Thanks for keeping the spin machine in check; I'm so god-damned busy sending out Anniversary cards, its a relief to know that you're still the best at dealing with the muckrakers!
Yes, I know that its disappointing that you haven't gotten a piece of any of the millions in retainer fees that have flowed into those other law firms over the past week. What can I say? Well, you know what I have to say, but I'm not going to put it into writing! Ha!
My little gal pal Erin A. tells me that her agent now has five different groups, including that crazy bastard Weinstein, all bidding on her new story line that one of them says should be titled: "Konigsberg Cabal".
Please call Erin and tell her that its important to maintain the brand name, and not to let anyone dilute the brand We don't want to read about how our mark was sold at an auction twenty years from now for a lousy $2000! This is very important. Also, tell her to stay away from Weinstein.
Sure, Markopolos and those other conspiracy nuts might suggest there was a cabal of sorts, consisting of at least half a dozen ("if not more"), who were "far from blinded by greed", but with eyes wide open, they perpetuated the billion dollar piggy bank from which they each profited for years.
The suggestion that I was the ?mastermind? seems like bullsh*t to them when considering the division of cash over the years. Ruth has been kvetching about the same thing for years, trust me!
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Je Jeff P. His ?cash in? was how much? I actually don't remember, but I've got a call in to Jodi to pull the deposit slips. Let?s say it was $100mil..or even $200mil?people are asking why would I send him $6 billion over two+ decades?? They're saying he's the guy that masterminded the whole thing. Good thing that dead men tell no lies, right? Or at least, good thing that they think he's really dead. Ha.
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Carl? He put in how much at the outset? $20 million?...and he took out over a bil over the years!!...Yes, I know it look like he got clipped for 250 big ones at the closing bell. Big deal! But, why he would write a check for $650 million to ?settle? with Irv, and deprive all of his heirs from inheriting a family fortune? That's his problem, not mine. But, with a son-in-law like Dopamine, if I were him, I'd torch the cash in the fireplace first!
Paulie? OK, so, maybe he's an expert in duplicitous accounting. I think that's a harsh thing to say, even if he always made us laugh whenever he did those 3-card monty tricks at our dinners. Remember those? Ha. Great times!
And sure, he was part of the club (I hate the word "cabal"!) with S.M., Mikey Beans, and Frank, and was tied to the teet for more than 30 years. But suggesting that "he was COO Jeff, who was more like Vito Corleone, while I was playing the role of Sonny"; it just doesn't seem fair.
4.On the topic of consiglieres: Sure, you were the outside counsel to this band ever since they first got tripped up. But, let's face it, you were smart enough not to ask stupid questions!
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T That shagezt, Walter Noel? He wasn?t part of any cabal! What idiot would think that? He was just the figurehead of Greenwich ?family?, and his value was the crew under his command?talk about famiglia! Ha!
All I can say right now is what a piece of luck for all of the boys involved that Bill Z.'s boy is doing what his old man tells him to do.! Can you imagine how many indictments would be flying around if his kid didn?t have that job?!
D Don't let anybody think that I was nothing more than the CEO that answered to a Board of Directors. This isn't the time. Another year or two maybe.
