Thursday, January 19, 2006
My humbling brush with greatness
3 Comments:
By 
spd rdr, at
Thu Jan 19, 01:05:00 PM:
I don't know why you'd be embarassed about being polite to somebody...even if you hate his guts.
By TigerHawk, at
Thu Jan 19, 02:11:00 PM:
I'm pretty much just goofing. But there's a small point in there somewhere about our reduced willingness to confront in person.
By Cardinalpark, at
Thu Jan 19, 02:23:00 PM:
For what its worth, I used to work for the new Gov Corzine as did TH's very close friend and business partner. He is in fact a pretty self effacing guy, not terribly articulate, and a little uncomfortable in public.
He was in his working days though a huge risktaker and moneymaker. He put Goldman on the path to becoming a public company, which enriched him immeasurably more than he already was. Then he was run out of Goldman because his risktaking on LongTerm Capital nearly cost the Firm its opportunity to get public.
Not bad for a humble fella from Illinois. I don't agree with him on very much (and would note he has an embarrassing recent history in his private life), but would simply say America's an amazing country.
