Suggested Items For Peter King’s Dr. Z Charity Auction
When we last left NFL “reporter” and hotel suggestion box rapist Peter King, he had successfully persuaded the Marriott Laguna Cliffs to force some poor worker to get up at 5AM in the morning to make sure free coffee was available in the lobby. Score one for the little guy! He also revealed that his kid drives like a maniac, introduced us to his good friends the Normans (you remember Bob and Patty, don’t you?), and stunned us with news that Los Angeles has nice weather and abundant traffic. What new peaks of lofty douchebaggery shall our man scale this week? Well, to tell you the truth…
This week’s MMQB installment was shockingly bereft of dipshit personal gripes and retarded observations. Oh sure, there was the…
Aggravating/Enjoyable Travel Note of the Week
…which is always a delight.
Stayed close to home this week.
“Did you realize there’s no free coffee available in my home before 6AM? Ann King, time to step up.”
But I’m finding something interesting about city life.
So many cars!
(For those who don’t know, my wife and I moved to Boston a month ago, and we’re still settling in. Enjoying it a lot so far.)
Good to know.
From last Monday morning to Sunday night , I drove my car once, two miles to the Home Depot.
Home Depot: Official Superstore Of The Erstwhile Condo Baron.
That’s it.
Get out!
I wonder if I need a car. I suppose I’ll need one as time goes on, but I miss nothing about driving. Walking is good.
Indeed. And there’s your important life lesson from Peter King this week: it’s good to walk. Peter King has had just enough of being a car-bound, mouth-breathing voluntary invalid. He saw Wall*E, so he knows just what kind of future awaits us all should we decide to shun bipedal automotion.
But again, this week’s column left me a bit wanting in the inanity department. Except for one sterling exception. As you know, famed Sports Illustrated writer Paul Zimmerman suffered three devastating strokes last November. We’ve had our fun with Dr. Z here from time to time, but I certainly wish him and his family nothing but the best. Peter King, of course, has gone above and beyond the call of duty in trying to help raise money for Dr. Z’s recovery at specialized clinics that aren’t covered by insurance. And how is he going about it? CELEBRITY AUCTION ITEMS! EACH ONE MORE ASTONISHING THAN THE LAST! I’ll let King fill you in…
On each of the six Mondays leading up to the event, I’m going to highlight an auction item or two to whet your appetite for the event.
Ooooh! Aaaaah!
Let me start with these two:
The Cowboy Trip of a Lifetime.
I assume that’s the trip where you get to bang the shit of Susan Skaggs on a plane, and then stab Everett McIver in the fucking neck with a pair of scissors. NYEEEEEEHAWWWWWW YOU ARE FUCKING ON VACATION!
Airfare and two nights’ lodging, from anywhere in the United States to Dallas for a Cowboys game this season at the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.
Is that ALL?
But that’s not all.
WOOHOO!
The winner and guest will get to stop by the Cowboys’ Saturday walkthrough practice at Valley Ranch, the club’s training headquarters, meet a player, and get a tour of the training facility. They’ll also get an onfield pre-game pass at the football game, with the chance to meet Cowboys owner Jerry Jones…
“Hey! Are you the faggot that venti-assed dipshit Peter King sent me? WELL, KEEP YOUR FUCKING CAMERA IN YOUR FANNY PACK AND DON’T GO OPENING YOUR FLABTRAP WHILE MY BOY ROMO IS OUT ON THAT FUCKING FIELD, COCKSUCKER! AND HANDS OFF MY POP SECRET!”
Minimum bid: $10,000.
$10,000?! HOLY JESUS! I like Dr. Z, but not that fucking much, man. After all, he did have a really good life and what not. For $10,000, you could probably get corrective operations for 25 African kids with cleft palate. No offense, but that’s way better bang for your ego-stroking charity buck, kids. TAKE IT FROM SOMEONE WHO DONATES GENEROUSLY TO FISHER HOUSE AND IS A REAL MAN FOR HAVING DONE SO.
What other auction items we got, King?
Lunch in the Boston area with me and Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi.
Holy fuck, that would be agony. “Waiter, please tell the chef this is coffee-flavored water, and not real coffee. Also, I’d like to buy lunch for those people over there (gestures wildly to entire restaurant). Make sure you didn’t pick up Schlereth’s tab! CAPITAL GRILLE, GREAT JOB ON YOUR COMP SERVICING. Tedy, tell them about the time we went to Pizzeria Mozza. Don’t bother trying to get a table kid. Only Elite Flyers can eat there. BUT WOW, THAT IS SOME KINDA CRUST.”
Lunch for you and a guest to meet the heroic Bruschi, one of the most famous stroke victims in sports history.
We’ll see about that. Let me just check my favorite book, “The 100 Most Famous Stroke Victims In Sports History”. I’m not going to dinner with some goddamn D-list stroke victim.
You’ll love conversing with him on what it took to overcome this malady.
True that. Who doesn’t love hearing people talk about their illnesses? “I had this really nice nurse: Conchita. Latin woman. Changed my gauze at least six times a day. Which is nice, because you know that gauze can get awfully gamey.”
Minimum bid: $3,000.
Jesus, $3,000? Do I look like I’m made of money, King? Not all of us get to eat nutmeg-flavored lasagna every night. How about YOU pitch in, you Kit Kat-hoarding bastard?
So those are but two of astonishingly expensive items you can purchase at Peter King’s charity auction for Dr. Z. What other items will you be able to bid on? Well, I have a few ideas.
Lunch with Toone P. Wiggins! Minimum bid: $75,000.
Driving Lesson with Laura “The Intimidator” King! Minimum bid: $83,000.
Round of pool with Peter at Jillian’s! Minimum bid: $400,000.
Trip To Nashville With Peter! Discover the fascinating aspects of slave bedding. Minimum bid: $752,000.
Late Night Trees And Talk In Montclair! Minimum bid: $856,780
One Package Of Concrete Cyanide! Caution: it’s explosive AND load-bearing! Minimum bid: $912,000
One Hour Semi-Argument With Matt Millen! You’ll be discussing whether or not skyscrapers can be made entirely of wet cardboard. Minimum bid: $1,234,987
Access To Peter’s Voice Mail Archive! Hear about the one time Brett Favre said he’d meet him at Panera! Minimum bid: $3,560,921
Tuition For First Grade Draftology 101! Minimum bid: 4,509,876 euros
Personal Coldplay Concert! Biidding only allowed if you have other priceless items to barter
Stroll Through Meadow With Brett Favre! Already sold to King for an undisclosed sum.
So you see, it’s an embarrassment of riches here. Surely, you can cough up a few grand to help Dr. Z make a very, very, very small amount of visible progress. Let’s finish the column.
I think you’ve got to know when you’ve got the upper hand with a team, and you’ve got to know when you’ve got to give in.
You got to know when to hold ‘em… WHEN TO HOLD ‘EM!
Just caught up on the last two episodes of “The Office.” Brilliant change of direction. Fantastic.
But why aren’t more characters drinking coffee?
Let’s hear some more arguments now, after three more senseless multiple murders with guns, about how we don’t have a gun problem in this country.
I’ll tell you why this is happening, because we don’t pay cops enough.
My brother went to North Carolina…
BIFF SAYS: “Good school. Great school. My brother is a twatgoblet.”
…and I like what the Heels stand for, generally.
The fuck does that mean? They’re a basketball team. They don’t stand for anything. They aren’t running for fucking office.
I have no interest whatsoever in Michigan State. But I don’t know how, unless you’re an alum or Roy Williams’ mother, you can be cheering against the lads from Michigan tonight. The state needs it, the region needs it, a dying industry needs it.
They need it bad! You’re gonna hear a lot today about how an MSU win would be so good for the people of Michigan. There isn’t an emptier, lamer fucking premise on earth. Wow, MSU won the national title! And guess what, your job is still in Korea! Forever! And your home is worth nothing! PROBLEM SOLVED! YOU CAN AFFORD THAT LUNCH WITH TEDY BRUSCHI NOW!
Tags: Big Daddy Drew, FJM style, fun with peter king, i'm not bidding unless i get a paddle, strokes, we really do wish Dr. Z well
April 6th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
“you Kit Kat-hoarding bastard”
Ahh, great line, lofty line.
In fact, my new insult for all those who annoy me and are slightly overweight.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
I’m thinking a bidding on the lunch and giving it to Drew. I would just love to see the restaurant scene in the Godfather reproduced.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
What is the bid to kick Peter in the fucking balls?
April 6th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
I dunno. I’d like to meet Romo wearing a shirt with a photo of him crying after dropping the snap. I’d ask him if I could fingerbang Jessica.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
I think we have more of a crazy person problem in this country more than we have a gun problem in this country.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
“The state needs it, the region needs it, a dying industry needs it.”
You here that, Michigan? MSU wins tonight and PK wants you to burn enough cars to jump start the auto industry.
/PK has no love for the car insurance industry
April 6th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
The Dr. Z shit is getting tiresome. People get old and have health issues, it’s kinda how humans roll.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
If I have to read one more dickbag writer go on about how MSU winning this game will lift the state of Michigan’s spirit I’m going to lose it. The only way this game might help someone from Michigan who is unemployed is it might help them forget how fucked their life is for a couple of hours, that’s it. In the grand scheme of things, that game is totally meaningless, and all of these writer’s tripping over themselves to try and seem compassionate and tell us how much a win could boost the psyche of the State of Michigan makes me want to puke. With that being said, GO SPARTY!!
/dick joke
April 6th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Obama has NC in his pool, and if he wins, he gets to fire more CEO’s and put the auto industry in bankruptcy. If MSU wins, the whole state of Michigan gets whiped off the map because it fucked Obama’s bracket up. Basically, a win/win situation.
Has anyone been to Detroit lately? It reminds me of the settings of all those Mad Max movies Mel Gibson used to be in.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Serious question, if everyone were to somehow chip in and buy Drew that lunch would he go on it?
April 6th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Upstate Underdog Says:
April 6th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
I think we have more of a crazy person problem in this country more than we have a gun problem in this country.
+1 for UU…plus guns don’t kill people..Asians with bad english who just lost their jobs kill people
April 6th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Drew, you forgot the used Kit-Kat wrapper after all the chocolate had been licked off…signed by Peter King…minimum bid…$5,000.
I wonder how a ride with Peter King while he’s stuck in traffic talking on his blue tooth while drinking on his starbucks would go for?
April 6th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
How could you miss this “Factoid of the Week That May Interest Only Me”: Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo is the godfather to Steve Mariucci’s daughter, Brielle. The two men’s friendship is why Mariucci was behind the Michigan State bench at Ford Field during Saturday’s semifinal win over UConn.
Yes, Peter, that only interests you because you have apparently been in a coma since 1998. Their friendship has been mentioned repeatedly since the week of the 1998 NFC Championship Game, which I am sure you covered. You also must’ve been in a coma for the following: the 1999 NCAA Final Four, the 2000 NCAA Final Four, the 2001 Final Four, the Mariucci Era in Detroit from 2003 to 2005, the 2005 NCAA Final Four, 90% of the episodes of NFL GameDay, and 50% of Michigan State games on ESPN.
Next week in Monday Morning Quarterback: Len Bias died just DAYS after the NBA Draft!
April 6th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
“Renee Montgomery was so good last night for UConn that I started to think: There’re about 15 NBA teams that could use her. What a shooter. What a floor leader. Slight exaggeration. Only slight.”
Writing sentence fragments. Slightly Plaschke-esque. Only slightly.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
tbone…you also forgot about Asians that went to Virginia Tech also kill people
April 6th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Guns don’t kill people, Peter King’s column kills people.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
@ Black Polar Bear
What is the bid to kick Peter in the fucking balls, generally?
\King’d
April 6th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
i think my favorite this weeks was his “factoid that only surprises me cuz most people already know it”, or whatever it’s called. i’m not a fan of michigan state, tom izzo, steve mariucci or any of the teams he’s coached, but even *I* knew tom and steve were really good friends, etc. when MSU was going for the title in ‘00 there were countless joint-interviews with the 2 of them and how close they were, etc.
but it’s also the stupiest factoid ever
April 6th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
I can’t believe there’s no material this week. Theres some decent stuff in this interview
http://www.prweekus.com/Interview-Peter-King/article/110549/
PKWOTW – Incendiary
As in, he says Chris Russo is incendiary three times. Really Peter? Does he really stir up strife and sedition (dictionary.com)
April 6th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
“The state needs it, the region needs it, a dying industry needs it.”
Well, if GM would just define ‘clutch,’ maybe this wouldn’t be a problem.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Also up for bid from Peter King’s personal collection:
One used pair of Wrangler’s courtesy of Brett Favre himself: $15,000,000
Brett Favre’s personal land baron tools: $97,654,235.45
One of Brett Favre’s empty pain-killer bottles: $45,657,890
The shirt Peter wore the 1st time he blew Brett Favre, complete with stain: $100,000,000
Hey, we all have to make sacrifice’s, Peter’s not giving these items up without a fight.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
A pair of Ugg boots signed by PK: $5000
/they’re everywhere
April 6th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
The shirt Peter wore the 1st time he blew Brett Favre, complete with stain: $100,000,000
Monica aint got shit on Peter
April 6th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Wait wait wait. I think I somehow missed the import of this last time.
I’m supposed to donate thousands of dollars to help a wealthy celebrity pay for medical treatment?
God, fuck me in the ear with Andrea Kremer’s spittle and lipstick-covered microphone. Get the media whores to write him a goddamn check and send your money to a fucking AIDS clinic for homeless heroin addicts just looking for a place to die with dignity. JESUS.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
This feature ALWAYS makes Monday worthwhile.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
GM needs to redefine my clutch, My car won’t get into gear!
/giant hook pulls me offstage
April 6th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Good call on Plax’s grievance:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4046141
April 6th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
“Dammit, Z, this stroke has really got you down. If there’s anything I can do to help…”
“You could teach me to walk again.”
“Wait, I have an idea. I’ll eat lunch with Bruschi for a few grand.”
April 6th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Hey, blue collar dipshits dumb enough to blow thousands of dollars on a brief encounter with a celebrity that will likely be the high point of your pathetic lives: why not fork over a solid quarter of your yearly earnings to help someone wealthy and famous? It’s the charitable thing to do!
HATE HATE HATE. Damn, I hate getting all riled up on a Monday.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
If Detroit built their cars with a little more concrete cyanide, MSU wouldn’t have to win tonight!
April 6th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Ditka For Gov makes a fine suggestion. I’m willing to kick in $50 to make the magic happen.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Wife-swap with the Normans: $15,000 plus lubricants
April 6th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Maybe Peter could hold a benefit for GM. I’d pay $3,000 to sit in a board meeting to watch middle age fat cats cry like a 6 year old.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
FMRA: This is America, you don’t have to care if you don’t want to.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Nothing says “I care about a dying man” like watching Peter King stuff his fat trap with food in front of Tedy Bruschi.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
We’ll take our title to go, we’re in a hurry to get the fuck out of Michigan.
~Signed,
North Carolina
April 6th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
You know, if Time-Life was a Canada-based company, Z’s treatments would be covered.
On with the PPOPoFlaWa!
April 6th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
My favorite part of the MSU thing is that, you know, it’s the red-headed stepchild. Nobody could possibly prefer Michigan over Michigan State.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
So PK opens his column talking about how he doesn’t miss driving and thinks of getting rid of his car. After some addle brained nonsense, he does a complete 180 and demand that we all cheer for Michigan State to win so that this victory can resurect the automotive industry?
I guess compassion for blue collar scrubs and American industry is only for us non-elite flyers. The PKs of the world can only be bothered with raising money for rich sick people and not for the type of commoners who would drink their coffee flavored water and be happy with it.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
If the government were to announce that they were going to wall off a major American city and turn it into a prison, ala Escape from New York, would it come as any sort of shock at all if the city named was Detroit? Seriously?
April 6th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
GM might not have the chemistry to bounce back…
Oh, and don’t worry about those Stanley Cups , World Series’, or NBA titles Detroit teams have one…Detroit has never won anything and the state needs this win! Everything will change!
April 6th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
futuremrsrickankiel Says:
April 6th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Wait wait wait. I think I somehow missed the import of this last time.
I’m supposed to donate thousands of dollars to help a wealthy celebrity pay for medical treatment?
God, fuck me in the ear with Andrea Kremer’s spittle and lipstick-covered microphone. Get the media whores to write him a goddamn check and send your money to a fucking AIDS clinic for homeless heroin addicts just looking for a place to die with dignity. JESUS.
Classy take there. I don’t know if I’d call Dr. Z a rich celebrity. He’s a writer for crisssake, and it’s not like he’s been pumping out Mitch Albom crap. He wrote books like “The Thinking Man’s Guide to Pro Football.” Dr. Z is the fucking man.
April 6th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Anybody looking to send loose coin to a worthy cause has lists upon lists of places to turn to. I just spent a week in Mississippi, ironically damn near Kiln, and people are still effed up after Katrina with some collateral Gustav damage. But hey, a guy paid good coin for multiple years by SI needs help, so go for it PK. (Pukes up lunch).
April 6th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
since SI won’t pay for Dr. Z to have the very best medical care, I’ll support him by not giving any money to SI
avoiding Time-Warner’s output will be more difficult
but as long as I buy my movies out of the trunk of a ‘92 Impala I’m not giving them money, either
April 6th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Actually, $10K will fix a cleft palate for 40 African children:
http://www.smiletrain.org
April 6th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Obama has NC in his pool, and if he wins, he gets to fire more CEO’s and put the auto industry in bankruptcy.
Yeah, getting rid of the idiots who ran their companies into the ground and came begging for our money — that’s what’s going to drive the auto industry into bankruptcy. Not the actual running the companies into the ground.
Stop huffing paint before it makes you blind as well as dumb.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Attention KSK commenters. We all need to move to Australia : Apparently 40% of women in Australia now have DD cups or larger.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25290859-36398,00.html
I’ll see you there!
April 6th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
With the lack of great material to rip on PK this week, you have to wonder if he’s reading KSK and trying to become less of a douche.
Naw.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Bid to fingerbang MaryBeth King: $8
April 6th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
if thats the price for the Cyanide from sexy friday then its a bargain.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
CIFC odds of PK becoming less of a DB seem lower than odds of BDD losing interest
PK has already established his persona of an obscenely obtuse, obliviously privileged twat. the novelty of finding horror in the ways this manifests itself in his writing was bound to wear off.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
This bit hasn’t jumped the shark yet! I love this bit like nutmeg lasagna! I need one more offseason (this summer) and one more full season of it! So yes, Drew, cater to some anonymous loser’s whims. I am an elite flyer!
Also, CobraCommander, I’ll split that with you. It’s about one latte apiece, we can each make the sacrifice.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Wrangler Brett Favre action figure w/Clutch grip: min. bid $1000
April 6th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
peter king is an idiot for lots of reasons, but enjoying the new episodes of the office is near the top.
April 6th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Wait. Kenny Powers is Peter King’s older brother?
April 6th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Yeah, someone needs to write this pompous ass a story about how middle class single moms just lost out on their shitty state health insurance so that their kids can’t bother to even get their teeth cleaned. Yes, let’s raised billions of dollars to cover the health care costs of some frail old man anyone who generally has a negative outlook on life and should be dead within a handful of years anyway from other natural causes.
That, and the middle class mom could probably prognosticate better than Z could, and definately now CAN.
April 6th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Yes! More El Segundo!
April 6th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Yep, old people talking about their hospital stay is indeed the most stimulating conversation possible that doesn’t involve Peter King. The second most stimulating? People talking about church! And if they throw in the story about how they were “saved” – bonus!
As someone else suggested above, if PK sold cock punches (punches to his crotch, not yours), kinda like sponsoring someone in a marathon for charity, he could pay for Dr. Z and every other stroke victim in America. Add the CEOs of various corporations, I’m pretty sure we could eliminate the national debt. Cock Punch Tour ‘09.
April 6th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
good time to bring up this ksk klassic:
http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/2008/07/dr-z-remembers.html
April 6th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Hey Brian..
Do i think GMs CEO shoulda been fired? Yes… do i think GM shoulda fild for bankruptcy like the other car companies tha were under? Yes…am i against bailing the companies out? As a capitalist, I’d have to say hell yes….My problem is not with the CEO getting fired, my problem is with who fired the guy. The fact that the president has the authority to fire a CEO of a PRIVATELY owned company is what i have a problem with…the board of directors should be the guys firing him, not the president….the govt is over stepping its’ boundaries, unless youre a socialist, and then you think this is perfectly OK. just like you think it’s ok to have the govt cap wages. And ask yourself one more question?? Why is the govt turning down banks that want to pay back all their TARP loans, with interest nonetheless, and the govt is saying nope, sorry. These companies want to payback taxpayer money that was laoned to them already and are getting turned down….why? Bc the govt wants the control of these banks. FUCK THAT…Obama was voted for by Peter King, so you know we’re fucked
April 6th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
40 acres of land-baron land: $5.5M.
April 6th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
PK put too much pressure on MSU…looks like the entire state of Michigan and the auto industry are fucked…the lions? they were fucked regardless of whether MSU won or lost.
April 6th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Aha ha ha ha ha! Go fuck yourself, destitute automotive dystopia! How does it feel to have your precious God forsake you once again, you proud, blue-collar, hard working FUCKFACES!!! Enjoy that hardy mouthful of shit-infused humble pie along with this dominant UNC victory!!! GOD, I FUCKING HATE ALL OF YOU FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHATSOEVER!!!
April 6th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
If only the KSK krew could pony up the cash for an evening with PK and Bruschi, just so they can tell PK what a goofy shitbag he is. Bruschi would probably join in at pelting PK with dinner rolls.
April 7th, 2009 at 2:24 am
Do I think KSK should establish commenter approval? Yes . . .
and all of the posts here by the KSK ladies? FTW.
April 7th, 2009 at 8:08 am
As a capitalist, I’d have to say hell yes….
Who let Scrooge McDuck in here? Who the fuck refers to themselves as “a capitalist”?
April 7th, 2009 at 9:02 am
The fact that the president has the authority to fire a CEO of a PRIVATELY owned company is what i have a problem with…
You also have a problem with the facts. The president didn’t fire him — he made his resignation a condition of getting a third giant bailout from the government. If GM didn’t want the money, or the previous pile of money, or the previous pile of money, they could have truly remained a PRIVATELY owned company and figured this out for their damn selves. Instead, they kept coming and begging for more taxpayer money, and the president said, hey, if you want that, you need to make some changes.
This wasn’t Obama barging in on Apple and shitcanning Steve Jobs. They want our money, they need to make some changes. If they’re not willing to make some changes, fine — but don’t expect our money.
April 7th, 2009 at 11:34 am
@Brian: +1 for common sense.
If a friend comes to you for money, shit, if ANYBODY comes to you for money, you ought to be able to dictate some terms. If the person doesn’t want to accept said terms, then I guess they really didn’t need the money that bad.
April 7th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
If Adam Smith could see what’s passing for “capitalism” these days, he’d never stop throwing up.
A lot of the defenders of the status quo seem to think that it makes perfect sense for them to get all the credit and ridiculous amounts of profits when things are going well, but as soon as it falls to shit, they can come crying to the government for help and expect nothing in return.
Sorry, champ. If you come begging to the government for a handout, you shouldn’t be allowed to keep blowing government money on million-dollar bathrooms and corporate ski trips to Vail. I’m sorry if demanding some kind of responsibility violates the sacred tenets of the Almighty Free Market, but so does getting on your knees and begging Uncle Sam for cash.
April 7th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Mr. Wagoner was asked to step down on Friday by Steven Rattner, the investment banker picked last month by the administration to lead the Treasury Department’s auto-industry task force. Mr. Rattner broke the news to Mr. Wagoner in person at his office at Treasury, according to an administration official. Afterward, Mr. Rattner met one-on-one with Mr. Henderson, who will fill in as GM’s CEO.
“On Friday I was in Washington for a meeting with administration officials,” Mr. Wagoner said in a statement released by GM. “In the course of that meeting, they requested that I ’step aside’ as CEO of GM, and so I have.”
Basically, I’m against nationalization, and I’m also against the government PRINTING more money to pay for all these bailouts. The more money the print to help these ass’s out, the less our money is worth. Hey, I hated Bush just as much as I hate Obama, Bush put this country in debt, and Obama, by the time he’s in office for 20 months and 11 days will have added 3 trillion more dollars to our debt. How much did GWB put on in his 8 years? 2.3 trillion. I guess doing in 20 months what it took GWB to do in 8 years defines clutch as PK would say
April 7th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Yes, the national debt is clearly the most important thing to worry about right now. We should tighten our belts and stop all spending. It worked for Herbert Hoover, after all.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Not that this will get read (i’m a week slow), but Michigan State effectively fucked over our state by making it as far as they did. Knocking out teams from wealthier states kept those fans and their dollars out of Michigan. State had a hometown, BROKE-ASS crowd. Way to stimulate the economy, dickbags.
Thats why I’m a Michigan fan.