Comments on: When all else fails, blame the lawyers… http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-lawyers/ Morningstar's guide to what's hiding in SEC filings Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:24:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tim Leeke http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-9225 Tim Leeke Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:07:18 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=4209#comment-9225 Time to retitle this article, "When corruption prevails [as is now], investigate the lawyers..." Time to retitle this article, “When corruption prevails [as is now], investigate the lawyers…”

]]> By: Tim Leeke http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-9224 Tim Leeke Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:02:16 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=4209#comment-9224 My follow-on question, "Is Michelle Leder a lawyer"? Hard to imagine that an entire leadership segment of our Country could become conspicuously corrupt. However, it does follow that giving power to crooks--is just not that smart! If you can face the truth about politics and politicans, read, H. L. Mencken, "Notes on Democracy." My follow-on question, “Is Michelle Leder a lawyer”? Hard to imagine that an entire leadership segment of our Country could become conspicuously corrupt. However, it does follow that giving power to crooks–is just not that smart! If you can face the truth about politics and politicans, read, H. L. Mencken, “Notes on Democracy.”

]]> By: Tim Leeke http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-9222 Tim Leeke Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:43:57 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=4209#comment-9222 Who but lawyers and judges set the moral tone of the Country; who writes the fine print and teaches the legaleese? Likewise, what profession most provides mountebanks to infest public positions of trust and leadership? What profession is chastised both in the Bible and Book of Mormons? The massive bailout by Obama has prevented thusfar a collapse, and just perhaps a lawyer roasting. Coincidence, both Obama and wife are lawyers. Almost all of his appointments are lawyers, and his song-n-dance thusfar has been nothing but fine-tuned charlatanary. As I see it, we are in the midst of a mass duping by a mountebank and arrogant Narcissist. Who but lawyers and judges set the moral tone of the Country; who writes the fine print and teaches the legaleese? Likewise, what profession most provides mountebanks to infest public positions of trust and leadership? What profession is chastised both in the Bible and Book of Mormons? The massive bailout by Obama has prevented thusfar a collapse, and just perhaps a lawyer roasting. Coincidence, both Obama and wife are lawyers. Almost all of his appointments are lawyers, and his song-n-dance thusfar has been nothing but fine-tuned charlatanary. As I see it, we are in the midst of a mass duping by a mountebank and arrogant Narcissist.

]]> By: Steve in Silverton, Oregon http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-9219 Steve in Silverton, Oregon Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:29:37 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=4209#comment-9219 Looking at the initials MLFPS I'm guessing that they stood for Merrill,Lynch,Pierce,Fenner and Smith. The original partners? Looking at the initials MLFPS I’m guessing that they stood for Merrill,Lynch,Pierce,Fenner and Smith. The original partners?

]]> By: Michelle Leder http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-9186 Michelle Leder Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:48:53 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=4209#comment-9186 Looks like the WSJ does name the lawyers in <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125123100930658077.html rel="nofollow">this story</a> though the names they cite are different than the ones in the comment letter I linked to. Looks like the WSJ does name the lawyers in this story though the names they cite are different than the ones in the comment letter I linked to.

]]> By: Michelle Leder http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-9182 Michelle Leder Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:57:42 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=4209#comment-9182 I just thought it was ironic that neither Bank of America nor the SEC would name names yesterday and yet the information was available via publicly available documents on the SEC's own site. I just thought it was ironic that neither Bank of America nor the SEC would name names yesterday and yet the information was available via publicly available documents on the SEC’s own site.

]]> By: Confused?? http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-9181 Confused?? Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:54:56 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=4209#comment-9181 So...why provide the names and numbers? So…why provide the names and numbers?

]]> By: Michelle Leder http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-9180 Michelle Leder Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:33:04 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=4209#comment-9180 Yes @confused - it's a great conspiracy. One can only imagine the deluge of phone calls generated by me writing about a publicly available letter on my site. As for the Times, maybe they didn't name the attorneys because they didn't know about the letter. Yes @confused – it’s a great conspiracy. One can only imagine the deluge of phone calls generated by me writing about a publicly available letter on my site.

As for the Times, maybe they didn’t name the attorneys because they didn’t know about the letter.

]]> By: Confused?? http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-9179 Confused?? Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:24:23 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=4209#comment-9179 I don't get it... You don't believe the lawyers are to blame... And then you pull the ultimate douchebag move and publically name them and provide their phone numbers so that any wacko on the web can harrass them? Maybe the reason the Times didn't name them was because their professionalism prevents them from deliberately subjecting individuals to abuse? So - are you a hypocrite or just a massive shit-stirrer? I don’t get it…

You don’t believe the lawyers are to blame…

And then you pull the ultimate douchebag move and publically name them and provide their phone numbers so that any wacko on the web can harrass them?

Maybe the reason the Times didn’t name them was because their professionalism prevents them from deliberately subjecting individuals to abuse?

So – are you a hypocrite or just a massive shit-stirrer?

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