March 18, 2008
The One You Call Daddy Ain’t Your Pa
I’m a big fan of Jules Styne and was reminded of his song, A Little Girl from Little Rock, during the recent Spitzer affair:
In her Park Avenue penthouse
She’s sophisticated and smart,
But a town down in the Ozarks
Is where she got her start.She’s just a little girl from Little Rock
Who lived on the wrong side of the tracks,
But a gentleman took her out one night,
And after he taught her wrong from right,
She moved to the right side of the tracks.Then someone broke her heart in Little Rock,
And she up and left old Arkansas.
Like a little lost lamb she roamed about,
She came to New York and she found out,
The one you call Daddy ain’t your pa.She was young and determined,
She was wined and dined and ermine’d,
Every night opportunity would knock.And some of these days in her fancy clothes,
She’s-a goin’ back home and thumb her nose
At the one who done her wrong,
The one who done her wrong,
The one who done her wrong in Little Rock.For a kid from a small street
She did very well in Wall Street,
Although she never owned a share of stock.And now that she’s known in the biggest banks,
She’s-a goin’ back home and give her thanks
To the one who done her wrong,
The one who done her wrong,
The one who done her wrong in Little Rock.
March 18th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Hey chairman, this is a general comment not related to your love of broadway tunes…are you getting rid of that Obama thingy now? Do you really believe that over 20 years he didn’t know about the hate filled rhetoric of his minister? He is lyin to you bro, shocking, shocking.
March 19th, 2008 at 6:51 am
charles: Don’t be taken in by the “bad company” fallacy … guilt by association is one of the weaker angles of attack (but don’t tell that to the guys who write the WSJ editorial page).
March 19th, 2008 at 10:55 am
ok, I will try not to be “taken in” and thanks for the advice about that “weak” argument. I will be more careful next time…oh, and by the way, I feel better now, looking at that little Obama icon, knowing that you have not been taken in… ( :
March 19th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Chairman, Obviously these days you are spending most of your time with your dear subscribers and it makes us all jealous..
March 19th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Reza: My dear 50+ subscribers take a bit of my time but at the moment I am busy with other stuff (now is the “peak season” of my pro bono consulting work) and I’ve been neglecting the blog, it’s true. I recommend that you become a dear subscriber to keep in closer touch. :)
March 20th, 2008 at 12:05 am
Hi. I am interested in subscribing. Are you still taking new subscribers, perhaps starting April?
Where can I find how your stock picks did?
March 20th, 2008 at 6:27 am
donald: I tried to send you an email, but that address doesn’t work… can you email me the correct one?