Another Dog and Pony Show

The commission is set to question Goldman Sachs CEO; Lloyd Blankfein; Bank Of America CEO Brian Moynihan; Morgan Stanley Chairman John Mack; and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.

It's a good thing they got their scripts several days ago so that each CEO could go over their written part of the travesty that this nation has faced.  This all looks really good doesn't it?  Mr. Dimon, your hair is fine, and yes the camera loves you.  Did you get the answers to the questions memorized?  No, that suit is fine you don't need to change it and yes we have some powder for that nasty oily glare on your forehead.  Mr. Blankfein, did you get enough sleep last night?  We need to get some cover up on those dark circles, yes, it's top of the line cover up sir, nothing but the best for you. Mr. Moynihan, welcome, we are so glad that you've taken over for Mr. Lewis, no, he wouldn't have looked good at all here today, but thank the good Lord you have that homespun down home boy next door face, the cameras will love you and your gonna do just great, keep to the script and all will be fine today.

Now make sure that all of you show some remorse for what has happened.  Don't be to remorseful cause it will look fake, but be real enough so that all of those pissed off Americans watching this coverage feel that you are taking some sort of responsibility for the economic time of hell and despair.  Make it good boys, all of America is watching you today.

Here's Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein's prepared testimony. A highlight from Blankfein's words about the bank's risk management practices:

"As I look back prior to the beginning and throughout the course of the crisis, we never knew at any moment if asset prices would deteriorate further, or had declined too much and would snap back...After the fact, it is easy to be convinced that the signs were visible and compelling. In hindsight events not only look predictable, but look like they were obvious or known."

Well, hindsight is twenty/twenty right?  Seriously, they all have prepared comments by some Harvard Grad intern for their firms writing up the bull-shit laden remorseful gosh we just didn't see this coming but we still are gonna find a way to spin this off onto someone else since we just can't be held accountable for this financial collapse.  Plus, it would be so hard to swallow for the Taxpayers that is, if one of this sons of bitches actually told the truth.  However, maybe the truth they are telling is exactly what they believe.  Really, if you lie enough you will eventually start to believe said lies and in the end it becomes the truth at least in the mind of the liar right? So, I have to go to the definitions of Pathological vs. Compulsive Liar and here it is folks via www.truthaboutdeception.com.

Pathological Liar

A pathological liar is usually defined as someone who lies incessantly to get their way and does so with little concern for others. Pathological lying is often viewed as coping mechanism developed in early childhood and it is often associated with some other type of mental health disorder. A pathological liar is often goal-oriented (i.e., lying is focused - it is done to get one's way). Pathological liars have little regard or respect for the rights and feelings of others. A pathological liar often comes across as being manipulative, cunning and self-centered.

Compulsive Liar

A compulsive liar is defined as someone who lies out of habit. Lying is their normal and reflexive way of responding to questions. Compulsive liars bend the truth about everything, large and small. For a compulsive liar, telling the truth is very awkward and uncomfortable while lying feels right. Compulsive lying is usually thought to develop in early childhood, due to being placed in an environment where lying was necessary. For the most part, compulsive liars are not overly manipulative and cunning (see, Pathological Liar), rather they simply lie out of habit - an automatic response which is hard to break and one that takes its toll on a relationship (see, how to cope with a compulsive liar).

Ok, so here's my thoughts.  Each one being questioned at today's hearings are Compulsive Pathological Liars.  It's a combo of both.  For them it's goal-oriented greed driven, with little regard or respect for the rights and feelings of other as well as it's out of habit because telling the truth is awkward and uncomfortable while lying feels right.  And I don't even have a degree but I'm pretty sure I've diagnosed them just with my high school education.  I suppose this could be a diagnosis of all of Congress as well, kick in the Feds and the Treasury and you've got an entire system made up of Compulsive Pathological Liars who are still running this country right in to the big black hole that most of us have come to regard as our Daily Life.

So thanks again Congress for the Dog and Pony Show, I didn't have the money to buy a ticket to fly out and see if I could get a front row seat but I am thankful for being able to afford my crappy ass Internet connection to follow this mockery of proposed justice.  What sucks for me is there isn't any cotton candy or hot butter popcorn for me to munch on since I'm flat ass broke because of this financial mess since its taking all I have to put decent food on the table, keep the heat and electric on for my children and put gas in the car for the husband to go to his job.  But i reckon I'm lucky I can't afford the cotton candy and popcorn because I'm on the verge of evacuating the contents of my stomach just from following this show and it would just have been a waste of a good dollar.

What I'd like to know is where's the midget that should be sitting in Jamie Dimon's lap just like the one that was on JP Morgan Jr.'s lap at the 1933 Pecora Investigation by the Senate and Banking Committee.  Now that would make it a complete Dog and Pony Show and that's funny shit right there I don't care who you are or what you think, politically correct or not, it's still funny shit.