Richard Fuld, the disgraced head of Lehman Brothers, was punched in the face in the office gym amid the bank's collapse.

The Consumerist followed up on that this morning

Until I went away. And then you'd do whatever you were doing before. Except you'd probably hate me more than you did before the alley thing happened.

See, that's why you'd have to come back every day to repeat the freedom, flag and fellatio demands, and after a while people would begin to suspect you weren't just doing it for Old Glory.

Incidentally, this was exactly my guiding principle when I was a tenancy officer for public housing. Ok, there's a statement that needs explanation. I mean that there was no way to build a long-term tenant-landlord relationship by putting a gun to their head, figuratively speaking, though one of our tenancy officers did once get shot at. The American flag was in no way involved with my tenancy officer mojo.

McCain was doing some stuff that made me uncomfortable. The constant "my friends" and puttering around in the background. As a public service announcement I think people need to be warned not to make a drinking game out of "my friends", people could lose a liver.

It made me feel for him. He's so lonely! That's why he likes town hall meetings! It's the only time these days that anyone lets him tell his old war stories and reminisce about the day he bought his third house with the proceeds from his second marriage.

I figure it goes back at least in part to your revolutionary roots. Your first President was a victorious general. As were Grant and Eisenhower. Seems when you guys really like a war, someone gets moved into the Oval Office.

All generals though. I don't think military service at lower ranks helps a lot. It didn't help Kerry, I don't think it helped Gore much, Bob Dole never had a chance so it's hard to figure out there, Bush Sr. was defeated soundly by Clinton. I believe the more hawkish party benefits when terrorism is an issue. Another problem for McCain is that terrorism is way down the list of concerns right now.

Another problem for McCain is that terrorism is way down the list of concerns right now.

You know, that could be their master plan. We're not affraid of terrorism anymore because we're terrified about the economy. Genius.

Now if only McCain would pull a Howard Dean ....

All generals though.

No admirals, though - right?

Carter, Ford and Bush Sr. were in the Navy. Of course Ford was never elected. Carter served on subs - anyone know what his rank was? Bush Sr. was the youngest pilot in the Navy in WWII to serve on a carrier.

Your first President was a victorious general. As were Grant and Eisenhower. Seems when you guys really like a war, someone gets moved into the Oval Office.

Yet all three hated war and feared the influence of the military on government. Also, if we were really going to learn from history, we should have noticed that Grant presided over the most corrupt administration in the nation's history. He was innocent of the corruption, but completely clueless about politics. As a result, we had an administration under which government contracts were openly sold on the streets of Washington.

Incidentally, Washington surrendered a grand total of once in his military career, and it was to the French.

This is partly because he was a master of the strategic retreat.

You know, that could be their master plan. We're not affraid of terrorism anymore because we're terrified about the economy. Genius.

McCain can pull the greatest upset in electoral history if only he's willing to bomb AIG's headquarters.

This is partly because he was a master of the strategic retreat.

Uh-huh. What we would now call guerrilla warfare.

McCain can pull the greatest upset in electoral history if only he's willing to bomb AIG's headquarters.

Who do you think punched Richard Fuld in the face?