Killing Them Softly Page #3

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your pockets and put it on the table...

nice and f***ing slow.

All right, you f***ing prick.

All right, now you.

Put it on the f***ing table...

nice and f***ing slow. Stop f***ing

looking at me. Hey, get your hands up!

Not you yet. Get your f***ing hands up!

Get your f***ing hands

out of your pocket!

All right, now,

there's two ways we can do this.

There's the easy way and the hard way.

All right, the easy way is to do what

these two guys are doing.

All right, the hard way is to

make us come around and all...

which is gonna make him nervous.

Now you can sit there...

and act like you haven't

got it in your sock

or something, but then after...

me and my nervous friend

are gonna come around and make sure.

And for all the guys

that didn't remember everything...

we're gonna knock every

last one of their f***ing teeth out.

How's that?

Good. That's the way I feel too.

All right, the less guys that get hurt,

the better, so don't f*** around.

Just keep quiet and give it

all up and nobody gets hurt.

It's only money.

Good evening.

This is an extraordinary period

for America's economy.

Over the past few weeks,

many Americans have

felt anxiety about

their finances and their future.

I understand their worry

and their frustration.

We've seen triple-digit swings

in the stock market.

- All right, do it.

- Major financial institutions

have teetered on the edge of collapse...

and some failed.

As uncertainty has grown,

many banks have restricted lending...

credit markets have frozen...

and families and businesses

have found it harder to borrow money.

We're in the midst

of a serious financial crisis...

and the federal government

is responding with decisive action.

We boosted confidence

in money market mutual funds.

I know many Americans

have questions tonight.

How did we reach

this point in our economy?

How will the solution I propose work?

And what does this mean

for your financial future?

These are good questions

and they deserve good answers.

First...

Go, go, go, go.

They told me when they heard that

if Dillon wasn't available...

that I was supposed to talk

to the fella he sent. Is that you?

I don't see nobody else

who might be here to meet you. Do you?

Let's get out from

under these construction guys.

- Bang a right and go a couple blocks.

- Most of the Republicans we know

doesn't like this bill

and President Bush,

I mean he's in the position now

of trying to sway public opinion...

and build support for it.

With the situation becoming

more precarious by the day...

I face the choice to

step in with dramatic

government action...

or to stand back

and allow

the irresponsible actions of some...

to undermine

the financial security of all.

There has been

a widespread loss of confidence.

Left.

And major sectors

of America's financial system are

at risk of shutting down.

The government's top

economic experts warn that...

without immediate action by Congress...

America could slip into

a financial panic. -So,

they were very concerned

when I told them...

I called Dillon, Dillon said to see you.

They're very concerned.

How is the fella?

Not good. Saw him yesterday.

He said he feels like somebody

stuck a knife in his chest.

So he probably won't be able to

handle anything for a while.

He sure can't right now.

Personally,

I think the guy's in very bad shape.

Go under the bridge and you can park.

So, Mark Trattman's game

was hit a couple of nights ago.

I heard that.

Yeah, two kids.

Yeah?

You or Dillon hear anything

about two kids?

We hear lots of things. I heard

they had masks on, for one thing.

Correct.

So maybe they're not kids.

Well, they were dressed like kids,

dungarees.

Smelled like animals, Trattman said.

Trattman said.

Well, Trattman also said that the one

who talked had a voice like a kid's.

Trattman said.

Well as far as I know...

there's nothing wrong with Trattman's

hearing or his nose or anything.

No, nothing I've heard about, anyways.

So where do we go from here?

What do you think?

It could have been Trattman.

He coulda decided to do it again.

No one'd ever think

he's dumb enough to do it twice.

But I know Markie. He's not that dumb.

So I figured some other smart guys

knew he did it before.

For now, it don't matter.

It doesn't?

We start with Trattman.

We start real good too.

- Wait a minute.

- I'll wait a week if you want.

No, I don't understand.

I thought you believed him.

My friend, I do.

But the games are closed, right'?

Grant's Tomb.

People are losing money.

A fair inference.

They don't like to lose money.

We hit Trattman,

get things started up again...

get people back to doing

what they're supposed to be doing.

They want to find out

if he did it first.

It don't make a bit of difference

if Trattman did it...

or someone did it to Trattman.

If people think he did it

and he's still walking around...

you're gonna have kids waiting in line,

knock them f***ing games over.

They just want you to talk to him.

Talk to him?

What does that mean?

Talk to Trattman, see what he says.

Talk to him?

Really talk to him.

A beating?

How badly they want him beaten?

Shove him around a little...

you know, but don't hurt him too badly

'cause they don't want him hurt.

Oh, of course you do.

You guys, you always do that.

All right.

Quit shitting me, all right'?

- All right.

- Stop the bullshit.

All right, it's stopped.

But why?

What's he gonna do,

fold under questioning?

If he does, they'll kill him.

If he doesn't,

they'll figure he's lying like

last time and they'll kill him.

Either way, Markie's dead.

So why put the poor bastard

through a beating?

It's a waste of time...

not to mention a really

unpleasant experience for Markie.

Just put him out of his misery,

poor bastard.

What's the problem?

It's murder and they are squeamish.

Oh, for f***'s sake.

Who's running things?

You have no idea.

No decision-makers.

I got to take them by the hand

and I got to walk them...

slowly through it like

they're retarded children.

What is it, a committee?

Total corporate mentality.

Christ's sake.

This country is f***ed, I'm telling you.

There's a plague coming.

Today we are taking decisive actions...

to protect the US economy.

We regret having to take these actions.

Today's actions are not

what we ever wanted to do...

but today's actions

are what we must do...

to restore confidence

in our financial system.

Today I'm announcing...

that the treasury

will purchase equity stakes.

It's this gray

one right here on the left.

That's where he lives?

Yep.

Jackie, that prick.

Jackie's all right.

He's a mean little prick.

But we gotta deal with

Markie's f***ing feelings, not him.

Markie's gonna be okay.

He's gonna make it hard on us.

No, he's not.

Yeah, he will. F***.

He insists it has to be done..

Without meaningful discussion

or debate or any change...

sort of, you know...

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