically significant. So to try an draw a correlation between a satirical, insignficant event, and a tragic, extremely significant event, just as justification for some kind of manufactured moral outrage, is insincere and fraudulent.
That the “It’s 9-11, I have to pay homage to that date in everything I do today” thought isn’t in the constantly forefront of someone’s mind just speaks to their own mindset. It has nothing to do with how they feel about what happened, or how they respect the “sanctity” of the memory of the event.
Some of you may be spending the day entranced in rememberance and/or mourning, others have other ways of recognizing what happened. They’re not being “disrespectful” to it, or you, in any way.
Be honest – do any of you really believe that the post was actually implying that Maria Bartiromo’s birthday is more historically significant than the September 11th attacks?
@18 don’t you see that it’s a joke though…the MB Bday part is intricately related to the significance of this date part. You really are blonde aren’t you
@35, you are right. It was BL’s cry for help. She is far too sensitive to be writing anything today and I am sure she appreciates your virtual hug. douchebag.
Eggplant parm at the Bartiromo house tonight?
http://www.bergproperties.com/blog/cnbc%E2%80%99s-maria-bartiromo-pays-65-million-for-manhattan-townhouse/441/new-york?action=print
@38– exactly. god you people are dense. the whole point of this post is that mb’s birthday IS NOT significant. note the mocking tone?
@38 – DUH. Obviously. What I was pointing out was that though satirical, some people clearly don’t think that it is something that should be joked about. You really are a moron aren’t you?
@42– but those people are wrong, and so are you for defending them, blndebtch.
@43 – Ooooh fiesty! I love it when you talk dirty to me.
It’s Maria’s birthday. Are some of you fools watching CNBC? It’s a lovefest with cake and kisses.
CNBC is a large part of my 9/11 memories. I remember alternating between watching Mark Haines and looking out the window at the first tower.
See them pull out birthday cake on The Closing Bell really disgusted me. She should celebrate her birthday in private. All the talking heads should. It doesn’t need to be on the damn show.
@46– yeah! fuck cnbc, THEY ARE DISRESPECTING 9/11 JUST LIKE DEALBREAKER. (If you didn’t get it from this comment, I think you’re an idiot).
#40 – where is “Manhattan’s Treadwell Farms” district?
Jonathan Steinberg is an idiot. She so cheated on him with Todd T. No kids. Why stay?
I am sure you all BBQ’ed on Memorial Day, drank, laughed, etc. Do you need to look up what the holiday is there for?
And don’t give me the “its too soon” garbage. 7 years later you can make a satirical comment about the importance of someones birthday.
Is it too late to order the panty-gram?
@50– 4 steps ahead of you.
48 Lower east 60′s. Those blocks between Lex and Third with all the nice townhouses.
…you know, by all the farms.
Number 46 & 48……My express thoughts exactly. You both got it.
Did she ever do one of those “Got Milk?” ads..?
#49 – there’s a difference between a satirical comment (appropriate IMO) and the cake on the show.
The comment called them out on something they did that was stupid.
53 Read the sign marking the historic district, next time you leave Bloomingdales. Or are on the way to Scores. It was a farm.
DB = Finance, satire, good humour during work hours jadda jadda jadda
bunch of zealots trying to go back 7 years…for freakin sake everybody suffered life goes on pals!
cucumber a parmegiana for MB!
52, 57, #48 here. Thanks. I worked in the Citicorp Center, am unfortunately way too familiar with Bloomingdale’s and that whole area, but cannot ever remember seeing mention of “Treadwell” anything. Good to know. Huge traffic in that area, esp. crosstown. But a decent Equinox if you can get through the crowds.
Treadwell Farms historic district:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/treadwell_farm.pdf
Read #48 second line and remember all the news coverage and Newsweek and other print in January of 2007. Mariagate coined by someone?….but, they tried calling it a relationship. The above #48 describes it correctly. Some things stick in your craw for a long time……..