"Nowadays, you can't turn on the TV without some talking head telling you about the economy. Yet, in a world overrun by 'analysts,' only one man has the guts, the brains, and, quite frankly, the poetry to put it all in perspective.That man is Michael Silverstein... Silverstein is a true intellectual." — Gersh Kuntzman, The New York Post

"Few people have found much to laugh about in the stock market this year. Michael Silverstein is the exception. The Bard of the Bourse can find humor in losing money, globalization and stock options." — USA Today

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In 1963 The Orlons were singing about a place in Philadelphia where all the hippies meet— “South Street.” Here’s a song about “K Street” in Washington, where today’s lobbying elite meet and greet Congressmen seeking a treat.

K Street

Where do lobbyists all greet (K Street, K Street)
Congressmen who want a treat (K Street, K Street)
Fancy trips and meals galore
A legislator’s candy store
Come...a...round
The goodies here abound.

Watch them, on K Street, oh yeah, these folks are slick
Watch them, on K Street, do their buying favors trick
Outright...brib’ry
That’s so passe
Campaign...giving
That’s the legal K Street way

dum, dedum, dum, dedum

Legislators have all sworn (K Street, K Street)
This time there’ll be real reform (K Street, K Street)
They’ll emote, they’ll huff and puff
Claim they’re done with bad old stuff
Write new law
They’ll proceed to just ignore

Watch them, on K Street, oh yeah, big money talks
Watch them, on K Street, from their bucks nobody walks
In this...country
The game today
To get a...hearing
You gotta pay to play

dum dedum, dum dedum
dumb dumb dumb dumb
dumb dedumb

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