I made the horrible mistake of turning on CNBC a short while ago and found Kudlow, Francis, Joe Weisenthal and Jonathan Koppell discussing, "Is Being Rich Out?". What they were referring to was the NY Post headline we wrote about earlier Lloyd Blankfein to Employees: "You're Gonna Get Us All F**king Pinched!"
(You know, the one Fox Business lifted from me)
What I love about this CNBC conversation is, besides Mr. Koppell, Francis, Kudlow and Weisenthal are treating the story as a "They hate us for our success" saga, while we compared it to the famous Lufthansa Heist scene from "Goodfellas"! The scene where Jimmy Conway tells the gang not to flash around their ill-gotten booty. Have a gander.
I'm sorry for posting this. They ruined my lunch and I shouldn't have ruined anyone else's!
Posted by: eric | August 04, 2009 at 02:39 PM
What a crock of BS. None of them had the insight to ask: "How do they make their money?"
The stupid question she poses is: "Is making lots of money out of style?"
Its never about the fact that being successful or making money is out of style, its the fact that Goldman Sachs made their money out of being cheats and thieves, instead of working hard for their money.
If I'm a brain surgeon and I save lives, is it out of style for me to flaunt my money?
Ridiculous conversation. Kudlow is the worst. He needs to sell shoes (think Al Bundy) instead of be on CNBC.
Posted by: g | August 04, 2009 at 02:33 PM
Behind the scenes at Goldman's 2009 Xmas celebration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lgLaY9BiAo
Posted by: williambanzai7 | August 04, 2009 at 01:37 PM
Hello!
They are prime beneficiaries of Gov't policies promoting their industry and at tax payer expense.
The CNBC guys are morons. There is a reason we aren't having a conversation about Debeers right now.
Posted by: anon | August 04, 2009 at 01:09 PM