I Can Has Bonuses?

Are you fucking kidding me?!?!

How about a nice piece of FUCK OFF!!

Merrill Lynch & Co. chief John Thain has suggested to directors that he get a 2008 bonus of as much as $10 million, but the battered securities firm's compensation committee is resisting his request, according to people familiar with the situation.

From The Wall Street Journal



Yeah, this is the guy that headed Lynch and lost almost $12 billion ( yes, kids, that's with a big-ass B ) and he's asking for a bonus.

That's like driving drunk, running over some pedestrians, punching a cop in the gooch, and then asking for a double-shot of J&B scotch ( neat ) once they get through processing you at the station.

Not only that, but Lynch was bought out by Bank Of America, and he's somehow staying one. In what capacity, no one is saying at this time.

This corporate hack should have been tossed out on his ass.

More here from a story at Reuters

And we should have this guy tossing John Thain out of the building when he gets told:

Someone Is REALLY Pissed Obama Won

Barney, President Bush's dog, decided he would take a nip at Reuters White House correspondant Jon Decker.



More here at The Washington Post website.

What I'm Going To Be Watching Friday Night

Provided that it's going to be playing in my town.

Oliver Stone's Bush bio-pic, "W".

Stone did a brief interview with REUTERS

Q: Why is it important to release "W." so near to the 2008 U.S. presidential elections when President George W. Bush is not running for office again?

A: "We are dealing with the phenomenon of Bush and whoever wins the election, his impact is going to be in the shadow of this huge presence that existed for eight years and which changed the world. I think a lot of people should come because it's good for them, before the election, to think about who they elected in the last eight years, and about where we are as a country right now."



Q; Which is the legacy of the Bush administration that most concerns you?

A; "This man has left us with a legacy of three wars -- the war in Iraq, in Afghanistan and the war on terror -- and the policy of the preemptive strike. These are all very dangerous things in terms of foreign policy.

"Internally he has assumed privileges for the executive that were never taken in such extremity before or over such a long period. He has violated laws and not enforced laws that he did not agree with."

more here