Watch Letterman's Big Swinging Shtick In Action. You'll Love It, Unless You've Already Been On His Staff.

Sometimes, like in the case of David Letterman, hubris is a good thing. At least Letterman hasn't caused the economy to crash, as those hubristic Wall Street goniffs's egos did.

For a successful extortion, see the case of Nevada Senator John Ensign, whose tit-for-tat deal with an aide went like this: Ensign fucked the aide's wife. When that became public, the aide quit. Then Ensign pulled strings to set the aide up in a great lobbying gig. The aide knew exactly what was happening: a quim pro quo deal.