Goldman Sachs has never informed us anything we reported was inaccurate and the firm did not return our call today. We never reported that the firm abandoned the kittens At the time of our editorial, which was published in Downtown Express and The Villager, the vet bills had not been paid and the kittens did not have homes. The editorial suggested the problem with the bills may have been the lack of invoices. Go to our site, www.downtwonexpress.com to read our update on the kittens and our previous articles and editorial.
GS commented - story false, they never called to fact check: [nymag.com]
but I'm sure there must be something else GS related to rage about. Maybe they stopped providing both splenda and sweet & lo? The lock on the forth stall in the 2nd floor women's room doesn't close completely? #goldmansachs
You would think Blankfein would keep a kitten for himself. Don't all evil masterminds need a cat to stroke while forming their plans for world domination. #goldmansachs
You think this is bad, UBS once swerved to run over a squirrel in the road and then laughingly said "just like in 'Grapes of Wrath' you bitches!" #goldmansachs
You think Goldman's keep-jobs-in-town subsidies are bad? Check out the whorish ways Trenton, New York, Philadelphia, and other areas were whoring for BlackRock's new back-office building. Also, remember - that $25MM from the FWTCJCRP was created because the city was terrified that Merrill, Lehman, et al were going to abandon New York. It's all about cultivating the tax base, baby; taxes on those bonuses are keeping New York from becoming Baltimore or Philadelphia, to say nothing of keeping the heavily-subsidized and rent-controlled Garment District in town. #goldmansachs
@Unsolicited Advice: Agreed. Who cares about cats? Say what you want about Wall Street, but without their mega-salaries and even bigger mega-mega bonuses, half of this city would be unemployed. Do you think the middle-class taxes pay for all of the services that we have, e.g. police, fire department, etc.? Not to mention dry-cleaners, cabs, housekeepers, nannies, restaurants...the list goes on and on. #goldmansachs
Right. I should clarify the point here: I'm not making a moral judgement here. But the Financial District is the most important card in New York's municipal finance house - half of the subsidized wonderland disappears when their printed-dollar largesse does. #goldmansachs
@queenbozaki: Hey, man, being valuable to the economy doesn't give you the right to be a shithead. And if you can't be bothered to keep the easiest and least significant of your promises, then you're a shithead. #goldmansachs
@Unsolicited Advice: This is like praising the bank robbers for keeping bank security firms in business. STFU with this meme-talk, please. #goldmansachs
I'm not praising anyone - I'm just explaining the Way Things Work. Businesses get tax breaks to keep their businesses in town given the promise of tax receipts from employees. That is factual information about municipal fiscal policy all across America - New York has been uniquely capable of attracting highly-paid individuals and their attendant industries. They've accomplished that with a mixture of brand and subsidy. #goldmansachs
@braak: I'm not saying anyone has the right to be a shithead - GS said they will pay the vet bill. I agree with you on that. I am responding more to the constant attacks on GS - it's getting tired. Although far from perfect, they contribute heavily to charities and to the New York economy at large, and it's time we gave them a break.
And seriously - I think cats are as cute as the next person, but an entire article devoted to GS as evil because they were late in paying a vet bill? #goldmansachs
To be fair-- really more fair than one should have to be to profiteering kitten-haters suckling at the public teat-- the linked story says $20 billion in compensation, not bonuses.
I think it would behoove the President to realize that his is a well-read constituency woken up by an extremely hostile administration that basically flipped off anyone who cared about progressive causes for the previous eight years.
It's one thing to blow off (so to speak) marginalized groups like, um, dunno, let's say non-torture supporters, civil libertarians, government transparency fetishists, war opposers and, in this case, people who are gay or give a shit about the civil rights of their fellow citizens, Obama is already signaling that he's already running for his second term.
Flawed analogy -- Luckily the gays aren't agitating for all of us to eschew everything we enjoy just because their weird idea of Jesus tells them to do so...
@robrob9: Umm, fuck you. I'm sorry you don't understand why some people consider equal rights to be important, and why broken promises piss people off.
@robrob9: You mean the gays are starting to fatten up at the potluck on fried chicken, gravy, Miracle Whip, green beans in cream of mushroom soup, jello salads and pie?
Come to think of it, all of these people look suspicious:
@BBooms: I'm sorry you don't understand why gays bitching about "Don't ask, Don't tell" pisses people off, especially with all the other shit going on. You did this shit to Bill Clinton and effectively handed Newt Gingrich and rest of the GOP loonies the midterms in 1994. Did you learn nothing in the ensuing 14 years? Obama's got a lot more on his plate right now than Clinton ever did, or haven't you myopic queens noticed? Do you ever get out of the cities? Maybe you don't realize it, but to most of the country your standard-bearers right now are Bruno, Perez Hilton, Rosie O'Donnell and Barney Frank. Not exactly Mt. Rushmore material.
Obama hasn't broken any promises -- he just hasn't gotten to yours yet. You waited eight years, you can wait another few months. The country has come a long way since 1994; don't give the opposition the chance to stir up old prejudices.
I'm sorry you don't realize that people like you complaining about gays not having the same rights as heterosexual people is really tired and idiotic. The fact that these issues may not impact you directly does not mean they're not important to millions of others.
Do you not realize that your standard-bearers are people like Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin? You're an ass.
@forwardmotion: If I have a prejudice against gays it's due to your clumsy political sensibilities and nothing else. You're signaling that you're about to overplay your hand -- again -- and potentially screw things up for everyone else who, incidentally, also support your calls for equality.
I am not your enemy, you nitwits. I am a believer in equal rights for all Americans. I believe Obama will keep his promises. But I am also a realist. The gay & lesbian community needs to be prudent, be patient, and cut this bright, dynamic young president just a little slack before you start screaming that he's a liar and a traitor.
@robrob9: I never screamed he was a liar and a traitor. I haven't screamed anything. Gay people don't think and/or speak as a single unit ,for chrissakes.We aren't that united, if you've bothered to notice. It's way too diverse of a group. Stop saying, "gays shouldn't say this" and "gays shouldn't think that". It makes you sound like a prejudiced dolt. You also sound like you don't think it's a big problem, since you personally haven't suffered from this kind of prejudice. Maybe YOU are the one who should shut it.
"picking up milk on your way home from a long weekend": this is the early scene in the movie, right? Where James Franco’s character picks Harvey up at the subway stop?
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HatesPays Promptly for the Medical Costs of Adorable KittensJosh Rogers
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HatesPays Promptly for the Medical Costs of Adorable Kittensbut I'm sure there must be something else GS related to rage about. Maybe they stopped providing both splenda and sweet & lo? The lock on the forth stall in the 2nd floor women's room doesn't close completely? #goldmansachs
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HatesPays Promptly for the Medical Costs of Adorable KittensBTW - damn, those cats are cute. #goldmansachs
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Right. I should clarify the point here: I'm not making a moral judgement here. But the Financial District is the most important card in New York's municipal finance house - half of the subsidized wonderland disappears when their printed-dollar largesse does. #goldmansachs
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I'm not praising anyone - I'm just explaining the Way Things Work. Businesses get tax breaks to keep their businesses in town given the promise of tax receipts from employees. That is factual information about municipal fiscal policy all across America - New York has been uniquely capable of attracting highly-paid individuals and their attendant industries. They've accomplished that with a mixture of brand and subsidy. #goldmansachs
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And seriously - I think cats are as cute as the next person, but an entire article devoted to GS as evil because they were late in paying a vet bill? #goldmansachs
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It's one thing to blow off (so to speak) marginalized groups like, um, dunno, let's say non-torture supporters, civil libertarians, government transparency fetishists, war opposers and, in this case, people who are gay or give a shit about the civil rights of their fellow citizens, Obama is already signaling that he's already running for his second term.
Good luck with that, friend.
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Flawed analogy --
Luckily the gays aren't agitating for all of us to eschew everything we enjoy just because their weird idea of Jesus tells them to do so...
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Come to think of it, all of these people look suspicious:
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Obama hasn't broken any promises -- he just hasn't gotten to yours yet. You waited eight years, you can wait another few months. The country has come a long way since 1994; don't give the opposition the chance to stir up old prejudices.
06/26/09
I'm sorry you don't realize that people like you complaining about gays not having the same rights as heterosexual people is really tired and idiotic. The fact that these issues may not impact you directly does not mean they're not important to millions of others.
Do you not realize that your standard-bearers are people like Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin? You're an ass.
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I am not your enemy, you nitwits. I am a believer in equal rights for all Americans. I believe Obama will keep his promises. But I am also a realist. The gay & lesbian community needs to be prudent, be patient, and cut this bright, dynamic young president just a little slack before you start screaming that he's a liar and a traitor.
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