tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post1418123768815293252..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: If you take the king's shilling...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91386423120136046002009-02-02T19:58:00.000-05:002009-02-02T19:58:00.000-05:00If we're using the President's pay scale as a meas...If we're using the President's pay scale as a measuring stick, then each executive should be able to receive, tax free: a small air force to fly them around the world, 24/7 chaffeur service (Tom Daschle will back me on this one), and a 24/7 security detail.<BR/><BR/>Plus, as any Chicago politician knows, the official salary is a fringe benefit at best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30632329370572355312009-02-02T17:34:00.000-05:002009-02-02T17:34:00.000-05:00AWESOME!So Viggo and Kate are only getting 400k fo...AWESOME!<BR/><BR/>So Viggo and Kate are only getting 400k for their next film appearances!Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44435459485089804642009-02-02T16:46:00.000-05:002009-02-02T16:46:00.000-05:00"As long as Hollywood doesn't need any bailout cas...<EM>"As long as Hollywood doesn't need any bailout cash, the Democrats should be golden."</EM><BR/><BR/>Don't-cha worry your lil head honey, we've got OUR bailout taken care of <A HREF="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123327820048831571.html?mod=todays_us_opinion" REL="nofollow">right-cheer</A>:<BR/><BR/><EM>National Journal reported this week that the Senate's economic stimulus bill includes a provision that would make Hollywood studios eligible for a special 50% write-off of equipment purchases. According to the report, "the provision is backed by firms like the Walt Disney Co., and the industry trade group the Motion Picture Association of America."<BR/>The House version of the stimulus already includes a bonus depreciation that lets businesses immediately write off 50% of their 2009 capital expenditures. But the Senate bill expands the definition of "qualifying property" -- specifically to include "certain motion picture film or videotape."</EM>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3059527211016571892009-02-02T01:49:00.000-05:002009-02-02T01:49:00.000-05:00Yep ... this isn't a corporate bailout ... this is...Yep ... this isn't a corporate bailout ... this is a union contract bailout and a bank-forced-to-lend-to-welfare-rotters bailout.<BR/><BR/>The proper response, bankruptcy and foreclosures, would throw a bunch of union members out of work, and force a bunch of Democrat core constituents out of their homes ... both welfare rotters, and yuppie flip-that-house idiots.<BR/><BR/>Ain't about the economy or companies that cannot be allowed to fail ... it's about servicing their constituents at our expense.<BR/><BR/><BR/>( word ver: horspe ... how very very appropriate. )closedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14642713237849918722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62620387653703500132009-02-01T23:08:00.000-05:002009-02-01T23:08:00.000-05:00They are desperately trying to figure out a way to...They are desperately trying to figure out a way to bail the companies out without having to actually DO anything like have them renegotiate outrageous Union wages... I think the figure if they can re-direct attention long enough, they can get away with it.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15502702626247061882009-02-01T21:14:00.000-05:002009-02-01T21:14:00.000-05:00The administration is being a lot kinder than I wo...The administration is being a lot kinder than I would. First off make me dictator for a day and there would be no bailouts unless congress first steps up and individually takes the blame for the entire damned mess. <BR/><BR/>Also any company "too big to fail" is obviously not too big to break into smaller pieces. But if for some reason there was bailouts there would be two rules.<BR/><BR/>If you take government bailout money, the entire board of directors, the CEO and the 2 layers of management below him are immediately fired. No severance pay, no golden parachutes, no references for future employers. If you are so bad at your job that you need the government to bail you out you don't deserve your job.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure there are a lot of young college graduates out there that would be glad to try and do a better job of managing that company for a lot less than the current management is making.<BR/><BR/>Secondly ALL union contracts and agreements with that company would be immediately null and void and would have to be renegotiated with the new management.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13181699753142803022009-02-01T18:37:00.000-05:002009-02-01T18:37:00.000-05:00Robert: Sauron would be an improvement over the cu...Robert: Sauron would be an improvement over the current occupant.closedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14642713237849918722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85398258263986740112009-02-01T18:18:00.000-05:002009-02-01T18:18:00.000-05:00Nice post, Tam. Oh, and about those unicorns... ht...Nice post, Tam. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and about those unicorns... <BR/><BR/>http://i43.tinypic.com/2vc70i1.jpgRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15875940681926081525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54345656771277622932009-02-01T17:56:00.000-05:002009-02-01T17:56:00.000-05:00Near every time I hear the Sainted Leader speak I ...Near every time I hear the Sainted Leader speak I can't help but think of C. Montgomery Burns crabassing "Bolshevism! Sheer Bolshevism!".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74386840654258114492009-02-01T16:59:00.000-05:002009-02-01T16:59:00.000-05:00Capping executive salaries isn't going to stop any...Capping executive salaries isn't going to stop anything nefarious from going on.<BR/><BR/>We ought to bring back hanging in the public square for mismanaging execs caught with their hands in the cookie jar.<BR/><BR/>That <I>might</I> focus their attention a little more tightly on the bottom line.<BR/><BR/>(And we need the same punishment for corrupt Congresscritters and Executive Branch flunkies (including the sitting president).)Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67997711712545315112009-02-01T15:42:00.000-05:002009-02-01T15:42:00.000-05:00Can I just have the nuclear launch codes?Can I just have the nuclear launch codes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70953194389709093912009-02-01T13:27:00.000-05:002009-02-01T13:27:00.000-05:00Best thing is it will cap the salaries for the ind...Best thing is it will cap the salaries for the indefinite future, not just the ones who run the country into the ground, hey?<BR/><BR/>So Congress will run the best out of the business, leaving people who aren't smart but schmooze Congress well in those positions. Pretty much meaning that these institutions will turn into adjuncts of Congress.<BR/><BR/>As planned. I mean, I hope it's planned. A Marxist conspiracy is much more fulfilling than a bunch of unconnected leftists tugging the country into irrelevance.Brian J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10919837228673866495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33440673680938662112009-02-01T12:47:00.000-05:002009-02-01T12:47:00.000-05:00Just give me the lauch codes and I'll find a way t...Just give me the lauch codes and I'll find a way to acquire the salary and perks.<BR/><BR/>And the next <A HREF="http://www.boomershoot.org/" REL="nofollow">Boomershoot</A> would be the event of a lifetime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39816483673477636652009-02-01T10:50:00.000-05:002009-02-01T10:50:00.000-05:00Take my advice and NEVER watch those Sunday mornin...Take my advice and <I>NEVER </I>watch those Sunday morning newschat shows; it just encourages them.Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91849246682137750962009-02-01T10:31:00.000-05:002009-02-01T10:31:00.000-05:00Tam,Can you shoot me an email please? I have a qui...Tam,<BR/>Can you shoot me an email please? I have a quick price guestimate favor to ask of your expertise if you don't mind. Thanks.Captain Tightpantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13776345884480352979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16783929128172656042009-02-01T10:21:00.000-05:002009-02-01T10:21:00.000-05:00Given that these are the assholes primarily respon...Given that these are the assholes primarily responsible for running their companies into the ground, it seems perfectly reasonable to me. If you're such an incompetent senior executive that your company has to beg for a handout from Uncle Sam, then you have to play by Uncle Sam's rules. And I'm quite happy to not have my tax dollars paying for these fucktard's private jets, Mercedes-Benzes and Dom Perignon.<BR/><BR/>Now if Obama, with his anti-business attitude, wanted to do something to really make me happy, he would ask Congress for a law (n.b. ASK CONGRESS for a LAW, none of this bullshit that he is going to "rule" through executive orders) making senior executives - VPs, CFOs, COOs, CEOs, presidents, etc, of major corporations personally liable for their employees' severance pay and pensions in the event they run their companies into the ground. I have yet to figure out how this would be unConstitutional (at least more than any other business regulation) or any downside. I'm pretty sure we'd see a jump in the competence of senior business management right pronto.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-55471267413187257152009-02-01T09:44:00.000-05:002009-02-01T09:44:00.000-05:00Takes a lot of gall to critize working folks for m...<I>Takes a lot of gall to critize working folks for making a profit[.]</I><BR/><BR/>Well, I'm pretty sure the phrase "making a profit" doesn't really apply here now does it? If they were making a profit, they wouldn't need to be long-distance mugging me.perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7637355684441276722009-02-01T09:38:00.000-05:002009-02-01T09:38:00.000-05:00As long as Hollywood doesn't need any bailout cash...As long as Hollywood doesn't need any bailout cash, the Democrats should be golden.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20973101681016491502009-02-01T09:34:00.000-05:002009-02-01T09:34:00.000-05:00I wonder where all the contributions to political ...I wonder where all the contributions to political campaigns will come from?Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16207808793722026516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-311229842288471062009-02-01T09:23:00.000-05:002009-02-01T09:23:00.000-05:00Takes a lot of gall to critize working folks for m...Takes a lot of gall to critize working folks for making a profit when you are proposing a trillion bucks in deficit spending and eating those 100.00 wagyu steaks.<BR/> What an ass. And he just surrendered to the Iranians.Robert Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497658569363397644noreply@blogger.com