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« on: July 13, 2005, 01:47:21 PM »
Ebbers gets 25 years in jail.
Did you guys see ken lay me playing dumb on TV over the weekend.
poor thing claims he didn't know what was going on even though he was in charge. CEO must mean he cleans the bathroom.
the Enron crook should get an old fashion noose.
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« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2005, 02:54:32 PM »
Americans aren't nearly as concerned about big-time corporate and white collar crooks as they are about some poor schmuck on the street with five grams of crack cocaine.  The white collar crook, after all, dresses nicely and has good manners.  And he probably speaks perfect English too.
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« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2005, 02:56:55 PM »
Some people think they make good presidents.
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« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2005, 02:56:58 PM »
I should have pointed out too, Frank, that he's not one less crook on the street--he's one less crook in the suite.
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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2005, 02:58:22 PM »
And yes, indeed, some people do think that way.
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« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2005, 11:35:50 AM »
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Ebbers gets 25 years in jail.
Did you guys see ken lay me playing dumb on TV over the weekend.
poor thing claims he didn't know what was going on even though he was in charge. CEO must mean he cleans the bathroom.
the Enron crook should get an old fashion noose.


FYI: Just so readers don't get confused, Ebbers was CEO of Worldcom.
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« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2005, 11:51:42 AM »
I know a woman who worked for Worldcom in Ashburn, VA, in the early 2000s.  One day when Ebbers was walking around in the building, she yelled out "Put me in, coach!  I can do it!"  Somehow I don't think he heard.
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« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2005, 01:11:14 PM »
Back in the late 90's many of us in the corporate environment had the "make the numbers" cloud hanging over us daily. The art of creative accounting almost became a way of corporate life.
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