SEC Fails To Regulate "Me, Me, Me" Brokerages  I was talking to
S. Wednesday night during a commercial break, while we were
waiting for Screaming Sean Hannity, who was oddly subdued, to
resume interviewing Sarah Palin. I'd just come in from smoking a
cigar and reading the New York Times - well, I'd smoked the
cigar, but I hadn't gotten very far in the paper, not after I'd
read in more detail what had happened at AIG.  The first
commercial was for Pacific Life, the insurance company with the
trademark scene they show of the whale diving into the ocean,
its massive tail flipping over as it disappeared beneath the
surface. I was instantly hot, not at Palin, but at the snow job
I was smelling from the press about the AIG situation.  "You
know, I'm no economist, no insurance company analyst, but when
was the last time you heard of a major insurance company going
under?"  S. had been on conference calls all day. She didn't
answer at first, patting the dog beside her, with a look on her
face that said "negro, I am t