12 June 2012

We All Like Sheep


Dear Dr. Bones,

¡Baaaaaah!


I beg your pardon,sir, that kind of just blursted out.  Mustabeen a ‘seizure’, Eye guesses.

But seriously,

Anatomy of a Scott Brown Fundraiser (a.k.a. How Wall Street Gets Its Way)
progressmass | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 11:34 AM EST
Some of the local monied interests behind Brown laid bare. Of course, even larger sums are accessible in New York. Excellent research. - promoted by Bob_Neer

We all know that Republican Scott Brown is one of Wall Street’s favorite members of Congress. &c. &c. &c.  ( ... )

... [1] Chairman of Litle & Co., a payment processing company ... [2] investor who headed Noble Partners hedge fund, before it went under in 2009 due to “poor performance” ... [3] General Partner and Chairman of Windspeed Ventures, a private equity investment firm ... [4] lawyer from Sullivan & Worcester, focusing on corporate finance and investment management ... [4] managing director of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney ... [5] Partner and co-founder of Clough Capital Partners, a global investment management firm ... [6] “retired venture capitalist and former partner with TA Associates [private equity firm] and a co-founder of M/C Venture Partners [private equity firm]” ... [7] Chairman, CEO, and co-founder of Clough Capital Partners, a global investment management firm ... [8] Managing Director and Co-Founder of General Catalyst Partners, a venture capital firm ... [9] Managing Partner and Founder of Watermill Group, a private equity firm ... [10] President & CEO of Litle & Co., a payment processing company.... [11] Managing Director of Gemini Investors ... co-founder of Boston Scientific medical device firm ... [12] Chairman of Nordblom Company, a real estate investment firm ... [13] CEO, Chairman, and Director of New Boston Real Estate Investment Funds. (You may recognize Rappaport as the 2002 Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts spurned by Mitt Romney in favor of Kerry Healey.) ... [14] CEO of Putnam Investments.

Hmm. Fourteen of ’em at table for the Lost Supper, now impertinently rediscovered.  Fifteen if one counts The People’s Seat™warmer, which, however, I think one definitely should not. The horses-for-Missy kind of newvoe-reach affectation should not blind us to the fact that Senator Fratboy is no Classmate of such titanic firstlords as these. Never was, never gonnabe.

Speaking of ‘14’, ¿Do you remember how M. Clemenceau reacted to Perfesser Wilson’s notorious little list with "¡But the Good Lord Himself had only had Ten Points!"?   Or Twelve Apostles to dinner, as the case may be.

But Eye digresses.

That runinous anatomy is only FYI background filler, now we get to the goodstuff:

[new] Laughable

I know a bunch of these people, and they are all very successful. But many a[re] tremendous civic leaders in the Boston area and in their local communities. If I had the money to attend, I would. These are some very nice people.

You think Warren doesn’t have a similar list, perhaps even more Wall Street and out-of-state than Brown’s?

Please, spare me.

bostonshepherd @ Mon 11 Jun 8:00 PM

[new] If you know those people...

…that says a lot about the circles you travel in, not that there’s anything wrong with that per se as long as we acknowledge the context. If you can find a similar list for EW let us know, but we’ve had posts about “the Goldman Sachs primary” and “the JP Morgan primary” which if I recall correctly were both unanimous for Brown.

christopher @ Mon 11 Jun 8:31 PM
[new] You know nothing about me
and the circles I travel in. But that’s ok. I like that reputation.


bostonshepherd @ Mon 11 Jun 11:16 PM


Union bosses don’t funnel money.

Just like corporations, unions are required to have PACs, which are contributed to voluntarily.

As for knowing about you I was just going by what you said. Of course if you followed the example of many of us and used a version of your name as your handle we might know more about you.

christopher @ Tue 12 Jun 12:11 AM

If you are interested in the unionthug angle,


Dr. Bones, you will have to examine the Urtext in full. I recommend you do so in any case, for what we have here would be a noteworthy jewel in the forehead of the Blue Class Group, did it not come from elsewhere in the first place.

Despite all the other fun in the funhouse, Paddy and Eye find ourselves operating entirely in ovine mode this morning

Do shepherds worry that their sheep know too little about them?

(( fold here ))

Such tender concern seems highly improbable to Paddy McWoolite and Eye,






Happy days.
--JHM

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