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

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Wrecking Our Economy, Treasury Edition

One thing about the TARP bailout being run by the Treasury Department is really bothersome: The Treasury Department is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars with no conditions whatsoever.

For instance, the Treasury Department gave $25 billion to Citibank, part of over $125 billion that was supposed to free up the credit markets. But the banks did nothing with the cash other than sock it away. That's because Secretary Paulson and his minions (all of which undoubtedly have ties to the banking industry) gave them the money without strings.

But when Detroit came up and asked for $25 billion, my oh my, "we need to see a plan," "what are you going to do with the money," "how can we be sure you're not going to continue business as usual" and so on and so forth.

Hundreds of billions of dollars, going into a rathole.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We're giving Citi our house just in case the cash isn't enough to make them happy.

Comrade Misfit said...

Oh, shit. I am so sorry about that.