Henry Paulsen, Birder

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/andrew-clark-on-america/2010/feb/01/lehmanbrothers-bear-stearns

"During infrequent interludes of downtime, Paulson tried to relax by going bird-watching - while travelling on government business, he sometimes found a few hours at foreign summits to go off in seek of a glimpse of the local avian species.

But even birds weren't enough to take his mind off work during the week of Bear Stearns' collapse. Paulson writes that he and his wife took an evening off to go and see "The Lord God Bird", a documentary about the ivory-billed woodpecker, at the National Geographic Society. As he struggled to make small talk with environmental movie enthusiasts, Paulson was scolded by his wife for discourtesy.

"I understand that you're under pressure," said Mrs Paulson. "But there's no excuse for not being courteous to people."

Paulson apologised, explaining: "I'm worried about the world falling apart.""

I guess that's one redeeming feature for a bushie. Well, two. He didn't like Palin, either.