Airplane banner calls for S&P officials to ‘all be fired’

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By David Edwards

Public backlash over the decision to downgrade U.S. credit has finally reached Standard & Poor's doorstep -- or at least their airspace.

An airplane was seen flying over the credit ratings agency's Wall Street headquarters Tuesday that said, "Thanks for the downgrade, you should all be fired." (Business Insider has a photo.)

Fortune revealed that the woman responsible for the stunt is a Midwestern investment banker who is fed up with politicians and the financial industry. She wished to remain anonymous because she fears for her job.

"I originally wanted to fly it over Washington, D.C., but learned that you can't do that," she told Fortune's

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/09/airplane-banner-calls-for-sp-officials-to-all-be-fired/

[provis99]

1. fire the assclowns at Moody's, too.

S&P and Moody's executives should have been indicted over the mortgage scandal.

[Liberalynn]

2. Good for her!!!

[ChrisBorg]

3. "So I chose Wall Street instead, but didn't specifically intend it to fly over S&P"

"I originally wanted to fly it over Washington, D.C., but learned that you can't do that," she told Fortune's Dan Primack.

"So I chose Wall Street instead, but didn't specifically intend it to fly over S&P. I'm just a mother from St. Louis who feels the only reason we got downgraded was people in politics."

It sounds like she wasn't directing it at S&P but rather politicians.

[spooky3]

4. I think she's targeting the wrong people.

The target should be Republicans. The problem is that the Republicans refuse to consider raising revenues and are more focused on the debt than on getting people back to work.

[Lint Head]

5. S&P was off on their numbers by 2 trillion dollars.

I think it was on purpose.