April 8, 2012, Bob Brinker's Moneytalk: Lynn Jimenez Fill-in Host

April 8, 2012....As most of us expected, Bob Brinker took Easter Sunday off from Moneytalk. Lynn Jimenez filled in for Bob today.

I didn't listen to much of the program, just parts of the third hour,  but Jeffchristie did and gave me a rundown. 

Jeff said that Lynn's  topics were oil/energy and why investing in the stock market is unfair to everyone except the "big players."  In general,  Lynn's attitude about investing in the stock market is very negative, and she referred to it as a "Ponzi Scheme"  today.  I have never heard Bob Brinker say anything remotely similar.

Lynn was rude to a couple of callers and cut them off when they dared mention an opinion that didn't fit with her own political agenda.

One of those hapless callers was Candice in the third hour. Candice pointed out that in spite of all the talk about oil reserves, Keystone Pipeline and refineries, Lynn had carefully avoided saying anything negative about the Obama Administration's role.

 Lynn actually screamed over Candice at the top of her lungs and said SHE was going to make the rules about what could be discussed and that did not include Obama. Later,  Lynn  tried to make light of her rudeness by making the comment:  "I never promised that I wouldn't yell at you."

Very nice, Lynn, very professional -- NOT!

Lynn's guest speaker was John Kilduff -- more discussion about oil/energy.   After all the whining Lynn did  about "Wall Street" being unfair to the "little guys," how ironic that the guest's resume looks like this:

John Kilduff, Founding Partner, has over 15 years experience in energy trading. His experience includes trading energy futures and options, over-the-counter energy derivatives, portfolio construction and risk management......Mr. Kilduff also participated in the launch of Round Earth Capital, a natural resources hedge fund.

Lynn made the comment that she: "loves algae." Maybe that "love" has something to do with this Forbes article: "The Obama Administration has already sunk $25 million into a Florida company—Algenol Biofuels—that is building an algae biorefinery using a patented technology that promises to streamline the process of extracting oils from algae so they be converted to ethanol directly from algae.

 ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

A couple of weeks ago, Bob Brinker gave the audience one of the Moneytalk Final Exam questions. Here it is:  "What seven states have no state income tax?"

Now, through his Secret-Moneytalk Decoder Ring, Jeffchristie has received another Moneytalk Final Exam question for this week. It's multiple choice:

The late Bill Flanagan was the substitute host for Moneytalk prior to Lynn Jimenez. Bill once expressed his feelings about GM cars when he said they were:

A) Pretty cars
B) Kiddy cars
C) Little bitty cars
D) Flanagan used one of the seven words that George Carlin said you couldn't say on television.

The answer can be found in the audio link below.  Skip to the 5 minute mark.

Moneytalk: Bill Flanagan Says a no-no 

Honey EC: I really enjoyed listening to Jeff's great find of Bill Flanagan filling in for Bob Brinker. We think this was shortly before Bill died -- probably 2009. He used a word that would give Bob Brinker nightmares. Bob wouldn't even give a book title a couple of weeks ago because it had the word "bitch" in it.  Guess his mom used a lot of soap on him. LOL!

Lynn's Moneytalk show from yesterday is now available and  Free on Demand at KSFO 560 in the 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm time slots.

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