ABC: Obama Is Hypocritical For Limiting Wall Street Pay While Having A ‘Lavish Lifestyle’
ABC: Obama Is Hypocritical For Limiting Wall Street Pay While Having A ‘Lavish Lifestyle’
Yesterday, President Obama instituted a pay cap on bailed out businesses after it was revealed that Wall Street doled out an estimated $18.4 billion in bonuses last year. “If the taxpayers are helping you, then you’ve got certain responsibilities to not be living high on the hog,” he explained.
In what appears to be an attempt to call Obama a hypocrite, ABC’s Scott Mayerowitz “reports” today that the President also has a “lavish lifestyle.” Under the title: “Obama’s Perks: Private Jet, Chef Tax-Free,” ABC notes that Obama earns $400,000 dollars a year and even has a private jet:
The president makes $400,000 a year, but hasn’t received a raise from Congress since 2001. He also gets a $50,000 annual entertainment expense account (any unused money at the end of the year must go back to the Treasury.)
Then there is the use of two private jets, Boeing 747s better known as Air Force One. And of course the constant security details, drivers, a private chef, a country vacation estate and the rent-free use of a well-known, 132-room mansion called the White House. The president also used to have a yacht, until Jimmy Carter sold it.
As its evidence that “corporate America” is upset, ABC said that “some Wall Street bloggers” are angry with the compensation cap. But the article cited only one blogger, Dealbreaker.com, who — apparently poking fun at Sen. Claire McCaskill’s statement — remarked, “Some accountability needs to be put in place. We won’t have them kicking sand in the face of taxpayers any longer.” Dealbreaker.com also suggests charging rent for White House tenants.
Comparing the President to Wall Street CEOs is absurd. The “private jet” that Obama uses is Air Force One, which is used as a security precaution and necessary for the dozens of staff and press that accompany the President on every trip. Each use of the jet by the President is regarded as a “classified military operation” in order to ensure the President’s safety.
Furthermore, Obama’s salary is set by Congress (whose members are elected by the public). CEO compensation is decided internally within the company, usually by its board of directors. The problem with recent excessive CEO compensation was that executives receiving federal funds were still rewarded for failure with tens of millions of dollars from their companies.
The President, on the other hand, does not get a bonus for his performance, good or bad. Indeed, Presidents Bush and Obama earn the same salary. County Fair at Media Matters has more.
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February 5th, 2009 at 6:31 pmABC’s Scott Mayerowitz
– - Did Jeff Gannon just use another alias?
February 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pmMaybe we should offer President Obama a bonus for straightening out Bush’s mess.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:34 pmScott Mayerowitz:
Whiny-Assed Titty Baby
February 5th, 2009 at 6:34 pmThe dance band on the Titanic, sing nearer my god to thee.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:34 pmThe sheer stupidity that was put into this report almost pales into compareson to the daily bilge oxylush limpballs puts out there…boggles tha mind dont it???
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ABC??? Must be pissed on losing the banks AD revenue . . . what a bunch of ignorant fools, exposing their Rush side ignorance and Republican Corporate OWNERSHIP . . . where were thes guys the LAST EIGHT YEARS???
February 5th, 2009 at 6:34 pmAnd Maroon Extraordinaire.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:35 pmUnbelievable… such whiners and to even try to compare the Presidency of the United States to that of Wall Street crooks is downright unpatriotic. The Presidency is a 24/7 job and is probably the worst job in the world other than shoveling elephant dung. These Wall Street crooks are nothing but pampered pooches.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:35 pm“Oh, my God, that is so funny. I’m laughing so hard I can’t breathe. Stop it you’re killing me. You really need to go on the road with this act. You’d kill, I’m telling you. Comedy Central ought to grab you while they can.”
Is there any other response that would be more in keeping with the ABC “report”?
February 5th, 2009 at 6:36 pmExcuse me, Mr. President, but you can’t use your airplane. The Repugs seem to have it stuffed up their ass.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:38 pmZee oh em gee, you mean the Presidency has perks? Way to break that secret wide open ABC! Congrats on the big scoop!
February 5th, 2009 at 6:38 pmWho’s the idiot that let Mayeroweenie run with this stupid story? They should both be fired!
February 5th, 2009 at 6:39 pmABC got it right.
What is even more hypocritical is that obama lashed out at executive pay while sitting next to geithner who, incidently, is a tax cheat and walked away from his last company with half a mil.
Can’t believe that the neo-marxist think progress actually reported this. Wow. Usually you folks stuff this under the rug and try to blame everything on the republicans.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:39 pmNewsflash: The president inherited a country that has been run into the ground and the Wall Street incompentance and greed has been part of the reason. The President has capped the bonuses of executives who run their companies into the ground and then accept taxpayer money to bail them out. The spoiled crooks on Wall Street should get real jobs instead of whining.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:39 pmTim43 Says:
February 5th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
We already know you’re the most stupid troll on the planet. You don’t have to keep proving it.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:40 pmO.K. then, we’ll impeach the CEOs.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:41 pmScott, Scott, you gotta tell us the one about the military. You know, how they are living the irresponsible life of a little boy who gets to ride around in trucks and tanks, play in the sand, and blow up stuff. Come on, you know the one. I can’t tell it like you can. You are grade-A funny, man.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:42 pmWe are being over zealous. The president doesn’t need a 747. A Piper Cub is sufficient. And he can take the train, except train service is sort of shoddy. Well, he could walk, he isn’t a cripple.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:42 pmGive him time, Dr Matt. He’s typing one-handed.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:43 pmTim43 Says: “Usually you folks stuff this under the rug and try to blame everything on the republicans.”
We’re not afraid to openly discuss controversial issues,
February 5th, 2009 at 6:43 pmand it is all your fault, you know……
Wow. Time travel…
February 5th, 2009 at 6:45 pmWhat the f! Are some of those ABC folks really, really that stupid. A private jet? Is the President supposed to fly coach?
February 5th, 2009 at 6:45 pmAnyone who would make such a comparison is beyond ignorant – it is also juvenile, petulant and irrelevant.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:45 pmDr. Hussein Matt, you do realize that its Tim43, don’t you? As in, “I need 43 tries to get my shoes on the correct feet”?
February 5th, 2009 at 6:45 pmGeezus! What the fcuk are they talking about? I guess that whole security detail that keeps the “paparazzi” at arm’s length just makes him Hollywood Elite.
And that house he lives in! Gated, no less! How showy are the neuvo riche!
Did they actually use the word “uppity”?
From the network that brought us “Path to 9/11″, what more could be expected?
PEACE
February 5th, 2009 at 6:46 pmOh, for the love of DOG!! How completely, hopelessly, droolingly, head-bangingly MORONIC!!
Scotty, dear…? SHUT. UP.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:46 pmOh I get it now. When America has a black president, he should not have a cook, a cleaner, a plane, or even a paycheck, but if we have George Bush….a white man…in the White House, give him all the luxury he deserves!
Spit.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:46 pm… charging rent for White House tenants.
only if we can make it retroactive…
February 5th, 2009 at 6:47 pmTroll Tim43 — you are outdoing yourself today.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:47 pmBTW, this is pretty much the republicans’ fault.
Tim is here, that must be the freep markets at work.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:47 pmHi Tim43:
February 5th, 2009 at 6:49 pmShould you have turned 44 by now? Were you born on leap day?
George Bush lied America into an illegal unjust war, so we now want the $2 BILLION/MONTH returned to us that you stole!
February 5th, 2009 at 6:49 pmMarie Says: juvenile, petulant and irrelevant.
Sounds a bit like the Scout Code, but I guess in this case it would be the Scott Code:
Scott is untrustworthy, disloyal, unhelpful, unfriendly, discourteous, dishonest, juvenile, petulant, and irrelevant.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:49 pmProud plays the victim card. How sad…and typical…and dumber than shit.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:50 pmI sort of feel obligated to say “Proud of what”. Just saying…
February 5th, 2009 at 6:50 pmDo you think those Wall Street whining babies and the reporter who legitimizes them might have a wee bit of racism in their bones? Might they be resentful that the person sitting at the desk of the most important man in the world is not one of the white-boys’ club.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:50 pmJust askin’
Proud, is your real name “Scott”? (see post 37)
February 5th, 2009 at 6:52 pmI don’t see the correlation between Obama’s lifestyle and the corporate bosses salaries and bonuses.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:53 pmThe CEOs actions are questioned because they asked for Federal money and received it from government,under hard conditions to keep the doors of their businesses open,and survive,as they told public,the Congress and the government.
The money given to them was made available by the government to keep them alive,but not to feed their continuous greedy behavior.
What absurdity. With that logic we should be paying criminals for jail time. Get real. Time to earn what they reap.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:53 pmThe President has access to a 747. Not a new thing with this President. He has been in office about 2 and a half weeks. Has he even been on the damn plane?
Quit whining repugs
February 5th, 2009 at 6:54 pmJust a question, bring on the hate.
You didn’t ask a question. Each of the lines of coke you posted do not contain a “?” at the end.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:54 pmProud Says:
Here’s a hypothetical, if GE receives a bailout will they have to drop the salary of Olbermoron, Madcow and the rest of the Bush haters down to 500K. If GE takes a bailout how could they justify paying Olbermoron 7 million a year to shill for Obama. Just a question, bring on the hate.
Your hypothetical is misguided, but then you already knew that. You are here to proclaim your bigotry for our black president – nothing more than that. Olbermann and Maddow must be hitting a nerve with you wingnuts, huh? A little truth telling does the country a world of good. I think you liked it when Bush was screwing the country. I think he allowed you to believe that maybe – just maybe – you were relevant. You thought wrongly.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:55 pmGeorge Bush was never duly elected by the American people.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:55 pmToday was his first trip on Air Force One.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:55 pmWhile listening to progressive radio, I have noticed ABC news plays clips of what the gopper obstructionists are saying, 2 to 1 compared to the Dems.
Sick to death hearing McConnel or Bohner arrogantly putting Obamas’s plan down as if they were in charge.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Tim43 Says:
“What is even more hypocritical is that obama lashed out at executive pay while sitting next to geithner who, incidently, is a tax cheat and walked away from his last company with half a mil.”
Which, as was pointed out by a Wall Street CEO, is not a lot of money….
February 5th, 2009 at 6:56 pmOh I forgot, he has two of these, designed as mobile offices for the most powerful and important leader in the free world. Two. I am not sure how many private jets the CEO’s who are sucking up taxpayers money have. More than 2?
February 5th, 2009 at 6:56 pmTo the republicans, the last two weeks have felt like a lifetime. Poor things. It was one big party for 8 years under George Bush and now they have to work for the American people. The republicans are suffering I tell ya!
February 5th, 2009 at 6:56 pmTim43 Says:
February 5th, 2009 at 6:39 pm Recommend (1)
Proud of Tim. <3
February 5th, 2009 at 6:57 pmHey, Hoodathunk, did you just think up these alternate means of transportation? How come Bush was not the recipient of your cost saving measures?
February 5th, 2009 at 6:58 pmHere’s the issue-
CEO’s are not Heads of State… this conflating of the job of President of the United States with any Senior Executive position at a corporation is a right-wing fantasy and ignorant besides…
The Government is not a business… it cannot be run like a business.
Also- Corporate Executives DO NOT need to be receiving ~400x more in compensation than their average worker… businesses cannot be run like this.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:58 pmAre you f**king kidding me? Someone buy this moron a box of tissues. What an idiot!
February 5th, 2009 at 6:58 pmProud Says:
Here’s a hypothetical: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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Makes more sense than the nonsense you originally posted.
At least TRY to make a real point.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:01 pmLushInterior Says:
Primer, powder, bullet, PRESS….primer, powder, bullet, PRESS….
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Gonna blow yer brains out w/ a blunderbuss?
This… should… be… good…
February 5th, 2009 at 7:01 pmZooey Says:
Come on, trolls. A little effort, please!
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Heh… got there first.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:01 pmAP radio news just reported that reid has announced the senate will be working through the night…
February 5th, 2009 at 7:02 pm“because the world is watching”…
Come on, trolls. A little effort, please!
February 5th, 2009 at 7:02 pmWhat about the life-long severence (not based on performance) for a mere four years of work? He gets full-on health care, too. How about the never-stuck-in-traffic perk? He also gets a full-time security team. Who does this guy think he is?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:02 pmABC’s news division is a joke nowadays and this guy is Exhibit A. Someone tell Scottie to grow up please.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:03 pmTRoS is time traveling, too!
February 5th, 2009 at 7:03 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
Zooey Says:
Come on, trolls. A little effort, please!
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Heh… got there first.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
I just noticed. Sheesh….competition. ;)
February 5th, 2009 at 7:03 pmBREAKING NEWS!!
Tim43 got his shoes on the correct feet by himself! He’s so Proud!
February 5th, 2009 at 7:04 pmBush in a Cessna?
Or on Amtrak? They would have to add seven cars just to carry security.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:05 pmLushInterior Says:
Who cares about this crap….. I WANT MY TAX CUT!
NO! YOU SAW OFF 1/4 OF THAT EMPTY CAN AND MAIL TO IRS!
February 5th, 2009 at 7:07 pmZooey Says:
TRoS is time traveling, too!
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Huh… am I going forwards or backwards?
‘Cause, I gotta say, there are certain moments in my life I DO NOT wanna revisit…
February 5th, 2009 at 7:07 pmABC reporter Scott Mayerowitz is simply missing the point.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:08 pmLushInterior Says:
Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
Lush making a death threat against our President. I’m going to stroll over to the FBI and NSA websites to report this.
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Get a clue weasel…….whats your hobby…ABORTION?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Nah, that’s my hobby. PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION OR BUST!!
February 5th, 2009 at 7:08 pmABC’s Scott Mayerowitz is an a$shole…
…does he think that the American Public is going to buy this line of BS?
…oh, wait, I forgot, “American Public”, yeah, they aren’t known for using their brain pans for much lately other than filling it with Limpballs droppings.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:09 pmLushInterior Says:
Who cares about this crap….. I WANT MY TAX CUT!
me, ME, ME
February 5th, 2009 at 7:09 pmIf you think I, as a taxpayer, want to pay for your lush interior, you are sadly mistaken….oh, wait, you usually are mistaken.
The Republic of Stupidity Says:
Zooey Says:
TRoS is time traveling, too!
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Huh… am I going forwards or backwards?
‘Cause, I gotta say, there are certain moments in my life I DO NOT wanna revisit…
February 5th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Can’t say I blame you on that one! Check #64 & #66.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:10 pmI think it would be very nice of the neocons to chip in and pay for the fuel for Air Force One and the upkeep…because hey….the neocons support their president right or wrong (we learned this when George Bush was president) and will do everything in their power to make the president look good in the eyes of the American people!
February 5th, 2009 at 7:11 pmOh good grief — can we have a real media, please?
Pretty please?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:11 pmLushInterior Says:
Get a clue weasel…….whats your hobby…ABORTION?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Seriously, is that all you’ve got?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:11 pmYou mean the last guy barely made over 3 million dollars and didn’t even get one raise? Poor guy, that’s too too bad. He must not have deserved one.
Didn’t Congress get one? Oh, can’t they vote themselves a raise? I bet if Congress made no more than the average salary with no perks the legislation proposals would look quite different. I don’t hear any rep refusing their health care. Let’s pay Congress minimum wage, because we get minimum return.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:12 pmZooey Says:
Can’t say I blame you on that one! Check #64 & #66.
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Yeah.. I saw that one. Have to say… the lights started dimming, the room started to spin, and when I came to, I was 10 seconds older.
Spooky…
February 5th, 2009 at 7:12 pmWelcome to my nightmare, TRoS. :D
February 5th, 2009 at 7:12 pmWhile listening to progressive radio, I have noticed ABC news plays clips of what the gopper obstructionists are saying, 2 to 1 compared to the Dems.
At NPR the ratio is 6-1, Puke…Really…See NPRCheck
February 5th, 2009 at 7:12 pmReally? The republicans too? I thought the republicans would only offer to work through the night to find out whether or not Terri Schiavo’s brain was liquid or viable?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:13 pmLushInterior Says:
Get a clue weasel…….whats your hobby…ABORTION?
Awww, Lushy, is your significant other literally full of hot air?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:15 pmtigger Says:
Oh good grief — can we have a real media, please?
Pretty please?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Just as soon as the CorpoRats have sucked all the life and blood and money out of ‘em, they’ll throw away the husks.
Media consolidation has been a 40-year project to completely undermine and ultimately destroy the press…
Democracy needs an independent press. Not oligarchy, not plutocracy. They need conformity. Which is what the captive Corporat Press provides…
In the Corporate State, corporate media ARE the State Media.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:15 pmPLC…..I won’t cost you a dime……I was promised some of my money back……..OK…….Harry, Nancy, BHO….where is it?
Did you do your taxes yet?
Soooo… you just expect the Govt. to mail you a check with no accounting or anything? Then you need to move to Iraq and time-travel back to the Bush years… Cash on Pallets! No Accounting! didn’t do a lot for the economy though…
February 5th, 2009 at 7:16 pmBelac says:
The Government is not a business… it cannot be run like a business.
Bush ran the government like every other business he had: into the ground.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:17 pmLushInterior Says:
PLC…..I won’t cost you a dime……I was promised some of my money back……..OK…….Harry, Nancy, BHO….where is it?
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Okay, everybody… let’s all chip in and give Lush his money back, so he’ll STFU.
I got 32 cents… anybody else? Come on… how much could it cost to buy this clown’s silence… $1.23, $1.46, tops?
Lush… you take wooden nickels? Subway tokens? How about a solid milk chocolate dollar wrapped in gold foil? It’s delicious… heh… okay, a half dollar…
February 5th, 2009 at 7:17 pmMayerovitz and dealbreaker.com shouldn’t be allowed to blog. What they wrote is complete idiocy. I doubt they would ever bring up the president’s “perks” with Bush the Spender.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:18 pmI’ve got 14 cents and a dust bunny.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:18 pmLushInterior Says:
PLC…..I won’t cost you a dime……I was promised some of my money back……..OK…….Harry, Nancy, BHO….where is it?
You don’t get any back. You are delinquent on your “stupid tax”. (HT: Dave Ramsey)
February 5th, 2009 at 7:19 pmThe republican trolls are all Nazis, just like GW grandfather.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:19 pmZooey Says:
Welcome to my nightmare, TRoS. :D
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I have to say… the trolls are barely trying. They just blurt out some incoherent nonsense then run off. Sad… just sad.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:19 pmTry again. A couple of threads down there is a Gooper admitting following the Taliban would be a good idea. I would consider this to be a serious thread possibility but it seems airplanes are more important.
Go play with your toys.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:21 pmZooey Says:
I’ve got 14 cents and a dust bunny.
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So far, we’re up to 46 cents, a dust bunny, and a wad of… used chewing gum?
Okay… who threw in the gum?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:23 pmHoodathunk Says:
A couple of threads down there is a Gooper admitting following the Taliban would be a good idea.
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I saw that was simply stunned. Why would any ordinary American think the GOOP hasn’t lost its collective mind completely?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:24 pmFile them taxes yet, Lush?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:24 pmBob Says:
What about the life-long severence (not based on performance) for a mere four years of work? He gets full-on health care, too. How about the never-stuck-in-traffic perk? He also gets a full-time security team. Who does this guy think he is?
Well, the truth is that the president could be in office a day, resign and collect the full salary of a cabinet secretary for life. Of course, no president is ever likely to do such a thing, but when congress passed a presidential retirement package in 1957 they had Harry Truman in mind: (1) avoid commercializing the office of president and (2) do so by giving the president something to retire on.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:24 pmI’ll chip in an empty printer cartridge.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:27 pmWTFF????
Oh President Obama isn’t suppose to have the perks that comes with being president?
I swear, repugs calling anyone hypocritical is obscene.
check out the masscare wearing graham on matthew’s show. he a fat white glob of shit.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:27 pmIt’s O/T, but this thread is too silly for its own good…
Apparently an aide to Judd Gregg is being investigated for his involvement w/ Jack Abramoff’s lobbying outfit.
Interesting dilemma, huh? On one hand, it makes Obama’s pick for Sec of Commerce look about as appealing as Daschle… BUT, he (Gregg) is… a GOOPer.
How… how… ironic… not to mention disorienting.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:27 pmWhat ABC is telling everybody is that they’re on the side of the neocon criminals. Always have been, always will be.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:28 pmWhat ever happened to the precious right-wing meme of ‘protecting and restoring the dignity and power of the office of the President’?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:30 pmIsn’t that why I can’t find out who VISITED the White House, let alone who MET with the Vice-President on Energy, Security, Drapes, etc.
McWars Says:
I’ll chip in an empty printer cartridge.
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Okay… okay… it’s starting to add up.
So far, we’re up to 46 cents, a dust bunny, a wad of used chewing gum, a half-eaten chocolate dollar, and a used printer cartridge.
If there’s any flavor left in that gum… we might have a deal!
February 5th, 2009 at 7:30 pmITS A FREAKING AIRPLANE! One every President has had access to for about 40 years. It isn’t a perk, it isn’t something they use to make Las Vegas Junkets (I hope). If there is one President who hasn’t used Air Force 1 in the last 30 years I will kiss your butt. I will kiss Rush’s butt.
How do you think the Shrub got to Texas on all of his many vacations?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:31 pmI knew it. We should have made George Bush hitchhike back to Texas on January 20, 2009. Dammit.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:32 pmWe should make all those military guys fly coach too. If Southwest is good enough for you and me then it should be good enough to get our soldiers to Baghdad!
February 5th, 2009 at 7:32 pmHoodathunk Says:
ITS A FREAKING AIRPLANE!
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It’s also an endless security issue every time the POTUS travels.
ABC = dick heads.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:33 pmTImmeh. You are so stupid. You really think things become true just because you say them. That is the truly ignorant Timmeh I remember. Stupid to the very end. You really are too stupid to be an effective troll. Give up. Your ignorance is the only thing you show here. You add nothing else. Just look at how stupid Timmeh is. We already know that so you waste your time and ours. Timmeh is stupid, Timmeh is worthless, those have been covered. Since you dont HAVE anything else to offer I do appreciate the free clown show
February 5th, 2009 at 7:34 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Democrats have been pushing for over a decade to get the same health they receive for the entire country. Your radical GOPigs are blocking these efforts. Reality is not on your side. Try again, loser.
That’s funny. No one’s ever been stupid enough to associate me with a party I’d never vote for. Who pissed in your coffee?
It’s so great that ds have tired to do something. Remind me which ones have refused their health care out of protest, please?
My point was that if our representatives had the standard of living that most do, they would think differently and we wouldn’t hear all this bs.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:34 pmI suppose, George Bush did save money when he had our dead soldiers flown home in the cargo of commercial airliners.
Spit.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:35 pmNext, TRoS, we have to convince the IRS to take the collected items in exchange for mailing an official $1.46 check to Lushy’s address.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:35 pmabc is run by a pack of theocratic inbreds after all.
religious wackos will get the best of us yet, and they probably won’t be the bearded middle eastern brand.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:36 pmI’ll still have a world of sharp rocks and slender sticks when your bullets are all gone, Lush..
Flake, chip, scrape, carve, lash, flingggggggg!
February 5th, 2009 at 7:36 pmGod Almighty! The stupidity of the MSM is just astounding. Anyone who claims that the Media has a “Liberal” bent hasn’t been paying attention for the last 16 years. And I thought the Trolls were clueless.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:36 pmProudMoron
Here is my hypothetical. ProudMoron got a brain somewhere. Does this mean he will stop being an ignorant worthless troll? Will he at any time make an actual point? Willhe ever understand how stupid and pathetic he is? Since he isnt likely to ever actually GET a functional brainpan we most likely will never know
February 5th, 2009 at 7:37 pm$1.46? Way too much money and when you add in the cost of the stamp, we’re in President Obama Lavish Territory. We need to save money not go hogwild, especially on a neck drooling knuckle dragging neocon troll.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:37 pmAlso O/T, but guaranteed to bring a smile to your face:
Headline over at HuffPo: News Corp. Suffers Staggering $6.4 Billion Loss
Thaaaas right… Rupert Murdoch’s empire just took a huge loss…
Tee hee…
February 5th, 2009 at 7:38 pmHa ha, Murdoch.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:38 pmLushMoron is back. Begging us all to pity him for being, well him, that is stupid and pathetic. His astonishing stupidity on display so we will feel sorry for the retarded monkey. He has no self respect and once more comes a begging. Please pity LushMoron. Look how stupid he is. So stupid he still thinks he is clever instead of obviously pathetic beyond belief.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:39 pmMcWars Says:
Next, TRoS, we have to convince the IRS to take the collected items in exchange for mailing an official $1.46 check to Lushy’s address.
KayInMaine Says:
$1.46? Way too much money and when you add in the cost of the stamp, we’re in President Obama Lavish Territory.
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Uh oh… just when it looked like had reached an agreement, problems arose.
It appears some are troubled by the sheer size of the payoff.
Perhaps if we took the chewing gum off the table?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:39 pmwhy are the repugs furthering their efforts to destroy the US?
why is graham popping off to President Obama as if he’s upset at something?
why are the repugs upset? they gave chimpy his wish of billions without questions?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:42 pmHere’s a deal for the Wall Streeters: Get 63 million people to vote for you to have four years of free use of a plane, a large house, a security detail and a vacation retreat, and we’ll okay a $400,000 salary to go with it.
Doesn’t sound reasonable? Guess you’re stuck with the pay limits if you have your hand out to grab our money.
PEACE
February 5th, 2009 at 7:44 pm“Amendment to remove chewing gum fails 67-31, Sen. McWars calls Sen. KayinMaine a Muslibcommietraitor as bargaining chip”
February 5th, 2009 at 7:44 pmThis has got to be the silliest, most pathetic “scandal” manufactured by the media.
Clearly, the Clinton rules apply again. IOKIYAR.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:44 pmLushMORON
I am tired of taking it easy on you because you are so stupid and pathetic. I have no more pity for you. You are just an ignorant troll. Your hobby is obviously trolling sites to get people to feel sorry for the retarded monkey. You are pathetic. You DEFINE pathetic. You are STUPID. You are so stupid you make Timmeh look normal. No one here has EVER thought you were clever. You pity me routine is old and boring. It is a pity your mother didnt abort you and I am certain she rued the day she decided NOT TO. Aborting YOU would have been the best gift she could have given the world. I am sure she is so ashamed of you like ALL sentient people are ashamed to be the same SPECIES as you that if she could do a retroactive abortion of you she would. It must suck so much to be as pathetic and ignorant as you. The world will be a better place when you are no longer in it.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:45 pmLushInterior mutters:
I”m trying to think…………
And obviously not trying hard enough…
February 5th, 2009 at 7:46 pmRoS,
I’ve been holding out, but I’ll be willing to chip in 2 weeks worth of belly-button lint if it will seal the deal.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:47 pmABC is sitting there complaining that Barack Hussein Obama is getting tough with WELFARE RECIPIENTS?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:48 pmMcWars Says:
“Amendment to remove chewing gum fails 67-31, Sen. McWars calls Sen. KayinMaine a Muslibcommietraitor as bargaining chip”
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Now now… we’re a dignified body of people here…
Hey… you… yeah, YOU… STFU… we’re “deliberating” over here.
Now, where was I?
Oh right… so the chewing gum is off the table… and back under it, where it was in the first place. Heh… and now the chocolate half dollar is down to a chocolate quarter… sorry, I’m hungry. It’s all this legislating.
Time for an up or down vote?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:49 pmOooooooooo…
Sen Woodguy comes across w/ 2 weeks of belly button lint.
I think we’re in the Red Zone here folks. I smell a deal… at least I HOPE thats all I’m smelling… whatever that odor is, it’s bad enough to actually BE this deal… heh.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:51 pmTRoS, I’ve got some dog doodoo in backyard that I would gladly chip in. I’ll have to wait for the snow to melt, but that’s about the right time for rebates to start rolling in.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:52 pmTime for an up or down vote?
Is that up or down, or down or up? I’m so confused over the last 8 years.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:54 pmI still have the dozen eggs I’ve been saving in case George ever came to town, I guess I could give them up…
February 5th, 2009 at 7:57 pmIf bankerrobbers don’t want to fired the aholes that benefited from their greed; if they don’t want to follow the simple basic rules for any start up company; then dont take the f9cking money shylock.
Your dumb greedy asses need to fail and hard too.
We’re going to move along (as President Obama said.)
February 5th, 2009 at 7:57 pmFrozen dog doodooo… okay… who just had to bring up Rush Limbaugh?
Oh… you weren’t referring to Rush? You were talking about REAL frozen doody?
Heh… my bad… well, seeing as someone just ate the last of the chocolate quarter…
***chew… chew… chew…***
Huh? Why is everyone looking at me?
We’ll just substitute the doody for the quarter and… whoa… Lush is nodding his head? Either that, or simply nodding off, period.
But anyway you cut it… (and we’re not talking cheese here…) we have a DEAL!
Lights start flashing… balloons and confetti drop…
February 5th, 2009 at 7:57 pmlivelongandprosper,
Are you saying your credit is worth dog doodoo?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:57 pmNice gavel work, RoS.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:00 pmNevar Says:
I still have the dozen eggs I’ve been saving in case George ever came to town, I guess I could give them up…
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Can we trust they’re AT LEAST 3 or 4 or 5 years old, by now?
Come to think of it, there’s that half-gallon of milk I bought last spring that never got put in the fridge…
Hmmm… are we talking a stimulus package for Lushy here, or biological WMDs?
Or BOTH? Who says you can’t have it all, Lush?
February 5th, 2009 at 8:00 pmwoodguy Says:
Nice gavel work, RoS.
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Thank yew, thank yew verrrry much!!!
February 5th, 2009 at 8:02 pmL O L … just heard, barack on the radio:
what do you think of this spiffy ride, eh?
spiffy!
February 5th, 2009 at 8:02 pmWe struck a deal? Am I free to retract that middle finger?
February 5th, 2009 at 8:04 pmwoodguy Says:
livelongandprosper,
Are you saying your credit is worth dog doodoo?
It’s not worth dog doodoo, it IS dog doodoo.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:04 pmABC has its collective head so far up Rush Limbaugh’s a$$, they can see his tonsils.
Any credibility they had left as a so-called “news” organzation is irrevocably lost.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:05 pmThey are exactly 8 years and 2 weeks old, TROS.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:05 pmEh, TRoS, since when does the pizza guy have floor privileges?
February 5th, 2009 at 8:06 pmHi Lush
February 5th, 2009 at 8:07 pmHave you been snowcapping?
LushInterior Says:
I am collecting these…..
https://www.obamacoincollection.com/
With 20 bucks and my Obama tax cut I can afford the whole set………….
You’ll need to talk that over with wifie once she returns home from the air pump.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:09 pmQuestion: What do you get when you breed Bernard Madoff with Benjamin Netinyahoo?
Answer: Scott Mayerowitz
February 5th, 2009 at 8:09 pmMcWars Says:
We struck a deal? Am I free to retract that middle finger?
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Yes… feel free. Unfortunately, my middle finger is frozen in a permanent salute to GOOPers… doctors tell me there’s hope, but it might take years…
Meanwhile… here’s a little sumpin for you, Rush….
February 5th, 2009 at 8:11 pmSorry to hear of the passing of your namesake today, Lush…
February 5th, 2009 at 8:13 pmhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-lux-interior5-2009feb05,0,5401736.story
Nevar Says:
They are exactly 8 years and 2 weeks old, TROS.
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Hmmm… those last 2 weeks are kinda problematical. If it were say, 7 years, 51 weeks, and 6 days… there wouldn’t be an issue… huh? The judges say it’s okay?
HEY, Lush… we got some eggs for ya too!
February 5th, 2009 at 8:14 pmLushInterior Says:
Who cares about this crap….. I WANT MY TAX CUT!
That’s a good point there. I hope within his first term Obama can see clear to follow through on his promise to provide the tax cuts he promised during the campaign. I’ll be sorely dissapointed if he later claims he can’t – can anybody say G.H.W. Bush 1-term retribution?
I’d much prefer if Republicans spent more of their time holding Obama’s feet to the fire on such issues (which, btw you were against during the campaign, but never mind, it’s an R-style issue anyway) rather than trying to obstruct him from being able to follow through on all of the other areas of difficulty facing America at present.
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LushInterior Says:
Campaign promise #1: “95% of the American people will get a tax cut”
Actually, 90% of the American people would get a tax cut under his proposal, and 95% would see no increase. He explained it repeatedly, but somehow you guys never could get that straight. In fact, most of the times he explained it, you used that to claim “he was changing the numbers.” Republicans are silly.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:15 pmLushInterior Says:
I am collecting these…..
https://www.obamacoincollection.com/
Here’s some straight talk, my friend. The McCain points have expired.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:15 pmMcWars Says:
Eh, TRoS, since when does the pizza guy have floor privileges?
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Hey… we’re an “One Size Fits All” kinda legislative body here.
If the pizza guy wants to speak, he just better have some pizza to hand out… that’s all I can say for now… w/ pepperoni and extra cheese…
February 5th, 2009 at 8:15 pmHmmm… those last 2 weeks are kinda problematical. If it were say, 7 years, 51 weeks, and 6 days… there wouldn’t be an issue… huh? The judges say it’s okay?
February 5th, 2009 at 8:19 pmWe’d better have the EPA do an environmental impact study, they have not been refrigerated.
Fair enough, TRoS, but one of these days the RNC will infiltrate, box of 12” bliss in hand.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:20 pmHere’s a question; why does Lushy seem to think (I’m not using the term “think” literally, of course) that President Obama can get Lushy the tax cut that, as a wingnut, is the only thing that gets him “aroused”, as long as his Republican buddies in Congress are determined to hold their collective breath until they turn blue if they don’t get their way like they did when they had power?
February 5th, 2009 at 8:23 pmNevar Says:
… they have not been refrigerated…
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Yeah, but what’s the half life?
Okay Lush… here’s our final offer:
$1.46 in change
one dust bunny
one used printer cartridge
2 weeks worth of bellybutton lint
some frozen dog doodoo, to be delivered once the snow melts
2 dozen eggs that were left sitting in the sun for 8 years and 2 weeks
And a half-gallon of milk rancid enough to kill the population of a small European nation.
The chewing gum is off the table (and back under it…) and someone ate the chocolate dollar… stop staring at me…
Take it or leave it, Lush. It’s our final offer.
Later! Time to hustle off to the store for some more chocolate… heh.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:24 pmLushInterior Says:
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I am collecting these…..
https://www.obamacoincollection.com/
With 20 bucks and my Obama tax cut I can afford the whole set………….
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With 20 more IQ points you’d have 1/2 a brain, too.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:27 pmwoodguy Says:
Nice one. I do think you are being generous. Maybe 50 more IQ points or one quarter of a brain
February 5th, 2009 at 8:31 pmhow is it they don’t feel completely stupid airing crap like this, and aren’t ridiculed from the air by competing channels…oh yea, I forgot Obama is a Democrat so anything and everything stupid is prime time news from the corporate media.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:31 pmThanks EugeneDebs, beneath my rough and tumble exterior lies a heart of gold.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:35 pmI can see how what the president of the united states makes a year (including all the perks) magically adds up to the 18 BILLION in bonuses these scumbags gave themselves on wall street. did i mention they were bonuses…in addition to their already exorbitant salaries considering they ran their businesses into the ground.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:38 pmThat just might be the dumbest thing I’ve read today.
But there’s some good stuff here…
http://www.pufferfishblog.com/
February 5th, 2009 at 8:40 pmHere’s the answer Republic: A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as he could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:40 pmLater, all. Gotta watch Keith’s special comment about Cheney.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:40 pm“ABC: Obama Is Hypocritical For Limiting Wall Street Pay While Having A ‘Lavish Lifestyle’”
Please… How ignorant. And we are supposed to take ABC’s hypocritical comparison of Obama’s “lifestyle” vs. the CEOs from a two week pay check journalist???
Memo to ABC:
1. Obama is the President of the United States and his salary is dictated by Congress. CEOs work [And I mean supposed to work] for the shareholders. CEOs don’t necessary own a company. Many CEOs are employees.
2. Obama doesn’t own shares in the White House or the American people but CEOs can own shares in a company.
3. Stick to real reporting like how the CEOs are abusing taxpayers money for rewarding themselves with lavish trips, gifts, and bonuses. More importantly, find out where your money in the TARP has been used for by the CEOs.
ABC tends to forget that the journalists are taxpayers too. This country is in an economical crisis, ABC. Please move on.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:42 pmcan someone please tell these scumbags the rules of the game changed when they stuck out their hands like beggars to uncle sam?
February 5th, 2009 at 8:48 pmrepugs = the largest attack on the US continent. Closest to the “prez.”
repugs = caused the largest breakdown to the US economy, then followed though with affecting the world with their wars and greed.
I saw it coming when the US ratio to the UK $s used to be $1/$1.50, then $1/$1. Now really tarzan’s cheetah would know that shit is hittin the fan when it looks like this: $1.50/$1. For sure buckshotdeathdead should have said wtf by then. but alltalkbuckshot said “he” didn’t see it coming. Remarkable.
repugs = bragger of their wars. just the whiff of command for war will set off their meters.
repugs = braggers of tragedies.
repugs = what chimpy said he would do to (something to do with the anus to some head of state and he followed through too) an Head of State.
repugs = failed policies they should adjourn. f0ucked up policies that should called on and settled.
Hey repugs STFU, your time to bring together the US has expired. just like your old ass destuctive policies.
Especially effeminate closeted grahmmie.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:53 pmBah hahahahaha! That’s the nicest thing I’ve been called in 8 years! Alright fine, I’ll throw in a dried up dead frog from the side of the road, but that’s my final offer.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:54 pmGame of Life, how dare you make fun of lispy graham, he’s a southern treasure of the same stature as scarlett o’hara
February 5th, 2009 at 8:55 pmPresident Bush didn’t get a “bonus”…directly.
Over eight years, Bush and his Republican pals in Congress shoveled billions of taxpayer dollars solely (or as much as possible through no-bid contracts) to crony Republican corporations and individuals, exploding the federal deficit from about $5 Trillion to over $12 Billion (and counting).
Bush, Cheney and all the corrupt Republicans in their administration are no doubt now looking for all these crony Republican corporations and individuals to return the favor, sending some “bonus” money their way since they’ve left office…although the Republican-induced downturn in the economy is also no doubt having a negative impact on some of these crony Republican corporations and individuals who made out like bandits during the Bush/Cheney years.
So, “bonus” is a relative term.
President Bush didn’t get any “performance” bonuses during his time in office for the heckuva job he did, but Republicans tend to view our government as their personal feed trough, with Republican “public servants” (HA!!) only working in our government up until the time they can move to the private sector and be richly rewarded for their previous “public service” by those crony Republican corporations and individuals seeking to gain (or who gained) from having a fellow corrupt Republican pulling our government’s strings for them…and only them.
Of course, the only “bonus” that Bush, Cheney and so many other corrupt Republicans in their administration should be receiving is some richly-deserved quality jail time somewhere, especially after all the crimes they’ve committed and for all the damage they’ve done to our democracy. This is one “bonus” for these guys I can fully support.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:56 pmIt should also be noted that President Clinton’s yearly salary was $200,000 a year for his entire term in office.
When the Supreme Court allowed George Bush to occupy the White House he had his salary increased to $400,000 a year!!!
Wouldn’t it be great if all of us could get our salaries DOUBLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 5th, 2009 at 8:57 pmyes southernbelle, especially if we did half the work like 43
February 5th, 2009 at 8:58 pmABC is trying to move the Overton window on Obama. They will not stop at trying to get people to believe Air Force One and the use of the White House are lavish spending. Their real target is to remove excess spending on the President’s “private security detail at the taxpayers’ expense.” Mark my words, you will hear it from these creeps.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:05 pmABC=Fox Mk.II. The same dicks who brought you “The Path to 9/11
February 5th, 2009 at 9:07 pmsmear job/documentary and sends asshats like Jake Tapper to press briefings to ask idiotic questions.
ABC = al-Qaida Base Camp
February 5th, 2009 at 9:21 pmGlenn Beck was all over this this morning. He just can’t believe what is afforded to the POTUS and thinks President Obama is being selfish! Unfreakingbelievable. Beck even pulled a figure of $53 billion out of his ass to explain to his listeners that this is how much President Obama would have to pay income taxes on for these ‘gifts’ if he wasn’t the president.
Beck and those like him are the REAL CREEPS IN OUR SOCIETY.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:24 pmGlenn Beck was all over this this morning. He just can’t believe what is afforded to the POTUS and thinks President Obama is being selfish! Unfreakingbelievable. Beck even pulled a figure of $53 billion out of his ass to explain to his listeners that this is how much President Obama would have to pay income taxes on for these ‘gifts’ if he wasn’t the president.
Did Beck complain how much taxpayer money Bush spent on all his trips to Crawford to goof off on the public dime?
February 5th, 2009 at 9:30 pmLet me see if i have this right? Obama (or Comrade Barry I should say) is turning America into Marxist Russia because he believes children should have health care and bankrupt CEO’s shouldn’t be allowed to fleece the public out of millions of dollars? Long live the revolution!
http://democralypsenow.blogspot.com/2009/02/fear-not-america-fox-news-wont-let.html
February 5th, 2009 at 9:50 pmI guess the President must be all things to all people; the suggestion by ABC that administration hypocrisy, and perhaps deceit has been neglected, is ridiculous! When Fridays also typically bring different sorts of destabilizing notions to the week’s mix on TV-from PROFIT-DRIVEN HYPOCRITES, suddenly something else will likely exist…ignored on Saturday!!
February 5th, 2009 at 9:52 pmObama is now a “war president,” and as such is entitled to the SAME perks as the former war president.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:59 pmThe President of ABC should immediately issue an apology to the President of the United States.
The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com
February 5th, 2009 at 10:50 pmSLNR, the professional Solar Panel manufacturer.
February 6th, 2009 at 12:20 amThe libruls is comin’! The libruls is comin’! That-thar dol-blurned librul media is at it again! Damn ‘em all to Hay-ell fer whompin’ up on them pore critters who jes’ want to do an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay. . .
February 6th, 2009 at 1:04 amProud Says:
Here’s a hypothetical, if GE receives a bailout will they have to drop the salary of Olbermoron, Madcow and the rest of the Bush haters down to 500K. If GE takes a bailout how could they justify paying Olbermoron 7 million a year to shill for Obama. Just a question, bring on the hate.
It’s not hate, prideless. It’s not even compassion, hubris. It’s pity. Kinda like what one might feel for a squished bug.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:09 am.
Dear Scott Mayerowitz,
You do know the difference between a Federal Officer who’s Constitutionally mandated an expense through the tax payer versus a private citizen who swindles the tax payer to lavishly live upon, NO?
Well, I suppose that George W. Bush had that same luxury then, NO? Why are so silent about that? Loyal too much?
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February 6th, 2009 at 1:11 am.
Dear
(R)usg LimpyProud,You do know the difference between a Federal Officer who’s Constitutionally mandated an expense through the tax payer versus a private citizen who swindles the tax payer to lavishly live upon, NO?
Well, I suppose that George W. Bush had that same luxury then. Why are you so silent about that? Loyal too much?
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February 6th, 2009 at 1:13 amThis deserves repeating…
KayInMaine Says:
Seeing that since the (R)ushpublicans are the Taliban and all…
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February 6th, 2009 at 1:18 amTell ABC to fire this idiot.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:33 amSend an email; make a call; you’ll feel better.
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Does Scott Mayerowitz think Air Force One is some kind of over sized limo with wings?
Scott Mayerowitz defines dolt, well.
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February 6th, 2009 at 1:47 amYou always hear about how those who want to limit the pay of executives are being hypocritical, but where was this rhetoric from ABC when the Republicans wanted to nix the minimum wage increase while voting for their own pay raise?!
February 6th, 2009 at 3:34 amBozo The Neoclown Says:
Game of Life, how dare you make fun of lispy graham, he’s a southern treasure of the same stature as scarlett o’hara
HAHAHAHA
Thank for the name, it fits him.
HAHAHAHA
scarlett threw a hissy fit. Then I saw Boxer reaction. Funnyyyyeee. I think I caught this on an MSNBC.
scarlett has been wrong so many times.
February 6th, 2009 at 6:09 amJust like the racist repugs and abc to want President Obama to continued to do the marvelous job that he’s doing on half of his salary.
I bet these ahole repugs are getting a real laugh off of this one. they are mocking Obama, betting that Obama will be on TV apologizing and caving in.
Fncking retarded backward senseless petty repugs
repug=finishing the job of destroying the US from inside out
February 6th, 2009 at 6:35 amWhat an incredible display of idiocy this story is.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:11 amYou can believe if it was “W”, the lefties would be pointing fingers at him just like they did when oil prices were so high. He was in the oil business, so it was all his fault. The double standards of the liberals never cease to amaze me.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:26 amIn 2005, the average large company CEO pay was $10.5 million. In addition, CEO pay is becoming a larger multiple of the pay of front-line employees. CEO pay was 36 times what an average worker earned in 1976, 131 times in 1993 and has mushroomed to 369 times as much by 2005, according to Joann Lublin and Scott Thurm reporting in The Wall Street Journal.
http://www.chiefexecutive.net/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=7F89EC2B47414562996FC99A34936239
Americans should be upset with CEO’s and banking leaders who got us into this mess. Obama et al are right to expect more from them all, including some give on pay and perks. For too long they have gotten rewarded too much despite declining revenues, risky investments, off-shoring, job losses, benefit cuts, etc. at the same time that the companies have looked for tax cuts, bailouts and govt. grants. Pay for failure, with huge golden parachutes as ineffective CEO’s go out the door, added insult to injury.
President Bush, like many of his business friends, had little or no accountability. CEO’s and financial leaders need to get real.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:17 amI think I missed the final bid on the “Pay Off The Moron So He Will STFU Fund”. Was the total still $1.46? I am so confused!
Plese remember, if the IRS cuts lush a check they will round down so he will only receive the amount of $1.00 (One Dollar). But it is much more than his comments were worth in the first place.
Lush’s kind of stupid should hurt.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:35 amIsn’t that what government does best? I think the last 8 years are a testament to that.
February 6th, 2009 at 11:27 amABC is a Neo-Con station now. The Corporate big wigs are fascists.
February 6th, 2009 at 12:32 pmWhat if the Bubble didn’t have AIRFORCE ONE riding him around after 9/11 who knows what stoooopid button he would have pressed?
POTUS Obama will not be taking the airplanes, helicoptors, limousines or silverware back to Illinios with him in 8 years, don’t worry trolls . .
All this ’stuff’ belongs to the taxpayers!!
Anybody know what Bubble did with Saddam Hussein’s HANDGUN that was mounted in the W.H after his capture?? Bubble showed it off to everyone, like he capture the gun in hand-to-hand combat with the Iraqi President ..
February 6th, 2009 at 3:30 pmThe President of the United States — on the other hand is NOT nor should he be compared to CEOs of conglomerations who think of America as an oligarchy that they own. The President of the United States — on the other hand is a patriotic American concerned about the welfare of ALL US citizens unlike narcissistic CEOs who care only about themselves sans loyalty to their employees or companies. How dare oligopolistic CEOs insert their position — the lowest in society as an equal to the President of the US? — In fact, CEOs of oligopolies can’t even measure up to the guy who robs his local 7-Eleven store. At least gun wielding robbers are not targeting 7-Elevens in particular (— rather out of convenience) while CEOs of oligopolies have gobbled-up everything they could consolidate, destroying our entire capitalistic infrastructure. Why would they believe in competition or a fair playing field when they already own it? And it doesn’t matter how irresponsible they are because they know they’re too big and the government won’t let them fail without destabilizing the market. Middle America needs help from the Stimulus Bill but I don’t want another penny to be given away to these corporate thugs in the banking industry. I’d be more inclined to trust my local 7-Eleven robber with the money.
February 7th, 2009 at 1:43 am