Conspiracy Theorists in Goldman's Corner

(TheStreet) -- The CEO whom I call the "Rodney Dangerfield of Corporate America" (because he gets no respect), Patrick Byrne of Overstock.com, recently placed a screed on Overstock's main page attacking Goldman Sachs GS and talking up his frivolous "naked shorting" suit against Wall Street banks. I had just learned about the Byrne histrionics when I read an article in New York magazine this week, a sympathetic profile of Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Blankfein is portrayed as an affable guy, overflowing with "humility" throughout his career, bald and cuddly, bewildered by all the vitriol, all the "vampire squid" hyperbole. Resign? No sirree. Continue reading the article.