Jim:      First, very controversial, is Aubrey McClennan... the CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK)... He's had his name put forward a number of times. Remember though, one of the criteria for going on the Wall of Shame... the stock needs to do better if the person leaves. And that is definitely not the case with Aubrey McClennan and Chesapeake... And we need to see a record of underperformance, not outperformance. I am not sparing McClennan from the Wall because he's a good friend to the show, of which he is. I'm keeping him off because, frankly, when you look at how Chesapeake has done under his leadership, the guy deserves the congressional medal of value creation, even if buying all that stock on margin last year was wrong... and he was being forced to sell it when it came down... a big mistake. He admitted it on air.

McClennan founded Chesapeake and took it public on February 4th of 1993, at a split-adjusted $1.33. It's now at $23.92. That is up an incredible 1,698% under his leadership. You want to put him up on the wall, up 1,698%?

During the same period, if you look at other natural gas companies I like... Anadarko Petroleum (APC), up 556%... Equitable, up 301%... Apache Corp. (APA), up just 798%... That's not even half the size of the gains of Chesapeake... Although, it's important to point out that another one that I really like, XTO Energy Inc. (XTO), did better. That's up 3,791%. These are all in the same period.

Now, compare the stock... Aubrey's stock... to the S&P 500... It's up only 109% over that length of time. I think you can see why it would be a terrible injustice to put Aubrey McClennan up... He's done a terrific job over the long term. He doesn't belong on the Wall of Shame. But, I will say this... He pays himself way too much... something I believe he should rethink next year... while, he is good, nobody should be paid that much after the terrible year his shareholders had.

Some of you have suggested that Irene Rosenfeld, the CEO of Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT), belongs with these people on the Wall of Shame...

But that too would be a miscarriage of justice. When Rosenfeld took over on June 26th of 2006, Kraft was at $31. Now the stock is at $25.85. It's down 16.6%. No great shakes, but better than the S&P 500. That's down 25%. And, when you include dividends, Kraft is actually up 8.2% since Rosenfeld took over... better than a sharp stick in the eye... or Cheez Whiz...

Now, on the website, this is unbelievable... this guy is really hated... Bob Nardelli... who has just stopped being the CEO of Chrysler... He has won the most votes by far... But Nardelli was already on the Wall of Shame back when he was the despot of Home Depot.

However, since you want Nardelli shamed so badly... Now, you want Nardelli shamed and I've heard you... and you know, while I may be a gentleman... you want him shamed so badly... in baseball, old-timers went in... people who got voted in long after they played... and, if we had one on our Wall of Shame, we would enshrine Nardelli in the old-timers' wing.

But since he can't do any damage to shareholders now, until he's appointed CEO of the next company, and didn't do any damage to shareholders at Chrysler because there weren't any, sticking him on the actual Wall of Shame would be no different than putting up say, Rick Wagoner, which gets us nowhere, although it would be very satisfying, as both clowns... both gents... cost the taxpayers fortunes...

So who gets the great dishonor of being added to the Wall of Shame tonight?...

Let me read you this nomination from buddy, pal, friend, Brian, who writes...

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