Cuchulain
12-05-2009, 07:11 PM
http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/11/30/goldman-sachs-arms-itself/
'On the funny side, there are several things to consider. There’s the image of Goldman guys walking into Dean and DeLuca’s nervously grabbing at their holstered nines as they buy espresso and soy waffles. There’s the idea that some of these dorks might actually think that they’re going to forestall proletarian rebellion by keeping guns in their Hamptons beach houses. There’s even the impossible-to-resist image of a future accidental shooting of some innocent hot dog vendor on Park Avenue, followed by the inevitable p.r. response from Goldman in which the bank claims that the only thing its employees are guilty of is “being really good at shooting people.” '
No doubt these lads are taking their cue from Glenn Beck, that gun-toting tough guy. Like him, their more likely to shoot themselves than some angry citizen.
I'd never heard of Matt Taibbi until chefmike mentioned him a here a year or so ago. He seems to have taken over for the late Hunter S Thompson's role as Rolling Stone's political reporter. He doesn't write as brilliantly as HST and he's certainly not as outrageous ( who could be?), but he's great at getting the story and has a fine sense of humor.
'On the funny side, there are several things to consider. There’s the image of Goldman guys walking into Dean and DeLuca’s nervously grabbing at their holstered nines as they buy espresso and soy waffles. There’s the idea that some of these dorks might actually think that they’re going to forestall proletarian rebellion by keeping guns in their Hamptons beach houses. There’s even the impossible-to-resist image of a future accidental shooting of some innocent hot dog vendor on Park Avenue, followed by the inevitable p.r. response from Goldman in which the bank claims that the only thing its employees are guilty of is “being really good at shooting people.” '
No doubt these lads are taking their cue from Glenn Beck, that gun-toting tough guy. Like him, their more likely to shoot themselves than some angry citizen.
I'd never heard of Matt Taibbi until chefmike mentioned him a here a year or so ago. He seems to have taken over for the late Hunter S Thompson's role as Rolling Stone's political reporter. He doesn't write as brilliantly as HST and he's certainly not as outrageous ( who could be?), but he's great at getting the story and has a fine sense of humor.