Daily Archives: January 20, 2009

Us and the Bankers

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I wouldn’t be surprised if the U.S. Government ACQUIRED, NATIONALIZED and OPERATED the big banks at some time in the near future. There are 10,000 people running the financial institutions and who are considered traders. They all were selling while the rest of America was watching our new President speak and hoping for a better day.

Talk about a disconnect. Talk about being outside of the rest of the world’s mindset. Talk about two realities.

BUT the banks are being saved by our MONEY. They had better get wise soon. They had better start to believe in our future and have confidence in our system. I am being serious when I say that I can see a day when the U.S. Government takes over and manages banks because their management has LOST THE CONFIDENCE of our political leaders.

Bold Face Names

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I have to name drop a bit because part of the fun of the weekend was meeting folks that you would never have the chance to speak with in an informal setting.

So to begin so far this weekend, I have had the chance to meet and talk to:

  • Our new First Lady. She is a charming, warm and friendly person with more energy and passion than you can imagine. We were star struck and we insisted on a photo opportunity;
  • Larry David from Curb Your Enthusiasm. Who knew he was a huge NBA and NHL fan? We chatted a bit about Gilbert Arenas. He is droll and taller than you would expect;
  • Ari Emanuel. He gave me a huge hug and a high five;
  • Ben Affleck. We know each other a bit and he was very warm, very happy and told me to give a kiss to my daughter;
  • John King of CNN. He is a very savvy guy who gets the blogosphere and loves the Wizards;
  • Tim Geithner. I asked him to wire me a trillion dollars stat;
  • Spike Lee. He was mad that the Wizards beat the Knicks on Friday night. We talked movies;
  • David Gregory. He is a tall man with dance moves and a fun personality;
  • Jerry Yang. We go way back to his founding of Yahoo.

And on and on.

Yesterday was an amazing day. Washington DC is the epicenter now of power, glitz and money. It is an amazing time now to live and work here in the Nation’s Capital.

Take the Two Points, Say Thank You

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I watched the game on TV then listened to the end and OT in our car in the parking lot of the Kennedy Center on our way to a MLK Day celebration courtesy of Georgetown University and John Thompson.

I think 2:00 pm games are odd, just a weird body clock start time and a sluggish game.

But we will take the two points and coupled with a Boston OT loss, we are now eight points out of the Eastern Conference lead. It is amazing that we play yet again tonight against Ottawa and then the team – except for Alex Ovechkin - gets to rest up and heal during the All-Star break. Then we can focus as we sprint to the end of the season.

It is great to see Alex lead the NHL in goals scored and to join Peter Bondra and Mike Gartner as the only Caps with four 30 goal seasons and his OT winner was accomplished after a wonderful pass from Alex Semin with the Islanders short handed yet again. I think Alex scored twice last night with Brendan Witt in the box and the Islanders scored against us with Alex Ovechkin in the box. True synergy. Witt is now minus 28 for the year and is minus 7 in his last two games against us.

The tables sure have turned in our battles against the Islanders. As a young adult and a Caps fan, the Islanders were always a team that scared me and were a true nemesis to us during the years.