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Finally, A CEO Talks Smart (Sorta)
Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is a smart guy. He believes Americans should pay their mortgages, “(People are) supposed to pay the mortgage, and we should teach the American people, you’re supposed to meet your obligations, not run from them.”
Hunting the Wild Corprodemocan: When Goverment and Corporations Breed
Ronald Reagan chided “Big Gummint” as the problem, not the solution, but for the past several decades government and private enterprise have co-mingled DNA to form a completely different species…one that now rides wild over the nation.
God: Whose Side is He On Anyway?
Politicians routinely invoke the word of God. It seems a requirement of the job to claim God speaks to them about every lame little thought that enters their squarish, well-coiffed heads. Norm Coleman is the latest to answer the celestial cell phone and hear the Big Guy.
Lessons For Leaders
With the stimulus being the biggest legislative package for the Whippersnapper administration so far, bipartisanship didn’t rule the day, despite Obama pledges to change the tone in Washington. This brouhaha was as loud and counter-productive as any and the Obamanation lost plenty and gained little.
Executive Pay: Knock Me Down With a Diamond-Encrusted Feather
Wall Street is whining over Obama’s executive pay cap. The moment they borrowed our money to fund their lifestyles of the rich and richer, it became fair we should get a say on the terms.
Champagne-Board the CEOs
Barack Obama called the well-lubricated CEOs, “irresponsible” and their grand theft “outrageous”. Ya think Barack? They’re taking us like Bernie Madoff wannabes and they’re “irresponsible” and “outrageous”? Damn! You ARE the master of understatement.
Torture is Being Between a Rock and a Hard Place January 27
The Bush neocabal left office with no protection for their worthless asses. Still open is the question of whether they’re war criminals and whether they should be prosecuted. Either way, Obama has no good options.
Too Much Law, Too Little Monitoring January 23
Main Street argues that our financial problems result from inadequate regulation and Wall Street believes there’s already too much. They’re both half right. We need cleaner law appropriately administered rather than left to the over-exuberant free market.
Obama’s ‘Honey Do’ List January 22
In the weeks leading to the inauguration, many people agitated for their pet projects be at the top of the Presidential “honey do” list. Obviously, most of them aren’t, and can’t, be there so Obama will need to balance his rhetoric and pragmatism.
We Don’t Have to Like the President
Regardless of how George Bush’s legacy turns out, there’s one sure thing – history will either love him or hate him. The Presidency isn’t about loving or hating someone and hopefully we can all agree to start the new administration there.
Randomness: Wall Street Bulls Style
The best in weird news, odd people, and funny events from across the globe. Proving once again that the Darwin principle lives in all of us.
So Now He Gets Reflective
George Bush is making his last “victory” lap before riding off into the sunset. In addition to today’s press conference, he’s also had several one-on-one interviews over the past few weeks to explain himself (read pat himself on the back), and remarkably, cop to certain “mistakes” he may or may not have made.
We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us
Too often, Americans view their government as the enemy. Many agree with Reagan’s view, “Gummint’s not the solution, it’s the problem.” But that’s a cop out that’s plainly in conflict with the Preamble to the Constitution.
Nostradumbass Announces 2009 Predictions
At this time of year you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting someone’s list. Worst things, best things, funniest, saddest, stupidest — yada, yada, yada. So here’s my predictions for 2009.
Where There’s Smoke, There is Apparently No Fire
Great American Insurance says some deaths resulting from a 2007 fire were caused by pollution – what you would call smoke – from a fire. That’s right, house fire smoke is really “pollution”. If your family expects to collect, make sure you don’t die from smoke inhalation before throwing yourself on the fire.
The Crying: Bush’s 2008 Global Legacy Tour
Many see Bush as a recidivist liar or the world’s most detached leader, but the image of him crying is a stunner. Is the man suddenly showing his softer side – one full of compassion and remorse? Or, is he saying something else entirely.
The Little Plunger That Could
Joe the Plumber found his time shilling for the McCainiacs to be appalling and dirty. A political campaign that seems less than genuine and willing to bend the truth to its dirty break-point and beyond? Why, that’s downright unpatriotic.
The Press Pressed to Extinction
Before the media was the media, the media was the press. Being a member of the press may have made you hated, but you were still respected and entrusted with one of the most important responsibilities in a democracy. Now, newspaper reporters are a dying breed.
The Comedy Shall Wash Over Us
After eight years of shooting Bushfish in a barrel, many comedians and pundits are wondering what they will poke and prod when Team Obama settles in. Obamans will have their share of screw-the-pooch moments from Biden, the Turkey Mom, and both sides of Congress that will provide a target-rich environment.
Pass the Vick’s 44
Regardless of who drove the Big 3 to the precipice, they’re in a heap of trouble. We’re faced with decisions to either look the other way at arrogance and greed or not bail companies out and lose livelihoods. Neither is a good choice.
