"Tim Geithner has no financial skills. The only reason he is there [the Treasury Secretary] is to protect Goldman Sachs."
Interview with Chris Whalen of Institutional Risk Analytics on TheStreet.com
Every empire in its official discourse has said it is not like the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest 'mission civilisatrice.' Edward W. Said
"Tim Geithner has no financial skills. The only reason he is there [the Treasury Secretary] is to protect Goldman Sachs."