This blog is devoted mainly to satire on american politics, which is my favorite source of entertainment, and am a big fan of Jay Leno, Jon Stewart, etc. This will also have other entertaining posts revolving around puns, movies, weird news and humour.
Friday, 19 September 2008
Bailout humor
"President Bush has a plan to get us out of this financial mess. It takes place in January when he leaves office, that's the first step." --Jay Leno
"The stock market crashed this week, but market analysts are not calling it a crash. They're calling it a 'correction.' Oh, shut up! A correction. You never hear that at NASCAR. 'Oh, we had a fiery correction on turn three. Four men are dead.'" --Jay Leno
"And another day, another federal bailout. This is unbelievable to me. The Federal Reserve has just loaned the AIG Insurance Company $85 billion to keep it afloat. $85 billion. That is almost as much money as Barack Obama raised last night in Beverly Hills." --Jay Leno
"Let me ask you, why are we bailing out an insurance company? I mean, what's the first thing an insurance company does when you have a loss? They cancel your policy, right? That's what we should do, cancel their policy. 'Ooh, sorry, you're too much of risk.'" --Jay Leno
"And AIG has assets of over $1 trillion. Not billion, $1 trillion. How do you have $1 trillion and still get into financial trouble?" --Jay Leno
"You know? I mean, I understand if you're living in a dumpster, rooting through trash cans, you need a couple bucks, okay. But if you have $1 trillion, don't hit me up for a loan. Think about it. Has anybody ever had $1 trillion and still failed? Okay, besides the New York Yankees." --Jay Leno
"You know, what happened to the old days when we had corporations we could trust, like Enron and WorldCom? Where are those blue chip companies?" --Jay Leno
"I had a great dinner last night. Put on a Barbra Streisand CD, ordered Domino's, saved $28,488. Last night, Barack Obama hosted a dinner with Barbra Streisand singing. It was $28,500 a plate. $28,500 a plate! But, to be fair, that did include an all-you-can-eat salad buffet. That was included. I guess the food was pretty exotic. The main course was roasted pig in a lipstick glaze." --Jay Leno
"Stock prices are down, major companies are being purchased by the government. It is a bear market and, I have to say, Sarah Palin is just the lady to shoot it for us." --Jimmy Kimmel
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BAILOUTS TO FAILOUTS: A NEWS AND VERSE EXTRA
ReplyDeleteA guide to contemporary use
BAILOUT=Rescue, by government, of important economic entity
AILOUT=Rescue of healthcare industry
ALEOUT=Rescue of Bennigan's
BALEOUT=Rescue of Columbian or Jamaican economy (see also: cotton, hay)
BRAILLEOUT=Rescue you can't see coming
DALEOUT=Rescue of NASCAR (see also: Roy Rogers)
FLAILOUT=Rescue by FEMA
FRAILOUT=Rescue of an elderly presidential candidate
GALEOUT=Rescue of Jim Cantore (see also: HAILOUT)
GRAILOUT=Rescue of Michael Palin (see also: Monty Python, Indiana Jones)
NAILOUT=Rescue of construction firm (see also: Asian salon, Press-on)
MALEOUT=Rescue of sexist political candidate
MAILOUT=Rescue by white, powdery substance (see also: FBI)
EMAILOUT=Rescue of Gov. Palin's Yahoo! account
BLACKMAILOUT=Rescue by extortion
BLACKMALEOUT=Rescue by Dem. Presidential candidate
PAILOUT=Rescue by trickle-down economics
PALEOUT=Rescue by goth
QUAYLEOUT=Rescue of any unqualified Vice-presidential candidate
SALEOUT=Rescue of pandering political campaign
SCALEOUT=Rescue of Weight Watchers (see also: America's Biggest Loser)
SHALEOUT=Rescue of oil company (see also: Gulf of Mexico, ANWR)
SNAILOUT=Any rescue involving US Postal Service
STALEOUT=Rescue of lipstick jokes (see also: Pigs, Pit Bulls, Estee Lauder)
VEILOUT=Rescue at the altar
VAILOUT=Rescue of anyone who pays $100+ to fall down a mountain
SURVEILOUT=###REDACTED BY HOMELAND SECURITY###
ZALEOUT=Rescue of cheap wedding rings
FAILOUT=Destiny of most bailouts
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