Awww, look, Wall St. got a verbal spanking….
“There is a lot of blame to go around – a lot of blame with big financial institutions that engaged in this irresponsible lending … blame to the people who made loans they shouldn’t have made, people who took out loans they shouldn’t have taken out,” said Paulson, who served as CEO of Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs for seven years before he became Treasury Secretary in 2006.
ANNNNNNDDDDDDD ACTION!
Here I am going to spank you now. Ok? It is really going to hurt. You have been really, really bad! Do you understand me? (said in fatherly voice talking down to his 2 year old son)
You are going to get it! I said NO. You can’t do that! That’s bad.
(child starts crying)
(Dad picks up crying baby son)
“There, there son” (pats sons back)
I didn’t mean to yell. It’s ok. I wouldn’t hurt you. (Dad makes soft shushing noice to comfort child)
ANNNNNNNND CUT!
(The
End
of
America)
Fade to black…..excuse me….fade to red
Act II – Dems get tough.
Congress:(Enter Stage Left – rolling shoulders, punches air as would a boxer warming up. Waits.)
Bush: (Enter Stage Right- smirking)
Congress:(laying down) I insist that you stop kicking me in the head as soon as you get tired.
Bush: I promise.
*curtains*
applause
standing
ovation
ensues
Paulson is to Goldman Sachs as Cheney is to Halliburton. When the great secret and Supreme Court sanctioned ENERGY meeting went down in Cheney’s office, who’d not bet that the war in Iraq wasn’t a big part of the picture and probably the war machine profiteers were part of the strategic planning. Definately, the big oil/field recovery that Iraq’s government just finally squelched was on the table as priority number two.
Priority number one was Halliburton. Halliburton was facing a huge class action lawsuit over asbestos. And what-da-ya-know?
Less than a year into the war on Iraq, they were rich enough to have escrowed a bank account to take care of any resulting asbestos payouts. Cheney’s stock intact.
Bushies’ stock intact.
NOW, Paulson’s stock intact?
Perhaps we can send the Wall Street Welfare Queens a sternly worded letter. That’ll show ’em!