tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post8494076192564730097..comments2023-07-30T01:08:43.318-07:00Comments on Politics Plus: What Would You Ask the Banksters?TomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-11468781732799349582010-01-14T09:03:52.507-08:002010-01-14T09:03:52.507-08:00Sorry I missed you, Jim. We should not HAVE to be...Sorry I missed you, Jim. We should not HAVE to be used to it.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-65818459269583585852010-01-14T09:01:57.771-08:002010-01-14T09:01:57.771-08:00Good one, Lisa!
Great point, SJ.
Thanks Mike. S...Good one, Lisa!<br /><br />Great point, SJ.<br /><br />Thanks Mike. So would I.<br /><br />It's hard, Holte. Me too.<br /><br />Otis, brilliant questions. I particularly liked #3 and #7.<br /><br />Thanks and welcome, Jay. Works for me. Done.<br /><br />Oso, I don't think they were blinded at all. They rode the wave as long as homeowners had blood to suck, used AIG to take the TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-73606251983916651072010-01-14T05:03:55.901-08:002010-01-14T05:03:55.901-08:00just FYI: The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission:...just FYI: <a href="http://www.businesspundit.com/the-financial-crisis-inquiry-commission-bankers-vs-lawyers/" rel="nofollow">The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission: Bankers vs. Lawyers?</a> - The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, a panel created by Congress to look into the causes of the financial crisis, holds its first hearing today. But, as the Wall Street Journal points out, its members rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-18033488892045267702010-01-14T02:42:58.285-08:002010-01-14T02:42:58.285-08:00Hey sonsabitches why do you think you do not belon...Hey sonsabitches why do you think you do not belong destitute as the nation and people you stole your wealth from?the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-36532209550156158332010-01-13T22:14:33.800-08:002010-01-13T22:14:33.800-08:00otis,
You should team up with Yves-all good questi...otis,<br />You should team up with Yves-all good questions too.<br /><br />In absolute seriousness-what puzzles me,what absolutely staggers me is this-there are trained economists, trained investors who absolutely didn't see the bubble and it's resulting effect coming. Yet people like TC and so many others, I'll include myself in the mix just to show how low the standards can be-we Osohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513535195785731541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-27459237636658075602010-01-13T20:29:59.759-08:002010-01-13T20:29:59.759-08:00Very nice blog you have here. I like reading polit...Very nice blog you have here. I like reading political blogs for some reason. Anyway, I have a site myself where people from around the world come and debate on popular issues. I feel as if this will give citizens some form of power, letting their voices be heard.<br /><br />I'd like to exchange links with you to help spread some traffic around between each other. If you'd like to, pleaseUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107272796113895347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-4381528256531031282010-01-13T18:46:27.827-08:002010-01-13T18:46:27.827-08:00Well, here are my questions:
1)As of close of the ...Well, here are my questions:<br />1)As of close of the Markets today, what is the current leverage of your firm, including all derivitives, CDSs, and any other 'creative financing' instruments? Why does this total not match what you are allowed to carry by SEC regulation? If you don't know the answer to this question, why are you running the company?<br />2) What are the ethics of otishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606194824054050965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-43338385443560606072010-01-13T17:33:55.867-08:002010-01-13T17:33:55.867-08:00I especially like what Yves Smith wrote.
And I...I especially like what Yves Smith wrote.<br /><br />And I'm with Lisa G. Marion or Joliet would be fine for them to spend the next 20 or so years. At taxpayer expense, like what they're accustomed to.Osohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513535195785731541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-29390280156396809662010-01-13T14:53:57.970-08:002010-01-13T14:53:57.970-08:00I can't think of a polite question to ask and ...I can't think of a polite question to ask and my mother always said: "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."<br /><br />But I would like to see some justice done.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-38481397182660466042010-01-13T14:39:21.178-08:002010-01-13T14:39:21.178-08:00Funny but I never heard of the Pecora commission u...Funny but I never heard of the Pecora commission until I just read a piece on it at <a href="http://mmalkath.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Holte's</a><br /><br /> They are still screwing us and could care less what we say, they will never be honest, we should be use to that now.jmsjoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-6068224142368586272010-01-13T13:52:40.234-08:002010-01-13T13:52:40.234-08:00I would like to see the Sarbannes-Oxley act of 200...I would like to see the Sarbannes-Oxley act of 2002 expanded to cover these thieving pricks. Brilliant piece. Just brilliant.Kentucky Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753739401363847764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-53016095816142010732010-01-13T12:33:37.738-08:002010-01-13T12:33:37.738-08:00Unless a question can be framed in the form of a k...Unless a question can be framed in the form of a knuckle sandwich, I don't think I have one.<br /><br />Seriously though. We bail these greedy creeps out with TARP, and they turn around and decide they're not going to start lending money to get small businesses going, or to the individuals (US THE TAXPAYERS) who funded TARP with our future earnings.<br /><br />What was the point?<br /><b>SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181694732531476160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-58348162261796432012010-01-13T08:13:41.880-08:002010-01-13T08:13:41.880-08:00A good onre, Kay. How's Portland?A good onre, Kay. How's Portland?TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-31709579655158343672010-01-13T03:48:34.848-08:002010-01-13T03:48:34.848-08:00The question that is always asked: HOW COME NONE O...The question that is always asked: HOW COME NONE OF THESE THIEVES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES AND THROWN IN JAIL TO SHOW OTHER BANKSTERS THEIR FATE? <br /><br />Infuriating!!!!KayInMainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008074413175639231noreply@blogger.com