A new kind of politics? Yes it is

Dad and I have been exchanging the same meme about The Dear Leader, his people and his plans, taken from Apocalypse Now: the shit piles up so fast you need wings to stay above it:

Lawrence Summers, a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, pulled in more than $2.7 million in speaking fees paid by firms at the heart of the financial crisis, including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America Corp. and the now-defunct Lehman Brothers.

He pulled in another $5.2 million from D.E. Shaw, a hedge fund for which he served as managing director from October 2006 until joining the administration.