Tattos & Fashion Hollywood: February 2009

Saturday, February 28, 2009

All Role Models Are Not Equal … Not Even Close!

You’ve probably heard about the Miami banker, Leonard Abess, who sold the bank he owned, then turned right around and gave $60 million in bonuses to his 471 employees … averaging $127,000 each. Didn’t have to … wanted to.In an interview with the Miami Herald, which he gave very reluctantly, Abess said he had always wanted to surprise the employees who had been loyal to the bank over the long haul “with no promise of equity.” Besides, said Abess, he personally didn’t need the money.What a contrast to the arrogant, greedy bastards who ran their banks into the ground, then took stimulus money and used it to pay executive bonuses or throw lavish getaways for themselves and their sycophant cronies.For far too long, role models in this country have come wearing cleats or spikes or Reeboks and followed around with an entourage of hangers-on. Well, stand aside, fellas, and make way for someone who truly deserves to be a role model.

If you don’t think so, just ask his entourage.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

“Hello, Bobby? It’s Your Lucky Day!”

The circus played our town one day,Three Bengal tigers got away.The manager looked straight at meAnd said, “Son, here’s your opportunity!‘Cause the man who catches these catsAnd brings ‘em back to me alive,A real hero is gonna be.Oh, it’s a wonderful chance for somebody,Somebody else … not me!”

I thought about that little ditty the other day when the Republicans trotted out poor Bobby Jindal to offer a response to Barack Obama’s powerful address to the joint session of Congress.Can’t you just see those Republican big shots sitting around trying to figure out who they could send up against this intelligent, confident, articulate and charismatic young president and tell a worried nation that the GOP is better able to get us out of the mess they got us into?“Hey, how about Bobby Jindal?” says one. “He’s young ... and he’s even kinda dark, too!”“Yeah,” says another, “and he can use the exposure!”It’s astonishing that the little sap actually went for it.And anyone that dumb sure as hell ain’t qualified to be president.