Blessed Blankfein

In case you missed it, this past Sunday the head of Goldman Sachs was quoted saying that he does "God's work." In the same interview he also said "We're very important," "We have a social purpose," and "Everybody should be, frankly, happy."

Just call him Lloyd Marie Antoinette Blankfein.

Tom Gregory over at HuffPo put up a hilarious response as follows:

THE LLOYD's Prayer

Our Chairman,
Who Art At Goldman,
Blankfein Be Thy Name.
The Rally's Come. God's Work Be Done
On Earth As There's No Fear Of Correction.

Give Us This Day Our Daily Gains,
And Bankrupt Our Competitors
As You Taught Lehman and Bear Their Lessons.
And Bring Us Not Under Indictment.
For Thine Is The Treasury,
The House And The Senate
Forever and Ever.

Goldman.

Goldman's performance in the markets was so spectacular last quarter that they only lost money on 1 out of 65 trading days. You cannot do that without massive corruption. It's simply impossible. With this "God" reference, perhaps Mr. Blankfein is arguing that it wasn't criminal behavior-- it was Divine Intervention.