Alex Gibney: brilliant filmmaker
I watched this film on DVD 3 times in a row yesterday.
It was absolutely astounding, this story of ENRON, the biggest corporate bankruptcy in World History.
The reason I watched it three times in a row is to just get my head around this scandal.
Because I happen to believe that Canada's Prime Minister is not all that different from Kenneth Lay, the insane freak-a-zoid CEO-Zilla who perpetuated the biggest fraud possibly ever.
How can I say that Stephen Harper is just like Ken Lay?
Well now, let's see.
1. Ken Lay had a Phd. in Economics. Harper has a Masters. They could've been classmates for fucksakes!
2. Ken Lay wanted to de-regulate everything so that he could make shitloads of money. So does Harper.
3. Ken Lay is in the oil and gas business. Guess who else is? That's correct! Stephen Harper!
So those red flags should be flying at lightspeed up that flagpole for us Canadians.
It means we should have an extra extra EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA close eye on Stephen Harper, his Regime, and what his minions get up to.
Because these oil business people are the scum of the earth in my view.
Just watch Alex Gibney's scathing and mind-blowing doc on ENRON: The Smartest Guys in the Room.
That's the one trait of these cheap, greedy and soulless cocksuckers: they are ruthless, and think they are the smartest cats in the room.
They'll fuck you, your dog, your dogs' puppies, your Mom's cats..all of them in the name of profits.
My head nearly spun off my shoulders watching this film.
George W. Bush's NUMBER ONE (1) campaign contributer in the 2000 election was ENRON.
Enron bought Dubya the White House, with some help from the Supreme Court.
You'd think this film was documenting shit that was happening on Mars, that's how sci-fi & freakish this scandal is.
The scale of the fraud is incalculable.
20,000 people lose their jobs, their 401K portfolios,their life's savings, all the while ENRON top brass and Executives sell all of their stocks in the company before the whole shithouse went up in flames. They prohibited stockholders from selling but the top men, the CEO? the COO? they could!
This is some truly mind-blowing white-collar crime, and it has me thinking that Stephen Harper is up to the exact same game: using a government to get what you want from it and fuck everybody else.
The demeanor of every player in the ENRON scandal is the exact same as Harper's: shark-like non-expression of emotions, firm handshakes and firm words when at podiums, gargantuan over-confidence......
Tactical "ideas" bandied about...
Secrecy...
bad haircuts and personalities...
Contempt for rules...
All things that CEO's and stock traders embody.
Yes.
My radar is working. Workin' SUPERNOVA.
Watch this movie. You NEED to, Buster.
Last edited by Johann; 06-14-2011 at 04:58 PM.
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