Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Now, Back To The Current Time

Hope I made you feel good with the post just below this one.  But, it's time for a brutal slap back into reality. If Captain Kangaroo was an "upper", consider this your "daily downer".  Ah, but it is was just a "daily" downer. They seem to come much more frequently than that.

AIG executives went on luxurious retreat one week after receiving $85 billion bailout.

Today, the House Oversight Committee discovered that, just one week after the federal government bailed out insurance giant AIG, company executives went on a retreat to a luxury resort. The executives spent nearly $500,000 on manicures, facials, pedicures, and massages. During a hearing today, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) asked, “Have you heard of anything more [...]

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