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AIG Hunting Party – Part(y) III – Bailout Be Damned

They’ve done it again.  AIG hosted an $86,000 hunting party in England for it’s top partiers executives complements of the American taxpayers. This is getting monotonous… “But the party was planned and paid for a year ago….”  yadda, yadda.  How many parties did this company plan last year anyway?  Are there more?  Is AIG competing for some kind of “Best [...]

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Stock Market Tanks – Family Guy Pukefest Anyone?

The stock market is making millions queasy at best this morning.  Couldn’t help but post a Family Guy Pukefest just for fun during an otherwise gloomy day.  The economy is tanking even further.  The stock markets are in a worldwide panic. For those who are  squeamish in the slightest, do not hit the play button!   [...]

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Latest AIG Party Cancelled Due to Backlash

No kidding.  AIG begrudgingly cancelled it’s latest planned soiree at the Half-Moon Bay Ritz Carlton in northern California after a huge backlash from us party-poopers, the taxpayers. On the same day that they received a second multi-billion dollar loan from the Federal Reserve, AIG tried to justify going ahead with their planned retreat for it’s [...]

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AIG hosts $440,000 party – Part(y) II

It’s now been explained by AIG that the soiree at the St. Regis Resort was actually held for the top-producing life insurance agents and not for the employees. So, just to be clear, the six-figure post-bailout party was for the agents that sold the highest dollar amounts of the riskiest insurance instruments to the highest number of unwitting [...]

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AIG Party Cost $440K – NYS Insurance Dept Supervisor Condones

Not only does AIG throw a $440,000 mega-party for it’s executives just one week after their bailout (paid for by you and me) but the Superintendent of the New York State Department of Insurance, Eric Dinallo, said that he sees somes value to the luxury retreat party at the St. Regis Resort & Spa.  He actually stated that the retreat [...]

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How Much Is a Billion Dollars? Heavy, very heavy.

I heard a caller on Jim Bohannon’s radio talk show tell him that he weighed $10,000 worth of $100 dollar bills.  They weighed .2165… pounds – about a fifth of a pound. So how much would $1 billion dollars weigh? … … … wait for it – think about it…. … … OVER 10 TONS! Yes, over 10 tons [...]

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