Comments on: Gross? Yes. Dan Gross.

Gross? Yes. Dan Gross.

suckerpunch — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:42:17 -0800

Daniel Gross, economics columnist for Slate, wrote on April 7 : "...if (Bush appoints) an A-list Wall Street CEO (for Treasury Secretary), I'll buy a copy of Dow 36,000 and eat the first chapter." Bush appointed Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson on May 30. Today, Gross makes good on the promise.

By: cdcello

cdcello — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:47:17 -0800

i love that he hopes this stunt would not get noticed. MWA HA HA!

By: suckerpunch

suckerpunch — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:47:49 -0800

Forgot to mention : Windows only. For the record, the video's not that amusing, and you never actually see him take a bite of the salad. It's entirely possible that it's faked (and badly, at that). Which only makes it more intruiging.

By: Khalad

Khalad — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:50:42 -0800

That was my first thought. Where's the money shot?

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:58:16 -0800

That is pretty funny.

By: casconed

casconed — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:07:49 -0800

Forgot to mention : Windows only.
WMV doesn't mean windows only - there are a number of free downloads to enable playback of WMV on a non-windows box, including (for Mac users) the excellent Flip4Mac plugin...
sorry to derail. excellent post. i agree with suckerpunch and Khalad - clever editing kind of obscures the fact that we only ever see him put one strand of SOMETHING in his mouth. could be noodles, for as poorly as the video was lit.

By: JPowers

JPowers — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:07:51 -0800

It's entirely possible that it's faked... I call shenanigans on him actually consuming the whole chapter. And if I'm wrong, I'll burn this video file onto a soon to be released HD-DVD disc and swallow it whole with with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

By: bobo123

bobo123 — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:28:42 -0800

I doubt he actually ate it too. I'm reminded that Werner Herzog only made a few nibbles when he said he'd eat his shoe.

By: Tuwa

Tuwa — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:36:51 -0800

Werner Herzog eats his shoe.

By: muddgirl

muddgirl — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:57:13 -0800

I've eaten paper before - there was clearly not enough volume in that salad to be a whole chapter, unless that chapter was 3 pages long. Anyone have a copy of Dow 36,000?

By: _sirmissalot_

_sirmissalot_ — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:04:14 -0800

Clicking on a Slate link is like jumping in the Wayback Machine set for the late 90's. Having said that, there's always a few good articles per week . . . but the wheels are falling off that design. It basically doesn't work with Firefox, especially their slideshows.

By: Mitrovarr

Mitrovarr — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 17:03:19 -0800

Well, the video works over here on ubuntu/firefox/mplayer plugin/essential codecs pack. I'm not getting any sound, though. Is it supposed to have any?

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:12:50 -0800

That's Gross.

By: QIbHom

QIbHom — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 09:19:28 -0800

It'll work on Linux. Add Marillat to your /etc/apt/sources.list, then apt-get install w32codecs.

By: Mr. Gunn

Mr. Gunn — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:00:13 -0800

Why even go through with a shenanigan like this if you're going to so obviously fake it?