Ken Lay Begs Former Enron Employees Not to Tell On Him...

[The Whiskey Priest]

Yesterday, Lay made an impassioned speech before a group of Houston business and academic leaders. The main theme was, “Truth is a great rock.” Lay stated that only if former employees (read unemployed) would stand up before the “terror of the prosecution,” then he would be found innocent.

In other words, Lay is saying: Hey, I as CEO didn’t have anything to do with you being on the street, losing your pension and your home. So, please help me to stay out of prison and don’t throw that rock of truth at me.


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/13/business/main1124214.shtml

[Hubert Flottz]

1. The man is insane with fear and it's good enough for him.

Anyone else would have been in prison 3 years ago! Maybe Martha Stewart will go and speak up for Kenny Boy.

[havocmom]

No wonder he and el shrubito are pals

such similar methods of accepting responsibility :rofl:

[dogfacedboy]

2. Just how long does it take to bring this scumbag to trial?

It sure has been a lon time.

[Canuckistanian]

6. End of January, I believe

Anuyone have the details?

[Canuckistanian]

8. D'oh! It's right in the article - Jan. 17th

And former Enron employees have nothing to fear from THIS government.

[dogfacedboy]

14. Thanks for answering my stupid question. It is right there. eom

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

15. rest assured if he had been black and poor

he would have been tried and convicted long ago.

[AllegroRondo]

3. Can they charge him with attempting to influence the jury pool?

[Enraged_Ape]

4. What a fucking jackass

These people are so in love with their money and power that they really do think they can do and get away with anything. They think everyone else is as enamored with them as they are with themselves.

Well, I hope he finds out how much he's REALLY loved and pitied.

[4morewars]

5. Wah !

"I stole that money fair and square !"

[tularetom]

7. What I wanna know is

why is a "group of Houston business and academic leaders" inviting an accused felon to speak to them. Do they want tips on how to gut their companies, rob their customers and shareholders, steal their employees pensions and avoid prosecution for over three years?

[The Whiskey Priest]

10. LMAO I thought the same thing

as I read the story. Wonder if the agenda was "A How-to Primer on Con,Corruption and being Contrite to escape prosecution."

[sonias]

13. Well that's the level of ethics these days in corporate culture

I'm sure most of the attendees at this forum think Lay is probably innocent. His only crime in their eyes is he got caught. He might even be a hero. Think of the hundreds of millions he was able to scam customers out of. Those damn prosecutors!

I hope his former employees give him his due respect, tell the truth like he pleaded and send the bastard to jail.

Sonia

[Loonman]

9. Crumb bum

He's as bad as that asshole Cunningham, blubbering because he got caught.

[billybob537]

11. 4 words

DON'T drop the soap!

[MadHound]

12. Poor little Kenny boy

As a graduate of the University of Missouri, Ken did the proper alumni thing a few years back and kicked in some big bucks to the new business school being built. This bought him an endowed chair and his portrait hung in the lobby. Within days of the Enron scandal breaking, MU took down his portrait and found other money with which to endow the chair. He is now persona no grata on campus. A great thing, especially considering that we already have enough rich scum running around campus, what with the Walton spawn living in town and all.