Villains We Loved To Hate in 2009 By PT_Tesla  [39 more lists]

In March of 2009, Darth Sidious, er, I mean Bernie Madoff plead guilty to 11 felonies after defrauding thousands of investors out of their life savings. He ran the largest Ponzi scheme since Charles Ponzi himself while netting an estimated 64.8 billion dollars. At least he won't be in any more Star Wars movies...or "companies".

Somali Pirates have been plundering and kidnapping in international waters since the early 90's. This year several high profile attacks have made it clear that, despite how dreamy Johnny Depp looks in guy-liner, they're villains. They kidnapped Capt. Richard Phillips who convinced pirates to take him in exchange for letting allowing his crew to go free. At least this time the pirates learned not to mess with Navy Seal snipers when 3 of them where shot and a fourth captured during a daring high seas rescue.

First of all, her middle name is Rodham. Total villain name. Second, look at this picture. That's all I've got, but look at the picture. Seriously, though, Swine Flu doesn't count because it can't scream at you like this. This was going to be Swine Flu, but then I looked at this picture. Hillary: scarier than Swine Flu? Discuss.

Enough with Iran already. The U.S. is trying to stabilize Iraq so troops can come home while Iran is reportedly giving aid and arms to insurgents. Iran doesn't seem to understand by aiding insurgents in Iraq that they're prolonging U.S. presence in the region. They're like those burglars from Home Alone trying to mess with Macaulay Culkin. You're only fueling the fire. Just let McCauley watch old movies nobody's ever heard of and let his family come home, so you can get them while they're not on guard. Smart move, Iran...real smart move.

Also, their recently "elected" president pulled a Bush and got "elected" even though everyone hates him...hmmm...Iranian Government, this year, you are a VILLAIN.

JP Morgan Chase Bank was savvy enough to avoid serious fallout from the mortgage meltdown. They remained solvent enough to purchase Washington Mutual in California saving it from closure. Sounds great until it was recently revealed they started aggressive foreclosures on Washington Mutual homeowners. During the loan modification process Chase actually auctioned off homes from under their owners to Wells Fargo. The homeowners who thought they were in loan modification then received court notices to vacate. Many homeowners unable to hire attorneys were left without any other recourse but to leave their homes. Really stupid way to introduce yourself to your California, clients. More like CHASE you out of your home! Am I right? Am I right, ladies?