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In this podcast, I talk about how this one internet marketer has completely missed the boat when it comes to the true uses of social media.  I also make a reference to my site dedicated to social media stuff which is over at http://www.bigsexymedia.com

Make sure to comment either on big sexy media or here on this blog and let me know what you think.

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
Posted by Lew Rockwell at September 23, 2008 02:59 PM

DEAR AMERICAN:

I NEED TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT AN URGENT SECRET BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH A TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF GREAT MAGNITUDE.

I AM MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY OF THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA. MY COUNTRY HAS HAD CRISIS THAT HAS CAUSED THE NEED FOR LARGE TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF 800 BILLION DOLLARS US. IF YOU WOULD ASSIST ME IN THIS TRANSFER, IT WOULD BE MOST PROFITABLE TO YOU.

I AM WORKING WITH MR. PHIL GRAM, LOBBYIST FOR UBS, WHO WILL BE MY REPLACEMENT AS MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY IN JANUARY. AS A SENATOR, YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS THE LEADER OF THE AMERICAN BANKING DEREGULATION MOVEMENT IN THE 1990S. THIS TRANSACTIN IS 100% SAFE.

THIS IS A MATTER OF GREAT URGENCY. WE NEED A BLANK CHECK. WE NEED THE FUNDS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE CANNOT DIRECTLY TRANSFER THESE FUNDS IN THE NAMES OF OUR CLOSE FRIENDS BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY UNDER SURVEILLANCE. MY FAMILY LAWYER ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULD LOOK FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON WHO WILL ACT AS A NEXT OF KIN SO THE FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFERRED.

PLEASE REPLY WITH ALL OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, IRA AND COLLEGE FUND ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND THOSE OF YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO WALLSTREETBAILOUT@TREASURY.GOV SO THAT WE MAY TRANSFER YOUR COMMISSION FOR THIS TRANSACTION. AFTER I RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, I WILL RESPOND WITH DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT SAFEGUARDS THAT WILL BE USED TO PROTECT THE FUNDS.

YOURS FAITHFULLY MINISTER OF TREASURY PAULSON
(Thanks to Mike Holmes)

It’s not so much that the underlying reason for the whole mess was the quest for profit fueled by greed.  It’s not so much that these companies have been lying to us and are now getting their just deserts.

The real reason I oppose the bailout, is so that they’ll learn.

Remember when you were growing up, and you got in trouble financially and you called your dad and he’d bail your ass out, what did you learn?

You only learn when you have to make due on your own devices.

Those people on wall street had themselves a party, got drunk on profits, and now they have a hangover, they’re puking up all over the place and they want us to clean up their mess.

Why doesn’t the CEO of AIG, the president of Lehman Brothers, the auditors of these firms, the board of directors of these firms etc. actually the top brass of all these firms that are failing say “it’s my fault, here’s my salary and my assets to make up for it?”

Why don’t they own up to their muck up?  Why don’t they man up and take responsibility for their actions?  They either don’t have the testicular fortitude to do it or they do not have the moral fortitude to do it.  Either way, why bail them out?

These irresponsible people know that their Uncle Sam, is going to bail them out while they sit on their 100 foot yacht in the carribean sipping mojitos. They don’t care about us.

What the management of those firms have done, is nothing short of criminally negligent, and they need to be held accountable.  They do not need to be bailed out.  Take away their assets, throw them in the slammer and show the next generation of wall street management that this is what will happen to you if you screw up like these people did.

That’s the only banking and finance regulation that we need.