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Barney Frank

  1. the bonus buster
    Andrew Cuomo Will Write Letters to Bank of America Until He Can No Longer Hold PensAndrew Cuomo is indefatigable!
    By Jessica Pressler
  2. fools on the hill
    Representative Michael Capuano Rocked Today’s CEO HearingsIf you missed the six-hour CEO hearing on the Hill today, this is the only part you really need to see.
    By Jessica Pressler
  3. the greatest depression
    Barney Frank to Haul TARP Recipients to Washington for Major SassingThe House Financial Services Committee chair is having the heads of bailed-out banks to Washington for a little chat.
    By Jessica Pressler
  4. the jet set
    Citigroup Continues to Bungle PR on Jet PurchaseFirst they were buying a new jet to save them several million dollars, now they are spending several million dollars to NOT buy it. Jeez Louise.
    By Jessica Pressler
  5. inaugur-nation!
    Barney Frank, Stand-up CongressmanHe’s a laugh a minute!
    By Jada Yuan
  6. the greatest depression
    Lawmakers Promise to Behave As Bailout Talks ResumeBailout talks resume after a ‘glitch.’
    By Jessica Pressler
  7. early and awesome
    Bill O’Reilly Excoriates His Fellow Conservative Radio Hosts As ‘Kool-Aid’–Drinking IdiotsIn a radio tirade, the ‘Factor’ host shoots off some not-so-friendly fire.
    By Chris Rovzar
  8. in other news
    ‘Out’ Magazine Releases Power List, Underestimates ‘Times’ GaietyThis year’s reckoning of the most powerful homosexuals in America includes the usual suspects, like Ellen DeGeneres, Barney Frank, and Jann Wenner
  9. intel
    Don Imus and Other Great Moments in Bigoted Slurs And so the “nappy-headed hos” remark has cost Don Imus his job. The final denouement, which came with CBS Radio’s canning the I-Man last night, a day after MSNBC dropped the simulcast of his show, has seemed inevitable for most of the week, as protests had intensified, advertisers had balked, and the great and august Ana Marie Cox had announced she would never again deign to appear on such a juvenile broadcast. (Cox first gained fame as the editor of Wonkette, where she was known for her anal-sex jokes.) But it has not always been thus; many, many public figures have uttered bigoted slurs and lived to tell the tale. After the jump, a look back at some Great Moments in Bigoted Slurs.