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sygyzy

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Originally posted by: Vic
Great news. Better than I would have ever hoped. With his low approval rating, I don't think Bush will dare to interfere. Here's to hoping that both those fsckers rot in prison a long time and then die there.

Vic, do you think there is any point in his day, that Bush decides NOT to do something due to his approval rating? If there is, I'd like to know what it is. As if the war, Patriot Act, wiretapping, etc is not enough. I mean the last one alone is so fundamentally illegal that it shows he has no regard for his approval rating. I am not trying to incite a debate because whether or not you think the NSA should eavesdrop, you gotta admit that it is illegal. My point being - He DOES NOT CARE what people think of him.
 

Playmaker

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They obviously aren't going to a prison full of violent criminals.

That's just fvcking stupid.
 

Vic

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Originally posted by: sygyzy
Originally posted by: Vic
Great news. Better than I would have ever hoped. With his low approval rating, I don't think Bush will dare to interfere. Here's to hoping that both those fsckers rot in prison a long time and then die there.

Vic, do you think there is any point in his day, that Bush decides NOT to do something due to his approval rating? If there is, I'd like to know what it is. As if the war, Patriot Act, wiretapping, etc is not enough. I mean the last one alone is so fundamentally illegal that it shows he has no regard for his approval rating. I am not trying to incite a debate because whether or not you think the NSA should eavesdrop, you gotta admit that it is illegal. My point being - He DOES NOT CARE what people think of him.

If he does not care what people think of him, then why does he still give press conferences?

He has to care. An president without popular support loses the support of his party. Without the support of his party, a president is impotent.

Oh btw, most of those actions you mention occurred while he still had a relatively high approval rating. Which is why even most of the Democrats in congress voted for them.

I know it makes some of you feel good to think the president is all-powerful and Bush is the devil himself, but it really is stupid and naive and does you no good. You should be focusing on why the Democratic party is not working hard enough -- right now -- to take proper advantage of the president's unpopularity.
 

kevinthenerd

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Originally posted by: Vic
Great news. Better than I would have ever hoped. With his low approval rating, I don't think Bush will dare to interfere. Here's to hoping that both those fsckers rot in prison a long time and then die there.

Bush can do a lot behind the scenes without anybody finding out. Don't kid yourself. It's even more possible to hide his actions with this stupid guise of homeland security put over every secret action.
 

kevinthenerd

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I should update the wikipedia article on Enron with a mention of these findings. I'm feeling lazy right now, though.
 

mordantmonkey

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Originally posted by: NanoStuff
Two years in a private cell with top security, Xboxes, HDTV and good dining. It's gonna be like staying at home for a while.

maybe like staying at your home. it will sure it will be torture:roll: for these spoiled bastards.

on another note. i love how their wives are blubbering about how they lost all their money in enron too, boo hoo hoo. BULLSH!T!!! they've got ass loads of money in annuity's that are untouchable by civil suits. They'll be getting $30,000-50,000 a month for the rest of their damn lives.
 

BDawg

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They'll serve a couple of years in club fed and Dubya will pardon his biggest contributors.
 

Eeezee

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Are you kidding? Those sentences are a slap on the wrist for what they did. I hope they die in prison, scumbags
 

SZLiao214

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Im curious how this will all play out and where they will end up. Ill keep an eye on this part of news.
 

jjones

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Originally posted by: Vic
Great news. Better than I would have ever hoped. With his low approval rating, I don't think Bush will dare to interfere. Here's to hoping that both those fsckers rot in prison a long time and then die there.
Yeah, but I see a presidential pardon in the not too distant future.

 

boomerang

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Jun 19, 2000
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Sentencing is sometime in September.

Go rob a 7-Eleven, get convicted, and see how long it takes to get sentenced.
 

iamaelephant

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A lot of people are saying they will only get 2 - 3 years, I think that's dead wrong. Skilling in particular faces a maximum of 185 years in jail, and I think you'll find he will spend most of the rest of his life behind cars.
 

NanoStuff

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Originally posted by: Falcon39
and I think you'll find he will spend most of the rest of his life behind cars.
If you're referring to sporty hot-rods, you're probably right.
 

Shortcut

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on the news tonight, they aired soundbites for skilling and lay. skilling seemed almost resigned to his fate, while lay was still adamant of his innocence.

"Lock em away, and make them roll healadins!" I says.
 

Playmaker

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I'm surprised more white-collar criminals don't take a page out of Marc Rich's book and flee the country.

Or maybe they don't actually have the large amounts of money most assume they do.
 

yhelothar

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Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: gigapet
these guys are old men. hardly the freshmeat the ass pounders want.
They couldn't put them in population anyway. Are you kidding? Even the child rapists would attack them. They wouldn't last even as long as Dahmer did.

Dahmer never went to prison. He was granted his insanity plea.
 

Vic

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Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: gigapet
these guys are old men. hardly the freshmeat the ass pounders want.
They couldn't put them in population anyway. Are you kidding? Even the child rapists would attack them. They wouldn't last even as long as Dahmer did.
Dahmer never went to prison. He was granted his insanity plea.
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After being charged with fifteen counts of murder, he entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. On February 17, 1992, a court rejected his plea of insanity and sentenced Dahmer to fifteen consecutive life sentences, which required a minimum of 936 years' imprisonment. Wisconsin does not have capital punishment.
Dahmer served his time at the Columbia Correctional Institute in Portage, Wisconsin. On 28th November, 1994, fellow inmate Christopher Scarver, a double murderer, beat Dahmer and another inmate, Jesse Anderson, to death with a bench-press bar from the prison's weight room.
 

kevinthenerd

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Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: gigapet
these guys are old men. hardly the freshmeat the ass pounders want.
They couldn't put them in population anyway. Are you kidding? Even the child rapists would attack them. They wouldn't last even as long as Dahmer did.
Dahmer never went to prison. He was granted his insanity plea.
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After being charged with fifteen counts of murder, he entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. On February 17, 1992, a court rejected his plea of insanity and sentenced Dahmer to fifteen consecutive life sentences, which required a minimum of 936 years' imprisonment. Wisconsin does not have capital punishment.
Dahmer served his time at the Columbia Correctional Institute in Portage, Wisconsin. On 28th November, 1994, fellow inmate Christopher Scarver, a double murderer, beat Dahmer and another inmate, Jesse Anderson, to death with a bench-press bar from the prison's weight room.

What a way to go. That's about as undignified as it gets. That's less dignified (albeit just as humane) than having a publicized and formalized capital punishment.
 
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Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: gigapet
these guys are old men. hardly the freshmeat the ass pounders want.
They couldn't put them in population anyway. Are you kidding? Even the child rapists would attack them. They wouldn't last even as long as Dahmer did.
Dahmer never went to prison. He was granted his insanity plea.
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After being charged with fifteen counts of murder, he entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. On February 17, 1992, a court rejected his plea of insanity and sentenced Dahmer to fifteen consecutive life sentences, which required a minimum of 936 years' imprisonment. Wisconsin does not have capital punishment.
Dahmer served his time at the Columbia Correctional Institute in Portage, Wisconsin. On 28th November, 1994, fellow inmate Christopher Scarver, a double murderer, beat Dahmer and another inmate, Jesse Anderson, to death with a bench-press bar from the prison's weight room.

What a way to go. That's about as undignified as it gets. That's less dignified (albeit just as humane) than having a publicized and formalized capital punishment.

This was back when Dennis Miller was doing the news on SNL. I can still remember his comments...

"Attempts by a student nurse to revive him with a toilet plunger failed."
 

Queasy

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Originally posted by: jjones
Originally posted by: Vic
Great news. Better than I would have ever hoped. With his low approval rating, I don't think Bush will dare to interfere. Here's to hoping that both those fsckers rot in prison a long time and then die there.
Yeah, but I see a presidential pardon in the not too distant future.

Doubtful at best. Bush pushed for and signed the SOX bill because of these SOBs. Also consider that when Enron was going under they called the Bush White House asking for a bail-out and were denied.
 

Vic

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Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
What a way to go. That's about as undignified as it gets. That's less dignified (albeit just as humane) than having a publicized and formalized capital punishment.
Rumor is that Dahmer and that olympic weight bench press bar got... ah, shall we say... intimate. :Q :evil: