Goldman Sachs Staff Buying Guns 'To Defend Themselves Against Public Uprising'

bloomberg.com:

"I just wrote my first reference for a gun permit," said a friend, who told me of swearing to the good character of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker who applied to the local police for a permit to buy a pistol. The banker had told this friend of mine that senior Goldman people have loaded up on firearms and are now equipped to defend themselves if there is a populist uprising against the bank.

Read the whole story: bloomberg.com

Comments

[pointyheadprodigy]

08:44 PM on 02/05/2010

Oh how I wish I could rant profanely here. But I will simply make the observation that these pathogenic personalities will most certainly be "Welcomed" everywhere they go for the rest of their days!! Shoot at that you chumps!!!!

[fred53]

02:05 PM on 02/04/2010

Oh great, now they can shoot back. I like a contest. What fun would it be if they didn't
shoot back. They can blast away all they want with their handguns. We'll see how
that works out against my Barret .50 at 3,000 yards. Never know where, never know
when and won't hear it coming. Enjoy your bonus's fella's

[bflaska]

11:41 AM on 12/10/2009

Former subprime lender's home targeted in home invasion robbery.

Four gunmen forced their way into the Newport Coast home of Daniel Sadek, who founded Quick Loan Funding in 2002.

"Sadek, who founded Quick Loan Funding Corp. in 2002, wrote about $4 billion in subprime mortgages and produced the action film "Redline" before the mortgage firm collapsed in 2007.

In a Times article after the film's release, Sadek was identified as the owner of several tony restaurants in Newport Beach and an avid car collector.

In an article in the September issue of Vanity Fair magazine, Sadek was ranked No. 86 on a list of 100 institutions and people most to blame for the nation's current economic woes."

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-newport-coast10-2009dec10,0,1891446.story

[nThenwhat]

05:17 PM on 12/03/2009

Great ... now instead of just robbery ... it will be ARMED robbery

[rf-hawaii]

07:41 PM on 12/02/2009

Watch out for those tea-baggers out for some target practice ...

[deepfreezevideo]

07:41 PM on 12/02/2009

The firm that is doing "God's work" has armed itself to the teeth.
Nice going, God....or is it possible that they might be thinking of another "god"...
perhaps Lucifer?

[deepfreezevideo]

07:40 PM on 12/02/2009

It would be interesting to see who ran out of ammunition first, the crooks or the angry populace.

[KOSMOCITIZEN]

06:47 PM on 12/02/2009

by doing this , in other words , they admitting they are crooks and feeling guilty.

so it is like the Robin Hood era all over again ( thousand years backwards )

[FrankenPC]

08:07 PM on 12/02/2009

I'm not saying crooks out there should take this as a challenge. I'm not saying it.

[rf-hawaii]

08:11 PM on 12/02/2009

Geez, you just reverse-Becked them.

[loki]

06:35 PM on 12/02/2009

cant say I blame them. But, the good news is that if they shoot like they manage other peoples money, the public uprisings can just throw rocks and take care of them. Id be surprised if an Ivy greeders would load a gun much less really know which end to point. At least if they took a training class at one of their ivy greed elite universities . And Id bet they are buying pretty and very costly firearms, but not ones that will protect them if they need it. Lord knows they dont deserve to be protected.

[invest in jobs]

03:44 PM on 12/02/2009

Now that Obama tacked unemployment benefits he needs to set his focus no on WALL STREET REGULATION and JOBS

good articles; http://financeopinionss.blogspot.com

[wittgene]

09:46 AM on 12/02/2009

Keep buying the guns. The tree of freedom sometimes need to be renewed by the Bl!!!d of Corporatists and Wall-Streeters!

[yourmonscalling]

04:54 AM on 12/02/2009

LOLOLOLOL >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MAKE MY DAY

[vandegrasse]

02:59 AM on 12/02/2009

I always associated handguns with one-toothed savages. Well, they aren't much different.

[FrankenPC]

08:08 PM on 12/02/2009

If you aren't using a rifle to hunt...then you are using a gun because you are a coward. Period.

[vandegrasse]

02:53 AM on 12/02/2009

Why don't they just start acting nice and stop pis sing people off. They'd be nice and safe and not have to "protect" themselves like common criminals.

[loki]

06:38 PM on 12/02/2009

I dont get the one toothed savage comment?

but as for them being nice? It will never happen. You cant reform someone who has been so brainwashed into believing that stealing billions from innocent people is a good thing. One thing is for sure. They dont have to worry about a terrorist attack on them. They are doing so much damage to the United states, the terrorist feel like they are brothers .

[rf-hawaii]

07:42 PM on 12/02/2009

They are criminals. Working on the 'common' part.

[PhilipTaylor]

01:12 AM on 12/02/2009

* Wall Street bonus pool estimate for 2009: $140 billion
* Combined budget deficit estimate for 50 states in 2010: $142 billion
* Average bonus at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS 167.71, +0.08, +0.05%) : $550,000
* US median income: $50,740
* US+FED Bailout funds to Wall Street: $1.1 trillion
* Ratio of bailout dollars for Wall Street to Small business loans: 2,933:1
* Percentage of new jobs in the economy created by small businesses during the last 15 years: 64
* Ratio of patents created at small businesses compared to corporations 13:1
* Interest on the federal debt this year: $200 billion
* Number of mortgages that are eligible to be modified by BofA: 990,628
* Total mortgages modified by BofA through Nov. 10: 136,994
* Number of bank lobbyists in Washington: 2,370
* Amount spent by financial industry lobbyists this year through Oct. 26: $334 million
* Percentage of $525,000 mortgage wiped out by NY judge who called bank's effort to foreclose on a home "harsh, repugnant, shocking and repulsive" as borrower tried for new terms: 100
* Chance of judge gets financial industry's support should he seek higher office: 0

[PhilipTaylor]

01:14 AM on 12/02/2009

* US Government Assistance to Wall Street: $23.7 Trillion