Our first photo caption contest …
By: DIANA GOLOBAY
November 26, 2008 9:41 AM CST
The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday issued a brief and bizarre press statement: a photograph. Nothing else. Here it is:
Frankly, we’re not really sure what to make of this. So we’re asking you: what do you think Paulson is talking about here? Winner gets a one-year subscription to HousingWire Magazine.
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November 26th, 2008 10:04 am by Hank Roberts
Our numbers are Biiiiiig. And Rooooouuuunnnnddddd.
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November 26th, 2008 10:05 am by Patrick
Obviously Paulson is representin’ Bailout Boyz ‘08 by flashing the appropriate gang sign — the double ‘C’, a reference to financial conglomerate and bailout poster child Citigroup, Inc. Geithner looks on intently, as proper sign flashing will be crucial to his initiation into the Bailout Boyz gang.
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November 26th, 2008 10:16 am by Rob Dawg
“If you shave it and grease up it makes it harder for the mob to grab hold.”
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November 26th, 2008 11:36 am by Pam
Hank: So I gathered all the press in close and said to them, “all that crap I tried that failed was mostly Geithner’s ideas anyway so he can’t blame me when I’m gone.” Then I had my people spread pictures of us together and tell stories about how we’re so like minded. Good luck.
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November 26th, 2008 11:45 am by Mike Robertson
“So, I grabbed Bernanke around the neck, and said, ‘Don’t you say a word about your wife’s Victory Garden.’”
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November 26th, 2008 12:24 pm by Bill
Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered. Geithner here are the keys to the kingdom. Good luck
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November 26th, 2008 1:09 pm by sdduuuude
Managing this economy is about as fun as having a watermelon about this big shoved up your ying-yang.
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November 26th, 2008 2:26 pm by Renee Healion
“Geithner, when I got his gig, the hole we were in was only this big.Have fun.”
rheal
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November 26th, 2008 2:51 pm by Paul
So I told Santa ‘if you can get me that sweet red bicycle with the banana seat and the tassles, I’ll see what I can do about bailing out Christmas, but we’re still going to send Misfit Island to auction.’
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November 26th, 2008 3:19 pm by Tim
That idiot Greenspan’s head was this big. Maestro my a$$!
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November 26th, 2008 3:26 pm by Jesse
“The economy is about to turn around in the next 30 days and bring prosperity, real estate appreciation, and financial stability to citizens young and old. And if you believe that, I caught a fish this big in the fountain on the National Mall.”
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November 26th, 2008 4:00 pm by Lorayne McKelvy-Morris
Well, heck - he’s talking about the size of the steak he ate for lunch…
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November 26th, 2008 4:18 pm by mort fin
The quants at Goldman assure me that if I take all the toxic assets and compress them into a ball this big we will achieve a singularity, and the bad debt will leave our universe forever.
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November 26th, 2008 10:21 pm by Will Berarducci
“come on, the amount of foreclosures we have now is only about this big, ompared to the amount of foreclosures there will after I leave my post.”
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November 26th, 2008 11:54 pm by Aaron Dickinson
Armchair economics is just one of the strategies that the Treasury Department is trying to overcome the current economic crisis. Here they are trying out American Made furniture to see how it compares in performance to imports from China, which may contain ingredients harmful to our economy.
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November 27th, 2008 7:14 pm by mortgage
He is talking about getting a hold of the credit markets.
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November 29th, 2008 9:29 pm by Ryan Miller
Gee we can take all this paper we are buying and have a great bonfire and roast marshmellows!
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December 2nd, 2008 10:18 am by EMB
I’ve had so much free time during my tenure, there just hasn’t been enough to do. The accomplishment that I’m most proud is my gigantic rubber-band ball.
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December 15th, 2008 6:45 pm by Doug Stelle
Wall Street funds this much of a presidential campaign so you know where to give the rest of the TARP funds, right?
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