All right, let’s start with Wall Street. As displayed in the cartoon above (by KAL), Washington politicians are not pleased with the money folks from Wall Street. The biggest target is Goldman Sachs, who sent its best and brightest to the Hill this week to answer some tough questions. Here is their highlight real:
Sad. We know what you are asking yourselves right now: these guys are MILLIONAIRES?! (Remember Gucci Mane is also a millionaire, so think about that.)
Really, the truth is that these bankers are playing very smart to act stupid.
According to K. Lee Blalack II, the lawyer Goldman hired to help navigate the hearings, acting dense is their official strategy.
“Blalack says a well-trained witness can minimize exposure by simply running out the clock:
Long, thoughtful pauses followed by rambling non responsive answers can easily devour half of a member’s allotted questioning time.
COYOTES BEWARE… Don’t Mess With Texas:
You especially don’t want to mess with Texas’ governor Rick Perry, who, according to recent events, travels strapped with a .380 Ruger laser sighted pistol. (Loaded with hollow points.)
Perry was reportedly jogging with his dog near Austin when a coyote began to stalk him and his Labrador.
The Governor put the coyote down with one shot.
Marijuana and the GOP:
Would you be suspicious if a Republican asked you to support marijuana legalization? If you said “yes,” then you would be on the right track.
A number of Orange County residents have found themselves to be registered Republicans after signing a petition to legalize marijuana.
Many people are complaining that they were never told they were registering for a party or that any of the documents they were signing were official. The con seems to be coming from a Republican voter registration effort, which pays $8 a head for new Republicans.
Some critics suggested the bonus incentive would lead to fraud.
Remember Sarah Palin?
It turns out that the former vice presidential candidate may have had some of her answers scripted for her debate against Joe Biden. McCain political advisor Steve Schmidt said the prep was going terribly, and decided to give Palin pre-fabricated answers to memorize.
What? You mean she didn’t write it all down on her hand?
great post as usual!