Dickhead of the Week - Uriah Heep

A lot of very smart people are just as angry as I am about this whole AIG bonus debacle, and much of what I think has already been said by others. But it sure seems that Edward Liddy, the CEO of AIG, is a good candidate for Dickhead of the Week here on B&E.

But alas, the (somewhat recent) BBC production of David Copperfield aired on NYC's public television over the past two Sundays, and for my money, no literary character (or TV miniseries character, although in this case I can actually claim to have read the book, not that I remember it) is slimier than Uriah Heep. "Oy'm joost an 'umble servant..." You skeeve me out, Heep, you utter douchebag.

Turns out Edward Liddy is Uriah Heep, turning the smarm up to eleven in his rationale for doling out the bonuses to the very people who chewed-up-crapped-out our economy. Uriah Liddy bows, he kowtows, and then he does exactly as he pleases.

Word of warning, Smarmy Edward of AIG... Uriah Heep got himself sent to prison. And come to think of it, so did another fella with your surname. See "Liddy, G. Gordon"...