Comments on: What’s a Half a Billion Among Friends? http://www.punditmom.com/2008/10/whats-a-half-a-billion-among-friends Having an opinion never goes out of style. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:30:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wily Trax http://www.punditmom.com/2008/10/whats-a-half-a-billion-among-friends/comment-page-1#comment-5553 Wily Trax Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:33:00 +0000 http://www.punditmom.com/2008/10/whats-a-half-a-billion-among-friends#comment-5553 Jeffrey Skilling is fluffing the pillow in the next bunk.<br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.wilytrax.com" REL="nofollow">www.WilyTrax.com</a> Jeffrey Skilling is fluffing the pillow in the next bunk.

http://www.WilyTrax.com

]]> By: sheila http://www.punditmom.com/2008/10/whats-a-half-a-billion-among-friends/comment-page-1#comment-5547 sheila Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:54:00 +0000 http://www.punditmom.com/2008/10/whats-a-half-a-billion-among-friends#comment-5547 Well, we never learn. Not from Enron, not from Fannie, Freddie, and certainly we won't have learned from the bailout fiasco.<br/><br/>The fox is watching the hen house, and he's not giving up his post. Well, we never learn. Not from Enron, not from Fannie, Freddie, and certainly we won’t have learned from the bailout fiasco.

The fox is watching the hen house, and he’s not giving up his post.

]]> By: PunditMom http://www.punditmom.com/2008/10/whats-a-half-a-billion-among-friends/comment-page-1#comment-5545 PunditMom Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:25:00 +0000 http://www.punditmom.com/2008/10/whats-a-half-a-billion-among-friends#comment-5545 omegamom, thanks for catching the mistake. They actually had his name up as "Fund" on CNN, and I didn't double check. My bad.<br/><br/>I did see that NYTimes piece ... I just kept saying, I said so!" as I was reading the piece! ;) omegamom, thanks for catching the mistake. They actually had his name up as “Fund” on CNN, and I didn’t double check. My bad.

I did see that NYTimes piece … I just kept saying, I said so!” as I was reading the piece! ;)

]]> By: OmegaMom http://www.punditmom.com/2008/10/whats-a-half-a-billion-among-friends/comment-page-1#comment-5544 OmegaMom Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:20:00 +0000 http://www.punditmom.com/2008/10/whats-a-half-a-billion-among-friends#comment-5544 Isn't that "Fuld", not "Fund"?<br/><br/>Half of me thinks that, yeah, they're all a bunch of fools and incompetents who thought you could keep borrowing money to buy gambling stocks to borrow money to buy gambling stocks to...<br/><br/>...and that it would never, <i>ever</i> end! Woohoo! Prosperity forever!<br/><br/>There was a NYTimes piece about some 2004/2005 stuff going on at the SEC that allowed these institutions to "self-regulate"...did you see that piece? Made me think of you! http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/business/03sec.html?_r=4&hp=&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Isn’t that “Fuld”, not “Fund”?

Half of me thinks that, yeah, they’re all a bunch of fools and incompetents who thought you could keep borrowing money to buy gambling stocks to borrow money to buy gambling stocks to…

…and that it would never, ever end! Woohoo! Prosperity forever!

There was a NYTimes piece about some 2004/2005 stuff going on at the SEC that allowed these institutions to "self-regulate"…did you see that piece? Made me think of you! http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/business/03sec.html?_r=4&hp=&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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