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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:02:22 -0800, "Capt. JG"
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:36:26 -0800, "Capt. JG"
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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:48:22 -0800, "Capt. JG"
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One of the other things that needs to be done is to jettison some of
the
career regulators who seem to think their job is to go out and do
all
manner
of good deeds for "consumers" instead of focusing on the financial
health
of
the institutions they're supposed to be regulating. Sheila Bair and
Julie
Williams come immediately to mind.


Not familar with these people.

Sheila Bair engineered the intended takeover of Wachovia by Citibank
for
peanuts plus government assistance. A week later, before contracts
could
be
prepared, BOA came in and offered far more without government
assistance,
and bought the bank.

Julie Williams is General Counsel, and from time to time acting head,
of
the
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the agency that regulates
nationally chartered banks. She has for several years been pushing the
idea
that the OCC's job is to cut off telemarketers, online pharmacies and
companies that sell tobacco products over the internet from access to
the
banking system, and generally to do good deeds for consumers. She
would
be
better advised to have her examiners focusing on their banks' assets.


Interesting...

You are too easily lead - or mislead.



Why do you say that? If I had time, I'd look them up. It's easy to do, I
just don't care that much. I'm assuming there's some truth in Dave's post.
I
tend to filter out the obvious right-leaning stuff.


Good Lord!



Seriously though... we know the right-wing agenda... obstructionism, refusal
to face the facts, distortion, etc. So, there's no point in getting to
worked up about it. The right is going looney over having lost big time in
the last election. They can't get over Obama's cool and calm demeaner. If
Dave decides to follow that approach, e.g., distorting facts about a couple
of people (and aren't they hold-overs?.. never checked), it's no big deal,
and it will be obvious at some point.

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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:44:12 -0800, "Capt. JG"
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I would be Good Jonathan.. You would be Good Salty.. Dave would be Good
Dave.. Lloyd Bridges would be Good Lloyd. lol

Most memorable and repeated line from Lloyd:
"And then it happened!"
Then a commercial followed.
Sea Hunt. Usually his leg got tangled in kelp.
Very exciting. Not.
But I guess when you say something enough, somebody will remember it.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:44:12 -0800, "Capt. JG"
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I would be Good Jonathan.. You would be Good Salty.. Dave would be Good
Dave.. Lloyd Bridges would be Good Lloyd. lol

Most memorable and repeated line from Lloyd:
"And then it happened!"
Then a commercial followed.
Sea Hunt. Usually his leg got tangled in kelp.
Very exciting. Not.
But I guess when you say something enough, somebody will remember it.

--Vic


I always liked that show as a kid. It got me interested in Scuba... I still
do that from time to time.

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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:57:16 -0800, "Capt. JG"
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(and aren't they hold-overs?.. never checked)

They're pretty much permanent beltway fixtures. Sheila Bair was among
those
mentioned by the Great Mentioner as possible candidates for Treasury
Secretary in the Obama administration. I suspect her little adventure with
Wachovia put the damper on that.



During the Bush administration?

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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:57:16 -0800, "Capt. JG"
said:

(and aren't they hold-overs?.. never checked)

They're pretty much permanent beltway fixtures. Sheila Bair was among
those
mentioned by the Great Mentioner as possible candidates for Treasury
Secretary in the Obama administration. I suspect her little adventure with
Wachovia put the damper on that.



So, a quick look reveals:

Sheila Bair - She was appointed to the post for a five-year term on June 26,
2006.

Julie Williams - She became Acting Comptroller on October 14, 2004.

Both Bush-era employees....

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
easolutions...
I always liked that show as a kid. It got me interested in Scuba... I
still do that from time to time.

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I liked Sea Hunt, Flipper, and anything else that had boats in it. But my
favorite was Diver Dan. Loved the gangster fish that had a ciggie hanging
out of his mouth. Did Diver Dan get his boot stuck in a giant clam in nearly
every episode, or is it just that it made such an impression on my toddler
brain?

"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
news

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
easolutions...
I always liked that show as a kid. It got me interested in Scuba... I
still do that from time to time.

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I liked Sea Hunt, Flipper, and anything else that had boats in it. But my
favorite was Diver Dan. Loved the gangster fish that had a ciggie hanging
out of his mouth. Did Diver Dan get his boot stuck in a giant clam in
nearly every episode, or is it just that it made such an impression on my
toddler brain?



I used to watch that show before I took the bus to my grade school. I think
you're about right. I loved that show too. There was a big barracuda. Was
that the gangster fish?

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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:28:16 -0800, "Capt. JG"
said:

They're pretty much permanent beltway fixtures. Sheila Bair was among
those
mentioned by the Great Mentioner as possible candidates for Treasury
Secretary in the Obama administration. I suspect her little adventure
with
Wachovia put the damper on that.



During the Bush administration?

Yep. Permanent beltway fixtures don't much care which party won the
election
as long as it doesn't throw them out of work.


I don't believe that they could be classified as permanent... I seem to
recall Williams from a 60 Minutes show? She seemed pretty good.

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
easolutions...
"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
news

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
easolutions...
I always liked that show as a kid. It got me interested in Scuba... I
still do that from time to time.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

I liked Sea Hunt, Flipper, and anything else that had boats in it. But my
favorite was Diver Dan. Loved the gangster fish that had a ciggie hanging
out of his mouth. Did Diver Dan get his boot stuck in a giant clam in
nearly every episode, or is it just that it made such an impression on my
toddler brain?



I used to watch that show before I took the bus to my grade school. I
think you're about right. I loved that show too. There was a big
barracuda. Was that the gangster fish?

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Ya, the barracuda and his sidekick/henchman -- a trigger fish, I think.

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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I don't believe that they could be classified as permanent... I seem to
recall Williams from a 60 Minutes show? She seemed pretty good.

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Ya, they can't be permanent -- they'll die of something, sooner or later.