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Christopher Cox, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, has an excuse. He is an attorney and a politician and has the moral compass and market comprehension for which that sub-genus is held in such high regard. Hector Sants, chief executive officer of the UK’s Financial Services Authority, has none: he actually worked in capital markets, if working for Credit Suisse (CS) and its predecessors meets that standard.

Barry?

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We are a nation of morons,
led by complete idiots, 
making us complicit in 
our own self destruction.

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    Cox has turned the SEC into the House of the Rising Sun
    2008 Sep 19 11:31 PM | Link | Reply
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    From The Soundtrack : Ghostbusters (1984)


    SHORT Busters…


    If there's somethin' strange on your balance sheet
    Who ya gonna call (shorttbusters)
    If it's somethin' weird an it don't look good
    Who ya gonna call (shortbusters)

    (Lehman) I ain't afraid a no shorts
    (AIG) I ain't afraid a no shorts
    If you're seein' CDO's ruinin' your networth
    Who can you call (shortbusters)
    An' invisible trade dragging down your spreads
    Oh who ya gonna call (shortbusters)
    (Merrill) I ain't afraid a no shorts
    (Bear) I ain't afraid a no shorts
    Who ya gonna call (shortbusters)
    Morgan Stanley: If you're all alone pick up the phone
    An call (shortbusters)

    (Paulsen) I ain't afraid a no short
    I hear it likes Goldman
    (Goldman) I ain't afraid a no shorts
    Who you gonna call (short busters)
    Mm…if you've had a dose
    Of a naked short baby
    You better call short busters
    (SEC Cox) Bustin' makes me feel good
    (Bernanke) I ain't afraid a no shorts
    2008 Sep 20 12:00 AM | Link | Reply
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