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1. #1
   On March 13th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, verogolfer said:

   Too many banks have toxic assets. Alas, this has become a toxic administration.

2. #2
   On March 13th, 2009 at 1:13 pm, bear1909 said:

   A petard with ear portals. Much like his “Boss”.

   Now lil bHo is gonna have to appoint a “treasury” czar.

   U watch.

   Bear1909 out

3. #3
   On March 13th, 2009 at 1:14 pm, hatfield said:

   Geithner. Joke. Crook.

4. #4
   On March 13th, 2009 at 1:16 pm, Laree said:

   In honor of Jim Cramer, I am going to dedicate this next video to President Barack Obama. Barack Obama, doesn’t care about Rich People!

5. #5
   On March 13th, 2009 at 1:22 pm, corona said:

   Hmmm … wonder where I read this yeterday?

6. #6
   On March 13th, 2009 at 1:22 pm, wighttrasch said:

   Oh, yes, Obama does care about rich people–it’s only himself & wifey he cares about though.

   Remember, Ceausescu had gold-plated taps.

7. #7
   On March 13th, 2009 at 1:24 pm, walterc said:

   And all this could have been avoided had we done away with Mark to Market last fall. Actually I was under the impression that it was supposed to be done away with as part of the Senate re-write of the TARP (when it went from 30 pages to 1000 or something).

   Some days I feel like I’m a passenger on a ship with a broken rudder and a drunk captain and crew. When do I follow the rats and jump?

8. #8
   On March 13th, 2009 at 1:25 pm, d1carter said:

   Never fear, the man of Jello here…

9. #9
   On March 13th, 2009 at 1:28 pm, AlohaGuy said:

   White House found an issue during his vetting process

   Haha! An issue worse than Geithner’s? Paging Mr. Holder – oh yeah, never mind…

10. #10
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:29 pm, Hangfire said:

    I’m thinking of investing in real property.

    Perhaps Australia or Singapore.

11. #11
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:30 pm, ClassicFilm said:

    Thank goodness the vetting process was more lax when Tim “Tax Cheat” Geithner was approved, or even Mr. Lonely himself wouldn’t be permitted at the treasury helm. Maybe they could loosen the requirements for integrity to “only cheated on five tax returns” or “hired less than three illegal aliens” or “unreported income does not exceed $50,000.” Likely, though, even with less expectation for honesty, integrity, fiscal responsibility, too many would fail. Here’s a thought… ask Republican Jim DeMint or Bobby Jindal if they know anyone who is qualified and isn’t a thug-liar-cheat Democrat!

12. #12
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:33 pm, Lucifer Jones said:

    They may be attracted to the job by prestige, responsibility and duty, but are repelled by the lower pay and the dirty things they may say or do while in the job.

    Or they don’t like working with and for the dirty nincompoop politicians and government officials.

    Or all of the above. Maybe they’ll all have to be drafted.

13. #13
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:34 pm, granite said:

    Mr. Lonely just got lonelier

    Wonder if he’s humming the old Roy Orbison tune to himself.
    (excerpts)

    Only the lonely
    (r.orbison/melson)

    Only the lonely
    Know the way I feel tonight
    Only the lonely
    Know this feelin aint right

    But only the lonely
    Know why
    I cry
    Only the lonely

    Only the lonely
    Know the heartaches I’ve been through

    Maybe tomorrow

    No more sorrow

    But thats the chance – you gotta take
    If your lonely heart breaks
    Only the lonely

14. #14
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:35 pm, rambler said:

    Couldn’t happen to a nicer person!!! I have no sympathy. Geithner seems not to be the total wiz kid he was thought to have been. So while our economy struggles, the White House crowd parties on. How long before there is noone in the treasury dept? Will it mean that the gov can’t print any money? Change comes to Washington! Change we can believe in. Ha!!!

15. #15
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:36 pm, Misscheryl said:

    HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH!!!!

16. #16
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:37 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Geithner forgot to ask Obama for a puppy. A small companion animal for those lonely nights at the Treasury watching the presses working overtime…

17. #17
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:38 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Geithner seems not to be the total wiz kid he was thought to have been.

    I beg to differ! He has a degree in Asian studies, and so far, the Chinese and Japanese are doing just fine…

18. #18
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:40 pm, bear1909 said:

    And the “White Hose” economic advisors are saying it is the fear of the American people dragging the economy into the loo.

    Fo Guck Yourself, lil bHo.

    Bear1909 out.

19. #19
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:41 pm, Misscheryl said:

    I think Odumbo and his cronies are doing more to help the conservative cause than anything we could have done ourselves. Keep.It.Up.

20. #20
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:42 pm, Misscheryl said:

    and P.S. Citibank said “no thanks” to selling their souls to the devil by taking more money from the gobment. What a hoot!

21. #21
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:46 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    ALL of these folks, from Obama down to the lowly WH staffers DO NOT HAVE A CLUE WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THIS JOB. I had nightmares about the Clintons when they took over…but, these wunderkids are 10x worse!!!

22. #22
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:46 pm, John Deaux said:

    Why the huge sense of urgency to fill these positions?

    Americans didn’t vote for a rush to failure.

23. #23
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:46 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Well, would YOU want to take a job on the Titanic?

24. #24
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:48 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Misscheryl–well said! Seems to me the dems don’t need us to bad mouth them. They’re doing a terrific job a f—ing things up all by themselves Ha ha!

25. #25
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:48 pm, bradley said:

    I heard on the news last night the reason Democrat nominees are dropping like flies: after multiple tax cheats have been found so far among nominees, resulting in lots of embarrassment for Jugear’s clueless administration, the vetting committee is requiring an AUDIT of their income taxes over the last five years, and nobody wants to go through it. Obviously, they’d be found wanting in the “I paid my taxes” box on their 1040. Who knows? The Treasury Dept might be totally empty vis-a-vis employees for the foreseeable future.

26. #26
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:50 pm, bradley said:

    One idea: to save money, Obama could have the Treasury Dept. buy an answering machine for, say, $19.95, and let that solve the non-staffing problem. Geithner can return messages at his leisure, while saving millions of taxpayer dollars at the same time.

27. #27
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:52 pm, Misscheryl said:

    White House objects to UN calling US ‘deadbeat’

    Mar 12 02:18 PM US/Eastern

    WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House objected Thursday to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s description of the United States as a “deadbeat” donor to the world body.
    Ban used the phrase Wednesday during a private meeting with lawmakers at the Capitol, one day after he met with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office

    Quoted from Breitbart.com

    Obama resembles that statement.

28. #28
    On March 13th, 2009 at 2:00 pm, NC BLUE said:

    Michelle
    These Bend Over Republicans are just worthless. We need not offend tools. This guy is pathetic–where is the great plan–with details–of how he is going to deal with this big pile of Pelosi. Odumbo poll numbers are on the way down. They’d be in negative territory if the lame stream media cared to report the truth. Dimwits all.

29. #29
    On March 13th, 2009 at 2:01 pm, cicerokid said:

    Trouble staffing during a period of rampant unemployment? Go figure…

30. #30
    On March 13th, 2009 at 2:13 pm, WarTip said:

    All they have to do is print up some more of those fancy “Ethics Waivers” and they could fill those slots easily.

31. #31
    On March 13th, 2009 at 2:17 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:52 pm, Misscheryl said:
    White House objects to UN calling US ‘deadbeat’

    Mar 12 02:18 PM US/Eastern

    WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House objected Thursday to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s description of the United States as a “deadbeat” donor to the world body.
    Ban used the phrase Wednesday during a private meeting with lawmakers at the Capitol, one day after he met with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office
    Quoted from Breitbart.com

    Obama resembles that statement.

    I don’t usually like to agree with anything coming out of the U.N., but this time they are right. Has Obama even paid for his victory party in Chicago yet?

32. #32
    On March 13th, 2009 at 2:19 pm, mikepatr said:

    It’s a typical day…

    In Obama’s U.S.S.A.

    Why yes… that was a Lil’ Abner reference.

33. #33
    On March 13th, 2009 at 2:23 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    What else would you expect from these guys?

34. #34
    On March 13th, 2009 at 2:29 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Where are the gangs of McCain these days? Oh yeah, it only works one way.

35. #35
    On March 13th, 2009 at 2:59 pm, tre said:

    Good! Now, Duh One needs to appoint a middle-class mother to run the treasury dept. Such a woman knows how to budget, how to make $100 stretch to cover $120 worth of expenses, how to prioritize expenses, how to take money from one pot and apply it other expenses, and STILL find a little extra when necessary.

    Ya know? Everything the current idiot doesn’t know!

36. #36
    On March 13th, 2009 at 3:13 pm, Lucifer Jones said:

    Hello to Pasadena Phil from another Pasadenan (CA).

    As for the thread, maybe candidates also think that Geithner will be axed. Who wants to be there when that happens, or when the successor cleans house?

37. #37
    On March 13th, 2009 at 3:14 pm, cheapseat said:

    after 60 days, anyone with any brains is not going to jump on this train wreck. who can you remember from the carter trainwreck? BILLY!

38. #38
    On March 13th, 2009 at 3:22 pm, RetFireman said:

    Hey…it’s no big deal anymore. The crisis is not only apparently over…it never was. So what do we need competent people in his cabinet for? Why even worry about filling out the cabinet in a timely manner with people who are not convicts or running from the law or some semblence therein?

    The messiah has proven himself to be everything that he has claimed to be. He has saved us all from the brink of oblivion.

    I, personally, witnessed Heaven open this morning when I woke up. Troubling thing was, the “Choirs of Angels” looked nothing like I have imagined. Who knew that they all would look just like Scoop Doggie Poop, or whatever that guy’s name is.

39. #39
    On March 13th, 2009 at 3:42 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    Sorta sacrilegious to use but …

    Lonely, I’m Mr. Lonely
    I have nobody for my staff
    I am so lonely, I’m Mr. Lonely
    Wish I had someone with no faults of their own.

    (Boy does this one ever take you back! Bobby Vinton )

40. #40
    On March 13th, 2009 at 3:50 pm, wrcnossen said:

    I guess that anyone who is honest and knows what must be done won’t work for those who aren’t and don’t.

41. #41
    On March 13th, 2009 at 4:01 pm, conservativesRus said:

    We could fix 2/3 of the banking mess by just allowing banks to reposes the assets which they own.

42. #42
    On March 13th, 2009 at 4:31 pm, DirkBelig said:

    I’ve said it before, here it is again: The fact that no one seems to want to be part of this elegant man’s regime indicates that even amongst his fellow travelers there is no confidence in success being the likely outcome. They’re rats refusing to board a sinking ship.

43. #43
    On March 13th, 2009 at 4:33 pm, thirteen28 said:

    Cue “One Is The Loneliest Number” for Mr. Geitner.

44. #44
    On March 13th, 2009 at 4:38 pm, Stubby said:

    Do we even need a Treasury Department?

45. #45
    On March 13th, 2009 at 4:43 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    “President Obama and his new government have adopted a series of measures to deal with the financial crisis. We have expectations as to the effects of these measures,” Mr. Wen said. “We have lent a huge amount of money to the U.S. Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I am definitely a little worried.”

    See, Geithner’s Asian Studies degree is paying off…oh wait, no, the Chinese are worried – maybe they’ll want gold instead of dollars. Or maybe we can sell them San Francisco.

46. #46
    On March 13th, 2009 at 4:48 pm, lgm said:

    People are starting to urge Obama to loosen his ethics rules and allow lobbyists and others with conflicts of interest like Bush did. It’s easy to find someone to guard the hen house if you allow foxes to apply, like Bush did.

    It turns out to be hard to clean up Washington. And it doesn’t happen over night.

47. #47
    On March 13th, 2009 at 4:55 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Cohen dropped out after the White House found an issue during his vetting process, two sources familiar with the matter said. The sources declined to identify the reason.

    You mean they’re actually vetting now?
    Who’da thunk!

    The reasons:
    Tax cheat? Nope, not a problem
    Caught with underage sheep? Nope, that’ll get you on the House Ways and Means committee.
    Must’ve been really really bad.

48. #48
    On March 13th, 2009 at 5:00 pm, Uplander said:

    lgm, nice try.
    Mom says you left this morning and forgot your medications. You best take off early and get your meds. You know how you get when you go too long without them.

49. #49
    On March 13th, 2009 at 5:04 pm, Uplander said:

    Geithner will soon be ‘asked’ to resign, probably for ‘Medical’ reasons, possibly a sudden diagnosis, ‘Mind Cancer’ or such.
    Is the the mind part of the brain, Edward?

50. #50
    On March 13th, 2009 at 5:05 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Must’ve been really really bad.

    Taped to the underside of one of his desk drawers they found a handdrawn Laffer Curve…

51. #51
    On March 13th, 2009 at 5:11 pm, Misscheryl said:

    People are starting to urge Obama to loosen his ethics rules and allow lobbyists and others with conflicts of interest like Bush did

    BAAWWAAAHHHAAAAAA!!!!!

52. #52
    On March 13th, 2009 at 5:31 pm, RetFireman said:

    You know what they say:

    “You can tell a great deal about a person and their character by the company…or lack of…they keep.”

    Let me see…best friends are an unrepentant murderous terrorist, a racist amti-American race-baiting Truther, another racist, self-loathing, anti-American “preacher”, is loved by Socialist dictators, supported and endorsed by home-grown racist, anti-Semitic quasi-Muslims, further endorsed by all Islamic terrorist groups such as Hamas, Al Qaeda, Iran…

    Cannot seem to find anyone who is honest without some sort of criminal indictment or investigation…

    Yet we are told he is as honest and pure as fresh powder on the West slopes of the Sierra Nevadas.

    Say…anyone interested in purchasing this great parcel of beach-front property? It is right in the middle of Death Valley…comes complete with it’s own bridge…

53. #53
    On March 13th, 2009 at 7:17 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 13th, 2009 at 2:59 pm, tre said:
    Good! Now, Duh One needs to appoint a middle-class mother to run the treasury dept. Such a woman knows how to budget, how to make $100 stretch to cover $120 worth of expenses, how to prioritize expenses, how to take money from one pot and apply it other expenses, and STILL find a little extra when necessary.

    Ya know? Everything the current idiot doesn’t know!

    You forgot two more valuable attributes…a sharp tongue to put these maroons in their places, and the courage to wash their mouths out with soap occasionally.

54. #54
    On March 14th, 2009 at 5:18 pm, CJ said:

    I beg to differ! He has a degree in Asian studies, and so far, the Chinese and Japanese are doing just fine…

    Geithner destroyed the Indonesian economy back in the 90′s.

    Yep, Indonesia. Seems the Geithner-Obama connection goes way back …