With some $10 billion bailout months ago, the bank had all the money to make more money. Moreover, with shares moving up, more profits would be in line.

Some people are already thinking what to do with the huge bonuses.
(btt1943)

I usually like your writing and can easily follow your point even though I might, in the end, disagree with your take. In this case, I think your post would benefit from a rewrite removing the references to Sarah Palin. I read the first paragraph or two looking for the tie between Taibbi and Palin. Then I started looking for the explanation of how what Taibbi did is similar to what Palin's believed to have done. Finding neither a tie between the two nor a discussion of what Palin did and how it's similar to Taibbi's article, I'm more than a little confused as to what the reference to Palin was all about. Was the intent some Mark Steyn-like pop culture quip? (If so, you should emulate Steyn more faithfully and not omit the parenthetical sentence or two explanation for the uninitiated reader.)

I can only assume that Palin has become in your circles the perfect example of someone doing something, but what that something is I've got less than a clue and no money to buy one with. Did Taibbi quit his job suddenly and unexpectedly? Does he claim some object can be seen from his state that most of the nation (absurdly) believes cannot be seen from his state? Does he say, "Ya' betcha'" too often? Is he considered incredibly good looking for his age, profession, and life experience? Does he dress like the male equivalent of a slutty flight attendant? Is she known for writing long fact-free articles? Does he (un)reasonably object to having his family the subject of late-night TV banter? Should he be considered a hypocrite because his children don't fully live up to the moral standards she sets? Does a member of your magazine's editorial staff spend too much time speculating in print about whether Taibbi's children really are his children?

From reading your post, it's clear that you believe Palin is known for reducing complex situations into narratives of good versus evil. Fine. That may be a fair charge. (Whether its fair to say she's more likely than, say, Nancy Pelosi to not allow the facts to get in the way of demagoguery, is another question.) However, since I didn't come to the party with the mental picture of Palin as the perfect example of this type of behavior, your mentioning her does not strengthen your point against Taibbi; it detracts from it. Rather than our shared understanding of Palin reinforcing the vision of why what Taibbi did is bad, my mind's spent too much time rummaging through my memory trying to recall what Palin may have said or done that's similar to your complaint with Taibbi. All I'm left with is, huh? Something doesn't fit here; it's the reference to Palin.

http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/07/matt_taibbi_gets_his_sarah_pal.php

Also, anything about Larry Summers' board positions on Revolution Credit, which was funded by the banks he was regulating?

Funny that it is very clear that everyone, indeed even I, will end up standing by as GS along with the rest of corporate america eat our country alive. Fun to speculate on the mess that we call a country is left when all is said and done.

Have you not learned how to use google either Justin?

Maybe nobody told Justin about this.....