Comments on: The Usual Suspects http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/the-usual-suspects/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:29:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: wunsacon http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/the-usual-suspects/comment-page-1/#comment-195369 wunsacon Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:41:36 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32650#comment-195369 Came across this: http://timesbusiness.typepad.com/money_weblog/2009/01/the-ten-men-to-blame-for-the-credit-crunch.html Fuld and Paulson belong on any list of defendants. But, the "charges" are poorly drafted, IMO. I stopped reading after Paulson, because it's depressing. Not enough people are learning enough from this. Came across this:
http://timesbusiness.typepad.com/money_weblog/2009/01/the-ten-men-to-blame-for-the-credit-crunch.html

Fuld and Paulson belong on any list of defendants. But, the “charges” are poorly drafted, IMO.

I stopped reading after Paulson, because it’s depressing. Not enough people are learning enough from this.

]]> By: Kristjan http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/the-usual-suspects/comment-page-1/#comment-195344 Kristjan Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:57:38 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32650#comment-195344 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30581266@N06/2902781625/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">This</a> is much better, I think. This is much better, I think.

]]> By: Mark E Hoffer http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/the-usual-suspects/comment-page-1/#comment-195196 Mark E Hoffer Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:44:41 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32650#comment-195196 and, it, merely, continues, thusly: "...Of all the statistics pouring into the White House every day, top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended. The number of people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal levels, Summers said. Searches for the term were up four-fold when the recession deepened in the earlier part of the year, and the recent shift goes to show consumer confidence is higher, Summers told the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Summers continued the administration’s push-back against critics of President Barack Obama’s handling of the recession, defending the economic stimulus package against Republicans who have tried to paint the program as a failure because it hasn’t stemmed the unemployment rate. .." http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25083.html though, probably, worse than that, our happy Photoshopper, assuming "Professional"-status, has little conception of the Fact that he was paid no Money to produce this distraction.. http://clusty.com/search?input-form=clusty-simple&v%3Asources=webplus&query=Federal+Reserve+Notes+are+evidences+of+Debt and, it, merely, continues, thusly:
“…Of all the statistics pouring into the White House every day, top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended.
The number of people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal levels, Summers said.
Searches for the term were up four-fold when the recession deepened in the earlier part of the year, and the recent shift goes to show consumer confidence is higher, Summers told the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Summers continued the administration’s push-back against critics of President Barack Obama’s handling of the recession, defending the economic stimulus package against Republicans who have tried to paint the program as a failure because it hasn’t stemmed the unemployment rate. ..”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25083.html

though, probably, worse than that, our happy Photoshopper, assuming “Professional”-status, has little conception of the Fact that he was paid no Money to produce this distraction..

http://clusty.com/search?input-form=clusty-simple&v%3Asources=webplus&query=Federal+Reserve+Notes+are+evidences+of+Debt

]]> By: karen http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/the-usual-suspects/comment-page-1/#comment-195195 karen Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:31:22 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32650#comment-195195 lol, i thot i pulled up the wrong website! ah, i've got a spectacular 6'6" to add to the line up, but... lol, i thot i pulled up the wrong website! ah, i’ve got a spectacular 6’6″ to add to the line up, but…

]]> By: Onlooker from Troy http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/the-usual-suspects/comment-page-1/#comment-195193 Onlooker from Troy Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:05:41 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32650#comment-195193 Bush was no master mind either. He was simply a puppet whose strings were pulled by the masters, who aren't even depicted here. A useful idiot. Geithner is just a getaway car driver. Bush was no master mind either. He was simply a puppet whose strings were pulled by the masters, who aren’t even depicted here. A useful idiot.

Geithner is just a getaway car driver.

]]> By: BG http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/the-usual-suspects/comment-page-1/#comment-195189 BG Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:00:56 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32650#comment-195189 You know what? That is pretty close to being on the money.....I mean our money. You know what? That is pretty close to being on the money…..I mean our money.

]]> By: Pat G. http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/the-usual-suspects/comment-page-1/#comment-195179 Pat G. Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:11:23 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32650#comment-195179 The Rat Pack! Volume two. The Rat Pack! Volume two.

]]> By: ben22 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/the-usual-suspects/comment-page-1/#comment-195177 ben22 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:38:47 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32650#comment-195177 lol, this is funny, but Geithner isn't really the mastermind. lol, this is funny, but Geithner isn’t really the mastermind.

]]> By: willid3 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/the-usual-suspects/comment-page-1/#comment-195172 willid3 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:02:55 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32650#comment-195172 and the most likely? the CEOS of the rating agencies? and the most likely? the CEOS of the rating agencies?

]]> By: willid3 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/the-usual-suspects/comment-page-1/#comment-195170 willid3 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:02:09 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32650#comment-195170 aren't we missing a few? Like whats his name that ran the SEC? and the maestro? and CEOs of wall street? and banks? and that Graham? and a few others? aren’t we missing a few? Like whats his name that ran the SEC? and the maestro? and CEOs of wall street? and banks? and that Graham? and a few others?

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