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2006-10-23 14:16:29 · 9 answers · asked by Up your Maslow 4

what do you think?

2006-10-23 14:05:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ex-Enron CEO Skilling Gets 24 Years in Prison

By Shaheen Pasha, CNNMoney

HOUSTON (Oct. 23) - Former Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling, who gained infamy as the man who orchestrated the largest corporate fraud in history, was sentenced to more than 24 years in jail Monday.

In addition, Judge Lake denied defense attorney Daniel Petrocelli's request to lower the sentence by 10 months in order to allow Skilling to serve his sentence at a lower security- level penitentiary.

More than 4,000 Enron employees lost their jobs - and many their life savings - when the company declared bankruptcy in December 2001. Investors lost billions.

Enron's collapse marked the first of the high-profile corporate scandals that rocked the nation after the 1990s economic boom, followed by WorldCom, Global Crossing, Adelphia and Tyco. The wave of fraud led to passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley law that tightened oversight of how American companies are audited.

2006-10-23 13:50:15 · 2 answers · asked by marnefirstinfantry 5

2006-10-23 13:42:12 · 6 answers · asked by mattamanda07 1

Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes" a few weeks back:

I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The onl y things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United ***** College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the UnitedCaucasianCollege Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.

Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.

I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, that is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE?

I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion.

I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off.

When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is the Law of Probability.

I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English!

My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.

I think the police should have every right to shoot your sorry rear if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see the above lines.

I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business.

We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations.

I don't hate the rich I don't pity the poor.

I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn't stop you from watching them.

I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.

It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say "NO!"

I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries!

I am sick of "Political Correctness." I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa ; so how can they be "African-Americans"? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe I am proud to be from America and nowhere else < /U>

And if you don't like my point of view, tough...

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!

I was asked to send this on if I agree or delete if I don't. It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a problem in having "In God We Trust" on our money and having "God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the 14% to Shut Up and BE QUIET!!!

2006-10-23 13:28:17 · 13 answers · asked by LittleMermaid 5

2006-10-23 13:01:38 · 8 answers · asked by jennifer 1

i need it for a school report and am a clueless little teenager.

2006-10-23 12:58:07 · 7 answers · asked by Larry 4

2006-10-23 12:13:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-23 12:13:09 · 6 answers · asked by todd_r_robinson 1

2006-10-23 11:56:07 · 11 answers · asked by elizabeth c 1

well,,,,,, idk i mean i cant think of anything at the moment.

2006-10-23 11:41:32 · 4 answers · asked by ♫Lauryn♫ 3

Many events have been taking place within the past years that lead you to the question, Is THE apocalypse near?
From Tsunamis, to Nuclear scares, what next?

2006-10-23 11:29:26 · 8 answers · asked by Master John 1

2006-10-23 11:05:56 · 5 answers · asked by dave k 1

i received an email from several lottery company saying that i am a winner of some kind of lottery. the draw was made through email that have visited similar lottery sites.
I wish to know if these are scam and if so how to deal with them and how to report them as to avoid other people falling into these traps.

2006-10-23 10:51:46 · 10 answers · asked by jms. I need advice 1

I want to know the price for a cheap hotel I am going to stay 2 weeks ,thank you very much to answer my question

2006-10-23 10:26:28 · 9 answers · asked by caty guatemala 3

2006-10-23 10:23:28 · 3 answers · asked by reading_is_dangerous 3

Some of the questions do not have enough details or information.

2006-10-23 10:23:07 · 7 answers · asked by Good Grief 4

2006-10-23 09:46:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

What's the craziest conspiracy theory you have ever heard?

2006-10-23 09:39:55 · 8 answers · asked by atomictulip 5

Has anywhere else in the country just suffered a weird power cut?
lasted about 2 seconds, but also set all the car alarms off like a magnetic pulse - or was it just here in Bristol?
just wondering if anyone had any idea what it was all about?

2006-10-23 09:22:13 · 16 answers · asked by neogriff 5

The president states he will reduce the working hours for women so they can have more children.
What a guy..............does this mean they're running out of terrorists? If this works then we'll have to wait about 15-20 years before the next batch of terrorists are causing havoc with the world. What do you think is going on?

2006-10-23 09:11:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i was !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-10-23 08:26:58 · 17 answers · asked by ? 1

2006-10-23 08:09:54 · 9 answers · asked by Octavio 1

if the government can track down the teenage girl, go to her school, scare the life out of the poor kid, treat her like she is a threat to that pussi george w bush, then why the HELL can't they track down and arrest pedophiles and sex predators on the internet?

2006-10-23 08:01:39 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

My dept is being the Addams Family, with me as Morticia!

What will you be dressing up as?

2006-10-23 07:45:12 · 15 answers · asked by lynn 5

The man that was found on a beach with no memory that played the piano superbly?

2006-10-23 07:18:55 · 8 answers · asked by Ally 1

about a month ago my grandfather died. my family lives in ohio. my
grandfather lives in indiana. he divorced my mother and married some b**** . when he died his wife did not contact us, did not put our names in the obituary, and banned us from the funeral. what can we do about this. please answer immediatly. if u want to check the obituary and see if im telling the truth my grandfather's name is eugene connell jr. mine is jessie connell.

2006-10-23 07:08:38 · 3 answers · asked by wolfy 1

i have never made up a flier b4 i need to come up with an events flier any help would b appreci8ed.thanx

2006-10-23 06:57:37 · 7 answers · asked by uncleji 1

I am trying to find a person with the same birthday as me

2006-10-23 06:55:38 · 10 answers · asked by jannet 2

2006-10-23 06:20:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous