"It Wasn't Me!"

"I don't know who did it, but it wasn't me!"

What a great defense. O.J. used it & it worked. Why, he's still combing the alley on Rockingham Way for clues, even from the jail cell I'm sure (cough, cough)... so why shouldn't Chris Dodd give it a try. That's Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd from Connecticut where AIG just happens to call home to one of it's largest offices. Christopher Dodd, AIG’s largest single recipient of campaign donationsin 2008. It's not like Dodd has a dog in this race (gotta get rid of this pesky cough!).

Nevertheless, Dodd is not taking a mia colpa for the amendment his committee wrote that specifically protected bonuses for AIG execs but is blaming "someone else", as yet unidentifed, who rewrote this amendment to include an addendum that provides an exception for contractually obligated bonuses agreed on before Feb. 11, 2009.

So now, much as O.J. is seeking out the murderer of his late wife - Dodd is seeking to levy a redemption tax against these bonuses - in an effort to protect the interest of "We the People".

Once again, may I just say, "Thank you so much" to our Congress. And I'm sure while you are levying that tax you will be reminded that in the Omnibus bill you didn't forget to give yourselves a raise while the rest of us are struggling. Maybe you are considering a redemption tax on that raise - or perhaps saying "No" the raise is wrong and NOT in the interest of "the people we were elected to serve".

~ I'm just sayin'!