Defending $484 Million Cold, Hard Cash

Former Lehman Bros. CEO Richard Fuld tries to explain why he deserved $484 million for running his company into the ground. Plus: School’s back in session for SCOTUS...the stock market takes another wild ride...how much one candidate’s health care plan would slice from Medicare and Medicaid...Betraying Ted Stevens...clear your coffee table, here comes 3-D TV...and how the candidates could get a finger-lickin’ good $20K. It’s Tuesday, October 7 and this is Mic Check Radio. We vote for our favorite mustache.

Celebration Excuse

Let’s celebrate a well deserved Nobel, an awesome university, and the far side of the moon.

1993

Nobel prize for literature awarded to Toni Morrison

1991

Law Professor Anita Hill accuses Supreme nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments to her

1959

Far side of Moon seen for 1st time, compliments of U.S.S.R.’s Luna 3

1944

Uprising at Auschwitz, Jews burn down crematoriums

1868

Cornell University (Ithaca New York) opens

1856

Cyrus Chambers, Jr. patents folding machine that folds book and newspapers

Raise a toast to…

1968: Singer Toni Braxton
1955: Yo-Yo Ma, world famous cellist
1952: Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin
1931: Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu

Daybook

POTUS

9:40 AM

Participates in a photo op and delivers remarks to the member of the 2008 Summer Olympic and Paralympic teams at the White House

OTHERS

Defense Secretary Robert Gates
On foreign travel to Macedonia to attend a Southeastern Europe defense ministerial conference, and Hungary to attend and a NATO meeting, October 7-10
HUD Secretary Steven Preston

9 AM

Delivers remarks at HUD’s national housing summit featuring briefings by HUD officials and panel discussions on the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the HOPE for Homeowners program, and other foreclosure prevention and loss mitigation programs
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings

11:45 AM

Delivers remarks to the National Math Panel Forum’s luncheon

STUMPIN’

Both candidates will appear at the town hall debate in Nashville, TN.

ON THE HILL

SENATE

Pro forma session.

HOUSE

10 AM

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee: Hearing on “The Causes and Effects of the AIG Bailout.”

1 PM

House Education and Labor Committee: Retirement Security During Financial Crisis. Look for: Christian Weller, associate professor of public policy at the University of Massachusetts-Boston and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund

WATCH MORE TV

The View: Sarah Silverman, Gretchen Mol
Regis and Kelly: Gary Sinise, Sarah McLachlan
Ellen DeGeneres: Paris Hilton, Kanye West
Tavis Smiley: Live Post-Debate Panel
David Letterman: Debra Messing, environmentalist John Carter
Jay Leno: Jenna Fischer, Jim Norton, James Taylor
Late Late Show: Thandie Newton, Barry Sonnenfeld, Jim Bianco
Conan O’Brien: Russell Crowe, Alicia Keys, Death Cab For Cutie
Daily Show: Sarah Vowell
Colbert Report: Nate Silver

 

Popularity Contest

ABC NEWS: Lehman Brothers Boss Defends $484 Million in Salary, Bonus
CNN: Police: Jobless father kills family, self
MSNBC: FBI file details allegations against Evel Knievel
CBS NEWS: Elite Officer Recalls Bin Laden Hunt
FOX NEWS: Comedian Defends ‘Achmed the Dead Terrorist’ Puppet Routine Against South African Ban
NEW YORK TIMES: Sarah’s Pompom Palaver
WASHINGTON POST: Campaign Attacks Intensify in Wake of New Ads
LA TIMES: Mishaps mark John McCain’s record as naval aviator
USA TODAY: Stocks plunge as Dow drops below 10,000 on global fears
REUTERS: McCain-Obama tie possible in presidential race
BBC NEWS: Monkeys work in Japanese restaurant

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