Goldman Sachs CEO says he’s ‘doing God’s work,’ rejects the idea that Goldman profits from gov’t support.
Goldman Sachs CEO says he’s ‘doing God’s work,’ rejects the idea that Goldman profits from gov’t support.
Last quarter, Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs made a $3.19 billion profit, and according to some estimates, the firm will set aside $21.9 billion for compensation this year. In an interview with London’s Sunday Times, Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein said that the firm is serving an important “social purpose” by helping companies grow, and denied the idea that Goldman is only able to make record profits thanks to government support:
Blankfein dismisses any suggestion that Goldman needed to be bailed out, and, by extension, rejects any notion that the firm is now profiting from public support. Sure, he took $10 billion from Washington’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (Tarp). But the bank has since repaid the cash, with healthy interest — 23%. Goldman also benefited from the federal bail-out of the huge US insurance firm AIG. Goldman had bought $20 billion worth of insurance from AIG and received billions of dollars — perhaps as much as $13 billion — when Washington pumped $90 billion into the stricken giant. But Blankfein insists Goldman was “hedged” against any AIG losses, in the best possible way — with cash.
Of course, Goldman’s profits have been driven in large part by its access to cheap federal dollars, and the firm may have gone under were it not for its status as a “too big to fail” firm. But Blankfein told the Times that he is just a banker “doing God’s work.” And evidently God’s work — bonuses and all — cannot be questioned.
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God’s work sure does take one hell of a lot of money.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:51 pmBlankfien should remember what it says in the Bible. ‘It is easier for a camel to go trough the eye of a needle, than a rich Man to enter the gates of Heaven’
November 9th, 2009 at 2:53 pmFurthering the crippling advancement of the profit motive is not God’s work.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:53 pmCorporate elitists ALWAYS vehemently deny the REALITY that much of our economy is based on public cost and public risk turned into PRIVATE PROFIT. Costs and risks are socialized then the profits are privatized. That basic reality MUST be kept from Americans at all cost
November 9th, 2009 at 2:54 pmDidn’t Jesus chase the money changers out of the temple? He must have forgotten one. What an arrogant individual!
November 9th, 2009 at 2:54 pmAccording to the holy rollers, God favors the virtuous by making them wealthy.
Poor people will always be poor because they are sinners.
We are on the cusp of a neo-Victorian age of smarmy piety and the sanctification of greed.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:56 pmGod’s work? Yes, it is….if money is your god.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:56 pmCorporatism is destroying this nation.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:57 pmlark@5, That’s the NEW Testament, If anything, rich, old, white guys look to the OLD Testament. They love their All Powerful angry vengeful God, compared to the compassionate Jesus.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:01 pmPD, I’d rather stick with the New Testament, but you are so right on this one. They do like that angry, vengeful God, as long as God is not looking at them….
November 9th, 2009 at 3:03 pmGoldman Sachs CEO says he’s ‘doing God’s work…
– - And yet, the meek shall inherit the earth. So, is God an inside trader?
November 9th, 2009 at 3:03 pmThe arrogance of that man. I’ve got news for you, bucko – teachers do God’s work, nurses and doctors do God’s work, mothers do God’s work – you profit from greed and ignorance, and if you believe in God should be worried about your soul
November 9th, 2009 at 3:04 pmLeave God out of this money changer.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:04 pma banker “doing God’s work.”
This brings to mind something about a Rich Man and some Camel and a Needle.
Of course a capitalist like this does not see the irony of God wanting Profits.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:06 pmThere are prophets, and then there are profits.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:07 pmThis is a cult. These guys believe God has put them above the rest… like God’s chosen, and they need not follow any rules. That they reap boundless rewards is a given.
It’s insane, of course, no different than certain types of serial killers as seen on Criminal Minds… they’re convinced what they do is for our own good.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:08 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g77AcTbjFo
November 9th, 2009 at 3:08 pmObviously Goldman Sachs God is Mammon.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:08 pmPow@12, I couldn’t have said it better myself. My husband is a carpenter, my friends are teachers and nurses. THEY are the salt of the Earth. People like this man have no soul. If he believes he is truly doing God’s work, then he should give his illgotten money to Charity.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:08 pm*Plundering the nation’s treasury is God’s work.
*Killing thousands of Arabs and Afghanis in the name of Democracy is God’s work.
*Destroying the enviornment in the name of Dominionism is God’s work.
I ask you: What kind of asshole God would allow that to be done in his name?
November 9th, 2009 at 3:08 pmI wonder if the idiots on the religious right would agree with him?
November 9th, 2009 at 3:09 pmThis XianfundiePharisee probably sent his kids to Jesus camp.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:10 pmevangenital says:
There are prophets, and then there are profits.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:10 pm————————————————————
And then there are false prophets, profiting from the word of God.
This seals it;
XianFundialism is a mental illness.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:11 pmthirty pieces of silver.
I bet that’s what this scum would take for his soul.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:12 pmUncle@20, Yeah! I wonder what the ‘Tea-Baggers’ and the ‘912ers’ think about what Blankfein said. Oh, who are we kidding? Those people don’t even read newspapers. They watch Faux News and think they are informed.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:13 pmDear Lloyd Blankfein,
Get a grip, man. You make a huge profit from buying and selling shit you just make up.
This in no way adds anything to the economy, the karmic cycle or the planet.
Get over, way the fcuk over yourself.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:14 pmLloyd Blankfein doing God’s work?
From Wall Street to C Street I guess.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:15 pmGoldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein reminds me of Bernard Madoff. Both of them are greedy and shameless.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:16 pmThis is a man who is truly doing God’s work and he didn’t ask for government bailouts. We need more Christians like this in the world!!!!!
http://www.startribune.com/local/west/69486467.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUr
November 9th, 2009 at 3:16 pm…doing God’s work
-The christian equivalent of “Allahu akbar”.
Great job.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:16 pmI find it odd that Goldman made a profit of $3.19 billion in profit and management is setting aside $21.9 billion to pay bonuses. Sounds like a job for the shareholders and board of directors to step in on this massive giveaway.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:17 pm“Goldman Sachs CEO says he’s ‘doing God’s work,’ rejects the idea that Goldman profits from gov’t support.”
Yeah, and which God is the CEO is referring to. As I am reminded from my pastor when people say that money is the root of all evil. It is the love of money is the root of all evil. And it is a shame that the CEO would use God’s name when it is the love of the money that hearts Goldman CEO.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:19 pmActually, anything these guys are doing is a sin in he eyes of the Lord, isn’t it? I always thought greed was one of the Deadly Sins. Why is that rich, white guys can always get away with that? Pat Roberson, and all these other ‘Evangecals’ live a life in spendor, I always thought that was wrong.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:21 pmGoldman Sachs got a HUGE gov bailout when the Fed decided to make AIGs bad debts good at 100%. If YOU go bankrupt many of your creditors get only PART of what you owe. When AIG went belly up GS got credited with EVERYTHING owed at THEIR projected profits.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:22 pmI thought that the Catholic church was God’s official banker.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:23 pmCome again, why did Jesus destroy the temple? Someone, anyone . . .
Oh, to have been born on homeplate yet be naive enough to believe I had hit a triple and was stealing home (the pun totally intended) all by myself.
to be fair, the government should have taken a > 50% interest in his company, but then that would be . . . capitalism.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:24 pmWe are aware of them dumbass!
November 9th, 2009 at 3:29 pmOh God, Just when you think the troll would this one out, he appears again. He is like a bad rash that won’t go away.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:29 pmSandwiches from a Savior
A touching article about Mr. Alan Law a retired Minneapolis school teacher who truly is doing God’s work without receiving government bailouts.
http://www.startribune.com/local/west/69486467.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUr
November 9th, 2009 at 3:32 pmHF
We pay no attention to YOU. You are stupid. You are a worthless punkass troll and you are far too ignorant to be butting into an adult conversation just STFU
November 9th, 2009 at 3:32 pmHF
Before YOU post you should add a disclaimer. That you are a stupid brainwashed pile of dogshit without a single functional braincell
November 9th, 2009 at 3:33 pmSince “god’s”™ work has always been to discomfit and afflict man (dracuculiasis, loa loa, the candiru fish) Goldman Sachs IS doing “god’s”™ work.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:35 pmHF
No I didnt. I understand you are so stupid you mistake slapping the stupid out of you for taking you seriously but no one else here is anywhere NEAR as stupid as you are.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:35 pmGlad to see Goldman cleared up that question of who these guys are following. Looks like Satan has alot of followers as even Bush and the GOP use the same God for their EVIL. Satan’s biggest supporter is none other then Dick Cheney. As we watch thousands of GOP supporters follow the Satan Workers in the name of God we can now understand how we got in this mess. Like Judas as he turned in Jesus to die, it in the name of God he did it.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:36 pmI wonder if HP was aware of Bush’s ties to Goldman Sachs, Oil Companies, Enron, the failed Harken Oil……..?
November 9th, 2009 at 3:36 pmWhen did, in this country, every other story revolve around god and religion. I am sick to death having to look at this sh$t. Keep you GD GDing beliefs to your self.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:36 pmIf anyone thinks that these Revisionist, christian nationalists, biblical capitalists, dominionists, are taking over without a fight–think again.
Since “god’s”™ work has always been to afflict mankind (loa loa, dracunculiasis, the candiru fish)Goldman Sachs is doing “god’s”™ work, in spades.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:38 pmWhy is it that when I look at Blankfein’s face, I have the urge to rip it off?
November 9th, 2009 at 3:38 pmHP only approves Goldman Sachs raping of America when a republicon president is in office.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:39 pmCome on HP, you misguided, ignorant little cretin, tell us the truth. You didn’t give a damn what Goldman Sachs and the other criminals in the banks and on Wall Street did until a democrat became president.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:41 pmI wonder if HP is aware of former treasury secretary Hank Paulson’s ties to Gold-man’s Sacks.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:41 pmBefore HF “authors” another post on TP, she should add the following disclaimer:
November 9th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
noseeum says:
I wonder if HP is aware of former treasury secretary Hank Paulson’s ties to Gold-man’s Sacks.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:42 pm———————————————————-
Shhhh….you will pollute it’s beautiful mind with facts!
HufferFckhead should go back to huffing gas in his little pup tent.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:43 pmObama and the democrats don’t shove their Christian beliefs down the throats of the rest of America…unlike rethuglicans and the religious zealots of the religious right!
November 9th, 2009 at 3:44 pmGod’s work…?
Has Blankfein met up with the Phelps gang yet?
November 9th, 2009 at 3:45 pmOh….little HP voted down my comment which pointed out that it doesn’t like to pollute it’s little mind with inconvenient truths. Bah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
November 9th, 2009 at 3:46 pmHF seems to be a bit ornery today.
Methinks he doth abuse inhalants too much.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:47 pmHF, but I’m addressing you and I’m under the growing opinion that you not only are a lonely, pathetic right wing loser with no life but also a lowly, untalented, ignorant republican slug.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:47 pmJohnny is calling you, Jeffy. His diapers need to be changed, again.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:48 pmEnnuiDivine says:
HF seems to be a bit ornery today.
Methinks he doth abuse inhalants too much.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:49 pm————————————————————–
Well his mother/girlfriend did say that HP had a problem sniffing solvents and eating lead paint chips as a youth.
HF what do you get out of posting here when all you accomplish is showing how stupid and brainwashed morons like you are? Just STFU. Actual adults are talking about things you will always be too stupid to comprehend
November 9th, 2009 at 3:49 pmHF = Jeffy Bovine (i.e., Johnny Dollar’s buttboy)
Seriously, you are a pathetic loser, hick. You spend every waking moment trolling TP. Go swallow a bullet. Your contribution to society is zero, Jeffy. No one but your butt boy will know you ever existed.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:50 pmEwe speeken engrish so goode.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:51 pmOh teh horror, it voted down another one of my inconvenient truths regarding it’s pathetic existence and sheer ignorance!
Let’s pray that HP who has the IQ of a gnat doesn’t pro-create. As they say ignorance breeds more ignorance and HP is the poster child for ignorance!
November 9th, 2009 at 3:52 pmHF
Personal attacks are all you deserve. It isnt like you will ever have the brainpower to contribute to this site in any way. You dont even TRY to. You just come here to annoy us and heap contempt on us so you only look like the pathetic moron you are when you snivel like a punk that WE treat you the way YOU treat us
November 9th, 2009 at 3:52 pmWhen you been debunked, mention Ellen! LOL!!
November 9th, 2009 at 3:53 pmIf I were God, these people would seriously be pissing Me off.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:53 pmJust out of curiosity, has Twajie (HP) proven that PRESIDENT Obama forced a “yes” vote out of Cao, by threatening to hold funds for his district?
Because until Twajie does, or admits that he made the $hit up, he’s got nothing to even garner attention to.
Vote down.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:54 pmIgnore.
Watch him self destruct.
HF
Debunked??? My GOD you are stupid AND apparantly delusional. You couldnt debunk an iceberg on the Sun theory. Dont you GET how stupid you are yet?
November 9th, 2009 at 3:54 pmAnd HF FAILS again with the pathetic I know you are but what am I gambit. How can trolls as pathetic and stupid as HF stand to even exist? How is it that the fact they are stupider than any human being has a right to be not haunt them?
November 9th, 2009 at 3:56 pmP.D. says:
November 9th, 2009 at 3:56 pmBlankfien should remember what it says in the Bible. ‘It is easier for a camel to go trough the eye of a needle, than a rich Man to enter the gates of Heaven’
tHAT’S just liberal bias in the media and you know damn well it is. Now go to conservapedia and have your eyes opened to the real Bible. /snark
HP appears to be an army of one dumb m-phucker!
November 9th, 2009 at 3:56 pmBy the end of the week Jeffy Bovine/HF/JD’s butt boy will be banned yet AGAIN, and will once again have to come up with a new moniker. Nice “life”, butt boy.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:57 pmJust for the record, when I do go after typos, it’s because you’ve slaughtered the English language in such a way that I have no other option but to point out how idiotic and childish you come across.
Geez,
November 9th, 2009 at 3:57 pmCabo Wabo with Sammy Hagar much?
nellre says:
This is a cult. These guys believe God has put them above the rest… like God’s chosen, and they need not follow any rules. That they reap boundless rewards is a given.
From what I understand about religious philosophy, the one most likely to be the force behind these people is SATAN.
Remember: Satan tempted Jesus with visions of worldly power and wealth…
Jesus always said that His kingdom was not of this earth.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:57 pmHF says:
Pay no mind to the obama administrations ties to sachs and aig, ok?
Yet you pay no mind to your god’s (Bush) ties to SACHS and AIG…
November 9th, 2009 at 3:58 pmSee HF we understand that YOU are so stupid you think swatting a fly means you are paying ATTENTION to the fly. As feebleminded as YOU are you would have to. Just slapping the stupid out of you with one hemisphere of my brain tied behind my back while watching TV and drinking coffee isnt paying attention to you. Its just wasting time. Trust me no one here but other trolls are stupid enough to take anything you say seriously.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:58 pmOkay, does anyone have any idea what the heck Twajie is critiquing my post about?
Or did I just get a lesson on Basic Typing 101?
November 9th, 2009 at 4:04 pmFTR just because he has the nerve to mention God does not mean he’s a Christian in any sense.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:04 pmHP your pathetic comments show desperation each and every time you post one. But hey, I understand. This is the only time you can interact with intelligent life so have at it.
I mean really, being despised in real life, being disowned by your family and friends, your dog committing suicide, your beloved gNOp becoming the minority party, a black man is now president, life must really suck for you HP!
May I suggest you take a sh*t, fall through your a$$hole and hang yourself?
November 9th, 2009 at 4:04 pmDRxJ says:
Just out of curiosity, has Twajie (HP) proven that PRESIDENT Obama forced a “yes” vote out of Cao, by threatening to hold funds for his district?
Because until Twajie does, or admits that he made the $hit up, he’s got nothing to even garner attention to.
Vote down.
Ignore
Bears repeating.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:05 pmOnce a troll refuses to answer/account for its statement, I would like to see us all just keep repeating the question and confrontation.
By this logic, then, all the priests, monks, and nuns who take vows of poverty are doing the devil’s work, and Mother Teresa was an incarnation of Baal sent here to indoctrinate us into the ways of evil.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:06 pmHP must have went on his meth break.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:07 pmHow is that mother/girlfriend thing working out for you HP?
November 9th, 2009 at 4:09 pmI noticed a number of comments about Jesus and the camel and the moneylenders… Does anyone know for a fact that Blankfein is a Christian?
November 9th, 2009 at 4:09 pmCharles Dickens got it all wrong. Scrooge was doing God’s work before the three Spirits intervened.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:09 pmYes HP is here…unfortunately.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:10 pm“Does anyone know for a fact that Blankfein is a Christian?”
Sure doesn’t sound like it…but then, ahem, lots of other religious faiths believe they are doing god’s work as well…
November 9th, 2009 at 4:11 pmHEY HF the ignorant liar and worthless pile of dogshit is here. Wait he is always here. Since he is too stupid to contribute to society he just comes HERE to prove just what a worthless moron he is
November 9th, 2009 at 4:11 pmgummitch says:
I noticed a number of comments about Jesus and the camel and the moneylenders… Does anyone know for a fact that Blankfein is a Christian?
November 9th, 2009 at 4:11 pm—————————————————————
In all probability he’s a Christian in name only, just like Bush and Cheney.
Ummmm, Twajie, I’ve not seen one post by Parodyll here today?
What the PHOOK are you on?
Hey, how’s that proof, that PRESIDENT Obama muscled Cao’s vote of “Yes”, coming along?
November 9th, 2009 at 4:12 pmOkay, I’ve wasted enough time with this ignorant troll. Perhaps the next time I engage it, it’s IQ will rise to the level of a lowly garden slug. I know….wishful thinking.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:14 pmnoseeum says:
“Does anyone know for a fact that Blankfein is a Christian?”
Sure doesn’t sound like it…but then, ahem, lots of other religious faiths believe they are doing god’s work as well…
It would at least let him off the hook with the New Testament.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:16 pmUncle Fester Lurks says:
“Okay, I’ve wasted enough time with this ignorant troll. Perhaps the next time I engage it, it’s IQ will rise to the level of a lowly garden slug.”
It would have to reach the level of a garden hose first.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:18 pmHF you ignorant pile of dogshit. Sure Nutjobs like Hassan OR Jim Jones and David Koresh. You do understand you are a stupid piece of filth dont you?
November 9th, 2009 at 4:18 pmHF says:
November 9th, 2009 at 4:19 pm(lots of other religious faiths believe they are doing god’s work as well)
malik hasan/muslims?
Heh.
You stepped right into that one, didn’t you?
LOL
As I understand it, it doesn’t matter what his personal Beliefs are, if he doesn’t send 10% to Rome he’s doomed.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:21 pmUncle–blue 53 will worry about President Obama when he starts to tell us god talks to him directly.
“I’m driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, ‘George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.’ And I did, and then God would tell me, ‘George go and end the tyranny in Iraq,’ and I did.”
November 9th, 2009 at 4:22 pmSure I can HF
You are stupid. You were born stupid. You will die stupid. You will spend every waking moment in between stupid. Everyone here KNOWS how stupid and miserable you are. Just kill yourself. You are far too stupid to be wasting oxygen a higher lifeform could be using like slimemold
November 9th, 2009 at 4:23 pmHF,
You are cordially invited to engage in an act of auto-fornication. Enjoy yourself.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:23 pmBlankfein took over as CEO of Goldman Sacks, replacing Hank Paulson.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:23 pmHF says: etc…
You’re not real astute, are you?
November 9th, 2009 at 4:25 pmHi HF
November 9th, 2009 at 4:28 pmI sort of think you are a fake. Are you?
Uncle Fester Lurks says:
Okay, I’ve wasted enough time with this ignorant troll. Perhaps the next time I engage it, it’s IQ will rise to the level of a lowly garden slug. I know….wishful thinking.
Yes, I’m still waiting for Olby Sucks to answer something addressed in ThinkFast, but like the GOP version of the health reform bill, it will never see the light of day any time soon.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:29 pmHas anyone been able to figure out what the stupid troll is even defending and/or proposing?
November 9th, 2009 at 4:31 pmHow long do you think that will last? Why even bother? So you are a pretender aren’t you?
November 9th, 2009 at 4:32 pmNo HogFukcer. No contraire. You are NOT astute. You are stupid. You are mind numbingly stupid. It is your defining characteristic
November 9th, 2009 at 4:32 pmHi pete:
November 9th, 2009 at 4:34 pmIt appears to be the usual cry for attention. Nothing more…
pags2 says:
I find it odd that Goldman made a profit of $3.19 billion in profit and management is setting aside $21.9 billion to pay bonuses. Sounds like a job for the shareholders and board of directors to step in on this massive giveaway.
Oh but pags2 – the only reason they made $3.19 billion in profit was because all that high-end talent was MOTIVATED to work hard enough to do it by promising them godzilla-sized bonuses you see!
Now imagine if they promise them, oh I don’t know, $50 Billion in bonuses? The ‘talent’, the ones that are so valuable that if you don’t promise them bonuses will just go elsewhere, might make $10 Billion in profit for them!
(snarkily yours)
November 9th, 2009 at 4:34 pmpete says:
“Has anyone been able to figure out what the stupid troll is even defending and/or proposing?”
That’s not it’s point. It’s just being contrairee.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:35 pmHF says:
Oh, contraire….;)
Au contraire, it’s “au contraire“
November 9th, 2009 at 4:38 pmlexslamman says:
By this logic, then, all the priests, monks, and nuns who take vows of poverty are doing the devil’s work, and Mother Teresa was an incarnation of Baal sent here to indoctrinate us into the ways of evil.
Lousy nuns giving all those free meals to the homeless, comforting people for free, not helping keep our economy going by buying expensive clothing and jewelry – they’re stealing jobs from real Americans I tell ya!
(in a snarky mood today)
November 9th, 2009 at 4:39 pmI figured as much. Generally I can infer a position based on the story but our poor pet got himself so tied up that the usual methods are inadequate.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:39 pmIt cracks me up when these rich greedy lying thieves say they deserve the money because of the “risks” they take, as if the risk involves their life. It’s more relevant to compare their “risk” to casino gamblers owners.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:42 pmC’mon Wayne. You didnt seriously expect HF to have any dim idea what he was talking about did you? The punkass troll is the stupidest thing since the spam Edsel
November 9th, 2009 at 4:42 pmEzekiel 18:13 –
He lends at usury and takes excessive interest. Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he will surely be put to death and his blood will be on his own head.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:44 pmEugene,
I know. It’s clear he hasn’t dazzled us with his brilliance, so he’s trying to baffle us with his bullshit. I’ve seen his kind before.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:45 pm@ gummitch 100
No infact all the evidence points towards this guy being Jewish.
FTR I’m not saying he is since I don’t know that.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:49 pmmary lacewing says:
Oh but pags2 – the only reason they made $3.19 billion in profit was because all that high-end talent was MOTIVATED to work hard enough to do it by promising them godzilla-sized bonuses you see!
I don’t understand how bonuses can be larger than the profits. In this case, the bonuses are 7X the profits. Most corporations do not pay yearly bonuses to execs that exceed the profits. If I were a shareholder I would be organizing proxies to remove directors and management.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:49 pmI wonder if the idiots on the religious right would agree with him?
November 9th, 2009 at 4:51 pm.
I can tell you that, privately, a lot of church-going people are just disgusted by people like him. They just can’t bring themselves to publicly denounce what he said because free-market capitalism is almost the national religion in this country now. The “nice” thing is, you don’t have to have a conscience to practice it. The “market” will stop you if you go too far.
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Some that believe think that God will let you know if you step over the line by making you fail. Others believe God lets anyone get as greedy as they want and will require them to answer for that later.
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However, speaking out against greed in any form is almost considered “un-American” at this point in time. Most fundamentalists know too many people who would be upset if they came out too forcefully against greed. Easier to keep quiet and keep your “friends”.
Wayne A. Schneider says:
Eugene,
I know. It’s clear he hasn’t dazzled us with his brilliance, so he’s trying to baffle us with his bullshit. I’ve seen his kind before.
No, Wayne, you’ve seen HIM before. Many times and many socks. Pathetic time-wasting attention suck pretty much sums it up.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:56 pmDaveE,
But they should speak out. Greed is one of the Seven Deadly Sins. How could they remain silent? If they are truly as pious as they would have us believe, they should be screaming the loudest about this kind of selfish, greedy behavior. Shouldn’t they?
November 9th, 2009 at 4:58 pmEugene,
LOL. Yes, but not just HIM. I’ve seen his type in the real world, too. (I visit there. Occasionally.)
November 9th, 2009 at 5:00 pmBut they should speak out. Greed is one of the Seven Deadly Sins.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:04 pm.
Don’t disagree with you on that, Wayne. Silence (or sins of omission) are something I think many will have to answer for.
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Why didn’t they speak up when the situation called for it? The Bible also says that a LOT of those who call themselves “followers” (and, indeed, did a lot of work in his name) are going to be condemned for their actions (or lack thereof).
DaveE,
Is there a way to get some multi-faith organization to encourage those who lead in the worship rituals (they go by many names in many different religions) to point out that Wall Street greed is nothing to be proud of? Especially since Pride is the worst sin of all. So he’s already guilty of Pride and Greed, and it’s a safe bet to assume there’s a certain amount of Envy in this man’s life (maybe he has a neighbor he wants to “out-do). He’s committing two or three of the Seven Deadly Sins. Isn’t it time our religious leaders started pointing this out as the kind of behavior we don’t want people to emulate? These greedy Wall Street people (and greedy is the kindest thing we could call them) should not be role models for anyone.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:12 pmLloyd Blankfein is correct in stating that he is doing god’s work. Remember that Jesus refused Satan’s offer of all the worlds governments during his wilderness trials and at 2Cor.4,4 Paul points out that the god of this world (Satan)is the true God’s enemy. Mr. Blankfein does in fact do his god’s work.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:19 pmThese greedy Wall Street people (and greedy is the kindest thing we could call them) should not be role models for anyone.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:24 pm.
Wayne,
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Agreed. About all you can do is raise your kids in such a way that you can point to these vultures and say “For heaven’s sake, don’t be like him.”
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Of course, if you are constantly cutting corners and trying to make money ANY WAY you can, you sorta undercut your own message.
Isn’t there an eighth deadly sin, like greed/selfdelusion/surfacepiety?
November 9th, 2009 at 5:58 pmSomeone should ask him how much it costs to buy a President?
Sorry, I’m unhappy with the Wall Street cronyism.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:59 pmNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
You are delusional and not very bright. The word government appears NOWHERE in that scripture. The idea that Satan is GOD of this world is absurd and frankly stupid. Also GS did not have to take a bailout because they were covered by the WAY we bailed out AIG. Insuring ALL the profits they hoped to make on their AIG speculation. You are an idiot dude. You have no idea what you are talking about and you need to read the bible itself and stop being brainwashed by what greedy MORONS tell you to think. It will most likely be hard for someone as simpleminded as you to break the chain of being brainwashed. Thinking for yourself is a big step but I suggest you at least TRY it
November 9th, 2009 at 6:01 pm149. EugeneDebs Thanks for responding. My response.
You are delusional and not very bright. Perhaps.
The word government appears NOWHERE in that scripture. There were two Bible references made, one in which Jesus was shown all the kingdoms of world. Kingdoms are governments
The idea that Satan is GOD of this world is absurd and frankly stupid. This is a temporary state that will end at Armageddon. Satan is not almighty. Nothing else explains why people are so selfish.
Also GS did not have to take a bailout because they were covered by the WAY we bailed out AIG. Insuring ALL the profits they hoped to make on their AIG speculation. This I know, Jesus and his father care about people, GS (Goldman Sachs Inc. Care about money. Satan hates people.
You are an idiot dude. You have no idea what you are talking about and you need to read the bible itself and stop being brainwashed by what greedy MORONS tell you to think. It will most likely be hard for someone as simpleminded as you to break the chain of being brainwashed. Thinking for yourself is a big step but I suggest you at least TRY it. This last part seems to apply more to you than me
November 9th, 2009 at 10:03 pmNRNRNRNRNR
WRONG. Kingdoms are no more governments than COUNTRIES are governments. As I said you arent very bright.
Satan is not GOD in ANY way. The statement was stupid. Not temporarily not in ANY way. Selfishness and greed ARE explained by free will. People are allowed to make the wrong choices. Again you just regurgitate what you were told to think and its ludicrous on the face of it.
Whatever. YOU said GS was doing Gods work they DIDNT take a gov bailout. But they DID take tons of gov money only someone completely uninformed thinks this is a distinction worth anything
No it doesnt. It doesnt apply to me at ALL it describes you PERFECTLY. You are a moron who is brainwashed and told what to think then you spew it in our direction as if we dont recognize it as another variation on the old talking points. You fail. You flat out DONT know what you are talking about.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:26 pm.
The camel does God’s work and serves mankind to it’s greatest ability.
The rich man that amasses wealth from the many poor is NOT!
One passes the eye of the needle…
… And it isn’t the one pontificating about the treasure they’re hording.
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November 10th, 2009 at 1:01 am.
Dear NRNRNRE,
And God commanded, as did Christ, NO ONE BEFORE HIM!
To call Satan a god is BLASPHEMY!
To agree with a blasphemer is the same.
While I get the jest of what you’re saying, that Lloyd Blankfein serves a master, to call or recognise that person’s master as a god is blasphemy.
Is it not?
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November 10th, 2009 at 1:06 amNRNRNRE says, “Mr. Blankfein does in fact do his god’s work.”
You could also say that Kenny Boy Lay did his god’s work. Hitler did his god’s work. AWOL Bush did his god’s work. Timothy McVeigh did his god’s work.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:42 amUmmm…I hate to get down to the third grade level here, but… This dude is Jewish, not Christian. I have no dog in that fight, but, let’s not sidestep the obvious and act stupid to try to avoid being called a bigot. Jewish people make up like 2% of the population. Yet, when we look at the top executives of major financial institutions it looks like “Little Israel”. Bernanke (and pretty much every single person on the board of the Federal Reserve), Geitner, Paulson, Blankfein, and many, many others all have one three things in common….greed, lies, and the Jewish faith.
November 10th, 2009 at 8:14 am