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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:56 AM Original message |
Were there many people commenting when S&P recommended Enron just before it collapsed, or their |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. S&P also backed Madoff and AIG |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Of course none of that is pointed out by our wonderful MSM /nt |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. They were discussing S&P' s lack of credibility on ABC this morning. |
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Oceansaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. S&P is a corporate shrill for the GOP |
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Cool Logic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. Enron hid their problems... |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It is in plain view for all to see that Social Security contributes not a cent to deficit or debt. |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. December 3, 2001: Standard & Poor’s lowers Enron’s rating to D following Enron’s ... bankruptcy. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You have to love. A stock crashes, and all the analysts come out to downgrade it. Where were they |
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Cool Logic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. "Social Security contributes not a cent to deficit or debt." |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. "But a debt secured by a debt is not and never will be a sound financial principle." ???? |
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Cool Logic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. With all due respect, the distinction between liquid assets and those secured by debt, |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. S&P should have been put out of business after their lack of representing the risk involved with |
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Cool Logic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Perhaps so...however, these folks should have seen it coming as well. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Looks like the R's and D's "can" get along after all. |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. The hilarity of the situation must be epic at the office..."We rated shit stuff AAA... |
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