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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:38 PM Original message |
ENRON and the Gramms |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Interesting. I clinked on your link and got an Error message. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Sorry about that. Try these... |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. No, problem, I was able to read it. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. ''The story of Enron is the story of unmitigated pride and arrogance.'' |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. This part is so true: |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. W.'s First Enron Connection: Update on the Bush-Enron Oil Deal |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Isn't he McSame's economic advisor? |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. McCain's Gramm YOYO Problem |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. One he sprung from jail? |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. The strange and convenient death of J. Clifford Baxter |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Gramm to work for Swiss bank - UBS Warburg took over much of Enron operation |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Thank you O for that flashback to Wendy Gramm's connection to BCCI. What a tight web these |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Enron VP tells Congress she feared for her life - But media remains silent on Baxter ''suicide'' |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. Seriously? I am ready to eat the rich. (the ones who did it this way) |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. ENRON Who's Who from BBC -- Karl Rove |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. Speaking of....'Foreclosure Phil' |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. The Subprime Mess and Phil Gramm: An Experiment in Deregulation |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. the guy is like, a key architect of economic collapse |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
57. ''De-Regulation'' is how they emptied the S&Ls. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. It never ceases to amaze me how stupid most amerikans are.... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. McCain said selling cigarettes to Iran may be ''a way of killing 'em.'' |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. McCain is just another lunatic neocon, pass it on |
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Riddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. Instead of helping another corrupt piece of shit get elected, scum like the Gramms should be |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Gramm pushed 'the most macabre investment scheme ever devised by Wall Street' - 'death bonds' |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. It's called "dead peasant" insurance. IIRC, Walmart got in big trouble for holding |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. I've been waiting for someone to bring up the skinny |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Enron: ultimate agent of the American empire |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. K&R... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Phil Gramm, Hero of Deregulation |
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Addington has to be tied to Enron. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Addington the Gatekeeper. |
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Kicking your reply as I don't have Addington around the house here to kick. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Remind me to introduce you to DUer Mitchum. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
27. Phil Gramm's Greatest Hits! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. HUGE: Phil Gramm Ties to High Gas Prices |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. Drill drill drill. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. The Enron Model: A Preamble for the Constitution of the Corporations of the USA |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. It's my second job! |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. Phil Gramm with an English accent |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Exactly. Here's the story of the upper classes... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm not sure who is more worthless, Newt or Phil? |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. Don't forget Rush. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. Mr. Contract on America. Armed Forces Pigboy and Not My Mama! |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
34. kr |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Why BCCI still matters: Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan - The Father of the Islamic Bomb |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 05:11 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Thank you for the enlightening posts. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
36. K&R ! The Gramms have been friends of John Sidney McCain III for years and years. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. McCain's econ brain |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. The good part of Gramm's gaffe last week is that the media are exposing him |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. I'm glad, bulloney! Otherwise, GOPdom's getting a free pass on everything else. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. Thanks, Octafish~Rec'd.. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Hi, zidzi! Their countenances are the saddest I've ever seen on people who should be happy. |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. anyone who has missed 8 years of CLASS WARFARE is not paying attention |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. It may be Phil's the Meyer Lansky of the BFEE. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. K&R |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Phil Gramm's UBS Problem |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
53. Thank you for this excellent thread. n/t |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Day of Reckoning? Super Rich Tax Cheats Outed by Bank Clerk |
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