tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post1685319199468958387..comments2024-03-29T11:00:59.816+00:00Comments on nourishing obscurity: [thought for the day] retrospectiveJames Highamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-3559736226115683692008-07-20T12:46:00.000+01:002008-07-20T12:46:00.000+01:00I've just found the post on sack site that you thi...I've just found the post on sack site that you think is me.<BR/><BR/>But I agree with poster, and I know several who would post like that.<BR/>But,<BR/>Nope, not me!<BR/><BR/>Pass the gin, it's Sunday, Hic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-49543840171682557392008-07-20T11:01:00.000+01:002008-07-20T11:01:00.000+01:00reference s'blog.I know a guy who could/would, bou...reference s'blog.<BR/><BR/>I know a guy who could/would, bounce of my IPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-37757753327947497702008-07-20T10:59:00.000+01:002008-07-20T10:59:00.000+01:00Is sweet idea mine?Is sweet idea mine?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-44819606751261033382008-07-20T10:56:00.000+01:002008-07-20T10:56:00.000+01:00never been to sackersons blognever been to sackersons blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-2767523075772027352008-07-20T06:58:00.000+01:002008-07-20T06:58:00.000+01:00Anon - there are three pieces of yours I've seen r...Anon - there are three pieces of yours I've seen recently. One was on Sackerson's blog, one here on an earlier post and this.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the addendum and I hope there is some debate on this, though Saturday and Sunday are not usually auspicious days for it.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-33769038664452808722008-07-20T01:17:00.000+01:002008-07-20T01:17:00.000+01:00The point about any of the major US rating agencie...The point about any of the major US rating agencies is that they <B>are paid by the company seeking the rating, and do the box ticking on data supplied by the applicant company</B><BR/>This is a complete conflict of interests.<BR/>The ratings of these companies have been regarded by competent investors as worthless for several years now.<BR/><BR/>In many cases triple AAA ratings have been held on companies that had already lost 90% of their share value.<BR/>They were ultimately downgraded once the "boyz" had exited!<BR/><BR/>The agencies were/are, part of the unspoken rigged system designed to aid the global sale of toxic paper, that has brought global finance to its knees.<BR/><BR/>The paper never was AAA, and only the bag holders at the end of the chain didn't know.<BR/>$billions of profits have been booked, and $billions of bonuses paid for what were non-existant profits.<BR/>Now the problems come home to roost, and the taxpayer will pay!<BR/>Currencies will crash, unemployment, starvation, and all to feed parasitic financiers.<BR/><BR/>It has bugger all to do with mediocrity, and everything to do with total filthy corruption.<BR/><BR/>All this was known from the beginning, and rules and law were laughed at, or ignored. All levels were humping at the trough.<BR/><BR/>May the bastards rot in hell, they risk bringing down the west.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com