CNBC's Jim Cramer wrote of his aura on TheStreet.com, "When I interviewed at Salomon Brothers for an equity job in 1982, I tried to just get in to see this guy. To shake his hand! I have only met him a few times since, but " has made more money trading equities than just about anybody alive."
So this Clinton alum is/was a big deal "success" story, but how many in that room that night can ever hope to emulate his track record, or more appropriately, would even want to?
They are too busy trying to survive dreadful times, brought about by greed and crime on Wall Street, and praying that their city run by former bond trader Michael Bloomberg won't close DeWitt Clinton High School where the colors are sill Red and Black.
Noriberto "Bert" Blanco, a teacher retiring after 26 years, was famous for telling students, "by the time you graduate, you will bleed Red and Black." The Bronx, I fear, is what is bleeding.
News Dissector Danny Schechter directed PLUNDER The Crime Of Our Time. (plunderthecrimeofourtime.com) and wrote a companion book, (Disinfo) Send comments to dissector@mediachannel.org.
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