the code word is stretch

As you may have heard, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission is none too pleased with Goldman Sachs. First, the bank didn’t turn over requested documents as quickly as Chairman Phil Angelides and his wingman, vice-Chair Bill Thomas asked for them. Then the slippery little devils dumped twenty million pages on the commission’s asses. Somewhere in that pile of crap is probably the information the FCIC is looking for but Christ on a crutch it’ll be Labor Day before they get through the damn thing! I mean really! Some of us wanted to wrap this up and have that den of sin shut down before the Fourth. You know, so they could enjoy the long weekend without it hanging over their heads. But you know what? No, it’s cool. No one’s gonna get angry here because Goldman Sachs actually did Angelides and Thomas a favor. Because this little stalling tactic can only mean one thing. Continue reading »