Did AIG and Lehman Brothers Grilling Before Congress Go Well?

[BeatleBoot]

Oh, that's right.

They were given the money with no questions asked.

And when are they going to pay back the federal government?

Oh, that's right.

It wasn't a loan, like the automakers are asking for.

It was a handout.

I forgot.

Never mind.

[Triana]

1. K & R

:grr:

[BeatleBoot]

2. I am honored for the K&R

Thank you.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. This is exactly what Jon Stewart just demonstrated on The Daily Show.

[BeatleBoot]

4. I missed the Daily Show

But I am glad someone is understanding what is going on here.

Please spread the word.

This is serious stuff.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. It gets repeated later, or if you are in the West, you can still catch it.

[BeatleBoot]

6. Thanks!

I am in Detroit.

I think I will catch it on-line.

[alittlelark]

7. AIG=CIA....... funny that.....

n/t

[slipslidingaway]

8. And their hearings were after the vote n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

9. Yeah, the guys deserve to be punished for making crap cars, remember?

Get it right fer krissakes.

:sarcasm:

[blue_onyx]

10. I know

And those awful companies should be punished for paying their employees well too...how dumb were they.

:sarcasm:

[unblock]

11. uh, lehman got 100% f$cked over. they got absolute f*ckall.

they're probably the ONLY failure in this fiasco that got no federal bucks.

and that was probably the single biggest f*ckup of this entire mess, it sent aig over the edge and the cds market reeling and completely destroyed what little was left of inter-institutional trust.

they blamed lehman ceo dick fuld's outsized ego for preventing him from selling the company when they had a chance after bear stearns collapsed, when in fact it was the fed's ego that prevented them from doing what was needed to keep the financial sector functioning.

but i digress. main point, lehman got nothing.

[Triana]

12. AIG, Goldman S*cks, WaMu, and Citi did tho - no questions asked...

..and NO grilling before Congress first.

[snot]

13. k&r'd