If he gets asked to leave, fine, great even. It’s not even really a secret at this point that he wants to go (why do you think he stopped trying to sell his house?). But if anyone here thinks that they can bully him into leaving cause he’s some sort of push over, think again! The elven Treasury Secretary is not afraid of any of you or the dark, he is not a (total) puss and? He’s got something of a sassy side.
At a Joint Economic Committee hearing in Congress, in which House and Senate lawmakers sit on a panel, Rep. Kevin Brady opened up his questioning by telling Mr. Geithner Republicans, Democrats, and the American people had lost confidence in the Treasury Secretary and asked him to resign.
“It is a great privilege to serve this president,” Mr. Geithner responded. “I agree with almost nothing you said.”
And if you want to talk about confidence? When people, The People, think about Tim Geithner? They think confidence shooting out of every orifice.
Brady wasn’t done. “The public has lost all confidence in your ability to do the job.” Geithner wasn’t done either. “If you look at any measure of confidence in the financial system, it is substantially higher today than when the President of the United States took office.” Brady: “This is your budget! This is your bailout!”
Geithner Says He Won’t Step Down, Takes a Few Swings at Republican [EconBlog]
I hope he jumps up out of the chair and hurls it across the room, to show he means business.
that’s not true, I am afraid of the dark.
I’m scared of clowns.
Those jewclaws don’t scare me none.
Chappy Sinclair, USAF (Ret.)
yes, unemployment is higher, timmy, surely a sign of economic health…
@4 = anti-semitic. examine your motives.
“But it wasn’t my fault. Ben cornered me and twisted my nipples like so. It hurt, I tell you…”
Re: the picture in WSJ’s EconBlog
“Plus I mix it up so clean when I’m on the 1′s and 2′s” responded Geithner as he began beatboxing while simulating what he later referred to as “scratching wax”.
oh no he di’int
Can anyone tell I am wearing pampers?
TG
Elfin = elf like
Elvin = somebody living in the panhandle region of Texas/Oklahoma.
I know, I’m already examining my motives.
The WSJ left out the best part of the exchange between Brady and Geithner.
“Out of order, I show you out of order. You don’t know what out of order is, Rep. Brady. I’d show you, but I’m too much of a pussy, I’m too tired, I’m too fuckin’ clueless. If I were the man I was five years ago, I’d take a FLAMETHROWER to this place! I have seen bankers. Bankers like the ones you despise, their leverage blown out, their bonuses ripped off. But there isn’t nothin’ like the sight of an evaporated shadow banking system. There is no prosthetic for that. You think you’re merely sending this splendid foot soldier back home to Westchester with his tail between his legs, but I say you are… executin’ my soul! And why? Because I’m not a Congressman. Congressmen. You hurt our banking system, you’re gonna be Congress bums, the lot of ya. And Harry, Barney, Maxine, wherever you are out there, FUCK YOU TOO!”
Putz Schumer now tawking. “Its all China’s fault! Currency manipulation.”
I think he is being racist, and should examine his motives.
“And when there’s two safes in need of some crackin’…I just get all ambidextrous on that shit like this here”
- Safecracker Supreme
maybe Obama will go with him…
@11 how does your sister taste you redneck putz
“Yes Senator, I have seen Barney’s unit and it is exactly this long, but not very thick.”
Timmy Elvin
@5 lagging indicator mofo.
It looks like Timmy just about shaved off his eyebrows before his testimony.
Kind of an anti-Gasparino, who generally allows all his facial hair to grow out for a few days before his TV appearances.
“Look, our economy, is like any GM car or pickup…all you have to do is connect the red cable here and the black cable here and give it a little jumpstart.
…yes, I know it hasn’t worked yet. That’s because our servers keep shortcircuiting. I think we need a budget increase to get better servers.”
-TG
@18 He tried to off himself by sticking his head in the oven, but the ignition kicked on and the ensuing fireball burnt his eyebrows off.
TC @20:
It would explain Timmy’s feistiness today, a near death experience like that…
I wonder if he put out the fire, or allowed his house to burn. Like CG says, “If you can’t sell it, burn it.”
I can’t watch CNBC anymore today. What this country really needs is an all-gay business news channel….
“serve the President” my ass. We all know who the real puppet masters are.
Examine your motives, TG.
I wish these idiots would just cut to the chase and ask him the only question that TG is qualified to answer.
Team Edward or Team Jacob?
@pfluger – Timmy was found chanting “The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire. We don’t need no water, let the motherf–ker burn.”
Now I’ve got The Roof Is on Fireby Rockmaster Scott & The Dynamic Three playing on my computer… damn this is some old school sh*t.
timmy g WAS the guy cutting deals under McDonough, and now THEY left obama an economy on the brink, what a bunch of cowardice bullshit.
Tax Chick,
Nice. Imagine how depressed he must’ve been when his attempt to relieve himself from the unrelenting burden of his several previous epic failures resulted in…wait for it…another failure.
That said, I think we might be missing something here. John Mack indicated last night that Wall Street may be wrestling with an addiction of sorts. If we assume that to be true, then perhaps the Obama-Geithner plan is to let the addicts “hit rock bottom”. In such an endeavor, the Treasury sees its role as being to facilitate such a bottoming out via various bailouts (akin to spotting a junkie a few more rocks of crack).
This raises the all important question posed by none other than the late George Carlin:
If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
“…this is my pitchfork!”
-K Brady
Timmy’s smart
Pretty soon it will be all govt jobs. Working in their Goldman Sachs division is quite lucrative though
can’t stand it when geithner wears that elementary school watch
@HH
I like your thinking.
Further to Mack’s point, perhaps Timmy’s on the crack. And the lack of eyebrows is evidence of a recent freebasing accident.
@24/NS Miley hates Twilight. Hates it.
@30 the watch is how the hive mind controls him.
@32 really? Didnt know that tidbit.
It might have been in the memo about the stilettos that I didnt get.
not to defend timmy, but seriously, who is Brady to lecture him about economics? the guy has been in congress for 20 years and the only visible thing on his record is a DWI from 2005 – in south dakota mind you. he should be required explain the mechanics of a CDS contract before opening his face.
@25/TC:
Based on today’s happenings, I think he might just give the oven thing another shot, tonight.
We’ll know tomorrrow, when we can re-examine his eyebrows.
I’ve examined my motives. TaxChick talking about nipple twisting and stiletto heels make it move.
Ask Geithner to resign? Moot point.
Now playin’ in TG’s Ipod:
“Hold tight wait ’til the party’s over
Hold tight we’re in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house
Here’s your ticket pack your bag; time for jumpin’ overboard
Transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are
Fightin’ fire with fire
All wet yeah you might need a raincoat
Shakedown thieves walking in broad daylight
Three hundred sixty five degrees
Burning down the house”
What about the part where he tells AP: “To me, confidence is between your ears, not between your legs. I’ve felt like a Treasury Secretary as far back as I can remember.”
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There will be no meaningful reform of Wall Street banking practices. TGFD has said this before and explained why also.
Sadly for America, there is nothing for Wall Street to worry about.
The Guy from Delaware
@41 = old. examine your prostate.
Golf is a game of inches, the six inches between your elvin ears.
T
W
@35 totally agree. It’s always funny to see some bozo from flyover country fall off the turnip truck and start thinking that he is an expert in finance. I don’t agree with everything Geithner does, but I am pretty sure I would choose him to run the Treasury over anyone from Brady’s bunch
@44:
Depends on the type of turnip truck, of course. If its a GM or Chrysler, I agree.
And remember, O of O is headquartered deep in the heart of flyover country. He considers himself to be a pretty good investor. (I’d give him a pass on the Moody’s stake, as no one is perfect.)
- Ex Wall Streeter, gone hayseed pickup truck owner
moss on teeth driving a pickup is the new killin’ it
@46:
Moss??! WTF do you city-folk know about pickups and foliage? Fiddle head ferns in the teeth, not moss, for Christ’s sake…..
“Stopped selling his house”? Are you kidding me? He is so out of touch with reality, his asking price reflected this. He didn’t stop selling. He couldn’t sell it. Have you ever seen it? It’s on a pretty busy street.
Those ears look like a good orifice. Wouldn’t need to use plastic, either.
@41 Yes we know, but perhaps your habit of referring to yourself in the third person is what makes most DB commenters think you’re completely, if not almost entirely full of shit. That, or the fact that you insist on wearing sox with sandals when at the beach.
TG is a tool
he’s a little punk.
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