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sbark
03-23-2009, 02:02 PM
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Obama to Limit Pay for Wall Street, NFL, NBA, MLB (http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=3396)

by Scott Ott (ScottOtt@ScrappleFace.com) for ScrappleFace (http://www.scrappleface.com/) · 53 Comments (http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=3396#comments)

(2009-03-22) — With the debate over AIG executive bonuses nearly bringing official Washington to a standstill in the past three weeks, the Obama administration today expanded its plan to control Wall Street executive pay (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/us/politics/22regulate.html), adding provisions to limit compensation for star performers in the National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA) and Major League Baseball (MLB).
“Some of these sports stars, like AIG execs, have negotiated sweetheart deals paying them millions of dollars, and yet they lose games,” said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs. “The president shares the outrage of the American people at these obscene salaries and bonuses. There’s nothing that makes the little people feel littler than the thought of these fat cats getting fatter just because that have specialized skills that are in high demand in a free-market economy.”

note the Family Frendly Satire......
Doomsday101
03-23-2009, 02:50 PM
Government needs to stay out of sports they have enough on their plates to worry about without getting into this.
ethiostar
03-23-2009, 02:56 PM
Government needs to stay out of sports they have enough on their plates to worry about without getting into this.

:confused:

I thought it was a joke, hence the "....yet they lose games" part!
Doomsday101
03-23-2009, 02:58 PM
:confused:

I thought it was a joke, hence the "....yet they lose games" part!

This maybe is a joke however Congress already gets too involved in the world of sports where they do not belong
ShiningStar
03-23-2009, 02:58 PM
I think this article is a joke too, i hope.
CowboyWay
03-23-2009, 05:48 PM
If it brings ticket prices down, I'm all for it. Also, while he's at it, Obama should bring down the price of Grey Goose Vodka. Damn that stuff is good.
ShiningStar
03-23-2009, 05:52 PM
If it brings ticket prices down, I'm all for it. Also, while he's at it, Obama should bring down the price of Grey Goose Vodka. Damn that stuff is good.


you're kidding right?
masomenos
03-23-2009, 06:23 PM
you're kidding right?

He's not kidding, he's just drinking some Grey Goose as we speak, I would imagine. :)

To CW...

If you're a vodka drinker, try out Tito's Handmade Vodka. It's distilled in Austin but it's pretty widely distributed. There's no elegant bottle, the label is just dull paper, but it may be the smoothest vodka that you ever try. It is absolutely unbeatable for the price. Try it out, seriously.
TheCount
03-23-2009, 06:36 PM
lol, you guys kill me. Would it really kill you to click the link and read the article yourselves before posting? ;)

Anyway, pretty funny article, if that were the case, the Lions entire next season would be on the house.

I like this one better: http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=3404

But I'm not sure if it's racist. :eek:
jrumann59
03-23-2009, 06:56 PM
If it brings ticket prices down, I'm all for it. Also, while he's at it, Obama should bring down the price of Grey Goose Vodka. Damn that stuff is good.

Once tobacco is gone alcohol is next on the hit list for higher taxes.
trickblue
03-24-2009, 09:14 AM
He's not kidding, he's just drinking some Grey Goose as we speak, I would imagine. :)

To CW...

If you're a vodka drinker, try out Tito's Handmade Vodka. It's distilled in Austin but it's pretty widely distributed. There's no elegant bottle, the label is just dull paper, but it may be the smoothest vodka that you ever try. It is absolutely unbeatable for the price. Try it out, seriously.

Tito's is excellent... and affordable...

If I'm not mistaken it has won the world's best vodka award two years running...
sbark
03-24-2009, 09:30 AM
I think this article is a joke too, i hope.

:) my last sentence was "family friendly satire"........the entire Scrappleface blog is satiracle
masomenos
03-24-2009, 12:39 PM
Tito's is excellent... and affordable...

If I'm not mistaken it has won the world's best vodka award two years running...

I wouldn't be surprised at all, the stuff is just outstanding.
trickblue
03-24-2009, 01:21 PM
I wouldn't be surprised at all, the stuff is just outstanding.

It's the smoothest drinking straight vodka there is... imo...