“Kill Yourselves, Bitches”
Washington D.C. is cracking us up once again, as politicians of both parties have worked themselves into a fine lather over AIG handing out $165 million in executive bonuses to its employees.
AIG … you remember, the company that got $170 billion in bailout cash because it’s “too big to fail” – and then promptly sent its execs on a spa retreat just days after receiving its taxpayer lifeline.
Yup, those people are now getting raises.
And while we knew Democrat panderers like Yo-Bama and his G-5 ‘ho would be rocking the “corporate greed” angle, we never anticipated it would be the lizardy-lookin’ Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) who would take the “feigned outrage” cake.
From FOX News:
“I suggest, you know, obviously, maybe they ought to be removed,” Grassley said. “But I would suggest the first thing that would make me feel a little bit better toward them if they’d follow the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say, I’m sorry, and then either do one of two things: resign or go commit suicide.
“And in the case of the Japanese, they usually commit suicide before they make any apology.”
Now if only we could get everybody who voted for these bailouts to do the same thing – resign or commit suicide – because the outrage over these admittedly ill-advised bonuses is as manufactured as any we’ve ever seen.
After all, these lawmakers didn’t see a problem giving each other pay raises a few months ago, and wasn’t it Congress (led by Yo-bama and Pelosi) that gave AIG all this bailout money without a shred of accountability in the first place?
Check and check, baby.
Comments
By FWFIV on March 17th, 2009 at 7:44 am
The bailout of AIG was instituted by the Bush administration with no specific approval by Congress. There is more than enough blame to go around, but please be accurate in your closing.
By liz on March 17th, 2009 at 8:26 am
AIG is holding the full faith and credit of the United States Government.
Fidelity is holding fraudulently removed Social Security money.
Fidelity has 4 billion inside of AIG.
Fidelity’s former head is the Social Security privatization go to man.
SSA is broke… we’ve all heard that but it’s because “a group of people” have taken all terminated and surrendered accounts and continued to pay them into Fidelity and AIG.
That is why AIG is ” too big to fail”.
America can’t fail right?
BINGO
By JohnnyB on March 17th, 2009 at 11:32 am
One thing you gotta remember, american executives do not know the meaning of words like
“accepting responsibility” also they are bunch of chicken-shit to commit suicide. They are old white men not Japanese there for they are way to denial and chicken to do such honorable thing.
By Sean C on March 17th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
I say we go with the french revolution model. off with the heads of all of them that we can catch. after the first couple of hundred the rest ill act right. lol Seriously this is the time to the greater public to force the severe punishment of all the leaders of the economy. What we are doing now is asking the criminals how to fix the problem and what punishment they should get. As for Bernie the english draw and quarter would be appropriate.
By Brandon on March 17th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
If I worked for AIG, my response would sound like and NRA ad. “You can have my bonus when you pry my cold dead fingers from it”
Viva Capitalism.
By Mab on March 17th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
I like your spirit Brandon!
By Suze on March 17th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Brandon – Capitalism flew out the window when the government bailed out corporations.