Kenny Boy Indicted

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[OneTimeLurker]

Ken Lay indicted.

[AmishDude]

Oh, come on, email her with the comment that John Ascroft prosecuted Kenny Boy. She'll jump out of the nearest window.

[BushisTheMan]

I'm glad you point that out. I'm about to go collect a $25 bet I made with a Liberal co-worker who said he'd never be prosecuted. I had to explain that you go for the little fish first and work your way up the chain.

He kept chiding me for Lay/Bush being buddies -- until I read an article that said he and Clinton were thick. I think he was surprised that I found that out. He hasn't uttered a word since.

Clinton also had Halliburton as a "priviledged" contractor who didn't have to submit bids each time because Halliburton did such outstanding work for the U.S. Government.

But we never hear either of those in today's left-wing biased media, do we?

[Destro]

Exactly.

[AmishDude]

"Ashcroft"

I was distracted.

[Moonman62]

When Bush talks about the corporate scandals, he never mentions when they occurred. the sheeple think this stuff occurred on his watch.

That's because GWB's main concern is taking everybody's eyes off of government scandals. The federal government's accounting tricks and money waste far exceeds anything Enron ever did.

[tallhappy]

Wasn't it the Clinton administration that helped Enron land a huge contract in India?

I don't know if they landed the contract or not, but yes. Clinton used the CIA to do research for Enron for their India project.

And then we wonder why we didn't know enough about islamofascists attacking us.

See my # 36 above.

[oceanview]

but they are doing that anyway (or trying to).

its more then just Enron, they became a poster child for the media because they were an "evil energy company". the fraud in tech stocks, and the links with those on wall street, dwarfed Enron.

[Muzzle_em]

Last week, a female co-worker who I sometimes ride the bus with emailed me an anti-Bush email saying - among other things - that Bush was "protecting" Lay and other Enron executives. She got mad (and now refuses to talk to me)when I pointed that was a lie and that several Enron executives were already indicted. I'll resist the temptation to email her the news about Kenny Boy
Don't even waste your time. The more wrong you prove HER to be, the angrier at YOU she will get, still refusing to see the light. That is the way all liberals are. Just rest easy KNOWING that your were right (and search for a new "bus buddy").

[deport]

Former Enron CEO Ken Lay Indicted

Lay To Turn Himself In Thursday Morning

POSTED: 3:15 pm CDT July 7, 2004

UPDATED: 3:32 pm CDT July 7, 2004

HOUSTON -- The former chairman, CEO and founder of Enron Corp., Ken Lay, was indicted Wednesday, News2Houston reported.

Federal grand jurors handed down the sealed indictment Wednesday afternoon.

The charges, which are not yet known, stem from the company's 2001 collapse.

Lay is expected to turn himself in to federal authorities Thursday morning, where the indictment will be unsealed and the charges announced.

For more information on this breaking story, stay tuned to News2Houston and Click2Houston.com.

[Phantom Lord]

I pointed that was a lie and that several Enron executives were already indicted.

You forgot to add, and in jail.

[Steve_Seattle]

Last week a co-worker sent me an anti-Bush email (see previous post), and four or five of the points had to do with Bush and Enron. The co-worker got mad when I challenged the factuality of many of the points, specifically the one that claimed Bush was "protecting" Enron cronies. Your and other posts give me even more facts to rebut these charges - 23 previous indictments, new indictments including Lay, Clinton contacts with Enron, etc.

[TXBSAFH]

GOT ROPE?!

[cake_crumb]

"For the media of course Bush's silence means guilt and talking about Enron would mean even more guilt as they see it. Catch-22."

Right. This is just another way the Democrats put Republicans on the defensive all the time. By implying - not PROVING - guilt. It's the oldest trick in the book. As much as I love the president, I'll be disappointed if he doesn't begin mentioning it among the list of his administration's accomplishments at every speesh for the next week.

[cake_crumb]

"what does IIRC mean again?"

If I Remember Correctly.

[conserv13]

Yes but Bush also said that he didn't know Lay very well -I think Bush knew him better than he let on.

[cake_crumb]

"I'm sure we won't hear much about the efforts of Bob Rubin to get the Bush Administration to call the dogs off of Enron either"

We're sure not gonna hold our breath.

[Sybeck1]

I attend night school with a young black lady, and considering this is Memphis TN it is a very racially polarized town. In ethics last term this lady brought up Ken Lay will never get indicted, when the Enron scandal was brought up in Business Ethics. Well guess I let her know this happened, even under a GOP justice department.

[Steve_Seattle]

This is a big, big story, great news for Bush, because it gives the lie to the Dems accusations that Bush wouldn't be tough on Enron. No matter how many other indictments there were, as long as Lay was not indicted, they would keep repeating that charge. Now that issue has been taken away from them; indeed, now it has swung in Bush's favor.

[Ditter]

This doesn't hurt my feelings any. We get what we deserve, sooner or later. I remember watching Lay walk behind his wife & family to their table in a very fancy restaurant. This was years ago before I knew who he was. He must be a womanizer because what caught my attention was the way he checked out all the pretty women as he walked by them. If I had seen my husband do that I would have whacked him.

[cake_crumb]

"That's because GWB's main concern is taking everybody's eyes off of government scandals"

Back that statement up with fact. Generalities like "The federal government's accounting tricks and money waste far exceeds anything Enron ever did," are not facts.