The market was down over 300 hundred points earlier today. It opened very sharply down. Here is a chart: Bad Day At The Dow
Now, I'm just a cat, but I have to wonder what made the market fall so much? Is it Europe? Is it the Chinese? Then I found the answer. I read this: http://bit.ly/cLEAlI. It's a report of a book review of President Obama's first few months in office. The review is here: http://bit.ly/9FwbD0.
The best part is President Obama's comment of Lloyd "Angry Man" Blankfein of Goldman Sachs:
These guys want to be paid like rock stars when all they're doing is lip-syncing capitalism.
Now, the original review was published by the LA Times last night. Lloyd must have read the quote and gotten angry (he has anger issues). Remember what I wrote a while back? Nobody puts Goldman Sachs in the corner. Lloyd is so mad, he's teaching President Obama who's really in charge.
Thanks, Manny
O HAI,
TEH MARKET WUZ DOWN OVER 300 HUNNERD POINTZ EARLIER TODAI. IT OPEND VERY SHARPLY DOWN. HERE IZ PIKTUR. BAD DAI AT TEH DOW
NAO, IZ JUST A KAT, BUT I HAZ TO WUNDER, WHUT MAKEZ TEH MARKET FALL SO MUCH? IZ IT YOURUP? IZ TEH CHINEZE? THEN I FINDZ TEH ANSWER. I REEDZ THIS: http://bit.ly/cLEAlI. IZ REPORT OV BOOK REVIEW OV TEH PREZIDENTZ FIRST FEW MONTHZ IN OFFICE. TEH REVIEW IZ HERE: http://bit.ly/9FwbD0.
TEH BEST PART IZ TEH PREZIDENTZ COMMENT OV LLYOD "ANGRY MAN" BLANKFEIN OV GOLDMAN SACKZ:
THESE GUYZ WANTZ TO BE PAYD LIKE ROCK STARZ WHEN ALL THEYZ DOING IZ LIP-SINKING CAPITALIZM.
NAO, TEH ORIGINAL REVIEW WUZ PUBLISHED BAI TEH LA TIMEZ, LAST NIGHT. LLYOD MUST HAVE READ TEH QUOTE AND GOTTEN ANGRY (HE IZ ANGRY, ANGRY MAN). REMEBERZ WHUT I WROTE A WILE BACK? NOBODY PUTZ GOLDMAN SACKZ IN TEH CORNER. LLYOD IZ SO MADZ, HEZ TEECHING TEH PREZIDENT WHOZ REELY IN CHARGE.
So, I read today that Ellen got in trouble with Apple. Apparently, she made fun of the iPhonetm on her show. Then Steve Jobs called her and said that's not funny and she should apologize. So she did. You can see it here: http://bit.ly/bxplbv
This reminded me of somthing I read the other day about Apple being the new China. A human blogger wrote about it here: http://bit.ly/bI94Qw
He said that Apple is the Disneyland of computing. And while Disneyland is a nice place to visit, it's not a nice place to live. Disneyland is run like China. I guess that makes Steve Jobs like Mao. I wonder who the Gang of Four is at Apple. And should we be expecting a cultural revolution soon?
Anyway, I think this is kind of a big deal. But the fact that some many people care about this, and don't care about banks that are "too big to fail" is stupid. Robert Reich, a very smart, but very short human, agreez with me. He wrote about it in his blog here: http://bit.ly/bkXCYx
Basically, Mr. Reich says they Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is going after Apple and its iPhone(tm) rules. Apple has many competitors, so people have many options when it comes to phones. But right now, banks are so big, that if they get in trouble, the government has to bail them out, but the FTC can't regulate them. It's in the stupid human rules. And how did these rules get written? By bankers lobbying for them.
Now, I don't care about the iPhonetm. I can't type on them without thumbs. But I care about banks. I think we need banking reform. We need the reform so they can hire cats, and I can get a job, make a lot of money, buy thumbs and dominate the world.
Thanks, Manny
O HAI,
SO I RED TODAI DAT ELLEN GOTZ IN TRUBLE WIF AAPL. APPARENTLY, SHE MAKEZ FUN OV TEH IPHONE ON HER SHOW. DEN STEVE JOBZ CALLZ HER AND SEZ DATZ NOT FUNNIE AND SHE SHUD APPOLGIZ. SO SHE DID. YOU CAN SEE IT HERE: http://bit.ly/bxplbv
DIS REMINDED ME OV SUMTHING I RED TEH OTHER DAI ABOUT AAPL BEING TEH NEW CHINA. A HOOMIN BLOGGER RITEZ ABOUT IT HERE: http://bit.ly/bI94Qw
HE SEZ DAT AAPL IZ TEH DISNEYLAND OV COMPUTING. AND WILE DISNEYLAND IZ NICE PLACE TO VIZIT, IZ NOT NICE PLACE TO LIVE. DISNEYLAND IZ RUN LIKE CHINA. I GUESSEZ DAT MAKES STEVE JOBZ LIKE MAO. I WUNDER WHO TEH GANG OV FOUR IZ AT AAPL. AND SHUD WE EXPECTZ A CULTURAL REVOLUSHUN SOON?
ANYWAYZ, I THINKZ DIS IZ KIND OV A HOOJ DEAL. BUT TEH FACT DAT SO MANYZ PEEPLE CARE ABOUT DIS, AND NOT CARE ABOUT BANKZ DAT ARE TOO HOOJ TO FAIL IZ STOOPID. ROBERT REICH, A VERY SMART, BUT VERY SHORT HOOMIN, AGREEZ WIF ME. HE RITEZ ABOUT IT IN HIZ BLOG HERE: http://bit.ly/bkXCYx
BASICALLY, MISTER REICH SEZ TEH FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSHUN (FTC) IZ GOING AFTER AAPL AND ITZ IPHONE RULEZ. AAPL HAZ MANY COMPETITORZ, SO PEEPLE HAZ MANY OPTIONZ WHEN IT COMEZ TO FONEZ. BUT RITE NAO, BANKZ ARE SO HOOJ, DAT IF DEY GETZ IN TRUBBLE, TEH GUBERMENT HAZ TO BAIL DEM OUT, BUT TEH FTC CANT REGULATE DEM. IZ IN TEH STOOPID HOOMIN RULZ. AND HAO DID DESE RULZ GET RITTEN? BY BANKERZ LOBBYING FOR DEM.
NAO, I DONT CARE ABOUT IPHONEZ. I CANT TYPE ON DEM WIFOUT THUMBZ. BUT I CAREZ ABOUT BANKZ. I THINKZ WE NEED BANK REFORM. WE NEED TEH REFORM SO DEY CAN HIRE KATZ, AND I CAN GET A JOB, MAKEZ LOTZ OV MUNNY, BUY THUMBZ AND DOMINATE TEH WURLD.
IM KAT.
I IZ GUD KAT.
MAI MOMMIE LUVZ ME.
I HAZ BIG BRUDDER, BIG SISTER AND LITTEL BRUDDER.
MAI GOLE IZ WURLD DOMINASHUN.
MAI DADDIE IZ MAKING MEE THUMBZ 2 HELP.