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Editorial See other Editorial Articles Title: ATTN: Employees of Goldman Sachs ATTN: Employees of Goldman Sachs We did it. Bottom of the ninth, down by three, bases loaded, and we cranked another grand slam to the moon. They may have shot Lennon, but nothing can kill the Beatles. I admit things looked bleak for a minute there. We had to convert to a bank holding company and were forced to accept a taxpayer bailout. It felt un-American. Terribly unbanksmanly. But we accepted the money, knowing that we could magically weave it into a much larger mountain of money. We had a few hard months there, didnt we? They regulated our corporate jet so that we could no longer use it to fly from hole to hole on the green. Dave had to drain his money pool to half capacity. I stopped injecting gold into my blood. They dont call it a recession for nothing. One day, well look back on the year we received only five-figure bonuses and laugh. Wanting to celebrate our renewed success is natural, but its important that we dont go crazy here. Remember, ten per cent of the non-bank country is unemployed, and even those who are working have real jobs, where payment is proportional to the creation of a product or a service. Those poor bastards. So I ask that, in celebrating our raping of the stock market, we show restraint in the following ways: Please limit high-fives and chest bumps to a dozen a day. Dont wear your crowns, except around the office. Stop paying for things in Monopoly moneyI understand it is the same as real money to us, but there have been some complaints. For now, lets take down the giant scoreboard that reads Main Street: zero. Wall Street: a billion gazillion bajillion. Furthermore, to avoid drawing criticism from the press, this year the bonuses, expected to be comically large, will be distributed in blood diamonds, which can be easily concealed in a briefcase so it looks like were working. Id like to thank everyone who made this possiblefor a second time. Respect to President Obama for keeping us in the green. Thanks to the big guy upstairs (me). And lets not forget all the ordinary Americans, who, for some unfathomable reason, have refused to put us behind bars. We are literally taking money out of their wallets. Seriously, with these returns we are making Madoff look like a little kid with his hand caught in the cookie jar. Amateur! Yours in money, Lloyd Blankfein, C.E.O., Goldman Sachs
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LOL! Oh brother, is this a bear market.
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