MaryC3's Comments (83)

“I am so sorry to hear the news about Bryant Gumbel's cancer, and I wish him and his family all the best. I have always been a big fan of Bryant Gumbel. I have missed his presence and talents on the Today show. I find him to be an excellent interviewer, and I also enjoy his wit. I plan to keep Bryant in my thoughts and prayers.

I had lung cancer surgery to remove a tumor and part of a lung in 2000. Like Bryant, I discovered the cancer through an x-ray in a checkup. I was not feeling ill, and I had quit smoking ten years earlier. I required follow-up chemo, but the upshot is, here I am, fine, almost ten years later.

Bryant was correct when he noted this morning that cancer treatments have improved. I know he will get great treatment, as I did, and I hope some of my good luck rubs off on him too.”

“KImberly Munley is an American heroine. I pray for her speedy recovery.

Huge Thanks to her, no way to express my gratitude to her fully in words really...I am sure that I speak for everyone who loves America.

She undoubtedly saved many lives by stopping this madman yesterday. I am very thankful that she herself survived this atrocity.”

“Very, very weird that EFisher did not just simply thank Rosie for her longtime support and her enthusiastic mentions of the clothing line. ????

I am surprised that EFisher has not responded on this story.
I doubt that if it is helpful to her business with any "demographic."

Rosie, You had me checking them out at one point and I liked the line too, but the pricing of the EF clothes always was a little too high for many of us. Hah!”

“I think this story has the potential to have a happy ending.
I hope that both of these men will at some point share with all of us the lessons they have learned.
Cheers!”

“What a terrible tragedy!
It is hard to imagine what may have provoked it. The man must have snapped. Maybe mental illness factored in.
My thoughts and prayers go out to both families.”

“Great idea Ted!

Do it as soon as possible taking into account your children's need of course.

Don't forget the urgency of now. We really do need more people like you in public life.”

“I think that it is a absolute shame that this convicted terrorist has been released. The families of the victims have every right to be outraged. People serve more time in NY for minor drug offenses.

So far, the White House response has been tepid. Is their statement of "regret" the best they can do? That is a weak statement out of D.C.

I realize Scotland is another country, but c'mon?? Many Americans died. It is just plain wrong in any language to let this mass murderer walk.”

“How did he answer Greenspan's question about his motivation? Why did he do this anyway? He certainly knew better. His lending behaviors were totally irrational.

For a book deal?”

“CNBC is more and more the voice of Wall Street and Big Business with seemingly little or no awareness of Main Street, or how people on Main Street are being squeezed and what we are thinking and saying out here in the real world.
We are looking for simple fairness out here, CNBC guys, not more of those yachts forever docked in Miami & Ft Lauderdale with GeorgeTown, Virgin Islands, painted on them as their home port.
And, another pet peeve, puhleeze (!) no more nonsense from CNBC in support of "talent retention" bonuses at Citi, AIG etc. after the taxpayer has had to pay out literally BILLIONS of dollars to keep companies afloat. We can find this kind of talent on any street corner in Atlantic City.
I know, I know, your own department in such and such bank made money the old -fashioned way etc., but that is not the point. The management of these companies allowed crazy business practices in some product areas, the financial stability of the companies blew up, and they are now basically on government life support. It is far from business as usual now.
We just want fairness in corporate and individual taxes and executive and employee compensation.”

“Is this column actually supposed to be considered amusing?
Give me a break.
What kind of water is Ms. Perry drinking anyway?
I am not in the least bit interested in this kind of stereotypical stuff, and I am somewhat surprised to see this on HuffPo.”

“I understand that many of these late fees and card interest rates fees have been hiked. Another issue is that interest rates for savers are at lows.
You could get a 4% cd in the fall of 2008 for a year cd. No more. Lucky if you can get a little over 2% for a 1 year cd. Money markets are also in the 2% range now, many are less than 2%. Pretty darn low rates for savers, and many of us want to save because of the uncertainties created by the financial crisis.
The bank gets to keep the Tarp, the rising late fees, the revised interest rates on credit cards, revised for any number of reasons, and the additional interest, now lost, that the customer used to get.
It does not sound like a good deal for the consumer/customer in any way.”

“Sour grapes for sure! Plus, maybe these folks have not heard b the recession yet?”

“Just too funny. Colbert is just hilarious. Cheers for Colbert!”

“I thought David Axelrod and Rahm E. sounded and looked totally exhausted last night also.”

“One question: Why would somebody with a great education and work history like Jake De Santis choose to be working for absolutely NO salary?

It is a very strange job to accept. Why NO salary at all? I do not get it.

At my company our bonuses depend on the performance of the whole company, then the unit etc. But everybody has a SALARY???”

“Hi Mark,

FYI, We have all begun to notice that some Wall Street people had huge dollar incentives to take insane risks with stockholder's moneys and the economy. And apparently had no downside risk in some cases.

Now our money as taxpayers money is at risk also.

Wall Street sold many middle class people the 401 K product as a safe invest-for-retirement device. Now we find they were using it as a casino chip in some cases.

We want some transparency Mark. Yes we do.”

“Let's look into the whole AIG bailout, not just the ridiculous bonuses.

Tell all of us more about why AIG gets billions to give to Goldman, Merrill, other foreign banks.

What are these "complex" derivatives, spell it out more clearly for us, why no regulation ..do we have regulation now?”

“Good luck and prayers from me to Don Imus.
As a cancer survivor (lung cancer surgery, 2000) , I do know that it is very unreal and disorienting to first hear one's diagnosis. Don, if you are reading these comments, maybe you could take a couple days off if you feel like it. I know it's not your style, but who cares?
Don, you've devoted so much of your life to helping kids with cancer that I know you will be able to handle your own situation as they do theirs. Hearing you tell some of the ranch children's stories on the radio was always inspirational.
Take care of yourself and do enjoy your family.”

“Yes, show us these airtight bonus "contracts." Most corporate bonuses are tied to some sort of performance goals. Obviously AIG met nobody's standard of acceptable performance.”

“A very bad move for Nickelodeon. They may want to rethink their position.”

“Photo is nice, but I would not even recognize it as Drew B either. Strange.”

“Whoopi is the one I am watching, then Joy. They are so funny when they get going. Just love them.”

“All I have to say is that Michelle Obama's eggplant dress by Narciso Rodriguez looked absolutely beautiful on her.

She looks wonderful in that color. She was perfectly stunning that night. Loved the dress, and love Michelle O.”

“Yes. ?uestlove of The Roots is a fun twitterer to follow.
I would definitely recommend him.
He is really very amusing and twitters on a very regular basis.”

“Hey.

These guys did put together some heck of an art collection, no?

It's sort of a shame it all has to be split up.”