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All These Leaks And Still No Treasury Secretary

by Sara K. Smith  10:02 am November 21, 2008

Who will be America's rich Uncle Pennybags?Here is something weird, and thank you, First Read, for pointing this out recently: the press has already found out the identity of like half of the future Obama cabinet. And yet we have no idea who’s being vetted to fill one of the most important positions of all — Treasury Secretary. What is up with that HMMM? Will it be the kindly ancient giant Paul Volcker? The stouthearted Kansan Republican Sheila Bair? The repellent NAFTA whore Larry Summers? Nobody knows — or at least, nobody’s telling! Our prediction: Ron Paul, who will unleash a “money bomb” on the United States economy in February of 2009 and then sell us to the nation of Galt’s Gulch for 50 Ameros. [Washington Post]

{ 47 comments }

kapish November 21, 2008 at 10:05 am

If you want to share your opinions/suggestions (keep it clean) with Obama’s transition team, there is a web form:

http://www.change.gov/page/s/contact

Capitol Hillbilly November 21, 2008 at 10:09 am

John Edwards for Trim Coordinator!

Serolf Divad November 21, 2008 at 10:09 am

Maybe he’s weighing appointing Jim Cramer.

MathewBrooks November 21, 2008 at 10:12 am

Pac Man Jones could ‘make it rain.’

Come here a minute November 21, 2008 at 10:12 am

truck nutz 4 0bammahz!!1!??!@!!

sleepy November 21, 2008 at 10:12 am

How about Richie Rich? (Not Mark Rich. Or Rich Rodriguez.)

AngryBlakGuy November 21, 2008 at 10:12 am

…I nominate Scrooge McDuck.

Borat November 21, 2008 at 10:13 am

I thought Paulson is our benevolent treasury-secretary-for-life?

grendel November 21, 2008 at 10:14 am

Yay! Gold Standard here we come, followed by Great Depressions 2, 3, and 4 and a halfhearted version 5 where Ron Paul has to fight his protege in the street for a piece of dog meat.

jagorev November 21, 2008 at 10:14 am

The New Republic loves Larry Summers, so he can’t be all bad, can he?

MoodProcessor November 21, 2008 at 10:15 am

I think he’ll pick a Treasury Secretary when we actually have some money again.

TGY November 21, 2008 at 10:17 am

Hopey’s working on Warren Buffet, but it’s hard to meet his salary demands.

Bypartizoa November 21, 2008 at 10:17 am

Sarah Palin to the rescue

jagorev November 21, 2008 at 10:21 am

[re=183145]TGY[/re]: Actually, Warren Buffett gets a salary of $100,000 now, so a cabinet-level pay grade (currently $191,300) would be a real step up for him.

charlesdegoal November 21, 2008 at 10:23 am

The team of Paul Wolfowitz and Dominique Strauss-Kahn: experienced in international finance + could have threesomes with Napolitano or whoever.

InKnockYouUs November 21, 2008 at 10:25 am

WANTED: one miracle worker with masochistic tendencies (to actually enjoy being mauled by angry congress critters: see Kucinich, Dennis).

freakishlystrong November 21, 2008 at 10:28 am

We haz a Treasury?

ManchuCandidate November 21, 2008 at 10:29 am

[re=183128]Serolf Divad[/re]:
Yes! Especially after his “Buy” on Bear Stearns and his near panic attack meltdown in Sept.

Jim is definitely the steady sane hand the world needs to run the US America Treasury, a fully owned and operated subsidiary of the Fed, Freemasons, the Bilderberg Guild, Aliens and, of course the world’s number one whipping boys, the Jews.

jagorev November 21, 2008 at 10:33 am

[re=183152]InKnockYouUs[/re]: “miracle worker with masochistic tendencies” is, oddly enough, also the exact job description for the Secretaries of State, Defence, Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, the Presidency, and basically everything else in the executive branch. The only exceptions are Agriculture (where the only requirement is that he be Iowan) and the Vice Presidency (where it’s only necessary to be too old and too second rate to pose any competition to the President).

jagorev November 21, 2008 at 10:34 am

[re=183156]ManchuCandidate[/re]: psst… it’s impolitic to say “the Jews” are running world finance nowadays. The preferred term is “Goldman Sachs”.

Fear of a Black Reagan November 21, 2008 at 10:36 am

This appointment has been delayed because the 12 Jew Bankers are still fighting amongst themselves who has to emerge out of the shadows and take the job.

Cape Clod November 21, 2008 at 10:38 am

Thank you, Sara, for the wikipedia link to Atlas Shrugged. Up to this point I had no idea what that book was about.

Seriously, why does Ayn Rand have any reputation at all as a writer?

checkonechecktwo November 21, 2008 at 10:42 am

Just put the names of every American who owns a private jet in a hat and pick one already. Then kill the rest.

Rush November 21, 2008 at 10:42 am

Barry realizes at this rate, there won’t be any need for a “Treasury” come Jan.

hedgehog November 21, 2008 at 10:42 am

Which of the Somali pirates is the best at math? That’s your guy.

finallyhappy November 21, 2008 at 10:43 am

[re=183159]jagorev[/re]: No, the fact is we do run everything- finance, media, agriculture,weaponry, gaming and Apple and the real surprise is Obama was never a muslin – he is Jewish- we(the Jews) all know his real first name is Baruch. I will be the Secretary of Treasury because I am Jewish and I just want to be.

Kingbee November 21, 2008 at 10:45 am

I nominate the Somali Pirates! Clearly, they know the true worth of everything!

checkonechecktwo November 21, 2008 at 10:45 am

[re=183162]Cape Clod[/re]: Who needs writing skills when you have a deplorable worldview?

Kingbee November 21, 2008 at 10:47 am

[re=183167]hedgehog[/re]: Damn — I was too slow!

Miller November 21, 2008 at 10:47 am

Frankly he needs someone who’ll have sway with all the various hobo councils that will rise up when centralized government is eradicated. It’ll have to be someone well versed in agrarian barter economics. You can’t rush these important decisions.

http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/

fupduk November 21, 2008 at 10:55 am

Robespierre – because heads need to rolll

metropolitan November 21, 2008 at 10:58 am

uhm, that’s like trying to find a a new ship captain for the titanic a few minutes after it hit the iceberg.
all the possible captains were too busy navigating their way to the life boats before the women and children hogged them for themselves.

Terry November 21, 2008 at 10:59 am

[re=183162]Cape Clod[/re]:

For about the same reason L. Ron Hubbard does.

shortsshortsshorts November 21, 2008 at 10:59 am

Just as long as whoever he picks doesn’t pass out on the podium from oldness. That would be a fresh start.

gurukalehuru November 21, 2008 at 11:13 am

“Leaks” is the new “sources.”
Sources have told me that Peru will declare war on Kyrgyzstan in February, and in March Mattel will announce that all Monopoly money is henceforward to be treated as real money.

thefrontpage November 21, 2008 at 11:16 am

Sorry to burst this item’s bubble, but: There have been literally dozens–as in, more than 24–news stories in just the past three weeks noting at least SIX PEOPLE who are indeed being “vetted”–there’s a word that needs to be retired already–or, considered, discussed, reviewed and talked about, as the next Secretary of the Treasury. At least six people, including Sommers, a Federal Reserve official out of New York, several high-ranking government finance folks, some industry veterans, and some veterans from the Clinton administration. They are all being looked into, discussed and being considered for the position of Treasury Secretary.

norbizness November 21, 2008 at 11:20 am

With upcoming trillion-dollar deficits, this is going to be like hiring an armed guard for an empty warehouse full of fucking radon.

facehead November 21, 2008 at 11:32 am

[re=183191]shortsshortsshorts[/re]: People don’t realize that whole thing was just a gag. Later on, at the hospital, the first thing he said when he regained consciousness was,

“THE ARISTOCRATS!”

Everyone cracked up, nurses had orgasms and nearby old people dumped in their pajamas.

Deepthroat November 21, 2008 at 11:42 am

Cape Clod: Maybe you should read it? Just sayin’ I happen to love that book (everyone will go ahead and shit on me now) and I am as liberal and progressive as they come. Yeah, she was way off on some things, like her views on laissez-faire capitalism, but there is also the supreme notion that reason, rationality, and intellect are ethicallly imperative. Blah, Blah, Blah.

BUTSEKS!!!!

checkonechecktwo November 21, 2008 at 11:49 am

[re=183269]Deepthroat[/re]: Of reason, purpose and self-esteem, I’ll take……..well, I’d replace purpose with buttseks.

Deepthroat November 21, 2008 at 11:51 am

checkonechecktwo: Naturally. Buttseks trumps all.

facehead November 21, 2008 at 11:58 am

[re=183287]Deepthroat[/re]: I see you had a recent meeting with some old friends:

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20081120/NEWS/811200327/1348/NEWS09?Title=A__Deep_Throat__reunion

guangho November 21, 2008 at 12:09 pm

FinallyHappy: Pick me! Pick me! I love my bling-filled matzah!
On a related note, here’s an absolutely true story: I taught at a uni in Europe a few years back and an Ethiopian colleague asked me to take over some business/mba classes. I politely noted that I know jack-all about business. He laughed and said “It’s okay, its in your blood.”

Deepthroat November 21, 2008 at 12:18 pm

FACE: My little red jacket turns you on, no?

S.Luggo November 21, 2008 at 12:42 pm

Ralph Nader for Minister of Fashion Sense

ManchuCandidate November 21, 2008 at 12:52 pm

[re=183350]S.Luggo[/re]:
As long as he isn’t Minister of Hummus.

Neilist November 21, 2008 at 2:19 pm

[re=183269]Deepthroat[/re]: Anyone posting in here who needed the link to learned about “Galt’s Gulch” should not be posting in here in the first place.

:::Grump:::

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