[lbo-talk] "the whole of Greenwich is backing Obama"

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Thu Apr 26 15:05:31 PDT 2007



>From: "Jordan Hayes" <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com>
>
> > What do these Robin Hood hedge fund chiefs do -- accost each other
> > with bows and arrows and demand tribute?
>
>Actually the Robin Hood Foundation does a lot of good in the NYC.

How perfectly marvelous. But I think these wealthy worthies have aligned themselves with the wrong mythic hero. Robin Hood, after all, used force; he *robbed* from the rich to give to the poor. I doubt that the Robin Hood Foundation threatens rich fucks with violence. I think this foundation would more aptly be named the Lady Bountiful Society. "Lady Bountiful," originally a character in the 1707 play "The Beaux' Stratagem," is today an idiom that one source defines as "a woman who enjoys showing people how rich and kind she is by giving things to poor people." The image of rich show-off seems more fitting for these hedge fund chiefs than that of guerilla leader Robin Hood.

Carl

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