As the new D's at the Group "The Bain Files" begins to gather many together in the quest to ferret out the Real evidences and facts on Mitt Romney & Bain Capital; I've learned that there are many issues not yet addressed - which are in need of diligent research.
Fellow kossac's "teresahill" with the Diary "Mitt's Magical IRA" and "Shuksan Tahoma" Diary "Romney: $98,000,000 stake in Mattel--" proffer many questions not addressed heretofore.
We all are well aware that Mitt Romney & his campaign are lying - repeatedly - to hide his Bain Capital issues from February 1999 forward. While I personally am a walking encyclopedia of the cases of The Learning Company, Stage Stores, Kay Bee and eToys. There's always items slip through the cracks - away from the eyes of any researcher.
Thus we ask you to help us here at DailyKos - become the experts!
What We Do Know
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The Salt Lake Olympics
With much acclaim, Mitt Romney is selected to "save" the Olympics in Utah. While the press gives him much credit for turning around a bad situation; evidence is begin to appear that details cronyism and self dealing.
The Learning Company
In 1999, Mitt Romney & his cohorts merged The Learning Company with Mattel Toys. Mattel lost approx $2 Billion in the deal in short order. Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnel (www.MNAT.com) is the Delaware law firm that handled the merger.
Kay Bee Toys
In mid to fall of 2000, Mitt Romney's Bain Capital makes a deal to acquire Kay Bee Toys from Consolidated (Big Lot's) stores. Michael Glazer is the CEO of Kay Bee Toys. A Harvard feasibility study denotes the fact that Kay Bee Toys wanted to acquire the eToys entity. Kay Bee Toys files bankruptcy in 2004.
Before Michael Glazer puts Kay Bee Toys into bankruptcy, he pays himself and Bain Capital tens of millions of dollars (purportedly $100 million in total). The party representing Bain Capital in that Fraudulent transfer / conveyance - is the MNAT law firm of Delaware.
Stage Stores
Meanwhile, in Houston Texas, there's the entity Stage Stores. Mitt Romney owns the controlling shares of Stage Stores. Also Liquidity Solutions is Co-Debtor with Stage Stores. Jack Bush, CEO of Bain's IdeaForest, is also a director at Stage Stores with Michael Glazer (CEO Kay Bee).
Barry Gold is the "directors" assistant at Stage Stores. While in that position he hires his secret partner in many other deals - Paul Traub and his Traub, Bonacquist & Fox (TBF) law firm.
eToys
Also in 1999 Goldman Sachs took eToys public to astronomical hi prices. Stock going above $78 per share. But eToys only received $16.50 per. MNAT lied to the court about its relationships to Mattel, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs = in order to become the bankruptcy estate of eToys - attorney - in 2001.
Basically, Bain Capital sold eToys to Bain Capital. MNAT lied to become the eToys Debtor's counsel and Paul Traub lied to become the eToys Creditors counsel. Once they were successful in that ruse; MNAT & Mr. Traub then placed Barry Gold inside as President & CEO of eToys. Though they did get caught in these schemes, before Bain Capital & Mitt Romney could be implicated - they illegally Destroyed the Books & Records.
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Diagram of Romney Bad Faith Connections
This chart/ diargram of the many connections is just a partial of all the various parties & cohorts who are engaging in bad faith (conflict of interest) dealings that are so important - Mitt Romney & his campaign have the entire Republican Party doing their damnedest to make sure the American public never looks at this evidence.
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What We Don't Know
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As is denoted by the various Diaries in The Bain Files group and elsewhere; there's so much dirt out there on Mitt Romney - it is hard to keep up with. Between the magical IRA of $100 million and the ownership of Mattel stock while Mitt Romney while the Olympics dealt with Mattel. These are just a few.
Thus, we need to know and need help researching
- When did Mitt Romney & Bain unload Mattel Stock?
- Was it a classic pump-n-dump (SEC crime)?
- Did Romney & Bain Capital still own Mattel stock when it purchased Kay Bee & eToys?
- How many times did Kay Bee & eToys wind up in bankruptcy?
- Bain Capital owns Toys R Us; how many bankrupt companies does Toys R Us own?
- Is Michael Glazer with Bain still?
- Jack Bush is from Dallas Texas; how many Bain bankruptcies was he involved in?
- Does anyone have the family connections of Jack Bush to THE Bush's?
- How many times was Liquidity Solutions involved in Bain deals?
- Who "Really" owns Liquidity Solutions?
- Liquidity Solutions & Madison Liquidity are connected. Are there MORE?
- Bain Capital owns Clear Channel & shows like Rush Limbaugh. What Else?
- How many retail stores does Bain Capital own?
- What is the total amount of advertising dollars Bain Capital controls?
- Bain Capital is also partners with NBC in stations like the Weather Channel. What Else?
- What other items is main stream not mentioning since February 1999?
- Anything else that the Public Needs to Know?
Conclusion
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We have a terrific network of persons here. Thus a lot of eyes and ears. There must be some of you who have met or know people that worked at Bain and /or any of these companies.
So you must Dig, Dig, Dig into the case and find Dirt, Dirt, Dirt.
As much as this blogger is personally invested in the quest to get Bain Capital indicted, it never occurred to me that Mitt Romney owned Mattel stock after The Learning Company deal. If so, this gives U.S. evidence that he is duplicit in massive fraud. If NOT, then he is still (most likely) guilty of pump-n-dump of stock (still a crime).
If enough of U.S. worked together, we can become the expert corner of Mitt Romney & Bain Capital issues. I don't know if any of you took notice, but Rachel Maddow's blog story "Romney's Bain story unraveling quickly" quotes Jed Lewison of Daily Kos.
We can nail Mitt Romney & Bain Capital's ass - Are You Up to the Challenge?