Comments on: Glenn Beck Comes Out in Favor of Paying AIG Executive Bonuses http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:05:37 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: KayInMaine http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1859025 KayInMaine Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:00:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1859025 <p>Think Beck is bad? Yesterday and today Rush Limbaugh was touting the same thing about the AIG thieves. He feels bad for them and thinks they should keep their bonuses (even though they killed the company). Asshole also said the amount of money is only 1% of the bailout money. Spit. It’s not so much about the money. It’s the fact that these assholes were instrumental in killing the company and the only reason why AIG wants to retain them is because new people coming in will see what these assholes have done!</p> <p>Oh, but Rush feels bad. He said the big bad socialists will come in and take your money too if we’re not careful!</p> <p>Well, anyway….we’ll have Obama impeached before too long, so Rush won’t have to worry about it.</p> Think Beck is bad? Yesterday and today Rush Limbaugh was touting the same thing about the AIG thieves. He feels bad for them and thinks they should keep their bonuses (even though they killed the company). Asshole also said the amount of money is only 1% of the bailout money. Spit. It’s not so much about the money. It’s the fact that these assholes were instrumental in killing the company and the only reason why AIG wants to retain them is because new people coming in will see what these assholes have done!

Oh, but Rush feels bad. He said the big bad socialists will come in and take your money too if we’re not careful!

Well, anyway….we’ll have Obama impeached before too long, so Rush won’t have to worry about it.

]]> By: redford http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1859000 redford Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:02:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1859000 <p>As an 85 % shareholder, the US govt needs to tell the would-be recipients of bonuses, “No, the company is not paying bonuses.” Clearly explain why, then walk away. No threats, just facts.</p> <p>If would-be recipients choose not to purse the bonuses, good for us. If they choose to sue for the bonus, rake their name through the mud like there’s no tomorrow. If they’re awarded the bonus, to some extent, we’ve still won. We’ve established a deterrent and even though the would-be is now a “be”, we’ve still given them the Madoff moniker…a pretty high price to pay.</p> As an 85 % shareholder, the US govt needs to tell the would-be recipients of bonuses, “No, the company is not paying bonuses.” Clearly explain why, then walk away. No threats, just facts.

If would-be recipients choose not to purse the bonuses, good for us. If they choose to sue for the bonus, rake their name through the mud like there’s no tomorrow. If they’re awarded the bonus, to some extent, we’ve still won. We’ve established a deterrent and even though the would-be is now a “be”, we’ve still given them the Madoff moniker…a pretty high price to pay.

]]> By: osage http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858915 osage Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:02:15 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858915 <p>BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA </p> <p>In order to gain the political control they’ve enjoyed over the last ten years, Republican moderates and Reagan conservatives made a pact with the devil (faux Christians, bigots and misanthropes) to achieve the numbers they needed to defeat Democrats. They made a strategic decision to manipulate and exploit the ignorance, fears and hatreds of dysfunctional and vulnerable voters in order to win elections rather than lose them by being intellectually and morally honest. </p> <p>Today, those who conspired with the devil are caught between wanting to disassociate themselves with and or casting out the devil they empowered and the karmic reality that they don’t have the numbers to hold on to or regain power without continuing to accept and “advocate” the immoral values, hypocrisies and corruptions that are dividing and destroying their party. </p> <p>The survival of today’s shrinking Republican Party has become so dependent on extremism that they have no significant power left WITH or WITHOUT the support of America’s increasingly pernicious lunatic fringe. </p> <p>The idiom about choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea is certainly appropriate as Republicans are facing the dilemma of choosing between two equally undesirable alternatives that both result in Republican impotence in mainstream American politics. They are suffering the consequences of their treachery. </p> <p>Their irresponsible propping up of George W. Bush cost them their credibility, and their disgraceful and shameless licking of Rush Limbaugh’s storm trooper boots is costing them their viability.</p> BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA

In order to gain the political control they’ve enjoyed over the last ten years, Republican moderates and Reagan conservatives made a pact with the devil (faux Christians, bigots and misanthropes) to achieve the numbers they needed to defeat Democrats. They made a strategic decision to manipulate and exploit the ignorance, fears and hatreds of dysfunctional and vulnerable voters in order to win elections rather than lose them by being intellectually and morally honest.

Today, those who conspired with the devil are caught between wanting to disassociate themselves with and or casting out the devil they empowered and the karmic reality that they don’t have the numbers to hold on to or regain power without continuing to accept and “advocate” the immoral values, hypocrisies and corruptions that are dividing and destroying their party.

The survival of today’s shrinking Republican Party has become so dependent on extremism that they have no significant power left WITH or WITHOUT the support of America’s increasingly pernicious lunatic fringe.

The idiom about choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea is certainly appropriate as Republicans are facing the dilemma of choosing between two equally undesirable alternatives that both result in Republican impotence in mainstream American politics. They are suffering the consequences of their treachery.

Their irresponsible propping up of George W. Bush cost them their credibility, and their disgraceful and shameless licking of Rush Limbaugh’s storm trooper boots is costing them their viability.

]]> By: HelenaHandbasket http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858913 HelenaHandbasket Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:53:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858913 <p>If Beck et. al. think that $70/hr. is too much for autoworkers at failing auto companies (even though said workers weren’t paid said amount) then we need a law capping pay of taxpayer-owned financial sector employees of failing corporations to not exceed those of the autoworkers.</p> If Beck et. al. think that $70/hr. is too much for autoworkers at failing auto companies (even though said workers weren’t paid said amount) then we need a law capping pay of taxpayer-owned financial sector employees of failing corporations to not exceed those of the autoworkers.

]]> By: sadlyyes http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858912 sadlyyes Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:51:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858912 <p>of course…BATSHIT BECK wants them to get their bonuses,HE IS ONE OF THEM….10,000,000;00$$$PER YEAR spread it around the net</p> of course…BATSHIT BECK wants them to get their bonuses,HE IS ONE OF THEM….10,000,000;00$$$PER YEAR spread it around the net

]]> By: Knut http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858909 Knut Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:16:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858909 <p>I guess we know Beck’s position on slavery, too. It’s the same as John C. Calhoun’s. A contract is a contract.</p> I guess we know Beck’s position on slavery, too. It’s the same as John C. Calhoun’s. A contract is a contract.

]]> By: Ann in AZ http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858904 Ann in AZ Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:46:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858904 <blockquote><p>Beck also reaffirmed his comparison of Al Gore to Joseph Goebbles and claims that President Obama has turned the US into a totalitarian socialist state.</p></blockquote> <p>No, Obama has not turned the US into a totalitarian socialist state. Bush did. Obama’s just going along with the flow.</p>

Beck also reaffirmed his comparison of Al Gore to Joseph Goebbles and claims that President Obama has turned the US into a totalitarian socialist state.

No, Obama has not turned the US into a totalitarian socialist state. Bush did. Obama’s just going along with the flow.

]]> By: alank http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858903 alank Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:39:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858903 <p>Are we supposed to care?</p> Are we supposed to care?

]]> By: Prairie Sunshine http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858902 Prairie Sunshine Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:38:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858902 <p>Beck is just a <strike>softer, more snuggly,</strike> weepier Rush.</p> <p>Some say this editing is fixed.</p> Beck is just a softer, more snuggly, weepier Rush.

Some say this editing is fixed.

]]> By: HelenaHandbasket http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858900 HelenaHandbasket Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:34:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/glenn-beck-comes-out-in-favor-of-paying-aig-executive-bonuses/#comment-1858900 <blockquote> <p>BECK: They made those deals with their employees. How could you possibly back out of the AIG contract because it’s popular? It’s a legal contract.</p></blockquote> <p>Was that same ‘outrage’ directed at GWB when he <strong>unsigned</strong> ratified, international treaties?</p>

BECK: They made those deals with their employees. How could you possibly back out of the AIG contract because it’s popular? It’s a legal contract.

Was that same ‘outrage’ directed at GWB when he unsigned ratified, international treaties?

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