Monthly Archives: December 2011
Capitalizing on the Death of Ken Lay
Since it is that empty week between Christmas and New Year’s, I’ve been trying to catch up on some reading. Specifically since I launched my new PR endeavor, I’ve been catching up on old posts from other blogs and whatnot. … Continue reading
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Committing The Enron Mistake
An article at Big Think has some of the absolute worst investment advice I have ever heard. Ackman asks how can you avoid loses and earn an attractive return over time? Ackman’s answer is that you don’t want to be … Continue reading
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How To Make My Christmas Merry
This year, for the first time, I want some reciprocity. As I was shopping for gifts, I was also thinking what I want from certain Enron people. So this is what you can do to make my Christmas extra merry. … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas, Enron
It is time to give out my annual Christmas wishes. So: To Jeff Skilling, I give freedom. I give him the ability to go wherever he wants, see whomever he wants, and never look back. I give him the company … Continue reading
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Detailed Responses To Lay It On The Line Survey
I have a giant folder of Enron stuff. I really do need to find a better way to organize it. I feel a bit overwhelmed when I see ten thousand documents or whatever. Today I just randomly opened a PDF … Continue reading
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Unemployment Rate Falls To Lowest Since… Ken Rice!
This is why the Chron is not very well respected anymore for hard news. They often make mistakes like this. As of right now, it is an article about the unemployment rate with a picture of Ken Rice. Why? I … Continue reading
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No, Scott Yeager Was Not In Smartest Guys In The Room
This query has been asked at least fifteen times, probably more like twenty-five. Here are a few: (This one I included because it has a very strange search term about Kevin Hannon) Whoever is asking is obviously in distress so … Continue reading
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Random Thoughts About Enron
* Discussing the finances of Enron executives – or anyone, for that matter – is an effort to judge them. If they made $50,000 per year, would you have a different opinion of them? What if they were on welfare? … Continue reading
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If I Were Queen Of The Internet: A Prose Poem
If I were Queen of the Internet, I would outlaw every Ken-Lay-and-George-Bush-Were-Best-Buds conspiracy site on my first day in office. I would see to it that every last electron pulsing with the remembrance of those sites would be smothered. Every … Continue reading
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Enron’s Unfair Trial
This letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune is so encouraging I can barely sit still. I have perceived a change in the public’s feelings about Jeff Skilling and Dr. Lay over the last few years. Letters like this … Continue reading
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Men At Work
I am not entirely sure there any specific reasons I love Enron so much. I seem to have been born with a giant asteroid-sized crater in my soul, and I don’t know what that asteroid knocked out of me, but … Continue reading
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On The Tenth Day of Enron
On the tenth day of Enron the DOJ gave to me Ten execs in prison, Nine false allegations, Eight million in restitution, Seven new indictments, Six Raptors raptoring, Five points off the stock, Four favorable analyst reports, Three Broadband executives, … Continue reading
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Jeff Skilling’s New SCOTUS Petition
At SCOTUSBlog, Jeff Skilling’s new filing is the Petition Of The Day. I have not yet read the petition for certiorari but here it is.
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When Is A Conspiracy Not A Conspiracy?
It is usually counter-productive for me to check out the HuffPo because I fundamentally disagree with just about every sentiment expressed in that liberal fever swamp. Today was par for the course, but Enron was mentioned. I had to chime … Continue reading
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The Perfect Angels of Enron (Who Are Not Really Perfect Or Angelic)
This evening I had dinner with an Enron executive who pointed out something interesting to me about my own biases. I’ve been mulling this over for hours and figure the only way to exorcise it is to write about it. … Continue reading
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