[Noney]

Didn't post this in PARF as it's not intended to be a political question, more of an economic one or maybe just a question in general....

I see that Lloyd Blankfein, along with several other CEOs, has been invited to meet with President Hu Jintao today. Now, I'm just an ordinary guy and maybe I'm missing something here, but does anybody else have a huge problem with that? I mean, what kind of message is that sending to the rest of the world? This guy, along with several of his cronies, was recently paraded in front of Congress and was essentially made the poster boy for the economic meltdown. Goldman was fined over $500 million for their illegal/unethical practices and now this guy is invited to meet the President of China...?!!! On what grounds -- is he supposed to learn something from the Chinese? Is he there to tell them how to screw over their people financially? I just don't get it. To me, we're either telling the world we approve of what he and his company did or we're saying that the whole Congressional "trial" was a joke and didn't really mean anything. The other CEOs all seem to be good choices, but Blankfein sticks out like a sore (criminal) thumb.

Somebody tell me what I'm missing here......?