I noted that you suggested that if we're going to be at the table we shouldn't be patsies. |
These days, we barely even blink at the fact honours are routinely handed out by prime ministers to their mates or to establishment patsies. |
To their shame, these business leaders view shareholders as patsies, not partners. |
I'm sympathetic that they may have been unwitting patsies to a scheme that was wrong. |
The advent of credit derivatives seems to have forced down these premiums. In this case, the patsies are other financial institutions. |
I try never to forget that even for the powerful and their patsies, this is all a surreal and confusing game. |