Not Obama’s favorite banker, Jamie Dimon, though you’re on the right track in assuming it’s someone who doesn’t take shit or prisoners from anyone (though he will take a bullet). Someone who, perhaps unlike our current Treasury Secretary, could stand up to Larry Summers and say “No, you’ve had enough Diet Coke for today,” and pass the big boy a Vitamin Water. Someone, like Fifty Cent. And as luck would have it, Mr. Cent has already stated publicly that should the President decide to shake up the economic dream team, he’s there.
“Any businessman who wants a piece of the future should learn for me. Obama is great. If he wants me as his financial adviser that would be cool.”
If you were thinking the CNBC contributor didn’t have the qualifications for the job, think again.
“I buy diamonds on a very regular basis, but now I am selling my old stuff before I get something new. These are times when you learn about the value of money.”
The 34-year-old, who is starring in British crime movie Dead Man Running, said it was inevitable that rich people like him would lose money in the current economic climate.
“If you don’t lose money in this recession, it means you didn’t have enough to start off with,” 50 Cent said. “Sure, I lost a few million, but that’s because I have so much. This is a time that will sort out the strong from the weak.
Watch Your Back, Tim Geithner [Cityfile]
I want to be there when he is informed that Kanye West got the job instead.
It’s not like he could do any worse.
-TG
@2 dick
I hope Taylor Swift gets it instead of Kayne & 50 Cent.
vitamin water tastes like total ass.
Flava Flav wasn’t available?
@ 5,
I’ll take a case of it.
Barney Frank
why is everyone always ragging on me? A serious question.
-TG
@5
WUT! That stuff does not taste like Booty Sweat!
Alpa Chino
50 Cent made 400mm on Vitamin Water, which makes him more qualified than most Wall St goats.
He got boobies like my mama.
Champ
I heard he had beef with Larry Summers.
It was relevant for the Detroit bailout and it’s relevant for this…
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=24406
@8 – because you’re a pathetic stooge who’s burying the US in massive debt to reinflate the bubble. And you look like Epstein from Welcome Back Kotter.
Ill never get enough diet coke.
-LS
50 Cent…the worth of US debt in 5 years?
http://abnormally-distributed.blogspot.com/
Ban 16!!!!!!!!
Second @17
@16 is a fucking douchebag that needs a 2×4 rammed up his ass.
http://www.prudentialct.com/ListingDetails.aspx?norecord=0&LK=1580098
50s House. A LOT nicer than geitner’s piece of shit house
@19 but could he sell it in this market?
-TG
@16 has kiddie porn on his website… I’ll alert the cops.
@3 dickhead
LS is an addled, incontinent old man who, at any given point in time, is either asleep or dribbling diet Coke down his numerous chins. TG is running amateur hour at Treasury and has proven himself to be incompetent in every aspect of his job aside from changing LS’s diapers. BO is a pompous asshole who, while gifted at reading his ever-present teleprompter, is economically naive at best (but potentially a disastrous true believer on the left, in which case we really are truly fucked).
@14 He looks like Horshack, not Epstein.
@ 23, they inherited a mess.
I’m pretty sure 50 didn’t make $400m, certainly not cash from Vitamin Water, but whatever, not worth taking one to the chest for.
@26 He got paid in stock in the early days of Vitamin Water.
@anal_yst you’ve been notably cranky this week. trouble at home?
@25, yes they did…and I’m sure they will still be reminding us of that 7 years from now.
I smell like the vault
@25 They inherited a mess? Is that like Bush inherited Clinton’s naive approach to defense and as a result we got 9/11? How long will you Prius driving, Hollywood loving, limo renting, privat plane flying assholes drink Obama Juice? isnt anyone tire dof seeing this guy on TV commercials, late night shows and NBC?
Someone tell me when Obama takes office so we can start blaming him for the fucking mess that we are in.
@29, correct, then the next administration will come in stating that they have to clean up BO’s mess all the while claiming that they are going to change the politics of dissension in DC – hahaha
@32 Actually they will probebly have to bring back the Consitution at the rate Obama is going. Then we can fix his mess, rebuild Tel Aviv after Iran nukes it and rush to save the lives of all the assholes who took the “Public Option” healthcare plan.
Timmy ain’t worth a plug nickel so 50 Cent is already an improvement.
It’s Fiddy not Fifty.
oGyrsW Really enjoyed this blog post.Really looking forward to read more. Fantastic.