[Dialup Llama]

Is Mirant one of those credit card companies that lobbied congress to pass a law to make their debt a higher priority than even child support or back taxes, making it impossible for their customers to get a clean bankruptcy under the guise of a wholesome sounding anti-scofflaw law?

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

I don't think so. Here's the link, by the way, to the message board for those who want it:

Click here for Mirant message board (hard to find).

[Doodle]

Mirant was an energy company - spun off from the regulated utility, Southern Company. It went down along with NRG and others when they all over-built gas-fired electricity generating facilities over the past few years. They were also an energy commodity trading firm (a la Enron).