• Menu
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Before Header

  • About Us
  • Lexicon
  • Contact Us
  • Our Store
  • ↑
  • ↓
  • ←
  • →

Balloon Juice

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Let there be snark.

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Giving up is unforgivable.

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Mobile Menu

  • Seattle Meet-up Post
  • 2025 Activism
  • Targeted Political Fundraising
  • Donate with Venmo, Zelle & PayPal
  • Site Feedback
  • War in Ukraine
  • Submit Photos to On the Road
  • Politics
  • On The Road
  • Open Threads
  • Topics
  • COVID-19
  • Authors
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Lexicon
  • Our Store
  • Politics
  • Open Threads
  • 2025 Activism
  • Garden Chats
  • On The Road
  • Targeted Fundraising!
You are here: Home / Quite The Gig

Quite The Gig

by Michael D.|  September 9, 200811:36 am| 19 Comments

This post is in: Did You Know John McCain Was A POW?, General Stupidity

FacebookTweetEmail

I need to find me a job at a massive mortgage lender. I then need to totally and completely fuck it up. Because that, apparently, is where the big bucks are.

Under the terms of his employment contract, Daniel H. Mudd, the departing head of Fannie Mae, stands to collect $9.3 million in severance pay, retirement benefits and deferred compensation, provided his dismissal is deemed to be “without cause,”

Richard F. Syron, the departing chief executive of Freddie Mac, could receive an exit package of at least $14.1 million, largely because of a clause added to his employment contract in November of last year as his company’s troubles deepened.

Seriously, I want one of these CEO jobs, because no matter how shitty you are, you always come out of it a multimillionaire!

FacebookTweetEmail
Previous Post: « Suing Google
Next Post: Finally Some Good News »

Reader Interactions

19Comments

  1. 1.

    Billy K

    September 9, 2008 at 11:46 am

    And nothing will ever change until this shit gets fixed.

    But it’ll never get fixed.

  2. 2.

    Equal Opportunity Cynic

    September 9, 2008 at 11:47 am

    Yeah, CEOs and high-profile sports coaches. Hard to beat a job where the worst-case scenario is being a millionaire who just got fired.

  3. 3.

    SGEW

    September 9, 2008 at 11:49 am

    Seriously, I want one of these CEO jobs, because no matter how shitty you are, you always come out of it a multimillionaire!

    Yes. All will be smooth sailing right up until the moment you’re put up against the wall during the People’s Revolution, imperialist pig, when we hang the last capitalist by the guts of the last priest!

    /1930s Anarchist

  4. 4.

    Buck

    September 9, 2008 at 11:49 am

    Hell, in most cases they were millionaires before they got hired.

    Not that there is anything wrong with that.

  5. 5.

    jeff

    September 9, 2008 at 11:50 am

    A retro active law to be past: All Financial CEO’s and everyone in the financial world found to have lied, mismanaged, or caught stealing will be treated the same as drug dealers. ALL their holding will be confiscated and sold off. The threat of poverty might reign them in. Maybe.

  6. 6.

    JWeidner

    September 9, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    What’s wrong with you, you pinko commie? Don’t you know the free market will work these things out on it’s own?

    How will it do that? I have no fucking clue, but that’s what Republicans love to say, so it must be right. Amiright?

    RIGHT?

  7. 7.

    Dennis - SGMM

    September 9, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    Stop picking on CEO’s! Ruining a company is hard work. And what do they get for it? A few paltry millions and a lifetime of moping in their mansions and sulking on their yachts – that’s what. These CEO’s are forever excluded from the adventures faced by the growing millions of Americans when they run out of money before they run out of month. Pity them! How can a lifetime of comfort compare to the deeply moving moment when you tell your wife the you’ve lost the house or you have to tell your child that you can’t afford college? Picking on CEO’s just because they run their companies into the ground and then get paid more than most of us will make in our lives is class warfare, pure and simple.

  8. 8.

    Conservatively Liberal

    September 9, 2008 at 5:53 pm

    A retro active law to be past: All Financial CEO’s and everyone in the financial world found to have lied, mismanaged, or caught stealing will be treated the same as drug dealers. ALL their holding will be confiscated and sold off. The threat of poverty might reign them in. Maybe.

    I made sure that our young daughter and son know that these two examples you give here have made more money getting fired than our two kids will likely make in their lives.

    All for running the companies into the ground.

    This shit has been going on for years, and the outsized gains the corporate bastards have made have been made at OUR expense. I agree, if any corporate officer is found to have broken or twisted the law to line their pockets then toss their asses in jail and confiscate their holdings.

    On another note, I see oil prices are almost at $100.00 a barrel. Must be an election coming up, eh?

  9. 9.

    Sirkowski

    September 9, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    Is it bad that I wish these people would get shot in the head?

  10. 10.

    SGEW

    September 9, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    Is it bad that I wish these people would get shot in the head?

    May I direct your attention to some pamphlets I have available for your perusal?

    /1930s Anarchist

  11. 11.

    Montysano

    September 9, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    If you feel a strange sensation in your nether regions, don’t be concerned. That’s merely the Invisible Hand loosening your belt, jerking down your pants, and preparing to insert a little “correction” in your “market”. I’m told that cocoa butter helps, and that thrashing about just makes it worse. Enjoy.

    On local talk radio on the way home: “Bush and the Republicans have been pathetic on illegal immigration!” “Worse than useless.” “A disgrace.” That being the case, the wingnuts have the answer, and you know what it is……

    “Vote Republican!”

  12. 12.

    Chet

    September 9, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    That’s the parasitic CEO class for you. They serve no purpose, produce no innovation, but in many cases expect to be paid just as much as if they were the founder of the company. And they have the ultimate camouflage – the illusion that they’re integral to the functioning of a large company, even though every major decision is made below them.

  13. 13.

    JGabriel

    September 9, 2008 at 7:03 pm

    …provided his dismissal is deemed to be “without cause.”

    You know, I think when your company gets taken over by the Feds, that constitutes “cause”.

    .

  14. 14.

    Volum

    September 9, 2008 at 10:16 pm

    “Daniel Mudd has donated over $15,000.00 to the GOP since 2000.

    Richard Syron is part of the NRCC, and has donated over $22,000.00 to the GOP in 2008 alone.”

  15. 15.

    Conservatively Liberal

    September 9, 2008 at 10:59 pm

    “Daniel Mudd has donated over $15,000.00 to the GOP since 2000.

    Richard Syron is part of the NRCC, and has donated over $22,000.00 to the GOP in 2008 alone.”

    Explains it all. Paying for protection. What a racket. I wish the government could go RICO on the Republicans asses.

    Criminals. Crooks paying the political bosses to loot the system and get away with it. We are a nation in decline, and when we implode there is a chance that the rest of the world will too.

  16. 16.

    Glocksman

    September 9, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    Obama’s already on the case.

    From TPM:

    Link

    Obama said Congress explicitly gave the Treasury Department authority to block any severance packages as part of a takeover.

    “It would be a gross violation of the public trust to fail to use this authority now, while American taxpayers and American homeowners, already struggling in a weak economy, are being asked to accept an historic intervention to rescue these institutions,” he said.

    Where’s John McCain? (crickets)….

  17. 17.

    Balconespolitics

    September 10, 2008 at 12:30 am

    The numbers are oversimplified. If you look up Daniel Mudd on CQ moneyline, you’ll see that since 2001 he’s not only donated $19,500 to Republican Candidates directly, but another $26,000 to:

    Back America’s Conservatives PAC (BAC PAC)(Rep. Richard Baker, R-LA)

    American Liberty PAC (ex-Rep Robert Ney, R-OH)

    Rely On Your Beliefs Fund (Rep Roy Blunt, R-MO)

    Leadership PAC 2006 (fka Leadership PAC 2004 and 2002 and 2000)(ex-Rep Michael Oxley, R-OH)

    SUSAN B. ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUND

    NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE

    Not bad – for 46K in contributions, a 9.3 million compensation package. 200:1 payback. Sweet!

  18. 18.

    Conservatively Liberal

    September 10, 2008 at 2:11 am

    Obama’s already on the case.

    Good, and thanks for the tip! I really like this Obama guy. I hope he pushes it LOUD and clear.

    Not bad – for 46K in contributions, a 9.3 million compensation package. 200:1 payback. Sweet!

    The government will never reform itself. That is like expecting a broken glass to repair itself, it just don’t happen. As in any crime, follow the money. It will lead you to the culprits.

    As I said before, I wish the Republicans could have a RICO dropped on their asses. It really is a continuing criminal operation.

  19. 19.

    Koz

    September 10, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Yes. All will be smooth sailing right up until the moment you’re put up against the wall during the People’s Revolution, imperialist pig, when we hang the last capitalist by the guts of the last priest!

    Your aim must be awfully good if you can hit anything all the way from Rotterdam.

Comments are closed.

Primary Sidebar

On The Road - BarcaChicago  - Off the Gunflint Trail/Boundary Waters 6
Image by BarcaChicago (7/7/25)

World Central Kitchen

Donate

Recent Comments

  • Martin on Open Thread: BRICS-A-Bracket (Jul 8, 2025 @ 1:16am)
  • Geminid on Late Night Open Thread: Elon’s Latest Public Tantrum (Jul 8, 2025 @ 1:05am)
  • Redshift on Late Night Open Thread: Elon’s Latest Public Tantrum (Jul 8, 2025 @ 12:58am)
  • Geminid on Late Night Open Thread: Elon’s Latest Public Tantrum (Jul 8, 2025 @ 12:38am)
  • TurnItOffAndOnAgain on Open Thread: BRICS-A-Bracket (Jul 8, 2025 @ 12:33am)

Balloon Juice Posts

View by Topic
View by Author
View by Month & Year
View by Past Author

Featuring

Medium Cool
Artists in Our Midst
Authors in Our Midst
No Kings Protests June 14 2025

🎈Keep Balloon Juice Ad Free

Become a Balloon Juice Patreon
Donate with Venmo, Zelle or PayPal

Calling All Jackals

Site Feedback
Nominate a Rotating Tag
Submit Photos to On the Road
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Links)
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Posts)
Fix Nyms with Apostrophes

Social Media

Balloon Juice
WaterGirl
TaMara
John Cole
DougJ (aka NYT Pitchbot)
Betty Cracker
Tom Levenson
David Anderson
Major Major Major Major
DougJ NYT Pitchbot
mistermix

Keeping Track

Legal Challenges (Lawfare)
Republicans Fleeing Town Halls (TPM)
21 Letters (to Borrow or Steal)
Search Donations from a Brand

Feeling Defeated?  If We Give Up, It's Game Over

Site Footer

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Comment Policy
  • Our Authors
  • Blogroll
  • Our Artists
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2025 Dev Balloon Juice · All Rights Reserved · Powered by BizBudding Inc

Share this ArticleLike this article? Email it to a friend!

Email sent!