Eugene David<br>...The One-Minute Pundit

Posted 9:58 AM by Gene

It took far too long — more than four years — but the end of an era finally arrived last week. The reign of the imperial executive is officially over. R.I.P., celebrity CEO.

Odd coming from you, Terry -- you prostrated yourself before the expensive shoes of LOLLIPOP LOU DOBBS, who celebritized one CEO after another. His favorite was UNCLE BERNIE SCHWARTZ, the man who gave our missile store away to the Chinese, but there were others. I still cringe at how he had STEVE 'N' GERRY in his studio after THE MERGER and gassed reverently about SYNERGY. We know he liked MR. MEAN BUSINESS -- he had him on repeatedly to boast on how teasing little kids helped the bottom line. Mustn't forget LEGENDARY WELCH, who no doubt appeared quite a few times to gloat over his own IMMORTALITY. And how many times did he ask credulous softballs of MICKEYMOUSE NIXON? Hank Greenberg, Ken Lay, Bernie Ebbers -- he called them ALL by their first names. A LOT of good that did. But then you CAN judge a man by the COMPANIES he keeps. Shut up, Terry. You helped make the CELEBRITY CEO TOO.