Another Corporate Thief Goes Down
Having spent half my life as an Accountant I simply cannot believe what was going through the executives’ minds at Enron, WorldCom, et al. Such pyramids schemes used to be reserved for Internet scammers yet here we have legitimate businesses playing pookie games with the money. Sooner or later it was going to implode.
And my ears burn with the protests of Bernard Ebbers, former CEO of WorldCom, and Ken Lay of Enron whose turn is coming. Ebbers was found guilty last week for his role in the WorldCom stock scandal. That same company that had Democrat Chairman Terry McAuliffe making millions on the back of ordinary and trusting Americans but I digress.
Both he and Ken Lay both say they did not understand the numbers, that the accounting was beyond their expertise, that their busy little heads just could not handle it.
Well I guess they have to say that.
But I’ll give you a wheel off my new Jeep if you can show me an effective CEO who doesn’t understand company finances implicitly. Such as off-shore investments and stockholder’s equity are not strange accounting gobbly-gook. Where the money goes is the stock and trade of CEO’s and they know it like their own checkbooks. Lay and Ebbers are lying liars and think we are right stupid out here in la-la land. The members of the jury that convicted Ebbers were not fools.
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Michael Jackson’s Latest Victim Finished With Testimony
It’s been a roller coaster week in the Jackson case. The week before he showed up in court in pajamas!
The re-enactments have the victim caught in a few “lies” and to hear the pundits you’d think all hell was breaking loose. Seems the kid’s school principal asked him if Michael had ever molested him and the kid denied it to the principal.
Name me one child who would admit to such a thing to a person of authority like a school principal. Okay, so the defense has to do its job.
Hold on folks. There’s a whole bunch of Jackson hangers-on waiting in the wings and in exchange for not going to jail they’re going to soon be doing a whole lot of talking.
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Oh Dear Lord, Getta Load of This from America’s Stupidest Congress Critter
Who would be, imagine this, from California. Seems she has what she considers a valid point that is causing the Democrats in congress to ignore the constitution.
From Radioblogger.com we have this from Boxer:
Why would we give lifetime appointments to people who earn up to $200,000 a year, with absolutely a great retirement system, and all the things all Americans wish for, with absolutely no check and balance except that one confirmation vote? So we're saying we think you ought to get nine votes over the 51 required. That isn't too much to ask for such a superimportant position. There ought to be a super vote. Don't you think so? It's the only check and balance on these people. They're in for life. They don't stand for election like we do, which is scary.
Okay, Babs. Your point is taken. But what gives the Democrats the right to all of a sudden just do it their way? How about amending the constitution before acting upon such an amendment? And using your argument, well damn, why should we nominate cabinet positions with a simple majority? They too are appointed and they probably make your big bucks. Cabinet members can be ousted I suppose but it would take a congressional command. So too can bad Judges get booted out by the same method. Yet the Dems have no problem with approving Cabinet members with a simple majority. Hey Babs, you can’t just do it your way when it suits you.
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Iraqi Parliament Meets for the First Time …EVER!
Yeah, we know there’s Robert Blake walking for his free murder given to celebrities in California. And the Michael Jackson thing is going on. There’s been murders and goodness Scott Peterson went to San Quenton and was deluged with marriage proposals.
But this is major stuff, history even.
So okay, this humble Blogger woman will mention for benefit of beloved Granddaughter Kaitlyn because who knows, it might not even be mentioned in her history books.
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Congress Busy With Steroids and Schiavo
The Terry Schiavo case has wended its way to congress. On Friday, March 18, her feeding tube was removed. This so her husband, who has another female in his life can get any money left from the malpractice lawsuit he won on Terry’s behalf. Not to mention his attorneys who want their money as well and why should a retarded woman prevent this?
Florida has a judiciary run amok. There are those who would argue that the United States’ congress has no business getting involved in this case.
Really?
If a state decides to execute all of its Hispanics shouldn’t the federal government get involved? How about if Delaware decided all Down’s Syndrome victims should be given a humane needle?
To those who say they would want to die should such a fate befall them, well yes, most normal people don’t want to be vegetables.
But consider: Michael Schiavo, with his two kids and new sweetheart, didn’t “remember” Terry’s wish to be mercy killed until after he won his large monetary settlement on Terry’s behalf. Michael repeatedly denied Terry therapy, including training to eat and swallow food and water. Guess he didn’t want to spend his funds.
Perhaps it is best that Terry’s life be ended. Those decisions are never easy. But it’s a lot easier to kill someone than it is to bring them back from the dead. Why not give Terry a chance at the same protections we are giving to Jessica Lunsford’s murderer and Scott Peterson? Have an attorney appointed representing HER interests. Have a federal judge review the case anew.
Because folks, there’s aplenty suspicious about this case.
Wouldn’t it be wise to look at it one more time before starving the woman?
As for the steroid hearings, wow, some congress critters got some nice face time, huh? I mean if you think congress shouldn’t get all involved in one woman’s forced death than what’s the logic of having congress digging into BASEBALL for God’s sake?
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The Political Cartoon of the Week
Just because The Wise I Loves Rummy:
“Tainted Roses”
by Margie Danielsen
So here you have it. A truly AWFUL true crime book that I’m bothering to write a review on that readers be warned.
A murderer, Paul Mack…alias Sean Lanier, meets up with a recently divorced woman, sweet talks her into romance and marriage, then is exposed on “America’s Most Wanted” to his new wife’s horror.
Guess who his wife was? Margie Danielsen.
That’s right. The book is written by the “victim” of Sean Lanier and so far as I’m concerned, this woman is a certified idiot.
The book is written in a very confusing manner. Danielsen begins the tale by telling the reader how she met Lanier and how, despite many strange instances that would scare the hell out of those of us with brains, she fell in love with and married the man. The book then goes on into the detail of Lanier’s capture and subsequent trial.
Since the author is the victim, I sensed throughout the prose an attempt at justification for her confusion. I never bought it for a minute. Even when all of her friends were screaming that her husband was just on “America’s Most Wanted” and wanted for murder, this woman hemmed and hawed and even continued sleeping with the man! She claimed she was afraid for her daughters but bullshit. She was free to come and go. She could certainly have acted sooner than she did.
Finally she did go to the authorities and eventually Lanier, or Paul Mack, was brought to justice for the murder of his former girlfriend.
Reading this woman’s account of events made me want to somehow reach into the pages, pull her stupid face out, and punch her silly. She got involved with his daughter from his first marriage because she was “sympathetic” to her plight. In fact, throughout the book Danielsen portrays herself as a most wonderful person whose main concern was not, as The Wise I could plainly deduce, the innocents around her. Including her three daughters who she still allowed to live with this murderer while “considering” her options.
This is a book written by an idiot who, because of her idiocy ended up married to a murderer.
It’s an opportunist tome that I put solidly with books by the likes of Monica Lewinsky.
Nanny Governor Lies and Commits Gaffes
Not that I would poke fun at my state’s Governor, duly elected all fair and square by the great Wilmington dead vote.
But hey, she did lie about what happened when that counselor got raped at the Delaware Correctional Center.
From a recent GOP email I find this:
Late in last year's gubernatorial campaign, Gov. Ruth Ann Minner ran a radio commercial asserting she made the call to shoot an inmate who had taken a prisoner counselor hostage at the Delaware Correctional Center.
Two reports of the incident indicate the governor had no say in the decision, however.
David Crossan, executive director of the Delaware Republican Party, chastised Gov. Minner for the apparent inconsistencies.
"With Ruth Ann Minner, you have to expect this to happen," he said. "This is not the first issue where she has flip-flopped and talked out of both sides of her mouth."
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Thinking on her feet doesn't seem to be Minner's long suit, either.
She ended up looking churlish last fall when she refused to shake hands with her Republican challenger in a receiving line, then blaming the snub on an injured finger.
READ MORE HERE
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Once Upon a Time Delaware Politicians Were Sane
Of course they were Republican.
Former Governor Pete DuPont has this to say about Social Security:
When you increase an individual's wealth, he becomes less dependent on government, and his attitude towards government changes. Socialists can't allow that, for it erodes their fundamental principle that social justice can only be achieved when important segments of the economy are under government control.
And that is why today's very liberal Democratic Party is so vehemently arguing against personal ownership of Social Security market accounts. The government's Social Security system is socialism's last redoubt, and must be preserved at all costs.
READ MORE HERE
4 comments:
I just read your comments on the book "Tainted Roses" and I am currently reading the book myself. I thought you showed a remarkable lack of sensitivity in what you said about the author. As one who has had the unfortunate experience of living with a con artist, luckily enough to get out of it safely, and then only finding out afterwards the extent of his past lies and abusive relationships, I can attest to the fact that men such as this are sick, twisted and need to get taken out of society. It was, in no way, shape or form, her fault.
Pat, I think you're spot-on about TAINTED ROSES. It's dreadfully written. While Ms. Danielsen did, admittedly, go through a horrific experience, this book didn't do much to arouse much sympathy from me. In fact, I laughed out loud at the bit where Margie and Paul are having a late-night fight and she suddenly screams, "I'm going to the store!"
Pat,
My mother gave me this book to read. Being in Australia and 7 years old when and if this crime was committed I was looking for some evidence to its truth when I came apon this site.
Even taking into consideration the awful way in which the story was told, I too felt that the author (and I use the term loosely in this case)certianly did not ellicit any sympathy... how on earth could one continue to see a man that raised such fear on a first date?
I am reading Taintd Roses. The police were not much help in the beginning, asking Margie to try to trap Paul and offering no protection at first. She was dumb, though.
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