Posted on 11/10/2011 3:07:24 PM PST by p. henry
My ex sent me the following joke:
The mayor of a Greek town visited the mayor of an Italian town. When he saw the palatial mansion belonging to the Italian mayor, he wondered how he could afford such a house. The Italian said: "You see that bridge over there? The EU gave us a grant to build a two-lane bridge, but by building a single lane bridge with traffic lights at either end, this house could be built."
The following year the Italian visited the Greek mayor's town. He was simply amazed at the Greek Mayor's house, which was even more extravagent than his own. When he asked how the Greek mayor could afford such a home, the Greek mayor said "You see that bridge over there?"
The Italian replied "No."
My response to my ex was as follows:
The founder of Solyndra visited the founder of another American solar company. He was astonished by the quality of his host’s home. “How could you afford such a magnificent home” he asked.
“It was easy” his host replied. “We received a loan from the Energy Department to support green jobs in the United States, but we built our factory in Mexicali. That left lots of money for more enjoyable expenditures.”
The next week their roles were reversed and the founder of Solyndra played host to his colleague, who was overcome with admiration for his host’s home. “How could you afford such a palatial estate” he cried. “It was easy” the founder of Solyndra replied. “I just bundled $500,000 for Obama’s 2008 campaign, and my company received $500,000,000 from the Energy Department.” “That’s extraordinary” his guest explained. “ I must see this company!” “Er. . . that may be a little difficult” the founder of Solyndra said. “Eric Holder and the FBI won’t give anybody access to what’s left of it.”
Our government has become so large and out of control that our corruption differs from that of southern Europe only in that is so much larger.
I see why she’s your ex.
HHOK!
Time to seal off Washington and burn it down yet?
Feels like that time is getting closer ...
Magnificent!
I think it summarizes the corruption in the Department of Energy and the White House in a way that could really reach people who have not been giving it a lot of attention.
not to mention the insider stock windfalls that nobody is getting around to talking about...yet.
I am not aware of that. Classic insider trading is unlikely to occur in a non-public company. However, plain ole securities fraud is quite possibe there. Did George Kaiser dispose of any of his founders shares at or about or after the DOE loan?
not to mention the insider stock windfalls that nobody is getting around to talking about...yet.
my mistake. The 2009 IPO under Stanley/Goldman never went forward. A senior moment on my part.
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