Wednesday, April 8, 2009

A tip of the cap to AIG

"The highly publicized executive bonuses and retreats are galling, but they account for such a small percentage of the total handout, it's really a non-issue. Don't get me wrong; ragging on AIG employees and their families is just as much fun as listening to people as they attempt to mask their massive disappointment and buyer's remorse in President Barack Obama, but it solves nothing.

"Before you get on me for disparaging the omnipotent Obama, let me defend Obama because he wasn't in power while AIG was making backroom deals and its stock split more times than Nina Hartley's legs. However, Obama is responsible for continuing the failed policies of the most recent Bush administration.

"George W. Bush, a very gullible and impressionable person, was duped and swindled by AIG, and the company is taking Obama on the same ride. To be fair, the economy isn't Obama's strongest area.

"Cutting check after check without question to the insurance giant makes as much sense as appointing someone who cheated on his taxes to be Secretary of the Treasury."