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Posted on 10/06/2008 12:46:34 PM PDT by Rufus2007
It seems anxiety from the financial crisis is reaching new highs, but the tipping point for one individual came at the Lehman Brothers gym in the midst of the company’s collapse.
While former Lehman CEO Richard Fuld was testifying before the House Oversight Committee Oct. 6, CNBC reported he had been punched in the face at the Lehman Brothers gym after it the firm announced it was going bankrupt. CNBC and Vanity Fair contributor Vicki Ward said Fuld was attacked at the gym on a Sunday following the bankruptcy.
“Frankly, I sat there and listened and I’m with the guy who apparently, the day before Barclays announced they were coming in and Lehman had already filed for bankruptcy, went over to him in the gym and punched him because that’s how I feel when I, you know, when I watched that,” Ward said on the Oct. 6 “Power Lunch.” “I didn’t think he was contrite at all, I thought he was arrogant.”
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What a p***y
Now that’s funny! I’m wondering how much more of this kind of thing we will hear about. People are losing their lives because of this type of greedy jerk.
“While former Lehman CEO Richard Fuld was testifying before the House Oversight Committee Oct. 6, CNBC reported he had been punched in the face at the Lehman Brothers gym after it the firm announced it was going bankrupt. “
A real pity that wasn’t captured and put on YouTube ... I’d have paid good money to see it.
My boss on Wall Street was fired for not showing up to work during a crisis. He received a severance of $20 million.
Not bad for being completely incompetent!
If he is still able to speak he wasn’t hit hard enough.
Otherwise the law might be looking for me ...
Under the new regime, this will apply to my handiwork:
Well, it’s a good start...
My 401K took a punching today too!
Richard S. Fuld, Jr. -from wikipedia
(Sounds like a stand up guy who can not only give a punch, but also take one).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Fuld
Dick Fuld’s first career as an Air Force pilot came to an abrupt end when he got into a fist fight with a commanding officer. Fuld was said to have been defending a young cadet who was being taunted by the senior officer. [4] He then began his career with Lehman Brothers in 1969, the year the firm’s senior partner Robert Lehman died, and has stayed at the company since then. Beginning as a commercial paper trader, Fuld rose through the organization taking increasingly senior roles. During his tenure, Fuld witnessed and participated in the numerous changes which the organization endured, including its merger with Kuhn, Loeb & Co, and its acquisition by American Express, merger with E.F. Hutton, and ultimate spin-off from American Express in 1994, once again as Lehman Brothers.
If ever I see Stan O’Neal walking down Madison, a punch to the face will be the least of his worries...
Ask him to do the same with Paulson and Kash-n-Kari, both ex Lehman execs in charge of the 700 billion dollar corporate welfare program.
Whomp 'em all three good!
LOL.
Give the puncher a medal.
I wish they had broken something important...
Ask him to do the same with Paulson and Kash-n-Kari, both ex Lehman execs in charge of the 700 billion dollar corporate welfare program.
Whomp 'em all three good!
LOL.
Give the puncher a medal.
I’m surprised you haven’t seen folks killed.
A few years ago in Sarasota a guy who’d lost his savings went in to his stock brokers office and shot the guy.
I bet ya see a lot more of that type of thing here real soon.
We were a better society when bad behavior was punished by one’s peers. Give every man a cane and access to a pair of Thompson Contenders and it will be a more civil, and honest, society. Excuse me, I must practice.
when is someone going to punch Barney Fwank?
I found the media (especially CNN) and the Pelosi-Reid show in Washington in full, and coordinated support of Obama this morning, at about 10:AM.
Here was Congress, with live CNN coverage, having “hearings” to look into the “scandal on Wall Street” surrounding the failure of Lehman Brothers (who filed for bankruptcy and did not get a taxpayer funded bailout).
Meanwhile, when, since the U.S. Treasury took them into conservatorship, has the Pelosi-Reid show held even one hearing into how and why Fannie and Freddie failed????
Answer: Never.
Punching a man is OK if he bankrupts the company? Even unpopular people have rights.
ROFL!
PAY BACK TIME BIOTCH! LOL
Including the right to get their ass kicked.
ROTFLMAO
"Look, I ain't sayin' we condone that sort of thing... but we understand."
Who went down faster, Fuld or Kimbo Slice?
wellllll the little metro boy should have hit back with his purse....
more like Bimbo Slice :-)
I expect to read stuff like this over at DU or hear comments such as these in a union hall.
When laws fail the people, there is something to be said for taking the law into your own hands.
as a matter of fact, a guy in cali killed his wife, his 3 sons, his M-I-L, and himself just today sighting money problems.
Watch out, Bowney might like it and beg for more!
As a matter of fact, I'm sure members of Congress have upped their security recently after the bailout in view of popular outrage. I'm sure they're praying that things don't get really bad in this country because there are many who would probably want to do what this guy did to the CEO and some would undoubtedly try.
We need that guy in Congress.
We need that guy in Congress.
Hey, I need a job and wouldn’t be incompetant.
Why not here? Because we support capitalism we're also supposed to support these unethical scumbags?
No, I wouldn't hit him, but I'm having a hard time feeling sorry for him.
You don’t have to feel sorry for him. You could even hate him if your religion allows that sort of stuff. But physically assaulting someone isn’t right.
Remember when a freeper got beat up by union thugs in Philadelphia? How could that be wrong and this case be okay?
There is no evidence that he drove the company into the ground intentionally. Even if there were, a public street brawl is not the answer.
sp: incompetent
but hey other than that I believe you ;)
If he were in jail where he belongs, he wouldn’t be punched out at the gym.
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