--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain <no_re...@...> wrote: > > No, its an anon piece from a blog. Though I wish I had > thought of it. After the set up (Nicholson doing Gitmo/ > Goldman) it just writes itself.
Deserves some kind of prize. That's one of the neatest parodies I've ever seen. I guess Sorkin gets a lot of the credit for writing an archetypal speech that you can just plug stuff into to fit the occasion without losing any of the rhythm or the 'tude. But it's eerie how well it fits with what went down today in the Senate hearing on Goldman. Exact same mindset on the part of the Goldman execs as that of Colonel Jessep. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > Brilliant. Is this yours? > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > "You want the truth? You can't handle the truth. Son, we live in a > > > country with an investment gap. And that gap needs to be filled by men > > > with money. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Middle Class Consumer? Goldman > > > Sachs has a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep > > > for Lehman and you curse derivatives. You have that luxury. You have the > > > luxury of not knowing what we know: that Lehman's death, while tragic, > > > probably saved the financial system. And that Goldman's existence, while > > > grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves pension funds. You don't > > > want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at > > > parties, you want us to fill that investment gap. You need us to fill > > > that gap. "We use words like credit default swaps, collateralized debt > > > obligation, and securitization? We use these words as the backbone of a > > > life spent investing in something. You use 'em as a punchline. We have > > > neither the time nor the inclination to explain ourselves to a commoner > > > who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very credit we provide, and > > > then questions the manner in which we provide it! We'd rather you just > > > said thank you and paid your taxes on time. Otherwise, we suggest you get > > > an account and start trading. Either way, we don't give a damn what you > > > think you're entitled to!" > > > > > >
