http://banktalk.org/2009/01/23/picking-a-new-commode-for-john-thain/ Exploring the Finances of the Unbanked Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:02:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://banktalk.org/2009/01/23/picking-a-new-commode-for-john-thain/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Geithner Cash for Trash: Let’s Throw out the Garbage « Housers Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:46:11 +0000 http://thisismyhomebook.wordpress.com/?p=557#comment-149 [...] The problem, though, is that we are witness policy that addresses market reform, but there is a lag in any kind of policy action to prevent this same mess from happening all over again.  The administration has spent a lot of time focusing on symbolic problems.  AIG got bashed for giving away those bonuses.  Now it appears that at least 15 of the traders in its financial products division have the heart to return their lavish payouts.  The others are going to have them taxed at 90 percent.  Oh, and John Thain got blasted over his $35,000 commode. [...] [...] The problem, though, is that we are witness policy that addresses market reform, but there is a lag in any kind of policy action to prevent this same mess from happening all over again.  The administration has spent a lot of time focusing on symbolic problems.  AIG got bashed for giving away those bonuses.  Now it appears that at least 15 of the traders in its financial products division have the heart to return their lavish payouts.  The others are going to have them taxed at 90 percent.  Oh, and John Thain got blasted over his $35,000 commode. [...]

]]> http://banktalk.org/2009/01/23/picking-a-new-commode-for-john-thain/comment-page-1/#comment-148 The AmericanPainter Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:12:18 +0000 http://thisismyhomebook.wordpress.com/?p=557#comment-148 You do realize that the Commode in the top picture is not a toilet. The word "commode" meant a cabinet or chest of drawers. It didn't take on its later meaning until the late Victorian era when it meant a cabinet by the bed where a chamber pot was kept. Just thought you might want to know. You do realize that the Commode in the top picture is not a toilet. The word “commode” meant a cabinet or chest of drawers. It didn’t take on its later meaning until the late Victorian era when it meant a cabinet by the bed where a chamber pot was kept. Just thought you might want to know.

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