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 Post subject: Lay and Skilling (Enron) guilty on all counts
PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2006 2:57 pm 
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Just an FYI.
Heard it on the radio.
Here is the CNN link:
http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/25/news/ne ... tm?cnn=yes

This has been a pubic service announcement.

yes, the typo was intentional

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Not quite all counts, but still awesome. I believe Skilling was convicted on "only" 19 of 28 counts. I hope these guys actually get some serious jail time, although I doubt it.

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The strange thing is that Skilling's brother, Tom is a long-time staple of Chicago TV -- he's the lead meteorologist at WGN.

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PopTodd Wrote:
The strange thing is that Skilling's brother, Tom is a long-time staple of Chicago TV -- he's the lead meteorologist at WGN.


tommy skillethead.
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ayah Wrote:
PopTodd Wrote:
The strange thing is that Skilling's brother, Tom is a long-time staple of Chicago TV -- he's the lead meteorologist at WGN.


tommy skillethead.


A complete weather geek.
Perhaps THE complete weather geek.

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So these guys fucked it up so bad that not even one of the best legal teams in the country could get em off?

Awesome.

Go to federal pound me in the ass prison. You won't be missed.
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almost Wrote:
Not quite all counts, but still awesome. I believe Skilling was convicted on "only" 19 of 28 counts. I hope these guys actually get some serious jail time, although I doubt it.

hmm, did something change? i'd swear that i read he'd been convicted of 20 of 28 earlier. the chart on cnn has changed too.
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Z Wrote:
almost Wrote:
Not quite all counts, but still awesome. I believe Skilling was convicted on "only" 19 of 28 counts. I hope these guys actually get some serious jail time, although I doubt it.

hmm, did something change? i'd swear that i read he'd been convicted of 20 of 28 earlier. the chart on cnn has changed too.


Dunno, I just went off of the report I read right after the verdict came out.

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Rick Derris Wrote:
So these guys fucked it up so bad that not even one of the best legal teams in the country could get em off?

Awesome.

Go to federal pound me in the ass prison. You won't be missed.


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tom skilling is an asshole. fuck that guy. and his brother too.

i got a hundred bucks that says bush will pardon lay and skilling for no reason what so ever. any takers?
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tom skilling is an asshole. fuck that guy. and his brother too.

i got a hundred bucks that says bush will pardon lay and skilling for no reason what so ever. any takers?


I'll take that, make it for a mix. Bush ain't gonna touch these two. Justice is on a roll, and good for them. The shit these two were doing is unreal--and the amount of money the de facto stole from the investing public is unprecedented.

Skilling is dead meat, because of the insider trading conviction. That's still RICO, and he's toast. Good riddance.
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Billzebub Wrote:
Freakster Wrote:
tom skilling is an asshole. fuck that guy. and his brother too.

i got a hundred bucks that says bush will pardon lay and skilling for no reason what so ever. any takers?


I'll take that, make it for a mix. Bush ain't gonna touch these two. Justice is on a roll, and good for them. The shit these two were doing is unreal--and the amount of money the de facto stole from the investing public is unprecedented.

Skilling is dead meat, because of the insider trading conviction. That's still RICO, and he's toast. Good riddance.


Yeah. With all his convictions I believe he can get a max of 150+ years. I don't know if happy is the right word . . . yeah, yeah it is . . . I couldn't be happier if these two scumfuckers died in jail.

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The strange thing is that Skilling's brother, Tom is a long-time staple of Chicago TV -- he's the lead meteorologist at WGN.


I never made the connection.
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