Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF <a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/05/25/financial/f091452D62.DTL" target="_blank">http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/arti cle.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/05/25/financial/f091452D62.DTL</a>
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Considering they cost tons of innocent people to lose their retirement savings, their jobs, and are really no better than common thieves, let's just hope they go away for longer than Martha Stewart.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Anyone seen the "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" movie? How is it?
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder Skilling is guilty as well, let's not forget. I haven't read any of the details yet, but I hope as much of their assets as possible are seized in an effort in some small way to compensate people.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I hope there are a few more execs in this country , not sleeping as well tonight....
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Anyone seen the "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" movie? How is it?> Haven't seen it, but my sister (a doc maker herself, and she's tough) said it was excellent.
Originally Posted By Labuda This is what shocks me: "Certainly we're surprised," a shaken Lay said Thursday after a jury capped a four-month-long fraud and conspiracy trial and in its sixth day of deliberations returned guilty verdicts against him and Skilling. "I think it's more appropriate to say we're shocked. This is not the outcome we expected." O M G ! How danged smug ca you be? You cheat & lie and ruined thousands of people's lives and you're SURPRISED when a jury convicts you? What kind of world does Ken Lay live i, fod goodness sake???? Oh, and, btw, I hope their sennteces are long enough that they die alone and in jail.
Originally Posted By cape cod joe That smug look on Lay's face reminded me so much of Clinton on the white house lawn after he was impeached. It's like Lay is so proud of himself for screwing so many people and ruining so many lives. To clarify (Clinton) the LOOK, NOT the act as there's NO analogy there of course.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>How danged smug ca you be? You cheat & lie and ruined thousands of people's lives and you're SURPRISED when a jury convicts you? What kind of world does Ken Lay live i, fod goodness sake????<< Maybe he's planning on writing some books for children ;-)
Originally Posted By cape cod joe f--I like a lot of your stuff but you should work on your analogies. First Hitler/Madonna and now Lay/Madonna????????? You like that woman I can see Maybe some day you'll see an analogy is supposed to have things in COMMON. Hitler killed 60 mill. Lay cost people their financial lives. Madonna is risque. Okaaaaayy???????
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Good hopefully both will be fully penalized. I swear a few weeks ago Lay said in a statement that the financial loss his company suffered was worse than the death of a loved one. And of course I remember his wife saying they had sell their house in Aspen. I'll try to find these later if I have time or this topic isn't closed.
Originally Posted By ccjoe If I expressed my real disdain for those two vermin, this topic would be closed. I have more respect the Congressman from Cal (war hero) as he at LEAST admitted culpability.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>"Certainly we're surprised," a shaken Lay said Thursday after a jury capped a four-month-long fraud and conspiracy trial and in its sixth day of deliberations returned guilty verdicts against him and Skilling. "I think it's more appropriate to say we're shocked. This is not the outcome we expected."<< It is said that criminals always expect to get away with their crimes. These jerks thought that they were too smart to get caught.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I think they simply thought what they were doing was ethical. Simply financially bleeding the company dry. Nero fiddling while Rome burns. Reminds me of Marie Antoniette. "Let them eat cake attitude".
Originally Posted By tiggertoo <<How danged smug ca you be? You cheat & lie and ruined thousands of people's lives and you're SURPRISED when a jury convicts you?>> I’m not surprised they feel this way at all. These people obviously have nothing but contempt for the lowly peons they called employees and thought they were above anything the lowly court could throw at them. I could be wrong, but IMO is that this case was finished before it began, guilty or not. The American people seem to have had it with corporate executives who think they could get away with murder. This case sends a stark message.
