A short rant by Ripley
Y'know, maybe I'm just growing cranky in my newly minted middle age years, but...
Is it too much to ask for a Thank You from the corporations that are receiving bailout money from us? Seriously, they're stroking the Gov't. for a Trillion dollar-plus Happy Ending, and I haven't heard so much as a peep from the CEOs, explaining to We the People how they'll use this money to rectify the economic shit hole they've dug themselves, and us, into.
Is it really so hard for these clowns to slap together a 30 second TV commercial to say, if nothing else, "We fucked up but we're going to fix things. I made some poor decisions but we're dedicated to turning things around, through sound business practices. We appreciate your help and we're going to make this work, America."
Frankly, these nozzles should have stepped down and left their parachutes behind, but I'd probably accept them standing before America with their fucking hats in hand. A little fucking humility would go a long way toward easing the situation, if you know what I mean. Seriously - $700 billion in bailouts and they're still expecting $70 billion in bonuses? With no explanations and no remorse? Fuck that noise!
Shit, if Sprint CEO, Dan Hess, can make a commercial to tell me that they'll set my cell phone up properly, don't you think the Wall Street titans and Big Three leaders could take a god damned afternoon to produce a short media bit for the masses? Just to let us know they're trying to do something right and say "Thank You, America", instead of trying to sell us their shit products as though nothing's happened?
You may say I'm a dreamer, I suppose.
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