PhotographyREVIEW.com Off-Topic Forum

Anything that's not related to photography, except religion and politics*. Discuss Britney Spears, your Kiss records, swing dancing, salsa recipes. The Off-Topic forum is moderated by walterick and adina.
*Religious and political threads will be deleted
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 25 of 26
  1. #1
    has-been... another view's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    Rockford, IL
    Posts
    7,649

    Ken Lay got off easy

    Just read a CNN headline that Ken Lay of Enron fame died in Aspen CO. He was waiting for sentencing after being found guilty (can't remember if it was all counts or all except one). That's kind of a final slap in the face to all the people who lost so much because of his actions... Aspen isn't exactly an inexpensive place to be, either.

  2. #2
    Viewfinder and Off-Topic Co-Mod walterick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Phoenix AZ
    Posts
    4,655

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    Rumor is it was suicide?
    Walter Rick Long
    Nikon Samurai, Mamiya Master, Velvia Bandit


    Check out the Welcome Thread

    My photography on Myspace

  3. #3
    has-been... another view's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    Rockford, IL
    Posts
    7,649

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    CNN lists a source that called it a "massive coronary" but say that details are not being (officially) released yet. We'll see, it's just to convenient.

    At least he was nice enough to save us taxpayers on the prison expenses (chef, massage therapist, greens keeper)!

  4. #4
    Viewfinder and Off-Topic Co-Mod walterick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Phoenix AZ
    Posts
    4,655

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    Quote Originally Posted by another view
    At least he was nice enough to save us taxpayers on the prison expenses (chef, massage therapist, greens keeper)!
    Hehheh, yeah he was a real angel

    The next question is, isn't there a drug that when induced can cause a heart attack? Suicide cover-up?

    :devil:
    Walter Rick Long
    Nikon Samurai, Mamiya Master, Velvia Bandit


    Check out the Welcome Thread

    My photography on Myspace

  5. #5
    don't tase me, bro! Asylum Steve's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    Middle Florida
    Posts
    3,667

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    I suppose that depends on where he's headed next... :devil: :mad5:
    "Riding along on a carousel...tryin' to catch up to you..."

    -Steve
    Studio & Lighting - Photography As Art Forum Moderator

    Running the Photo Asylum, Asylum Steve's blogged brain pipes...
    www.stevenpaulhlavac.com
    www.photoasylum.com

  6. #6
    Viewfinder and Off-Topic Co-Mod walterick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Phoenix AZ
    Posts
    4,655

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    Oh, come on now. Most people know now there's no such thing as hell.

    Though I can think of a couple of J Lo movies that come close...
    Walter Rick Long
    Nikon Samurai, Mamiya Master, Velvia Bandit


    Check out the Welcome Thread

    My photography on Myspace

  7. #7
    has-been... another view's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    Rockford, IL
    Posts
    7,649

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    I came across a BBC article calling him a "fallen hero". I only scanned it but they seemed to focus more on the positive things he had done in life, his poor childhood, etc. Oh, and by the way he was waiting for sentencing... That sort of thing.

    However, a lot of those "good things" were generous contributions of money. And just where did he get that money? :skep:

    Rick, I guess they already did the autopsy today. They're saying it is heart related but also that the toxicology results won't be back for 2-3 weeks. Somehow this subject has me more fired up than usual.

  8. #8
    Check out our D300 Pro Review! deckcadet's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2004
    Location
    Gainesville, Florida, USA
    Posts
    1,189

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    heh...too bad, i was looking forward to seeing what he'd have to deal with in prison....embezzle this ;)
    Harrison
    Nikon Forum / Digital SLR Forum Moderator | moderator bio
    Check out our new Nikon D300 Pro Review D3 review coming soon...
    Nikon Samurai #9 | NPS Member
    10 Lenses • 5 Bodies • 3 Macs • 1 Sore Back

  9. #9
    Shooting Canon and loving it!
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Location
    Grand Rapids, MI USA
    Posts
    54

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    Hey, I aint gonna knock the guy. He created an empire, was he corrupt...sure, but no more then gas companies. (I know, I know, it's not the rich Texas people that are to blame, its those third world countries charging us all that money for crude oil....)

    I am not saying he was a Saint, but he's no George W. Bush either, so go easy.

  10. #10
    Viewfinder and Off-Topic Co-Mod walterick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Phoenix AZ
    Posts
    4,655

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    Interesting commentary:
    Forbes
    Walter Rick Long
    Nikon Samurai, Mamiya Master, Velvia Bandit


    Check out the Welcome Thread

    My photography on Myspace

  11. #11
    nature/wildlife co-moderator paulnj's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    hillsborough NJ, USA
    Posts
    9,315

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    I can list a bunch that are a heart attack in a jar/bag
    CAMERA BIRD NERD #1




    BIRD NERD O'CANON

    "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both" - Benjamin Franklin

  12. #12
    Newest Nikon Samurai zrfraser's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    Carrollton, GA, United States
    Posts
    609

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    Quote Originally Posted by paulnj
    I can list a bunch that are a heart attack in a jar/bag
    The new Quad Burger from Burger King? Four patties of meat, four slices of cheese, four slices of bacon, and a mayo blend.
    Hell, there are no rules here-- we're trying to accomplish something.
    Thomas A. Edison

    Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
    Thomas A. Edison

  13. #13
    Viewfinder and Off-Topic Co-Mod walterick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Phoenix AZ
    Posts
    4,655

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    LOL

    I had their breakfast "sandwhich" a few times. It was like, 3 eggs, 2 slices of sausage, bacon, and cheese. Lucky I burned it off remodeling a basement.

    And we wonder why we're the fattest country? Consumers demand fast food joints to carry healthy options, but when they come through the doors they order the junky stuff. Mixed message...
    Walter Rick Long
    Nikon Samurai, Mamiya Master, Velvia Bandit


    Check out the Welcome Thread

    My photography on Myspace

  14. #14
    nature/wildlife co-moderator paulnj's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    hillsborough NJ, USA
    Posts
    9,315

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    Well, yeah that too

    I was thinking more in the lines of pharmacutical drugs... the other legal killing field
    CAMERA BIRD NERD #1




    BIRD NERD O'CANON

    "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both" - Benjamin Franklin

  15. #15
    Poster Formerly Known as Michael Fanelli mwfanelli's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Perryville, MD
    Posts
    727

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    Quote Originally Posted by Beamer
    Hey, I aint gonna knock the guy. He created an empire, was he corrupt...sure, but no more then gas companies. (I know, I know, it's not the rich Texas people that are to blame, its those third world countries charging us all that money for crude oil....)

    I am not saying he was a Saint, but he's no George W. Bush either, so go easy.
    Good grief, the whitewash begins...

    Go easy? Hey, I may be a killer but I didn't kill as much as Manson did. Go easy on me!

    Ken Lay was a thief and a con artist who not only stole money from the company but raided the pensions and holdings of tens of thousands of ordinary people. He helped rape the California economy by creating a later-disclosed fake oil shortage. As he relaxed in his luxurious Aspen home, former workers cancelled their retirement and their futures because they are broke. He cashed out right before the bankrupsy announcement while, at the same time, freezing out the workers from doing the same thing.

    Ken Lay was no hero, no saint, no good guy gone wrong. He was slimy and corrupt from top to bottom, worse than most. He did indeed get off easy.
    "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." --Mark Twain

  16. #16
    nature/wildlife co-moderator paulnj's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    hillsborough NJ, USA
    Posts
    9,315

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    Everything you said
    CAMERA BIRD NERD #1




    BIRD NERD O'CANON

    "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both" - Benjamin Franklin

  17. #17
    Princess of the OT adina's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2002
    Location
    rockin' it in the D
    Posts
    3,853

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    Sorry guys, I fail to see how dying qualifies as getting off easy.

    While he may have have been a lying, cheating scum, I don't believed he deserved to die. And even if the heart attack was helped along, suicide, to me, isn't taking the easy way out. It's taking a cowards way out. And even then, I don't see how it qualifies as getting off easy.
    I sleep, but I don't rest.

  18. #18
    Viewfinder and Off-Topic Co-Mod walterick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Phoenix AZ
    Posts
    4,655

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    He "got off easy" because he didn't have to sit in jail and ponder the consequences of what he'd done?

    Just a thought.
    Walter Rick Long
    Nikon Samurai, Mamiya Master, Velvia Bandit


    Check out the Welcome Thread

    My photography on Myspace

  19. #19
    has-been... another view's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    Rockford, IL
    Posts
    7,649

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    I'm not a big fan of, well stuff like violence and not giving someone a chance to redeem themselves, but some people (IMO) are pretty much beyond help. He never paid for ruining so many people's lives. Even while waiting for sentencing he lived in one of the most expensive places in America (I've heard Aspen is the place that's so expensive that waiters, dishwashers, etc have to drive a long distance to work because they can't afford to live any closer). That doesn't show remorse to me. Then one day, he's just gone.

  20. #20
    Poster Formerly Known as Michael Fanelli mwfanelli's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Perryville, MD
    Posts
    727

    Fwiw...

    Quote Originally Posted by another view
    I've heard Aspen is the place that's so expensive that waiters, dishwashers, etc have to drive a long distance to work because they can't afford to live any closer).
    Actually, they are forced to live two valleys over. Quite a trip in the winter. Aspenization spreads like mold!
    "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." --Mark Twain

  21. #21
    GoldMember Lava Lamp's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    USA
    Posts
    2,422

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    There is a line in the movie "Unforgiven" that goes something like: "When you kill a man, you take away everything he's ever had and anything he's ever going to have."

    Dead is worse than anything else, IMHO.

  22. #22
    Viewfinder and Off-Topic Co-Mod walterick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Phoenix AZ
    Posts
    4,655

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    Quote Originally Posted by Lava Lamp
    Dead is worse than anything else, IMHO.
    I respectfully disagree. I'd rather be dead than in jail. Dead = heaven/god; jail = big scarey guys named Bubba just waiting for me to drop the soap :blush2:
    Walter Rick Long
    Nikon Samurai, Mamiya Master, Velvia Bandit


    Check out the Welcome Thread

    My photography on Myspace

  23. #23
    nature/wildlife co-moderator paulnj's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    hillsborough NJ, USA
    Posts
    9,315

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    Dead bad people go to HAITIS UMMM HUMMM.. I RECON :lol:

    SHHH, I never ran into anyone named BUBBA, but never dropped the soap either
    CAMERA BIRD NERD #1




    BIRD NERD O'CANON

    "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both" - Benjamin Franklin

  24. #24
    Senior Member swmdrayfan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Kalamazoo, Mi
    Posts
    2,474

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    Quote Originally Posted by zrfraser
    The new Quad Burger from Burger King? Four patties of meat, four slices of cheese, four slices of bacon, and a mayo blend.


    Yeah, and I can't wait to try one!

  25. #25
    Princess of the OT adina's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2002
    Location
    rockin' it in the D
    Posts
    3,853

    Re: Ken Lay got off easy

    Quote Originally Posted by walterick
    I respectfully disagree. I'd rather be dead than in jail. Dead = heaven/god; jail = big scarey guys named Bubba just waiting for me to drop the soap :blush2:

    Assuming that's what you believe.
    I sleep, but I don't rest.

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •