Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:28PM

@1. Indeed. He would probably call the representative a thief, fraudulent shiester, and a lazy politician. Rep Cummings should be more concerned about the West Side (made famous in "The Wire")than a Wharton grad who is trying to save the world financial system.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:31PM

Elijah Cummings behaves like an uneducated street level thug. Self-indicting behavior is always the best dessert.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:33PM

Eh, who cares about the belittling Congress. Where's the story about Burnett's interview with Paulson?

What an idiot he is. When will he come clean and admit that he nearly ruined the economy by forcing Lehman into bankruptcy? And why are these CNBC 'tards calling him the most powerful man in the economy or whatever else - he's just desperately trying to clean up the mess he made.

Um...yeah, and we would have been so much better off without the rescue. For definitions of "better off" including all of the prime MM funds breaking the buck. For all those invested in Treasuries, even those won't be worth too much if the financial system melts down and there's nothing left to tax. The only real winners will be the ones who already bought guns and ammo and are holed up in Wyoming.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:34PM

How does a mid-level software banker at GS get this position? Seriously! Can anyone answer this question???

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:38PM

@5 - He was the first to respond to the Hammer's firm-wide email blast.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:39PM

He has a chip in his brain that lets Dick Cheney control him.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:41PM

@4: ITA. They should have forced Fuld to sell to someone (a la Merrill/B of A), not forced him into bk. WHen this is all written about years from now, that will go down as the most boneheaded move of all (aside from allowing AIG to be given permission to do anything more exotic than buying T-bills).

@5: Who do you know at GS who would voluntarily leave... to go into the government as a flunky to the Sec'y of the Treasury? It was a dead end aside from this bailout. He could have gone the entire time not doing more than setting up his voicemail.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:46PM

Yes, democracy. Where a thug gets to call a guy who busted his ass off working hard to get somewhere a 'chump.'

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:51PM

Sources say that Kashkari was going to be Treasury's "Kash 'n Karry" guy when all of those sacks of money being printed for bailouts were finally ready for delivery. Apparently on hold now - so looks like the guy is spinning his wheels.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:54PM

He was taking it for Hank. They don't want to say it to "Bait and Switch's" face. They'll say it to his flying monkey.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:54PM

One bald guy down, two more to go. Wait for next week.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:57PM

The "thug" #9 refers to has a metal plate in his head as the result of racist police hitting him in the head with a stick during a non-violent march for Civil Rights.

True patriots have metal plates in their heads or worse. Bankers...not so much.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 3:13PM

Neel Kashkari and Jeb Mason =
double-secret "business liaisons" in Treasury's Boom-Boom Room

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 3:15PM

Anyone see the video of Kucinich lambasting Kashkari? Hilarious. I'm not sure how he managed to get through that without laughing hysterically and telling him to piss off.

I agree with #13, Rep. Elijah Cummings deserves respect. That toolbox Kucinich... not so much.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 3:16PM

Still a thug. Just a thug who may once have had a good idea in his head, but who got stuck with a lousy metal plate instead.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 3:23PM

Kashkari has amazingly expressive eyes. The way the exchange was going I half expected him to say "hey WTF guys, I'm only here to figure out WTF happened to this stuff and to unwind it. How come you didn't talk to my boss about this shit?

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 3:24PM

Cummings' verbiage and posturing was for a street brawl not for Congress... You can take the thug out of the street, but not the street out of the thug. Playing to his members...

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 3:30PM

oh i read it as "is elijah cummings a chimp?"...totally different

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 3:33PM

"The "thug" #9 refers to has a metal plate in his head as the result of racist police hitting him in the head with a stick during a non-violent march for Civil Rights"

So that excuses anything? Didn't another true civil rights marcher get jailed for child rape recently? So McCain was a veteran - why didnt he win over a guy who never cared and one who dodged? Should Randy Cunningham be pardoned? Isn't Jefferson (dollars bills in freezer) also some civil right dude?

That behavior was worse than that of a thug. A cowardly thug that is. Nothing down there in the sacs to take on Paulson so beat up on any little guy you can find.

And Kucinich calling the guy a failed enterprise for the rest of his life? Who does he think he is?

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 3:36PM

Oh and Kashkari was neither born 1) white or 2) rich - two things that are frequently used to trvilialize and beat upon bankers.

So now what? If you worked hard and managed to get somewhere AND you dont pretend to be a bleeding heart liberal that you are evil (regardless of colr/class/whatever)?

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 3:41PM

@21

I'm sure the chump wishes he was back at GS brown-nosing his boss than sitting in a Congressional hearing trying to grow a thick skin in a split second.

And by the way, Hartford financial wants to become a S&L to get a hold of some TARP money.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 4:07PM

Is it illegal to walk out on a senator mid sentence?

That would have been funny to see.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 4:10PM

I don't want to defend Cummings, but what I heard was weeks of frustration, constituents yelling, etc. and Kashkari just happened to be sitting there. Cummings should have yelled at Pandit, Fuld, et. al., when he had the chance.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 4:13PM

Unlike the dumb, creationist, knuckledragging conservative mouthbreathers - those awesome congressmen were the erudite, literate, knowlegeable democrats.

See the difference!

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 4:18PM

26, Cummings doesnt have the right to scream at ANYONE!! And if he wants to, there are plenty of people in his congressional causus he can scream at.

Kashkari should scream racism and claim that he was screamed at coz he is a brown guy.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 4:25PM

26, Cummings doesnt have the right to scream at ANYONE!! And if he wants to, there are plenty of people in his congressional causus he can scream at.

Kashkari should scream racism and claim that he was screamed at coz he is a brown guy.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 4:35PM

You losers surely didn't watch the clip. He didn't abuse precious Neel. He said the same sort of things I would say, asked the same sorts of things I would ask. Mainly:

How in the FUCK can you guys continue forking money over to those AIG pigs and shoveling the rest of the 700 large here and there without putting some kinds of contingencies on it. Do you take us - American taxpayers - for chumps?

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 5:02PM

ferrari kashkari is no chump.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 8:06PM

I'm sorry, but Neel Kashkari isn't the appropriate whipping boy for this mess.

Plus, I'm tired of seeing Congressmen (and women) grandstand by grilling bankers, hedge fund managers, and regulators.

An actual old-fashioned fact finding inquiry on a particular issue would be okay. But it's all about face time on television. Horrible poseurs all.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 8:33PM

Nice job #13 and all the uninformed idiots with him/her. I hate to let facts ruin your story but it is Rep Lewis from Georgia that has the plate in his head because of a racist cop, not Rep Cummings from MD.

True patriots know their US history. Number 13 and the subsequent sheep... not so much.

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 9:12PM

I love to see the Dems do what they do so well

hate

hate

hate

and then call everyone else racist

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 9:15PM

Elijah Cummings brain is the size of a pea

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 9:59PM

#38

Chimp

Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 10:13PM

@41 - 38 here. Not sure what you mean. Are you disputing that Lewis is the one with the plate in his head or are you just a fucking idiot?

Posted by guest , Nov 15, 2008 1:03AM

Vol (??) said -"But giving tax payer money to AIG so they can turn around and pay out bonuses is some how necessary to "save the system"? "

Listen fucktard. First - how did you assume that any of us actually supported the bailout? It is chicken littles like YOU who went around screaming that the little people on the street would be left without a credit card to buy groceries if the bailout didnt happen. You forget that more than half the country was AGAINST the bailout.

Also "Are you telling me everyone is going to leave AIG and go work for MET Life cause the bonuses are higher in Midtown"

Stop demonstrating your genius, will you? The bulk of bonus money doesn't go to pay analyst and associate grunts who really dont have too many places to go to (if any). But the top 100 people at GS/MS etc are not short of jobs. The money is to keep them at their jobs asshole.

Get a fucking brain before trying to dismiss other people, ok?

Posted by guest , Nov 15, 2008 9:35AM

@45, I see that there is a lot of angst in there. Been laid off and cant find a job?

What you dont get is that irrespective of how much you beat up on Paulson - he will NOT be without a job. Even if Goldman went belly up - Blankfein wasn't going to hit up NY state unemployment insurance. Almost ALL the senior folks from Bear and Lehman are very well placed. Yes, that includes their mortgage and CDO trader (once again - the senior ones, not analysts.)

It is grunts like you (and me) who have to hit the streets. That is life - suck it up.

No one if fucking talking about Goldman or whatever the hell-man surviving or sinking here. The fact is that the top 100 people at Goldman will NOT be out of jobs. The money is required to keep THOSE 100 at Goldman or whatever the hell remains.

Once again, you said in 43 "Are you telling me everyone is going to leave AIG and go work for MET Life cause the bonuses are higher in Midtown?"

Yes, the people who matter ARE going to leave. The people who will stay will be precisely the ones who do not matter.

And irrespective of what paupers and class agonistas like you may say - those people are valued by other people with money. Nardelli was (righfully) hounded out of Home Depot but he landed a sweet deal with Chrysler (not that he is doing too good there.) But the fact is that the people with the money went out and hired him - they didnt hire your broke ass to run shit. You know why? Coz Nardelli did something of worth for decades at GE before he got to where he did - whereas you did shit in life and are simply regurgitating crap on blogs.

Fair? Maybe not. But who is to define fair? All of these guys - Blankfein/Paulson/Nardelli/Wagoner may seem like dolts in the immediate present but they weren't born and anointed CEO the next day. They were also grunts at some point of time and rose through the ranks after crushing useless grunts like you. Look around yourself (if you still have a job) - there are some folks who will be successful and objects of your angst later on in life. The thing is that you also could have gotten there had you had something in you - too bad that you were gifted with only the gift to criticize and not achieve anything.

For all the attitude in post 43, you really seem to be very thick. Nothing that you mentioned in 45 even related to anything earlier or 44.

And the bridge to Alaska thing. Even if someone gave you $100MM today - you wouldn't know what the fuck to do with it. So lay off it - those numbers are above your 'pay grade'. Try to talk in 100's. Suits you better.

Posted by guest , Nov 15, 2008 4:59PM

"I've made enough money trading volatility in the last two months not to have to worry about that ever again."

I know - it shows, probably the reason you are wasting time on blogs big guy. How many screens do you have?

"becoming a CEO has nothing to do with understanding your business"

But of course! All people being promoted and getting ahead in their career are just doing so because the as perfect ass kissers. Otherwise how does it explain why you went nowhere?

"I liked Corzine and i'm pulling for him to be named Treasury Secretary... "

Wow. So you actually want the US to end up like the state of New Jersey! The most broke state in the country - no because of any shortage of revenues (it has one of the highest tax burdens in the country) but because of totally out of control spending. The literally have NO way out - they are selling roads and bridges not just to get by, and STILL will not cut spending. A genius Corzine is indeed! I'm surprised that you are not rooting for Bob Rubin after his stunningly successful (and ongoing) role at Citi.

"GE is not a well run company it is an elaborate accounting scheme constructed by Jack Welch to loot the reserves of insurance companies"

Yes I know. And I am sure that you also believe that the US government planned 9/11. Btw, any similar comments on Warren Buffet's insurance shell game? Maybe not - hes liberal I see.

Overall - you have gone far away from the original point. Your basic point - that the top people at these firms have nowhere to go to - STILL doesn't hold. And you just keep coming up with crap to avoid accepting it.

Just like Elijah Cummings and Barney Franks are fucking morons with no clue about whatever it is that they want to do - and yet they hold enormous power, similarly all the top execs in these places have built up sufficient 'human capital' to be worth something and if they are paid $0 - yes, there are plenty of places that will pay them much more than that.

So there, you were WRONG. And seems like you have realized that also, which is why you keep trying to keep going back to whether they are worth it or not. That is not the fucking point here. The fucking point is that in this world - irrespective of overall logic and fairness - there are people who have gotten to positions where they will command money/power whatever and hence - you will need to pay those top people at gs/ms wherever just like you need to provide charlie rangel with tax dollars and submit to his whims irrespective of what kind of a fraudulent crook he is.

"Bob Nardelli is not successful I don't give a fuck "

Exactly. Neither does Nardelli give a fuck about you. The thing is - many more people give a fuck about Nardelli than they do about you (I guess no one). Hence he will continue wherever he is and you will keep posting on the blogs.

The only thing that would help is if you didn't start your comments with "You are so fucking stupid you don't even know you're stupid." Given that your existence is pretty much inconsequential to everyone but maybe your dog, the least you can try to shove into your head is a little humility.

Posted by guest , Nov 15, 2008 6:43PM

"So yes, I do want the rest of the nation to end up like New Jersey. "

'Nuff said. I get the point and also who you are and what you want.

Posted by guest , Nov 15, 2008 6:45PM

"I made more money last week than you will make this year."

Whenever someone actually comes out and says that, it means much more than what is literally said.

Anyone who made more money last week than I will do this year would have better things to do than spends all day on a blog calling other people stupid.

Posted by guest , Nov 15, 2008 10:25PM

"n case you haven't noticed I'm a misanthrope and I try to keep away from the heard of sheep, you call society as much as possible."

That is being exceptionally charitable. I would classify certain people more as cretins - ones that keep repeating some belief for quite some time and when suddenly their view turns right - to them it is vindication of not their view but of themselves. So the momentary achievement pumps up their self esteem and they start believing that they are the thing and all else is shit. Also, they just cannot stop gushing about it. Typically, not too many people give shit about them anyway so anonymous blogs offer and excellent place to gloat. However, the broader world soon recovers and moves on to better things whereas the cretins are left behind in their caves.

Dont worry. You are not the first, the only or the last.

Posted by guest , Nov 15, 2008 10:48PM

Yo, that playa hata' Neel Kash'n'kari is a phat chump.......and that's fo real...well in my neighborhood in baltamore.

-Tyron Biggins

P.S.: Does anyone have any rocks. i need crack bitches

Posted by guest , Nov 16, 2008 12:09AM

More interaction with humanity might open your eyes to more colloquial usage of words. Like when you hear someone call you an asshole - he is not really calling you 'the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal through which solid waste is eliminated from the body.'

Similarly, cretin is used to generally classify as a total fucking idiot, a borderline retard, a tool (which once again has nothing to do with mechanical implements.)

Also, nothing prevents retards from living in caves - especially when they themselves to agree to it.

Were you abused as a child? You might want to see a therapist.

Posted by guest , Nov 16, 2008 12:11AM

Oh, I forgot to paste the implied definition.

cretin

A Person that is: brainless, stupid, child-like, and full of pointless information that makes no sense and appeals only to other cretins. They can be found in abundance in every single populated internet forum, where they race to post as many mind-numbing messages as possible in a single session. In addition, they seemingly interbreed with other cretins, ensuring that their cretinous genes continue long after they end up dead meaning the Internet will never be rid of their kind. More's the pity.

Posted by guest , Nov 16, 2008 11:03PM

Please cite all Good Will Hunting quotes appropriately.