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Balloon Juice —
... via TPM): the current head of AIG Financial Products (the division that lost all the money) wearing a Che Guevara tee-shirt at a cocktail party. ...
Che What?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
AIG's chief derivative honcho has some interesting attire.
It's all spin folks...
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE —
Obama goes on TV to tell us how outraged he is over the AIG bonuses. He gives us ear candy (a phrase I got on twitter, and will continue to use because it just so perfectly describes Obama and his rhetoric) and he tells us what we want to hear. He tells us they will fight to keep the AIG guys from getting their bonuses. But the truth is, his administration knew about them all along. This is from the lefty Talking Points Memo: ...
Dude, Lemme Unwind that Position for You...
The New Editor —
... Here is a rather unfortunate picture of former Morgan Stanley vice chair and current head of AIG's financial products unit Gerry Pasciucco -- wearing a T-shirt with that image of capitalism, Che Guevera: (via Josh Marshall) ...
AIG Financial Products Head Digs Che Guevara at Cuba-Themed Event
Little Green Footballs —
... Here we see the current head of AIG Financial Products and former vice chairman of Morgan Stanley, Gerry Pasciucco, at an event called “Fiesta Cuba,” wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt. ...
Viva!
BAGnewsNotes —
... Probing the backstory surrounding the AIG - Administration bonus war, Josh Marshall offered some visual commentary on AIG executive Gerry Pasciucco based on an outfit the executive assembled for a ...
Happy Hour Links
Weekly Standard Blog —
Feds knew about new AIG bonuses for months -- but Geithner only found out last week.
Jim Wallis "Making abortion provisions part of healthcare reform will kill healthcare reform."
Byron York on why tax problems have plagued Obama nominees.
Former GOP Rep. Rob Simmons will run against Chris Dodd in 2010.
AIG exec loves Che:
AIG poster boy wants tax deduction for his 'bonus' but it's our money he's spending
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... . This included his boss, who has been seen in a Che Guevara T-shirt . After all, they might have thought, "here was someone who stood up when the bad, evil people tried to take away our million-dollar bonuses even though they were based on transactions we couldn't back up. Who cares if taxpayer money paid for my bonus, it's mine." But to whom does the bonus money belong? Of all the possible parties, the least likely answer is Jake DeSantis. Of course, possession is 9/10 of the law, and DeSantis does have his bonus money. But it's not really his. We, the taxpayers, bailed ...
