Iowa Senator Grassley Suggests AIG Execs Commit Seppuku

“Fall on your sword.”

MSNBC reports that while America’s rage over AIG continues to burn with righteous fury, there is at least one vocal senator who wants to step up the punishment. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa made the following exclamation regarding AIG executives:

Obviously, maybe they ought to be removed. But I would suggest the first thing that would make me feel a little bit better toward them if they’d follow the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say, I’m sorry, and then either do one of two things: resign or go commit suicide.

Who made him Shogun?

Surely AIG is in the wrong. After taking billions in federal cash advance bailout money, they gave $165 million in bonuses to executives. The government wants to tax it. Furthermore, New York Attorney General Mario Cuomo found that “AIG paid 73 employees bonuses of $1 million or more, 11 of whom are no longer there.” And don’t forget the retention bonus scandal, which AIG paid to many employees to keep them from quitting.

But honestly, Mr. Grassley. This isn’t Japan. Ninjas aren’t about to infiltrate the Federal Reserve. President Obama is not gaijin, no matter how much Alan Keyes sounds his barbaric yawp (kiai). AIG executives are on the president’s mind. He knows they are “reckless and greedy.” ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Iowa Senator Grassley Suggests AIG Execs Commit Seppuku"