I wonder if Rickard is going to do a “Magnetar” gag… (for those who don’t know, “Magnetar” is the name of a collapsing neutron star that gives out a huge burst of magnetic energy as it dies, and also the name of an investment-banking firm that made tons of money by in effect constructing terrible investments and then betting they’d fail).
If you’re unfamiliar with the “Mangetar” investment firm, it’s all explained (in the form of a Broadway show tune) here:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/04/americandream.html
Scarily accurate. Submachine: you need to realize that it was the conservative republican insistence on removing government regulation of the financial markets that caused the banks to get “too big to fail” and also insured that they would fail due to their unbridled greed.
margueritem over 14 years ago
Not wise at all…
Coyoty Premium Member over 14 years ago
And then there were the killer robots saved by “Cash to Clunkers”. It was a losing preposition.
zero over 14 years ago
Voters gotta watch who they hang their hats on
lewisbower over 14 years ago
“Cash for Clunkers” worked. Increased the book value of my bucket of bolts.
wicky over 14 years ago
Throw the democrat out!
WaitingMan over 14 years ago
No brain. Pretty smile. Sure looks like today’s Republican to me.
Digital Frog over 14 years ago
Maybe he should give up politics and start working on his bucket list…
Nelly55 over 14 years ago
might be a “her”
“wink”
puddleglum1066 over 14 years ago
I wonder if Rickard is going to do a “Magnetar” gag… (for those who don’t know, “Magnetar” is the name of a collapsing neutron star that gives out a huge burst of magnetic energy as it dies, and also the name of an investment-banking firm that made tons of money by in effect constructing terrible investments and then betting they’d fail).
If you’re unfamiliar with the “Mangetar” investment firm, it’s all explained (in the form of a Broadway show tune) here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/04/americandream.html
alan.gurka over 14 years ago
A clear example of failed Buckynomics. Next he’ll bail out FannieMars and FreddieMars for financing igloos on Mars.
tcolkett over 14 years ago
Scarily accurate. Submachine: you need to realize that it was the conservative republican insistence on removing government regulation of the financial markets that caused the banks to get “too big to fail” and also insured that they would fail due to their unbridled greed.
Sherlock Watson over 14 years ago
The guy screaming “IIIIEEEE!” was actually trying to pronounce, in the time he had left, the name of the world-killing machine: “AIG!”
PS: Bucket. Bailout. Cute pun.
comicsgeniusguy over 14 years ago
Blame George Lucas, enough said.
Ermine Notyours over 14 years ago
Then again, most of the people who used to live on that planet can’t vote against him.
sleepeeg3 about 14 years ago
“IIIIEEEE!” = Ewoks, obviously.