tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post3272093977991106315..comments2024-03-21T14:41:14.622-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: SeawrackFDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-6357877428083262552008-06-14T11:21:00.000-07:002008-06-14T11:21:00.000-07:00It seems that the latest Ismay may be Phil Gramm, ...It seems that the latest Ismay may be Phil Gramm, architect of the de-regulation of the financial industry and sub-prime mortgage crisis and paid lobbyist for Swiss banking interests.<BR/><BR/>Still John McCain's economics policy advisor. The fellow he brought on board after mentioning he didn't know 'bout no eek oh nomix!<BR/><BR/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-41148064660387829822008-06-11T08:38:00.000-07:002008-06-11T08:38:00.000-07:00I agree, Ken Lay's death seemed a little too neatl...I agree, Ken Lay's death seemed a little too neatly packaged. Suspicious -- and I'm usually no conspiracy theory type.<BR/><BR/>Chief, you have said it better than I could have. Do robber barons have consciences? I'm guessing no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-29105118356734271912008-06-10T21:18:00.000-07:002008-06-10T21:18:00.000-07:00After Enronby F.D. ChiefThey said I got away with ...<B>After Enron</B><BR/>by F.D. Chief<BR/><BR/>They said I got away with the loot<BR/>And cheated the indictment. <BR/>I tell you<BR/>I stashed it as far out of sight as any burglar. As I sat gloating in my Enron-financed home I turned to my wife to relish my costly<BR/>Life go thundering on in a pandemonium of<BR/>Hummers, tee times, Prada and Bijan,<BR/>Pensions bursting and shredded life savings. <BR/>And so did my heart.<BR/>Now I hide<BR/>In an expensive grave beside the rich<BR/>While the poor schmucks leave broken toys and single shoes<BR/>in the homes they're foreclosed from. The snarls of Dick, the goofing of Dubya mean nothing to me, nor the<BR/>weak bleat of taxes, as my widow<BR/>Describes to strangers how the old man fixed her up <I>real good.</I><BR/>Cayman secrets, Zurich gnomes, the old man took his boodle to the grave and will see no one. <BR/>Then it is I laugh again at all those dim,<BR/>stupid faces I never cared about, my damned soul<BR/>chuckles in the starlight, once more revelling in the sweet, sweet evasion.<BR/>Bite me, Fedboy.FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-36009704944825645752008-06-10T14:00:00.000-07:002008-06-10T14:00:00.000-07:00Meghan:That is to assume that he is dead....methin...Meghan:<BR/><BR/>That is to assume that he is dead....methinks he and his footmen have performed a Robert Vesco like transubstantiation to a humanoid like form, located in a friendlier clime, which holds no unfortunate extradition treaties with our republic. The way in which the judge dismissed the case makes me think so. Has anyone seen the corpse?Fasteddiezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431990022248470187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-54536260975494899922008-06-10T11:50:00.000-07:002008-06-10T11:50:00.000-07:00I think Ismay's 21st century equivalent might be s...I think Ismay's 21st century equivalent might be someone like Ken Lay. Lay may not have doomed thousands to their deaths, but certainly doomed them to a life of full-time work in their old age. <BR/><BR/>I only wish that we could imagine someone like Ken Lay would have felt Ismay's level of remorse before his death -- but somehow I doubt he did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-43364629012345905492008-06-10T09:53:00.000-07:002008-06-10T09:53:00.000-07:00A better line for the brute would be:"I say nothin...A better line for the brute would be:<BR/><BR/><I>"I say nothing because I am ashamed — I plead for nothing — because I deserve no mercy at your hands."</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com