
Why, if I’m not mistaken, this is the first recycled picture on LOLFed. Don’t blame me (even though I believe I made the first one as well), blame Hammerin’ Hank for spending all his time trying to leave the economy in utter ruin and not posing for seductive photographs that would make my job a lot easier. C’mon, twenty minutes at your local Glamour Shots. Ten pictures of you looking like you’ve just discovered a dead body would float this site for WEEKS. No? Well screw you, cueball, I’ll just keep re-using the same six pictures of you, forever.
Short story, Hank will be using some of his newfound powers to purchase stock in banks. Long story, Hank will be using some of his newfound powers to purchase stock in banks. This is the first time such measures have been taken since the Great Depression (not so great, akshully), which should work wonders in silencing those naysaying 60% of Americans who say we’re heading into another one.
Here’s a tip for you, Hank: LEHMQ might look like a fantastic deal, but I have inside sources that tell me that bank isn’t doing very well. You didn’t hear that from me, if anyone asks.


alyx // Oct 10, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Maybe this weekend I’ll make a HANK PAULSON DOESN’T CHANGE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS for ytmnd.
LOLFED » Paulson To Buy Up Bank Stocks Like They’re Going Out Of Style (Dunecat Edition) // Oct 10, 2008 at 6:57 pm
[...] Long rumored and finally spelled out: Hammerin’ Hank Paulson is going to go ahead and use part of that $700 billion we gave him to do some direct investments in banks (aka “nationalization” in weaksauce form; see Jason’s post below). [...]
Political Animal // Oct 13, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Bailout 2.0…
Bailout 2.0 From the WSJ: “The U.S. government is expected to take stakes in nine of the nation’s top financial institutions as part of a new plan to restore confidence to the battered U.S. banking system, a far-reaching effort that……