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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
I had never seen this documentary, and I admit to not having paid much attention to the scandal when it happened, but this documentary was amazing, and I have to recommend it to everyone! Here's a great review of it by Roger Ebert.
I have, and it's great fun (if that's an appropriate word to use for corruption of this magnitude).
It could have been dry and unengaging, what with the core of the case being about shredded documents and creative accounting. But, thankfully, we have the rampant egos of the corporate world. Bloody hilarious. Jeff Skilling is a classic chubby little bullied boy with something to prove (the manly adventure trips on the quad bikes don't make you Tom Selleck). Actually, he reminded me a little of Don Simpson, as detailed in the book High Concept.
Anyway, thoroughly entertaining and hugely worrying. Good stuff.
I'm very disturbed by it. Especially the stuff about California. All those rolling blackouts were engineered by Enron??? Holy crap! And even though energy is supposed to be regulated by the federal government, Bush did nothing??? (Ah, my big pile of reasons to hate Bush keeps growing.) But Roger Ebert's article articulates better than I can the reasons to be mad about this, and I am.
The documentary was very entertaining! I was especially surprised how great the music worked, and their music choices were very a-typical. Oingo Boingo! Music from Philip Glass's album Einstein on the Beach!!! Wow! Really, I have to recommend this documentary to everyone. Seriously. Watch it. Please? You can watch it on Blu-ray, even. The next documentary I'm going to rent is No End In Sight. I'm sure it will further feed my Bush scorn engine. (Seriously, I'd be happy with *any* of the current candidates for Pres over Bush.)
(Seriously, I'd be happy with *any* of the current candidates for Pres over Bush.)
No more FUNDIES.
I've been meaning to check this out, but documentaries about nature don't piss me off so they get a little more priority.
Think for yourself. Question Authority.
ANY of the candidates, Bug? Because McCain is no different than Bush for the most part. Just smarter. And older.
"So, uh, after the show, we're going to have a moustache-camaro contest, that's a moustache-camaro contest in the back, so all you young boys with too much energy can show up back there. I'm going to be honest with you, ok? I think, uh, this entire world revolves around honesty and taking risks so I'm just going to go ahead and do that. It were raining someplace and you were there, I wouldn't pay money to come and see you."
-Maynard James Keenan
None of the candidates running are any different than Bush. The only thing you'll get different will be different degrees of bullshiite, but bullshiite nonetheless. I'm waiting on the revolution, I want my Constitution back.
When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?
ANY of the candidates, Bug? Because McCain is no different than Bush for the most part. Just smarter. And older.
I'd prefer him over Bush, yes. As far as a GOP candidate goes, I think he's pretty good. What do you think of this article about him?
is there really a difference between a curly and a straight mullet? "Republicrats. They take one step forward and then they double back."-MCPaul Barman. i always liked that line. there's something about all that enron shite that makes me feel sick. fun with dick and jane is a great movie that mirrors the reality of all that scandalous lifestyle. it all seems to boil down to who's in the 'know'. fake handshakes and slimy dick cheney grins should make all of us feel comfortable right??
is there really a difference between a curly and a straight mullet? "Republicrats. They take one step forward and then they double back."-MCPaul Barman. i always liked that line. there's something about all that enron shite that makes me feel sick. fun with dick and jane is a great movie that mirrors the reality of all that scandalous lifestyle. it all seems to boil down to who's in the 'know'. fake handshakes and slimy dick cheney grins should make all of us feel comfortable right??
Seems the difference between Dick and Jane and Enron, is only that Enron was white colar crime. It was a ponzi scheme. It was a con. You've seen Catch Me If You Can? I recently read a book by the guy portrayed in it, about all the different cons you have to look out for. It's not just the corporate execs pulling off this stuff. Seems you can pull of a con at varying levels. Just the higher up you get, the bigger the amounts there are. But Enron was sure the mother of all cons, and it hurt a lot of people.
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