financial crisis

South Park Explains the Bailout

Fri, 03/27/2009 - 12:48
Submitted by Betty and Carlin

Betty and I are in love with Matt Stone & Trey Parker.  Couldn't you see us as South Park characters?

Why An A**Hole is Always in Charge.

Mon, 01/26/2009 - 15:26
Submitted by Betty Dodson

This is a great piece by my friend Greg Palast  who wrote for suicidegirls.com on the current financial crisis.  John Thain is the guy that looks like a Clark Kent doll you saw grinning from page one of your paper Friday morning. Thain was just fired by Bank of America because the square-jawed executive demanded a $30 million bonus after losing $5 billion in just three months at the bank's Merrill Lynch unit. In addition, Thain spent over a million dollars redecorating his office - including installation of a $35,000 toilet bowl - while the U.S. Treasury was bailing out his company.

There is no justice. Thain shouldn't have been fired; he should have gotten a $60 million bonus -- and Obama should immediately hire him as Secretary of the Treasury in place of that tax-dodging lightweight that's been nominated, Timothy Geithner.