Stress Kills: Ken Lay Dead at 64

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

It's not in dispute, I'm just saying that your's isn't exactly tiny itself! I'm smarter than most folks...I'm also old, recently unemployed and things are looking mighty bleak...if things continue as recently, well...at least I won't be the first smart, well-educated old fool living in a cardboard box over some heating grate...that says absolutely nothing but somehow makes me feel better so...live with it or point out more of my perceived shortcomings...up to you!

Guess ya could go do some intellectual sparring with your senator Santorum(what a piece of work.)How is he doing in his effort to somehow get people to re-elect him?

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Guess ya could go do some intellectual sparring with your senator Santorum(what a piece of work.)How is he doing in his effort to somehow get people to re-elect him?

In this state, he just might succeed! Gotta control those gay folks ya know! The first decent politician to come out of this state since the elder Casey is our current governor...and he's in an impossible situation with the fruitcake legislature...folks are still campaigning on repealing slots for god sake!

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

In this state, he just might succeed! Gotta control those gay folks ya know! The first decent politician to come out of this state since the elder Casey is our current governor...and he's in an impossible situation with the fruitcake legislature...folks are still campaigning on repealing slots for god sake!

Yeah... Santorum makes me embarrassed for my home state. How about the billing his constituents for his kids' tuition-- even though his kids were going to school in Virginia? What a piece of work he is.

Dan Savage, of the "Savage Love" column, coined a definition for "santorum." It's pretty funny.

[GenuineRisk]

... And more happy Kenny Boy news:

His death will make it extremely hard for the government to go after his remaining assets, and for the people who lost money to sue.

And, he now is technically no longer guilty, as, due to the peculiarities of the law, you are not officially guilty until you are sentenced. How's that for justice?

Point taken about the whole diversifying thing, but you need to have the $$ to do it. A lot of companies, at least until recently, would match with company stock only, and you weren't permitted to sell it for years. Sort of forcing people to not diversify.

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

... And more happy Kenny Boy news:

His death will make it extremely hard for the government to go after his remaining assets, and for the people who lost money to sue.

And, he now is technically no longer guilty, as, due to the peculiarities of the law, you are not officially guilty until you are sentenced. How's that for justice?

Point taken about the whole diversifying thing, but you need to have the $$ to do it. A lot of companies, at least until recently, would match with company stock only, and you weren't permitted to sell it for years. Sort of forcing people to not diversify.

This has been one of the more hilarious threads, some of it intentional. Loved Bold B's comment about the good potato chips. And STS's reluctance to criticize because he might need to single the re-incarnated Lay in a Pick 3.

Rupert comes in with a lively conspiracy theory, which is indirectly supported by the post above. My wife's first thought was, "maybe Lay committed suicide with the help of a doc.". Maybe he'd seen too many prison movies.

Not to mention Castro, Che Guevara, and Plato. Together at last.

--Dunbar

On a serious note, sorry to hear about your recent difficulties, somer.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Dunbar

This has been one of the more hilarious threads, some of it intentional. Loved Bold B's comment about the good potato chips. And STS's reluctance to criticize because he might need to single the re-incarnated Lay in a Pick 3.

Rupert comes in with a lively conspiracy theory, which is indirectly supported by the post above. My wife's first thought was, "maybe Lay committed suicide with the help of a doc.". Maybe he'd seen too many prison movies.

Not to mention Castro, Che Guevara, and Plato. Together at last.

--Dunbar

On a serious note, sorry to hear about your recent difficulties, somer.

Thanks Dunbar! I mentioned Castro and Plato, someone else added Che...and no, I never owned a Che T-shirt, I think Marx had some good ideas but after that, the entire concept of communism was bastardized by greedy ruthless men. Plato, of course, expressed some communist-type ideology...I'd still support his concept of Philosopher Kings if it were possible to institute (which it isn't).