Comments on: Fire the Bastards . . . http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/fire-the-bastards/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:55:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: FromLori http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/fire-the-bastards/comment-page-1/#comment-172263 FromLori Sat, 16 May 2009 14:08:07 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=26585#comment-172263 Speaking of Countrywide Barry the resident and dirty dodd got "Special" home loans from the friends of Angelo and I see the tanned one is under investigation will they then investigate the smelly one? Can we then fire or impeach those bastards? http://www.businessinsider.com/sec-recommends-fraud-charges-against-countrywides-mozilo-2009-5 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/10/judicicial-watch-files-ethics-complaint-over-obama-loan/ http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GPMD_enUS317US318&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=dodd+and+obama+got+loans+from+countrywide Speaking of Countrywide Barry the resident and dirty dodd got “Special” home loans from the friends of Angelo and I see the tanned one is under investigation will they then investigate the smelly one? Can we then fire or impeach those bastards?

http://www.businessinsider.com/sec-recommends-fraud-charges-against-countrywides-mozilo-2009-5

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/10/judicicial-watch-files-ethics-complaint-over-obama-loan/

http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GPMD_enUS317US318&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=dodd+and+obama+got+loans+from+countrywide

]]> By: Moss http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/fire-the-bastards/comment-page-1/#comment-172209 Moss Sat, 16 May 2009 02:30:18 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=26585#comment-172209 Hopefully 'directors with more banking experience' is code language for liquidators. They should be selling assets, issuing more common and paying down their debt. If they are TBTF than make them f*ucking smaller. Hopefully ‘directors with more banking experience’ is code language for liquidators. They should be selling assets, issuing more common and paying down their debt. If they are TBTF than make them f*ucking smaller.

]]> By: Pat G. http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/fire-the-bastards/comment-page-1/#comment-172198 Pat G. Sat, 16 May 2009 00:55:44 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=26585#comment-172198 “Federal officials have pressured Bank of America Corp. to revamp its board by bringing in directors with more banking experience," So, like these guys will show the other guys how to cheat better AND get away with it? Sweet.. LOL “Federal officials have pressured Bank of America Corp. to revamp its board by bringing in directors with more banking experience,”

So, like these guys will show the other guys how to cheat better AND get away with it? Sweet.. LOL

]]> By: cvienne http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/fire-the-bastards/comment-page-1/#comment-172174 cvienne Fri, 15 May 2009 23:12:34 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=26585#comment-172174 @Greg0658 I'll redux that AP " A Waste is a TERRIBLE thing to mind"... @Greg0658

I’ll redux that AP

” A Waste is a TERRIBLE thing to mind”…

]]> By: Greg0658 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/fire-the-bastards/comment-page-1/#comment-172171 Greg0658 Fri, 15 May 2009 22:50:38 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=26585#comment-172171 "The world is simply OVERBUILT" .....oh my .. redact that “waste is a terrible thing to mind” scratch that too / to “waste is a terrible thing to produce” The Alan Parsons Project - Psychobabble - from Eye in the Sky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7RbZNT5A2A&feature=PlayList&p=076F03F4506AB75D&index=11 The Alan Parsons Project - What Goes Up - from Pyramid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AdS86RWlgs “The world is simply OVERBUILT” …..oh my .. redact that
“waste is a terrible thing to mind” scratch that too / to “waste is a terrible thing to produce”

The Alan Parsons Project – Psychobabble – from Eye in the Sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7RbZNT5A2A&feature=PlayList&p=076F03F4506AB75D&index=11

The Alan Parsons Project – What Goes Up – from Pyramid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AdS86RWlgs

]]> By: marcj http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/fire-the-bastards/comment-page-1/#comment-172167 marcj Fri, 15 May 2009 22:37:42 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=26585#comment-172167 it doesnt seem logical to put so much blame on the financial crisis on the banking industry and the people who run it, and then to say that we need to replace the BofA board with people who have "more banking experience". it doesnt seem logical to put so much blame on the financial crisis on the banking industry and the people who run it, and then to say that we need to replace the BofA board with people who have “more banking experience”.

]]> By: Christopher http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/fire-the-bastards/comment-page-1/#comment-172128 Christopher Fri, 15 May 2009 20:58:48 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=26585#comment-172128 LOL Not at all.....just another person who had a little homestead in the hills of WV.....and your use of the ........ Seemed a bit familiar. Speaking of music!!! WHERES OUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON MUSIC THREAD??? Gratuitous Music Link!! These are some good friends of mine.....who happen to hail from San Antonio. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GckcfTSi7lY LOL

Not at all…..just another person who had a little homestead in the hills of WV…..and your use of the ……..
Seemed a bit familiar.

Speaking of music!!!

WHERES OUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON MUSIC THREAD???

Gratuitous Music Link!!
These are some good friends of mine…..who happen to hail from San Antonio.
:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GckcfTSi7lY

]]> By: cvienne http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/fire-the-bastards/comment-page-1/#comment-172125 cvienne Fri, 15 May 2009 20:47:58 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=26585#comment-172125 @Christopher Negative my friend... It must have just been some other guy with nothing intelligent to say :-) @Christopher

Negative my friend…

It must have just been some other guy with nothing intelligent to say :-)

]]> By: Christopher http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/fire-the-bastards/comment-page-1/#comment-172115 Christopher Fri, 15 May 2009 20:32:31 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=26585#comment-172115 Hey evienne.....you didn't used to post on a music board as "badclown" by any chance did you?? :) Hey evienne…..you didn’t used to post on a music board as “badclown” by any chance did you??

:)

]]> By: cvienne http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/fire-the-bastards/comment-page-1/#comment-172042 cvienne Fri, 15 May 2009 18:34:42 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=26585#comment-172042 @Hoffer OK my friend...I'll go along with that... In any case, same result in the end... @troy When you read over it...sure sounds like some kind of "pyramid scheme" doesn't it? Wanna know something? My gosh...If Obama would stand up there and spend all these trillions on creating a future for ALTERNATIVE ENERGY production which would be viable for the future, INSTEAD OF WASTING IT on shoring up perceived entitlements... He'd be a freaking HERO to me! I'd be in there with FRANKLIN... Actually, Franklin stated it correctly earlier today...He called Obama a "pragmatist"... It was the "hope" and "change" that made everyone buy into what Obama campaigned on...Now that he has become "pragmatic"...he's lost it... What the left is just starting to figure out is the following: The "hope" and "change" that Obama promised would come at the cost of upsetting the apple cart...now that they SEE that, they don't want the apple cart "toppled" because it would result in pain... As generally goes with the territory, it is inherently difficult for liberals to make tough decisions... I'll be FAIR here...Many in the Bush Administartion (and ESPECIALLY Republicans who held Congressional seats in the earlier years) failed to make tough decisions as well... In 2000-2002, EVERYONE, I mean EVERYONE weenied out (nobody could bear to let go of the false prosperity of the previous decade)... But SOMEBODY has to grab the bull by the horns sooner or later...Obama (despite his charm), has not demonstrated any cojones since he's been in office)... So here we are...TICK...TICK...TICK...Time passes by... @Hoffer

OK my friend…I’ll go along with that…

In any case, same result in the end…

@troy

When you read over it…sure sounds like some kind of “pyramid scheme” doesn’t it?

Wanna know something?

My gosh…If Obama would stand up there and spend all these trillions on creating a future for ALTERNATIVE ENERGY production which would be viable for the future, INSTEAD OF WASTING IT on shoring up perceived entitlements…

He’d be a freaking HERO to me!

I’d be in there with FRANKLIN…

Actually, Franklin stated it correctly earlier today…He called Obama a “pragmatist”…

It was the “hope” and “change” that made everyone buy into what Obama campaigned on…Now that he has become “pragmatic”…he’s lost it…

What the left is just starting to figure out is the following:

The “hope” and “change” that Obama promised would come at the cost of upsetting the apple cart…now that they SEE that, they don’t want the apple cart “toppled” because it would result in pain…

As generally goes with the territory, it is inherently difficult for liberals to make tough decisions…

I’ll be FAIR here…Many in the Bush Administartion (and ESPECIALLY Republicans who held Congressional seats in the earlier years) failed to make tough decisions as well…

In 2000-2002, EVERYONE, I mean EVERYONE weenied out (nobody could bear to let go of the false prosperity of the previous decade)…

But SOMEBODY has to grab the bull by the horns sooner or later…Obama (despite his charm), has not demonstrated any cojones since he’s been in office)…

So here we are…TICK…TICK…TICK…Time passes by…

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