Danny Schechter - ColdType

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In the aftermath of his company’s collapse, Deal Maker
magazine reported:
Lest we forget, it’s not just “masters of the universe” who
suffered when Lehman went down last week. DealBreaker
has informed us that Bella, the Lehman Brothers guard dog,
is also now out of a job – and a home. Would the Fed have
let Lehman fail if they knew that there was a puppy at stake?
Would they? We think not, because everyone loves dogs
more than people.
A year after Lehman’s fall, Dick Fuld, once known as “the
gorilla of Wall Street” was still not willing to answer questions
from the press. London’s Telegraph reported his hard-line
response to the issues that were raised:
“You know what, people are saying all sorts of crap and it’s a
shame that they don’t know the truth, but they’re not going
to get it from me ... I’ve been pummelled, I’ve been dumped
on, and it’s all going to happen again. I can handle it. You
know what, let them line up … You know what, my mother
loves me. And you know what, my family loves me and I’ve
got a few close friends who understand what happened and
that’s all I need.”