Enron founder Kenneth Lay dies at 64

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07-05-2006, 01:13 PM
Dexter Rutecki

It's OK, his accountants just announced that he's in perfect health and he's expected to live to be 150.
07-05-2006, 01:14 PM
TurxSki

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Originally Posted by Hacksaw

Yea, I hope they make double sure that the body is really him. I could see this slimeball pulling the "switch-erru" and "retiring" to somewhere in the south Pacific..........

Well Said
07-05-2006, 01:27 PM
The Reverend Floater

Suicide, believe it or not, is covered by life insurance after the second year of the policy.

Either way, fuck that guy.
07-05-2006, 01:34 PM
Woodsy

can someone explain when some one gets busted for suspicion of drug sales or manufacture they seize everything, but this fuck was proven to have made loads of dough illegally and he gets to keep his house in Aspen!?!?:cussing:
07-05-2006, 01:34 PM
splat

Little did he realize that in burning everyone in the futures markets, the stock in his own future bottomed out at minus six feet.
07-05-2006, 01:39 PM
ill-advised strategy

fuck him, but also fuck all the fucking fucks who spent all that time and effort promoting his way of doing business.

Every business magazine that had enron on the cover...fuck them. All the little shitwads doing his deals, fuck them.
07-05-2006, 01:44 PM
jSki

I was guessing he would get a presidential pardon by Bush after the next election. These guys have a bad history of looking out for their friends at whatever cost to everyone else.
07-05-2006, 01:44 PM
splat

I especially liked the part where Bush ordered the CIA to intercept satellite carried phone and fax transmissions of ENRON's competitors in hopes of giving them an edge and staving off the eventual demise of the company.

Oh, the little things that stolen pensions used for campaign contributions can buy. :FIREdevil

So......where's all the fucking money? And what's the chance Bush had him whacked?
07-05-2006, 01:51 PM
Viva

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Originally Posted by Woodsy

can someone explain when some one gets busted for suspicion of drug sales or manufacture they seize everything, but this fuck was proven to have made loads of dough illegally and he gets to keep his house in Aspen!?!?:cussing:

Actually, the government had already begun seizing his assets, including various properties. Aspen will probably be taken as well. Of course, the attorneys will get their cut before any former Enron employees/shareholders.
07-05-2006, 02:11 PM
uglymoney

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Originally Posted by splat

I guess he just ran out of energy.

That is elegant in its simplicity and funny on so many different levels. :biggrin:
07-05-2006, 02:29 PM
Clack

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Originally Posted by Tippster

Unless that person's actions made your life savings go "poof" and you're too old to start over. Talk to anyone over 60 who is looking for a job. Unless "greeter at Wallyworld" fits your bill you're fucked.

I call bullshit. This is the US and you just need to open your eyes to see opportunity instead of wallowing in self pity. They could start a geriatric porn empire and even employ you in the off season. Call them the enron episodes, kind of like Willie Nelson's IRS album. The possibilities are endless.

edit: upon further review, I guess they're still fucked
07-05-2006, 02:33 PM
Trackhead

Well, it saves taxpayers some money.
07-05-2006, 02:49 PM
Viva

I'm changing this post. I recall that Fastow and Skilling had more to do with the Enron debacle than did Lay. Fastow turned witness, but isn't Skilling still up for sentencing?
07-05-2006, 02:49 PM
Cono Este

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Originally Posted by YetiMan

fuck him, but also fuck all the fucking fucks who spent all that time and effort promoting his way of doing business.

Every business magazine that had enron on the cover...fuck them. All the little shitwads doing his deals, fuck them.

And dont forget these hacks.

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston, Citigroup Inc., Barclays Bank Plc, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Bank of America Corp. and Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc.

Edit:

How could I forget the worst one?

Arthur Anderson
07-05-2006, 03:22 PM
mr_gyptian

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Originally Posted by splat

I especially liked the part where Bush ordered the CIA to intercept satellite carried phone and fax transmissions of ENRON's competitors in hopes of giving them an edge and staving off the eventual demise of the company.

Oh, the little things that stolen pensions used for campaign contributions can buy. :FIREdevil

So......where's all the fucking money? And what's the chance Bush had him whacked?

come on man. where do you get this shit?
07-05-2006, 03:38 PM
jSki

While I know nothing about the CIA intercepting transmissions to help ENRON, I do find it plausible. You give someone the most powerful position in the world and can't expect them to be benevolent. They're going to use their power to help their friends and those who got them into their position of power. I think this is only exaggerated when we have someone who is generally not accountable for his actions.

And to conspiracy theories about how he died, while interesting to think about, it's far more likely that he died of CHD, seeing as it is the leading cause of death in America.
http://www.americanheart.org/present...dentifier=4591
07-05-2006, 03:40 PM
P_McPoser

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Originally Posted by jSki

I was guessing he would get a presidential pardon by Bush after the next election. These guys have a bad history of looking out for their friends at whatever cost to everyone else.

:confused:
Then why is it all these guys have been busted during the Bush administration? If he was "looking out for his friends," seems like he would have called off the dogs long before...Did I miss something? I mean, there is the Halliburton connection, so why not call off the dogs on accounting scandals also?
07-05-2006, 04:02 PM
Steven S. Dallas

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Originally Posted by P_McPoser

Then why is it all these guys have been busted during the Bush administration?

Because the company blew up during the Bush administration. Durr.
07-05-2006, 04:09 PM
RootSkier

I don't see what everyone is so mad about. Isn't stealing and cooking the books the American Way?
07-05-2006, 04:31 PM
cj001f

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Originally Posted by RootSkier

I don't see what everyone is so mad about. Isn't stealing and cooking the books the American Way?

It's just the way 'the Market' works
07-05-2006, 04:37 PM
CUBUCK

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Originally Posted by cj001f

It's just the way 'the Market' works

Thats right, they broke the rules and now the company no longer exists and they managed to bring down a crooked accouunting firm with them. A deterrent for those thinking about doing anything along the same lines.
07-05-2006, 04:41 PM
cj001f

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Originally Posted by CUBUCK

A deterrent for those thinking about doing anything along the same lines.

dying in your aspen appartment still with millions in your control? thats funny shit dude. Sorry, I've personally known executives accused and convicted of fraud - they live a decent middle class life in Florida.
07-05-2006, 04:52 PM
mc_roon

I just hope that he really is dead...
07-05-2006, 04:53 PM
72Twenty

[spitting out Coors Light]

Dead? Elvis is DEAD?

[/spitting out Coors Light]
07-05-2006, 04:56 PM
CUBUCK

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Originally Posted by cj001f

dying in your aspen appartment still with millions in your control? thats funny shit dude.

you're right the fact that he was about to serve a lifetime sentence with his buddies like skilling, fastow and a handful of energy traders should not be a deterrent for anyone considering cooking the books, or the fact that the courts were after $40 plus million.

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