Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Does Anyone Still Doubt That the Republicans Are the "Party of Wall Street"?

All you bankers and guys at Goldman Sachs and AIG with the six-figure and seven- and eight- and even nine-figure bonuses, never fear: The GOP has your back!
In discussions with Wall Street executives, Republicans are striving to make the case that they are banks' best hope of preventing President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats from cracking down on Wall Street.
Not that it will ever happen, not with clowns Democrats like Chris Dodd in the Senate and Melissa Bean in the House, who both work diligently to protect the interests of the banks and Wall Street.

Phil "America is a Nation of Whiners" Gramm, one of the former legislators who is most responsible for the current economic trainwreck, chimed in:
"I see people that philosophically oppose Obama's policies getting a lot more engaged," said former Republican Sen. Phil Gramm, who now serves as the vice chairman of investment-banking firm UBS Securities LLC.

Mr. Gramm, who served briefly as a presidential campaign adviser to Sen. John McCain in 2008, said Mr. Obama has gone too far in his criticisms of the industry. "It is easy for politicians to overdo this vilification thing, but I don't remember a president in my lifetime engaging in it to the extent that Obama has," Mr. Gramm said. "And at some point it turns on you."
I don't think that the President has gone far enough. But to be honest, my idea of "going far enough" would be to set up a line of guillotines in Battery Park, with Phil Gramm being given front-of-the-line service.

(H/T)

3 comments:

Bridget Magnus said...

Don't forget an appropriate punishment for Phill's wife, former Enron board member Wendy Gramm.

montag said...

I found this great line in the Daily Kos post about this.

Save executive bonuses -- vote Republican!

Cujo359 said...

Bah. Today there's hardly a bit of difference between the parties on this issue. The DLC and Blue Dogs are perfectly at home with Republican policies. I can't say what progressives would do if they were actually the majority among the Democrats, but at this point I suspect that even some of them are glad to get those big campaign donations.

I'm not for the guillotines, but Obama's gone nowhere near far enough, and as you've noted, they've got just the right people in place to make sure that things don't get much farther.