Is the SEC drowning in a wading pool of ignorance? Have no fear. The Commission is getting “…more smarter, more swifter, more successfuler….” at least if you believe Robert Khuzami, sometime federal prosecutor made SEC enforcement chief. It seems that the new focus over at the SEC will be to hire smart guys. Really smart guys. How smart? Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons.
Khuzami took over Enforcement from Linda Thomsen, passer of the Ponzi buck, back in February, leaving precious few targets for ridicule at the Commission. Be this as it may, Khuzami is working hard to fill Thomsen’s shoes.
When asked if it was true that specialists and attorneys with high fees are easily bored, Khuzami revealed that “lawyers in a specialized group could be permitted to work on unrelated cases to maintain variety,” and that “It’s not about what’s broken.”
The good news is that Khuzami is due to testify before Congress next week. The sharpening of disemboweling cutlasses could be heard echoing throughout the Dirksen federal building over the last 48 hours.
SEC Plans Fraud Fight With Teams of Specialists [The Wall Street Journal]
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Too Don’t, Didn’t Care
As I was saying, Robert, you can be instrumental in changing the public verdict. Do you understand, Robert? Have I made myself clear?
As an unmuddied lake, Mary. As clear as an azure sky of deepest summer. You can rely on me, Mary.
Step 1: Actually read stuff people send us.
Step 2: Hire people who understand aforementioned stuff.
Step 3: Do something about it.
Rinse, wash, repeat.
Rocket science, I know.
Can you get swine flu from unprotected violent twittering?
Princess Bride in da hizzle. Nice work EP.
Really smart guys. How smart? Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons.
EPs you just made my day.
~SEG
@4 is correct. Thank God the Fire Department always shows up if you call them.
Always nice to see a Princess Bride reference.
Never get in a battle of wits with a Sithilian, when DEATH ith on the line!
Khuzami has a smart plan. Use the word smart in all sentences and be smart about it. That way they will all be smart. I’m a smart alec.
Never get into a land war with Texas.
Gotta love the ‘more smart, more swift, more successful’ line in the WSJ article. Shouldn’t it be ‘smarter, swifter, and more successful’ Moron.
Hi, my name is BHO, would BL or EP be available for the job?
Unfortunatly you need to be confirmed and therefore having used turbo tax may substantially increase the chances of getting the job. My email is: potus@whitehouse.gov
“…more smarter, more swifter, more successfuler….”
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
@12,
Good point. Also worth noting that Dirksen SOB is one of three buildings housing Senators’ offices and committee hearing rooms.
The other two are Hart SOB and Russell SOB. Dirksen is the least impressive of the three (though it does have the cafeterias in the basement and a tennis court on the roof), with Russell the oldest and therefore most ornate & prestigious residence of the three (also where all reporters broadcast from) and Hart the biggest and more modern one: it alone houses almost half of the 50 senators in addition to some committees.
No doubt the SEC isn’t popular in any one of the aforementioned edifices.
Inconceivable!!!!
True blave…
Sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world. Except for a nice MLT, a mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe. They’re so perky, I love that. But that’s not what he said. He distinctly said “to blave.” And, as we all know, “to blave” means “to bluff.” So you’re probably playing cards, and he cheated –
anybody want a peanut?