It's time to call Burson-Marsteller. The PR firm for ....well .... for ..... when you're in big trouble and you need a helping hand with your .... well ... image. As so is reality for AIG. While in the lineup for the fourth time at the government trough, AIG has engaged B-M to smooth things over with you and me and the US taxpayers alike. Just like they did for .... well .... Union Carbide, Saudi Arabia, Philip Morris (**cough**cough**), Babcock Wilcox, Blackwater, a Romanian dictator, Argentinian Military Junta, Indonesian government, Nigerian government, Colombian government, really, if you have something to hide, spin, or gloss over, call B-M. "When evil needs public relations, B-M is on speed dial." Priceless commentary.
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The Big Picture (Barry R) has a piece similar and maybe even more humorous. "Let me make sure I understand this: We have lost 4 million jobs in about a year, the S&P500 had its first quarter ever where profits were zero, the government has given away trillions of dollars in ill advised corporate bailouts, credit remains frozen, the housing market is still in the crapper, and the stock market is down by more than 50%, with the Bear market losses now about $11 trillion dollars — and nationalizing the banks is whats going to undermine confidence? " Forget Confidence — Fix What’s Broken First
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