[pointsal]

...Didn't that old wrinkled husband of Andrea Mitchell have a hand in this rush to the edge of the cliff?

What was his name???

[palmer]

"The use of a growing array of derivatives and the related application of more-sophisticated approaches to measuring and managing risk are key factors underpinning the greater resilience of our largest financial institutions."

~~Alan Greenspan, May 2005

(hat tip to Travis McGree)