Be my guest - both fit well IMNSHO. Ohio mark wrote: > I kinda prefer putz. or asshole. can I say that? > > On Mar 18, 10:06 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And I really really really trust every single solitary word that Senator >> Chris Dodd says. He is my idol and I want to be like him when I grow >> up, a thieving hypocritical dingbat who doesn't really give a damn about >> his constituents. Such a mensch - or is the word schmuck - can never >> remember which one it is. Maybe it is putz. Have to ask my Jewish >> neighbor so I can get it right. >> >> Ohio mark wrote: >> >>> In a dramatic reversal Wednesday, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., confessed >>> to adding language to the stimulus bill last month that exempted all >>> bonuses that bailed-out companies had promised to employees before >>> Feb. 11, 2009. >>> >>> Dodd told FOX News that Treasury officials forced him to make the >>> change. >>> >>> "As many know, the administration was, among others, not happy with >>> the language. They wanted some modifications to it," he said. "They >>> came to us, our staff, and asked for changes, and the changes at the >>> time did not seem that obnoxious or onerous." >>> >>> But the provision has become a flash point for criticism amid the >>> controversy over $165 million in bonuses given out by AIG after >>> securing more than $170 billion in federal aid. The language in the >>> stimulus bill wasn't specific to AIG, but some have expressed outrage >>> that it appears to have created a loophole. >>> >>> Dodd said the argument put forward by Treasury was that a "flood of >>> lawsuits" would come forward if the change was not made. >>> >>> http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/18/sen-dodd-admi... >>> > > > >
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