On 4/19/2010 6:28 PM, John R. Carroll wrote:
Winston wrote:
On 4/19/2010 5:43 PM, John R. Carroll wrote:
Winston wrote:
On 4/19/2010 12:00 PM, John R. Carroll wrote:

My point was that Goldman can do whatever Goldman wants to do.
There isn't a carrot or stick available to you or me that will
cause them to begin to behave themselves.

No they can't.

Watch them and remember the adage about 'absolute power',
would be my advice. I could be horribly mistaken; you
have my permission to rub my nose in it if we see these
folks doing a perp walk on national TV:

Lloyd C. Blankfein
David A. Viniar
Gary D. Cohn
John S. Weinberg
Michael J. Evans
Michael Sherwood
Alan Cohen
Gregory Palm
Esta Stecher
John H. Bryan
Claes Dahlbäck
Stephen Friedman
William W. George
Rajat K. Gupta
James A. Johnson
Lois D. Juliber
Lakshmi N. Mittal
Ruth J. Simmons

I think a lot gets lost in the politics of all of this when it comes
to the deal everyone involved has made - and it is everyone,
including the American public.

What did the American Public do to deserve this economic collapse?
Too much _American Idol_?

Vote for it. Repeatedly and in spite of their own known best interests.

I don't remember a referendum requesting permission to sell
the Securities and Exchange Commission to the highest bidder.
I very much doubt that I would have voted for it, even once.

Show of hands, please. Who voted to sell the SEC to Wall Street?
How much did you get for them and where is my share?

Blaming the poor, blind, confused, frustrated, jobless, panic stricken
victim does not usually solve any problem.

You have to admit a mistake in order to learn from it.

Can you elaborate please?
Are you referring to the election of Bush 43?

Do you honestly think anyone on Wall Street cares who is in the White House?

Because whoever is in the White House has only one question for
Wall Street: 'How high, sir?'

--Winston