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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

It's Lonely at the Top

Posted by on Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:35 AM

Bankers and billionaires are holding a pity party for the One Percent, sharing their oh-so-hurt feelings, and defending themselves from the "imbecile" attacks of the Occupy movement.

If successful businesspeople don’t go public to share their stories and talk about their troubles, “they deserve what they’re going to get,” said [billionaire Home Depot Inc. (HD) co-founder Bernard] Marcus, 82, a founding member of Job Creators Alliance, a Dallas-based nonprofit that develops talking points and op-ed pieces aimed at “shaping the national agenda,” according to the group’s website. He said he isn’t worried that speaking out might make him a target of protesters.

Who gives a crap about some imbecile?” Marcus said. “Are you kidding me?”

[...] “If I hear a politician use the term ‘paying your fair share’ one more time, I’m going to vomit,” said [billionaire founder of payroll processer Paychex Inc., Tom] Golisano, who turned 70 last month, celebrating the birthday with girlfriend Monica Seles, the former tennis star who won nine Grand Slam singles titles.

You know what makes me want to vomit? The idea of Monica Seles having sex with that cranky, 70-year-old asshole.

In an article originally headlined "Bankers Join Billionaires to Debunk ‘Imbecile’ Attack on Top 1%" before some editor at billionaire-owned Bloomberg News thought better of it, some of our nation's wealthiest and most powerful men show a combination of cluelessness and utter contempt that... well... that really doesn't come as much of a surprise these days coming from some of our nation's wealthiest and most powerful men.

It still feels lonely," complains John A. Allison IV, a director of BB&T Corp. (BBT), the ninth-largest U.S. bank.

Oh, weally...? Honestly... fuck you.

 

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Vince 1
Same as it always was. What I see is the same mistake made by ancient Rome where stupendous wealth accumulated at the top and everyone else lost interest in the empire because there was nothing in it for the 99%.
Posted by Vince on December 20, 2011 at 9:48 AM
lukeiscool 2
That is why I will never decide to be rich. I don't want to be lonely.
Posted by lukeiscool on December 20, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Phoebe in Wallingford 3
It’s about time we let the 99th percent become the 100th percent. That 1% is a lot better than the current 1%.
Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford on December 20, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Sir Vic 4
Unfortunately, Seles has to go for the geriatric man who can turn off his hearing aid while she grunts the night away.
Posted by Sir Vic on December 20, 2011 at 9:51 AM
JF 5
Oh Goldy, you're such a badass.
Posted by JF on December 20, 2011 at 10:04 AM
6
Their arguments fail at a simple point.

In our society money is a statement in regards to how much we feel what people do is worth. I have a very, VERY hard time seeing how what Jamie Dimon does is worth around 575 times more than what an EMT makes or 120.4 times what a general MD makes. I got that by dividing what Jamie Dimon makes(23 million) by what an EMT makes(around 40,000 and 191000 a year).

What they take from the society is far, far out of proportion to what they give to society. Period.
Posted by GhostDog on December 20, 2011 at 10:06 AM
7
All The News That's Fit To Spin

Little Kimmy passed away in North Korea --- whoopee doo dah!

We in Seattle have our own little Kimmy, an airhead at some newsy station, and equally as mentally vacuous, although much cuter (or cutesy?).

The nation’s Secretary of Defense, always on the offensive, Panetta, claims that Iran has, or is about to have, the nuclear bomb.

While one should despise the brutal theocracy of Iran, Panetta has show no evidence of Iran’s nuclear destruction potential, because there is none.

Secretary Panetta should pull a “Colin Powell” --- either go before the American public, or do a United Nations’ presentation --- holding up a pipe from the hardware store and proclaim it as proof of Iran’s nuclear weapon capability. (Panetta might do a product placement; perhaps have an Ace Hardware sticker on the pipe, while wearing an Ace Hardware jacket.)

Mentally vacuous American newsies, including self-styled “leftist” newsies, applauded the Egyptian non-election which did nothing to remove the true rulers of Egypt, the Egyptian military. (In Egypt, the military and police beat and strip female protesters, while in Australia they manhandle and strip the female protesters!)

Meanwhile, the mentally impotent Paul Constant continues his quest of Ron Paul’s character assassination --- rather silly given the illogic of it all.

Ron Paul espouses that lunacy, the illusory “free market” --- the colossal sham which, a sane thinker might surmise, attract massive financial support from Wall Streeters, supposedly ardent promoters of this nebulous “free market” mirage (which has never existed).

Obviously, that fanatical “free market” guy, Ron Paul, is the only true believer in such nonsense.
Possibly Paul Constant rants about Ron Paul because they both share the same name?

While in China, villages are being systematically and amorally privatized, just as are towns in Michigan, California and elsewhere.
Global economy …………………. Or global consolidation?
More...
Posted by sgt_doom on December 20, 2011 at 10:32 AM
DOUG. 8
Didn't Seles date Paul Allen for awhile? Someone's got a billionaire fetish.
Posted by DOUG. http://www.dougsvotersguide.com on December 20, 2011 at 10:43 AM
9
That article is hysterical! I didn't know Bloomberg published comedic pieces.
Posted by sisyphusgal on December 20, 2011 at 10:46 AM
Will in Seattle 10
The unfortunate truth is that people think once they're millionaires or billionaires, they'll be happy.

They won't.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on December 20, 2011 at 11:38 AM
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 11
Leave it to SLOG to add their own ageist bigotry in a populist diatribe.
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://yrihf.com on December 20, 2011 at 11:42 AM
Keekee 12
@11:
You fuck 70 year olds???
Posted by Keekee on December 20, 2011 at 2:20 PM

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