found his exit strategy i guess

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"Enron founder Kenneth Lay died early today in Aspen, Colorado, a family spokeswoman said. CNN affiliate KPRC in Houston reported that Lay was admitted to the hospital overnight with a massive coronary. Lay, 64, was awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of conspiracy and fraud in the Enron trial in May."

http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/05/news/newsmakers/lay_death/index.htm?cnn=yes

7/5/2006 10:56:49 AM

I wanted that bitch to be brought to justice before dying.

7/5/2006 10:59:41 AM

He was brought to Justice.. just never sentenced

7/5/2006 12:14:03 PM

fuck that motherfucker

7/5/2006 12:26:00 PM

I heard they were gonna shock him but the rolling blackouts didn't permit it.

7/5/2006 12:40:37 PM

An unexpected heart failure while facing a few decades in jail? I'm waiting for the conspiracy theories to come out...

7/5/2006 12:44:32 PM

somone in my office already suggested that it might have been drug induced

7/5/2006 12:45:26 PM

Wonder how much it would cost for a coroner to pronounce you dead.

7/5/2006 12:54:24 PM

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"I wanted that bitch to be brought to justice before dying."

Death is just as good. At least now we taxpayers don't have to foot the bill to feed and shelter him.

7/5/2006 12:55:01 PM

yeah really...its not like we should have let him live anyway

7/5/2006 1:03:35 PM

hmm... conspiracy theory... wonder what salisbuyboy thinks. Maybe the Jews paid off a corner and a few cell guardsmen and now Lay is sittin easy on a private beach off the French Riviera.

7/5/2006 1:16:52 PM

Well, it looks like Ken was Layed to rest ...

Funny that he would have a heart attack though. I wouldn't think a man without a heart could have it attack him.

(I have no remorse in making fun of the deceased, he was miserable fuck.)

7/5/2006 1:35:55 PM

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"Skallah: I heard they were gonna shock him but the rolling blackouts didn't permit it."

ftw

7/5/2006 2:04:52 PM

they probably used his death as a tax writeoff years ago.

7/5/2006 2:08:23 PM

Man, crazy stuff...

It could've been a conspiracy, who knows.

7/5/2006 6:14:19 PM

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"yeah really...its not like we should have let him live anyway"

What the fuck? He should have been sentenced to death because he got greedy?


Talk about overreacting.

7/5/2006 6:23:28 PM

Who fucked more people over, Ken Lay or Ted Bundy?

7/5/2006 6:28:53 PM

thats irrelevant.


Who fucked more people over, Ken Lay or George Bush? Oh wait, we're in the Soap Box. Most of you people already think Bush should be put to death.

7/5/2006 7:48:16 PM

all of people's problems could be solved by the extinction of the human race

7/5/2006 7:54:43 PM

That's profound.

You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.

7/5/2006 7:58:25 PM

my thread

7/5/2006 8:03:23 PM

That fucker got lucky. They would have used a man like him as currency in jail.

7/5/2006 8:17:11 PM

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"Who fucked more people over, Ken Lay or Ted Bundy?"

Loss of life savings != Rape and Murder

7/5/2006 8:29:18 PM

i lolled when i saw this on the news today

7/5/2006 8:31:11 PM

Yea, I did too actually.

7/5/2006 9:24:28 PM

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"Well, it looks like Ken was Layed to rest ..."

I made that same joke at work today, I bet a lot of people have

7/5/2006 9:47:16 PM

hangin' out in Aspen... still rich i guess

[Edited on July 5, 2006 at 11:55 PM. Reason : .]

7/5/2006 11:54:32 PM

He pulled a Slobodan Miloševic.

7/6/2006 9:07:54 AM

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"Loss of life savings != Rape and Murder"

Loosing your life savings is pretty egregious. That level of callous greed and self-centeredness is just about as despicable as someone who would violate someone else for sexual gain. I am just thinking of the thousands of people who were shafted because this bastard wanted "just a little more."

7/6/2006 9:37:04 AM

eraser, don't get me wrong...this guy was a vile prick who deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison.

But you can't count the loss of life savings 1:1 with rape and murder to see who shafted more people. Not to mention that the loss of life savings was really limited to employees...and if they were smart investors, they wouldn't have tied up all their money in the stock of one corporation. That's day 1 investing stuff...not that they deserved it, but they could have just as easily lost all their savings had the company legitimately gone bankrupt (although I doubt the company would have blacked-out the 401k in that case).

7/6/2006 10:49:53 AM

This is FUNNY:

http://www.brokennewz.com/displaystory.asp_Q_storyid_E_1452llayphoto

7/6/2006 1:42:01 PM

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060707.IBENRON07/TPStory/Business

The story says that because of Ken's death, his conviction could be voided, thus opening the potential for Skilling's release. Any legal minds want to wrap their heads around this one?

I'll bet Lay's laughing in his grave now...if he really is dead!

7/7/2006 2:16:58 PM

^ if that were really true the conspiracy theories will abound ...

7/7/2006 2:26:29 PM

Thing is, the guilty verdiect is null and void now. Meaning the gov't can't touch "his" money. It's a small wonder there aren't conspiracy nuts on every channel.

7/7/2006 3:21:10 PM

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" ``He probably didn't have the best memories of Houston lately,'' said the Rev. William A. Lawson, pastor emeritus of Houston's Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. Lay was saddened, Lawson said, because many people in Houston ignored his civic achievements and focused on his role in Enron's downfall. Lay died of a massive heart attack on July 5, while vacationing in a home he once owned near Aspen, Colorado. He was awaiting sentencing after being convicted in May of federal fraud charges stemming from Enron's collapse, which wiped out more than 5,000 jobs and $1 billion in employee pensions. Lawson will speak July 9 in Aspen at a private memorial service for Lay's family. He said the family plans to cremate and bury Lay's remains in Aspen. Another service will be held July 12 in Houston. Lawson said he hopes to comfort the family with the thought that history can rehabilitate a person's image. ``I plan to tell them this is not the first time somebody good has been falsely accused and even crucified,'' Lawson said today in an interview before leaving for Aspen. ``Just like Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy, my hope is that people will view Ken Lay in a much more positive light after his death. Even though people say he's a robber and a crook and that it's a good thing he's dead, we have the right to tell his family we've seen this (vilification) before, and history can be kind.'' "

What a piece of shit.

7/7/2006 11:41:21 PM

not dead

probably living an even more prosperous life now in some tropical 3rd world country

7/7/2006 11:45:07 PM

Remember when Jesus was crucified?

THIS WAS JUST LIKE THAT.

7/8/2006 12:19:59 AM

KENNY BOY

7/8/2006 11:17:22 AM