S&P Downgrade of U.S. Connecting the Dots - Interactive Maps of relationships to S&P/McGraw Hill. Very Interesting Dots!

I like to look deeper into the reasons why something happens.  Why did S&P downgrade the U.S. when they have ignored MBS fraud from banks and would rate mortgage bonds AAA, though they knew they were junk?  Considering they have always had Wall Street's back, what happened this time?  Who is actually behind the downgrade and for what reason?  Power struggles happening?


There is more behind the S&P downgrade than what has been touted, in my opinion.  It has not made sense they would do this, when the board members are so connected to financials themselves.
I have put together relationship maps of S&P with their main owner being McGraw Hill.  Who is behind these companies, who are the board members, who are the ones who influence what is going on?

I have found some very interesting relationships, which are mapped below.  Look at the maps and see what dots you connect.

(The maps are interactive - You can click on one of the relationships and see their relationships and connections - except for the screen shot maps)

Standard & Poors map of connections




Ray Groves connections (a board member) - notice the CFR connection?





McGraw Hill - considered the owner of S&P map of relations




This gets even more interesting when you look at Cormac Group who is a part of McGraw Hill's relationships.
 Click to make large - as this is VERY INTERESTING!

(note - I had to screen shot this one, because the embed option, left out Freddie Mac - Puerto Rico and McGraw Hill, besides a few others for some reason.  I could not get a better shot of it - but this says a lot as it is)

It gets very interesting when you start looking closer at Cormac Groups and their relationships when clicking on their 19 Lobbyist groups.  Guess what - they are mainly media - including News Corp.

People related to Cormac Group:

Nate Gatten - lobbyist

Paul John Ketchel III - lobbyist

Jonathon Lehman - partner

Jim Link - lobbyist

Jonathan B. Slade - partner

Cody Stewart - lobbyist

Tim Stewart - lobbyist

John W. Timmons - founding partner

Patrick H. Williams - founding partner

Other current Cormac Group relationships:

Air Transport Association of America - lobby firm

American Capitol Group - lobby firm

American Friends of the Hebrew University - lobby firm

Association of American Railroads - lobby firm

ASTAR Air Cargo Inc. - lobby firm

Blackboard Inc. - lobby firm

Clearwire Corporation - lobby firm

Competitive Telecommunications Association - lobby firm

CTIA - lobby firm

DIRECTV Group Inc. - lobby firm

EarthLink, Inc. - lobby firm

Hadassah Foundation - lobby firm

National Association of Broadcasters - lobby firm

News Corp. - lobby firm

Sprint Nextel Corporation - lobby firm

Time Warner Telecom - lobby firm

US Airways Group Inc. - lobby firm

US Airways, Inc. - lobby firm

Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars - lobby firm

Here are the board members information for Mcgraw Hill:

http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/people.asp?ticker=MHP:US

KEY EXECUTIVES - MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES INC (MHP)

Name	Board Relationships		Title	Age
Harold McGraw III		364 Relationships	Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of Executive Committee	62
Jack F. Callahan Jr.		5 Relationships	Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President	52
David Swail		6 Relationships	Chief Executive Officer of McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited and President of McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited	54
Robert J. Bahash		11 Relationships	President of McGraw Hill Education, Inc.	65
Daniel Caton	No Relationships		President of Learning Group	--

Board Members - MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES INC (MHP)

Name	Board Relationships		Primary Company	Age
Harold McGraw III		364 Relationships	The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.	62
Sidney Taurel		162 Relationships	Capital Royalty L.P	62
Edward Barry Rust Jr.		244 Relationships	State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company	60
Winfried Bischoff		57 Relationships	Lloyds Banking Group plc	69
Michael Rake		92 Relationships	KPMG Corporate Finance United Kingdom	63

View All MHP Board Members

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES* - MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES INC (MHP)

Committee Name	Chairperson	Board Relationships		Members
Audit Committee	Michael Rake		92 Relationships	4 Executives
Compensation Committee	Sidney Taurel		162 Relationships	6 Executives
Nominating Committee	Edward Barry Rust Jr.		244 Relationships	5 Executives
Corporate Governance Committee	Edward Barry Rust Jr.		244 Relationships	5 Executives
Executive Committee	Harold McGraw III		364 Relationships	5 Executives
Finance Committee	Winfried Bischoff		57 Relationships	6 Executives

View MHP Committee Details

Here is another interesting connection - Douglas N Daft - who happens to be connected to Walmart




Here is another interesting board member of McGraw Hill - Edward B Rust. Look at all his political and foreign connections, including Chicago's connection (note - another one that would not show all his connections under the embed option. Screen printed - click to make larger)

Here is yet another interesting board member of McGraw Hill - Winfried Bischoff





There are financial companies behind McGraw Hill and global power players. So why would they hurt themselves? Why did they make this move?

What I found is the fact Cormac Group is very connected to the media and Murdoch - News Corp.  We all know what has been happening with Murdoch recently.   Could this one connection actually be the catalyst to the downgrade, in being a revenge move?

I have put these maps here for a connection of the dots. What people and organizations are actually the power of a company.

I am not trying to slam S&P for downgrading the U.S., I believe all the ratings agencies should actually do their job and be honest. If they were honest, the U.S. would be downgraded by them all and it would be lower than a AA+. Of course that is simply my uneducated opinion and it is from watching and researching the U.S. and global real financial truths.

So the questions are..... Did one elite piss off another one?  Was this a ploy to get the cash into bonds, since they are rallying and people are getting their money out of the stock market?  Events like this, don't just happen, there is a bigger reason than the fact this should have been done long ago and the U.S is not credit worthy, but the U.S. has always been protected by those who control.

I have noticed the CNBC crew have been saying "More downward motion is expected in the market".  They said it on the Today show and on CNBC during the day.  Why would they do this?  Again nothing happens without a reason and they don't say things on their own, they are told what to say by their controllers.  What games are being played and what is the end result they are going for?

Note - I will be researching more on who the board members are and the influences behind them, but I wanted to get this part of the research up to what it is at this point.

UPDATE 8/12/11 - Obama is trying to get S&P's license taken away, he now has the SEC investigating them for any "insider trading".  It sure does seem like there are some Elite power struggles happening right now.  Who is going to be "Check mate" at the end?