tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/23/2009
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If there's one corporate honcho who's emerging as the poster boy for all the varied Wall Street sins that the financial crisis has exposed -- not just greed, but callousness, obliviousness and general incompetence -- its Merrill Lynch's former CEO John Thain.
Over the last few days, the ...
whitehouse.gov - 1/21/2009
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whitehouse.gov —
Yesterday, President Obama delivered his Inaugural Address, calling
for a "new era of responsibility." Watch the video
here: ( download as high-quality .mp4 ) Inaugural Address My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, ...
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Blog Post - President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address
whitehouse.gov - 1/20/2009
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Doubling the production of alternative energy in the
next three years. Modernizing more than 75% of federal
buildings and improve the energy efficiency of two million American homes, saving consumers and taxpayers billions on our energy bills. Making ...
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state.gov - 1/22/2009
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state.gov —
View Video Date: 01/22/2009 Description: 67th Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton arrives for her first day at
the Department of State greeted by an overflowing lobby of Department employees in the diplomatic entrance. State Dept Photo SECRETARY ...
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Secretary Clinton's Welcome Remarks at U.S. Department ...
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Bull In A China Shop
Talking Points Memo —
We've put together a list of the Top 10 greatest moments of John Thain's brief but disastrous run as CEO of Merrill Lynch.
It's quite a list.
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Former NY Senate Leader Bruno Indicted
The Hollywood Liberal —
Former NY Senate Leader Bruno Indicted Joseph Bruno, the Republican former Majority Leader of the New York State Senate, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on eight counts of public corruption, reports the Times Union of Albany. Bruno, who as the Senate leader had… [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] John Thain’s Top Ten Greatest Moments If there’s one corporate honcho who’s emerging as the poster boy for all the varied Wall Street sins that the financial crisis has exposed — not just greed, but callousness, obliviousness and general incompetence — its Merrill Lynch’s former CEO… [image] [image] This entry was posted ...
Arianna Huffington: The Era of Not Getting It: The Marie Antoinettes of the Meltdown
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... he said. "The crassness and the stupidity are stunning... They ought to be boiled in oil."
Marie Antoinette and her "let them eat cake" became the symbol of Not Getting It -- of not realizing, until it was too late, that a new era had begun. And just like Marie Antoinette, Thain didn't get it, even as Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis was leading him to the corporate guillotine.
In fact, Thain had such a run of not getting it that TPM was able to compile a top ten list of his greatest moments.
The pinnacle of Thain's tone deafness, of course, ...
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