Saw Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

on Wednesday. If you get the chance to rent it or buy it, it's a great documentary. It tells of the humble beginnings of Lay and Skilling, and follows them and Enron to its rise as the 7th richest corporation to its fall in shame and bankruptcy.

There are scenes of Skilling testifying before a grand jury where his lying is nearly palpable. And in a couple of scenes, one of the former Enron employees, a Kathy (I think) Watkins, who was a whistle-blower is seated two seats away from him, and the dynamics of those clips is tremendous.

One of the few things that bothered me was the fact that anyone who worked in the higher echelons of Enron had to be complicit in the dirty dealings, and while we need to punish Lay and Skilling, I think anyone else who knew what was going on should also be punished.

I certainly hope that the idiot in chief doesn't pardon them when they are convicted early next year. If he does, he's signed a death warrant for himself from all those who suffered as a result of Enron's hubris.

one quote that stuck with me from that documentary.

that was the quote from a phone transcript of one of the Enron energy traders talking to another Enron energy trader, in reference to the California brush fires threatening the power supply.

I guess those people can sleep at night, but it's only a guess...

Has this movie been released to DVD? I still remember CNN saying something a while back that it was more damagin to bu$h than F-911.

but it looks like it is going to be. Amazon has a listing for it, and a sidebar to be notified when it becomes available. Here is a link:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JO8E/qid=1129301806/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-7272160-7228849?v=glance&s=dvd