In other news, K Street is being renamed "Hope-n-Change Boulevard".

I agree. People who know things about the economy should be nowhere near our government.

OverZealous ?

Barney Frank is a bottom?

\didn't want to know that.

Bawney Fwank is a hypocwite.

So the dude quit working for Frank and became a lobbyist?

Why should I care?

If you don't want to bail out the banking industry, you're a homophobe.

HulkHands: People who know things about the economy should be nowhere near our government.

Don't worry, they're not.

i agree that the revolving door is bad. i think that you should have to wait at least two years before accepting a job on k street.

the worst example, however, is billy tauzin, the republican who basically wrote the prescription drug bill, and who is now the head of... you guessed it... PHRMA.

This is not news until Goldman Sachs ends up with a sweetheart deal to get out of paying back the cash it owes the tax payers... then we show up with torches and pitchforks.

But on a serious note... if anybody doesn't like the idea of Democrats becoming lobbyists for the banking industry, then they need to call their Congressman and get a law passed that strips away Corporate Personhood. If that precedent is wiped away by the Congress, then corporations would no longer be able to fund multi-million dollar lobbying operations.

cousin-merle: So the dude quit working for Frank and became a lobbyist?

Why should I care?

Because working for a financial institution, then working for the House Financial Services Committee, then working for a financial institution again is EVILLLLLL. If you are a partisan retard.

HulkHands: cousin-merle: So the dude quit working for Frank and became a lobbyist?

Why should I care?

Because working for a financial institution, then working for the House Financial Services Committee, then working for a financial institution again is EVILLLLLL. If you are a partisan retard.

To be fair, didn't Obama put restrictions on admin folks going into lobbying and vice versa?

sounds like a great job

Diogenes: To be fair, didn't Obama put restrictions on admin folks going into lobbying and vice versa?

Yep. That's why none of the 16 or so Undersecretary and Assistant Secretary positions at Treasury (the ones which require Senate Confirmation) have been filled yet.

Actually Goldman's top lobbyist is heading up the Treasury Dept these days.

MasterThief: Diogenes: To be fair, didn't Obama put restrictions on admin folks going into lobbying and vice versa?

Yep. That's why none of the 16 or so Undersecretary and Assistant Secretary positions at Treasury (the ones which require Senate Confirmation) have been filled yet.

*sigh*

After so many years of the status quo, I'm sure it's hard to find good people who aren't in the tainted pool.

Small steps, I guess.

lunchinlewis: Actually Goldman's top lobbyist is heading up the Treasury Dept these days.

And wasn't Gov. Corzine their CEO or something?

/hate that guy

At least he isn't literally in bed with the industry as Frank was when he was dating Fannie Mae executive Herb Moses.

Diogenes: To be fair, didn't Obama put restrictions on admin folks going into lobbying and vice versa?

Where would Obama get the authority to put restrictions on people leaving government and going to work for lobbying firms?

The other way around, yes.

The "Iron Triangle" is a big problem.


Doesn't have shiat to do with parties.

It should be flat out illegal to lobby after working for regulatory agencies or holding public office.

HulkHands: I agree. People who know things about the economy should be nowhere near our government.

That's right. On a related note, who better to head up the US government than a Texas oil man? I agree with you, we should bring back Bush to take care of our foreign oil dependence problem.

Deadfeznt: sounds like a great job

I guess they need to do some backfilling since everyone left Goldman to work for Obama's administration give stimulus money and kickbacks to their cronies.

So basically, once you've worked for one bloated cawk-sucker you can put that as "previous experience" for working for another.

Diogenes: lunchinlewis: Actually Goldman's top lobbyist is heading up the Treasury Dept these days.

And wasn't Gov. Corzine their CEO or something?

The last Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, was previously CEO of Goldman. Geithner was head of the NY Fed and worked at the IMF.

I don't agree with the "climbing into bed" metaphor. I think it's just a really big bed, they're all already in it, and people are changing positions to keep things exciting. Well, that, and for there to be some ambiguity about exactly who is screwing whom.

Code_Archeologist: This is not news until Goldman Sachs ends up with a sweetheart deal to get out of paying back the cash it owes the tax payers... then we show up with torches and pitchforks.

But on a serious note... if anybody doesn't like the idea of Democrats becoming lobbyists for the banking industry, then they need to call their Congressman and get a law passed that strips away Corporate Personhood. If that precedent is wiped away by the Congress, then corporations would no longer be able to fund multi-million dollar lobbying operations.

My sentiments are expressed in the above statement.

Diogenes: lunchinlewis: Actually Goldman's top lobbyist is heading up the Treasury Dept these days.

And wasn't Gov. Corzine their CEO or something?

/hate that guy

But wait, there's more!! (GS positions in final parens):
Hank Palson, Bush's Treasury Sec'y (former CEO)
Joshua Bolten, Bush's White House Chief of Staff (Executive Director for Legal and Government Affairs at GS in London from 1994 to 1999)
Jim Cramer - former GS trader/bigwig
Robert Zoellick, United States Trade Representative (2001-2005), Deputy Secretary of State (2005-2006), World Bank President (Senior International Advisor to GS)
Neel Kashkari, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability (VP of Information Technology Security Investment Banking)
John Thain, former CEO of Bank of America (headed GS' mortgage desk from 1985-1990)

Don't it make you wanna puke in your Fruit Loops?

Gulper Eel: HulkHands: People who know things about the economy should be nowhere near our government.

Don't worry, they're not.

Geez, did it ever occur to you that you are going to look like a completely ignorant crybaby if Obama pulls this off? Because, you know, nobody, not even the most dyed in the polyester Freeper, are going to believe that George Bush (that liberal) fixed this mess.

Hey America, say hello to the 3 idiots that caused this mess!

Like it matters. This waste of air will still get re-elected by the sheeple.

*yawn*

Sirtalksalot: Hey America, say hello to the 3 idiots that caused this mess!

Where is Greenspan? Or Phil Gramm?

Why should it matter that Barney likes to play hide the salami with the pool boy? Our economy is in good hands.

hands.

I love the revisionist history in this thread.

Barney Franks responsible for the deregulation and corrupt culture on Wall Street? Grow up.

A staffer for a high-profile Congressman, a long-standing member of a powerful committee, found a lucrative lobbying position in the private sector? I don't get the big deal.

Code_Archeologist: This is not news until Goldman Sachs ends up with a sweetheart deal to get out of paying back the cash it owes the tax payers... then we show up with torches and pitchforks.

Nah, we'll just keep saying stuff like this:

Mordant: OverZealous ?

cousin-merle: So the dude quit working for Frank and became a lobbyist?

Why should I care?


HulkHands: Because working for a financial institution, then working for the House Financial Services Committee, then working for a financial institution again is EVILLLLLL. If you are a partisan retard.

Republican Wharrble!!

sarcastrophe: HulkHands: I agree. People who know things about the economy should be nowhere near our government.

That's right. On a related note, who better to head up the US government than a Texas oil man? I agree with you, we should bring back Bush to take care of our foreign oil dependence problem.

Um, did you intentionally miss the "failed" qualifier in that suggestion you made or was it simply an oversight?

redcup27: Code_Archeologist: This is not news until Goldman Sachs ends up with a sweetheart deal to get out of paying back the cash it owes the tax payers... then we show up with torches and pitchforks.

Nah, we'll just keep saying stuff like this:

Mordant: OverZealous ?

cousin-merle: So the dude quit working for Frank and became a lobbyist?

Why should I care?


HulkHands: Because working for a financial institution, then working for the House Financial Services Committee, then working for a financial institution again is EVILLLLLL. If you are a partisan retard.

Republican Wharrble!!

THIS.

cousin-merle: Diogenes: To be fair, didn't Obama put restrictions on admin folks going into lobbying and vice versa?

Where would Obama get the authority to put restrictions on people leaving government and going to work for lobbying firms?

The other way around, yes.

He can't really. But he can restrict how and to whom in the government they can lobby.

Sirtalksalot: Hey America, say hello to the 3 idiots that caused this mess!

Are you really that ignorant?
Seriously. Or was that a troll?

Because if you are that willfully ignorant, I would like you to give serious consideration to voluntarily giving up your right to vote.
A representative democracy requires an educated electorate to correctly function - and you are representative of why this one is failing.

There is no excuse for otherwise intelligent people to remain willfully ignorant, other than sheer laziness.

MrGumboPants: I love the revisionist history in this thread.

Barney Franks responsible for the deregulation and corrupt culture on Wall Street? Grow up.

It's farking deafening.

And if you ask these jackasses, not a one of them can do anything more than repeat already debunked talking points or make gay jokes.

But yet, we still have to share the fruits of our labors with these jackasses.
Can't we just pay them to secede and take the whole of Jesusland with them?

redcup27: Nah, we'll just keep saying stuff like this:

Do you really think that he shouldn't be allowed to go work elsewhere after being in government? Should the guy just retire or what? I don't get it.

Random Reality Check: Geez, did it ever occur to you that you are going to look like a completely ignorant crybaby if Obama pulls this off? Because, you know, nobody, not even the most dyed in the polyester Freeper, are going to believe that George Bush (that liberal) fixed this mess.

Don't misconstrue me; my statement was intended to convey that those with enough sense to do something more than grandstand and screw up tend to stay well clear of Washington in general.

Code_Archeologist: This is not news until Goldman Sachs ends up with a sweetheart deal

You were saying?

Diogenes: He can't really. But he can restrict how and to whom in the government they can lobby.

OK, but that has nothing to do with the article or "outrage".

Nabb1: A staffer for a high-profile Congressman, a long-standing member of a powerful committee, found a lucrative lobbying position in the private sector? I don't get the big deal.

Nabb1,

I hate to say it but this is why you were getting insulted in a thread yesterday. I thought about screaming at the idiot but figured it wouldn't really be any help (like anyone thinks of me like the voice of reason around here) but the loons that claim to be on the conservative side of the spectrum are causing you credibility problems just like the wackos on my side create the fantasy that all liberals are libtards.

To be quite honest with you, I don't know how to make these lunatics go away and if you have any ideas, I am willing to try just about anything, up to and including reeducation camps. [just kidding - I can't afford to pay for camps for idiots]

Gulper Eel: Random Reality Check: Geez, did it ever occur to you that you are going to look like a completely ignorant crybaby if Obama pulls this off? Because, you know, nobody, not even the most dyed in the polyester Freeper, are going to believe that George Bush (that liberal) fixed this mess.

Don't misconstrue me; my statement was intended to convey that those with enough sense to do something more than grandstand and screw up tend to stay well clear of Washington in general.

My mistake, I should know better than to misinterpret something you wrote as though it was posted by some of the lunatics participating in this thread.

Please accept my apology.

Random Reality Check: To be quite honest with you, I don't know how to make these lunatics go away and if you have any ideas, I am willing to try just about anything, up to and including reeducation camps.

We should go back to timocracy.

MrGumboPants: Barney Franks responsible for the deregulation and corrupt culture on Wall Street? Grow up.

It's amazing, the power this guy has had at his disposal all these years...

Shaggy_C: Random Reality Check: To be quite honest with you, I don't know how to make these lunatics go away and if you have any ideas, I am willing to try just about anything, up to and including reeducation camps.

We should go back to timocracy.

We can all donate more money to the Human Fund.

Random Reality Check: Sirtalksalot: Hey America, say hello to the 3 idiots that caused this mess!

Are you really that ignorant?
Seriously. Or was that a troll?

Because if you are that willfully ignorant, I would like you to give serious consideration to voluntarily giving up your right to vote.
A representative democracy requires an educated electorate to correctly function - and you are representative of why this one is failing.

There is no excuse for otherwise intelligent people to remain willfully ignorant, other than sheer laziness.

your right.... barney frank was completely against sub prime mortgages ! you are an ignorant idiot and should move back to Russia