I'm not convinced that most of the inmates have quite that level of sophistication, but anyone who's dealt with a particularly effective bully will recognize the kinds of psychopathic behavior depicted.
Goes for dogs, too :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying
(Rationalizing my pain.)
Did they?
From the outside, it looked more like "those institutions are too vital, so we're going to pump money in and tell them how to do things" from govt officials.
Which reminds me - the US financial institution bailout is close to break even with the exception of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (which the Dems insist on pouring more money into - they voted down liquidation early this week). GM and Chrysler aren't even close.
At least if you are only looking at the costs that have been accounted for.
It was essentially his decision to do the bailouts (despite the obvious conflicts of interest.)