October 9, 2006, not 2008.

But honestly... are we going to debate whether a US president, sitting or past, is responsible for the actions of KJI? That guy is a nutjob and an egomaniac and to pretend that he's only that way because of the behavior of the US is dangerously naive.

My grandpa called em nips. But then, he'd been carrying some Japanese shrapnel in his brain since '42.

The summary makes a leap of logic. The company was never really worth 200 billion except in the eyes of the guy that bought his shares at $253.88 back in September of 2000.

So the loss of value isn't strictly due to mistakes the company made. The stock market crash accounts for most of that drop.

My personal favorite

Working for a defense company doing 9/80 - they claim to be saving tons of money on power and other services that they can cut on 9/80 Friday.

Personally, my productivity starts declining after lunch so it's difficult to make the case that they are squeezing more work out of me.

That would be a crime - and if there were evidence they were doing that, they would be indicted. That charge is leveled at oil companies every time gas becomes expensive and their executives are hauled in front of congress and grilled about it. Congress makes a big show of it so everyone thinks they're getting tough on oil companies. The charge is investigated and dropped every time - as it was already this year. If you have evidence that they missed you should let your representatives know.

No. I didn't mention ANWR.