Emanuel is Obama's cheif of staff. He expertly drank from the pool of easy cash in the banking world. After he left the Clinton administration he hightailed it to investment banking - he knew where the gettin was good.

He made 16.2 million in 2.5 years. Nice little stack of cash to live the rest of his life. Then, back into the White House to do good for the country. Yeah right. He's a greedy slimy bastard and he has Obama's ear. And we wonder why Obama doesn't take a tougher stance on investment bankers.

That people subscribed to Salon in the first place. I'm not knocking anyone per se, but if something is free why pay for it?

My industry is in freefall as well. And, similarly to King, I've been asked to find us a way out.

These are exciting times, indeed. But, I think it's 'exciting' like some people say things are 'interesting'. Interesting is just a soft word for, 'that's highly unusual and I'm skeptical'.

Is it exciting if someone holds a gun to your head? I guess so.

is a younger version of Anderson Cooper.

You can't get everyone to like you all the time.

At least you're not bald. A lot of my guy friends would love to have hair of any color.

In other words... be thankful for what you have. It's like cursing your cankles at a wheelchair basketball game.

Good luck.

It's well insulated from the rest of the country. They just don't understand the bigger picture. The only thing HFs are focusing on is getting a return on their investment. And, in this case, it looks like they aren't going to get that return. That's all that matters to them. Regardless of right or wrong or just or unjust. It's... how can I get a positive return so I can buy that nice apartment to keep up with the Jones, er... Pierponts.

Oh, and how about the government giving all their business to Perella. Speaking of return on investment, Perella's 17 million dollar payment to Rahm Emanuel for 2 years of work has worked out pretty well for them.

She is really really good looking. And she stands for what she believes in. I think those are two admirable qualities.

What have we learned from this episode? You should never disagree with Perez Hilton. He is the Rush Limbaugh of the left. You will be buried.

600 billion? 1 trillion? On top of last year's 700 billion. AIG billions. 500 billion. 13 billion.

I'm numb.

I agree with you.... but every once in a while....

This saga is on the front page of all the trash mags and it's a hit reality show.... and I've never heard of them.

Finally. Just like I tune out internet ads, I'm now filtering trash from other media soirces too!

For the sadists out there.... can we dump all of these abusive letters into one heaping pile of vile that we can read at our leisure. Instead of The Well we can call it The Trash. I bet it would receive more than 1% of the traffic. And, The Trash will be a nice guide to what is considered abusive on Salon - and it will give the conspiracy theorizers around here some concrete evidence that Salon doesn't exist to poke conservatives in the eye.

I may even pay to read those letters.

Nancy Pelosi demanded a bigger jet so she can fly all the way home to Cali without having to stop to refuel. That seems like an abuse of power and a waste of taxpayer dollars.

Run that in the USA Today tomorrow and see if they don't move a few more rags.

This goes back to the Jon Stewart/CNBC thing. We need critical reporters that don't play patty-cake with their subjects.

I've noticed nearly every newspaper out there is madly in love with all democrats, and for good reason. But that's no way to move the product.

Someone out there needs to investigate Rahm Emanuel and report about his associations with Perella. He worked at the firm for 2 years, made over 16 million. And now, out of anything but coincidence, Perella is raking in the fees with newfound government contracts. There is a story in there. One so big I bet he would step down. Too bad no reporter has the sack to step up to the plate.

And these feeder funds. Connected people are making millions by influencing state pensions to invest with certain individuals and companies. This pay for play story needs to be front page. Outrage is a valuable commodity that newspapers are squandering.

And newspapers, above all else, need an educated and inquisitive readership. That's the real battle.

I live in New York City. I cannot believe that there wasn't public outrage over the new Mets stadium being called Citifield. Citigroup screwed up so royally and in so many ways - that the taxpayers had to bail them out. NEVERTHELESS, they slap their name on a ballpark and pay the Mets $400,000,000 for the privlege. Every single cent came from the taxpayers. How in God's name has this issue been swept under the rug?

That's almost half a billion dollars paid by citizens so a megacorporation - which failed, mind you - can advertise itself to us. Either I'm crazy or we don't have an educated or curious public.

This story could move newspapers all across the country. Because there are literally taxpayers in every patch of America who have been forced to shoulder the burden of Citigroup advertising itself to us. There is literally a taxpayer in Wichita who is being taxed to pay Carlos Beltran. That taxpayer just doesn't know it.