dagblog - Comments for "Obama's Director OMB Lands Citibank Job, Peter Orszag, To Take High Paying Banking Position"

Thanks Q, I got it playing on

Richard Day — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:05:41 +0000

In reply to Try this version, with the

Thanks Q, I got it playing on another tab right now.

That is what the lobbyists are, pushermen and just because an ex governmental official has another title in the organization does not mean that he will not take advantage of 'old networks'!!!

Try this version, with the

quinn esq — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:45:56 +0000

In reply to Goddamn I am so sick of

Try this version, with the great - and incredibly apt - dialogue at the end. Easy Rider, baby.

"I mean it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVwzAOyIxRM

God; you're thinkin' small,

we are stardust — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:09:52 +0000

In reply to Dollars to donuts, I'm

God; you're thinkin' small, Jeezus. Think of all the bank and corporate boards he can sit on! And Special Consultancies for every imaginiable MICC think-tank and business and consortium! Telcoms! There's plenty good money to be made.... K Street is sooooo limiting.... (that's 'money mouth'...)

Robert Reich says 2012 may

NCD — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:15:18 +0000

In reply to Obama's Director OMB Lands Citibank Job, Peter Orszag, To Take High Paying Banking Position

Robert Reich says 2012 may make 2010 look like a Democratic Party Pep Rally. I tend to agree. I plan on some sanctimonious satisfying symbolic shredding of my 'Obama Wins' copy of the NYT from Nov. 2008.

Wouldn't work. That would

SleepinJeezus — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:09:40 +0000

In reply to Then we could hire him to be

Wouldn't work. That would raise a conflict of interest issue for his clients.

Then we could hire him to be

Oxy Mora — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:56:50 +0000

In reply to Dollars to donuts, I'm

Then we could hire him to be the peeps' lobbyist.

Dollars to donuts, I'm

SleepinJeezus — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:40:27 +0000

In reply to Right. He can hit five

Dollars to donuts, I'm betting he ends up with an office on K Street.

Right. He can hit five

Oxy Mora — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:36:21 +0000

In reply to What is really sad is that

Right. He can hit five insurance companies by throwing stones from his front porch. Too bad there are no TBTF banks in Conn. but a limo to the city takes a couple of hours. I assume he sold that house in Iowa, so rule that out. Then there's always the metro to Boston. He has lots of options. Woodwoking--probably not.

What is really sad is that

SleepinJeezus — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:22:48 +0000

In reply to Obama's Director OMB Lands Citibank Job, Peter Orszag, To Take High Paying Banking Position

What is really sad is that there is absolutely no surprise in this at all.

It's like waiting with bated breath to see what Christopher Dodd decides to do in his "retirement." Take up woodworking, do you suppose? Maybe making ships in a bottle? Wal-mart greeter, perhaps?

I'm wondering if someone like

Oxy Mora — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:55:04 +0000

In reply to Actually, these are precisely

I'm wondering if someone like Bernie will mount a third party effort. I thought Bernie's push against the banks was the best part of his monologue. The objective would be to force Obama's hand on the bank TBTF issue. I'm sure Bernie could raise internet money--I mean every election cycle has to have a Mr. Smith goes to Washington narrative, or a Mr. Smith in Washington goes rogue.