Ed McMahon Trumped by The Donald

I want to get this right out into the open; I have always liked “The Donald.” Donald Trump’s style has always appealed to me. His ability to convince everyone around him that everything he does is fantastic; the best, world class, has struck a nerve with the salesman inside of me. Conversely, everyone that comes out against Donald is a loser, an A-hole, or the dumbest person he has ever had the unfortunate pleasure of meeting.

Now that I have that out of the way, Donald, WTF are you thinking buying Ed McMahon’s house? For those of you that don’t know, Ed McMahon fell behind on his mortgage payments to of all lenders…Countrywide, and they began foreclosure proceedings against the 85 year old former professional side-kick.

To make it worse, Donald doesn’t even know Ed McMahon so it’s not like he is doing a buddy a solid by helping him out. This is a publicity stunt. If it wasn’t, then you would have helped a bunch of working class stiffs who were losing their homes and kept it on the down low.

While I am thinking of it, maybe you have, but it doesn’t matter because this one really does stink and far out-weighs any good you might have done! If you could just say that you know Ed and you where trying to help him out, it would make this story so much easier to swallow. If you would have kept the deal quite, that would have been great. But no, this thing is splashed all over every story starved paper and website this weekend.

But there will be another headline grab soon enough. It’s the one where you throw Ed out on his ass for not paying. Mark my words, it WILL happen. Then Ed will be a loser, an A-hole, and one of the dumbest people you ever had the unfortunate pleasure of meeting.

Jerry Yang’s Salary $1 - Yahoo Paid Too Much!

So Jerry Yang’s salary is a dollar huh? Too much! I mean what was the point? What was Yahoo’s point to bringing back a founder that was known more for the tech side of the business than the business side of the business? Now you are going to see a blood letting on August 1st, the day of the shareholders meeting where Carl Icahn is submitting his own slate.

But let us talk about the paltry sum of $1 in salary, Mr. Yang is still a multi-billionaire who owns 3.9% of Yahoo and will still walk away (again) a rich man. In the meantime his shareholders are feeling worse then the Pope that got poisoned and I am supposed to feel good about the $1 salary? That’s the biggest scam in accounting since back-dating! Pay yourself a dollar so you pay no Federal taxes, take options and bonuses instead which are taxed much more favorably to both the giver and the receiver. I mean Christ, start a foundation why don’t you? Or maybe Bill and Melinda are still accepting donations.

The point to my rant on Mr. Yang is this; he was not the man for the job…Donald Trump could have been the man for the job, Jack Welch could have been the man for the job, Carly Fiorina would have been great.

Know Why?

Because Yahoo needs a mouth piece, someone to get out there and make some waves. Someone that can sell the program to the employees and the stockholders and the valley. I watch CNBC ALL DAY everyday and I have swore I heard a mouse fart before I heard anything come out of Jerry Yang’s head…not even an effing sneeze from this guy. But the sun is setting on Yahoo and Mr. Yang should make sure to keep very little in the way of personal belongings in the office….it gets awkward when security has to wait for you to pack your crap and get out!