[fineright]

Was Harken a loan, or is the LA Times just a fish wrapper?

A retorical question.

[Shermy]

It was fishy any way you wrap it.

BTW, I wouldn't annouce that this is a LA Times article, even if it came from somewhere else.

[chnsmok]

Why did the Senate need to make illegal a loan that, according to Dems, was already illegal? Why else would they be whining for a full investigation and then a lynching? It had to have been already illegal...

[Mike Darancette]

Are they just talking about personal loans used to purchase company stock secured by that company stock as was the case with Bush? Or, any loan to an officer?

They could outlaw officers from owning any stock in the companies they work for.

The fallout of this will be that stock ownership in the company you work for will become less available many companies may even go private.

[LenS]

"This is wrong. It must be stopped," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who proposed the ban. "Why can't these corporate executives go the bank like everybody else?" ROFL.

Just like Gephardt who got a loan from the bank that the DNC head ran years ago? Or like those Representatives who wrote unlimited checks at the House bank?

That silly Dubya. He just doesn't know the proper DNC-approved scams.