Ken Lay, former head of Enron, trusted personal friend of George Bush, perhaps the greatest corporate cheat and financial criminal in the history of the United States (so far), collapsed from a heart attack and died at an exclusive ski resort in Colorado as he awaited sentencing.
It's always a strange feeling when someone you really despise suddenly dies. No matter how bad someone is, the standard line goes, there are only a few people in the world that actually deserve to die for the shitty things they've done.
And in the case of Ken Lay, I agree with that. By all accounts he was an arrogant, loathesome, despicable person who destroyed the lives of thousands of people who trusted him. But I don't think he deserved to die yesterday as he basked in luxury at a resort in Aspen. I think justice would have been much better served if he had rotted away in a prison cell for the next 20 years.
Posted by case at July 6, 2006 10:41 AMI agree. But, all the same, I'm glad the fucker's dead.
Posted by: maarmie at August 8, 2006 06:42 AMI'm positive he faked his death... he's living it up right now in an ultra-lux lair on some tropical isle, wading in a solid gold swimming pool full of cash. it's good to have powerful friends.
Posted by: jeremy at July 8, 2006 01:47 AMI've heard the theory that it was the widow who did him in... very Hercule Poirot, but the heart attack did save her a hell of a lot of money.
Posted by: Case at July 6, 2006 10:03 PMMy problem with it is that there's no way the Widow will be made to fork out the cash that's no doubt been hidden.
And no, he won't have to face the scorn of millions for the next X years.
Luckier than he deserves, I have no doubt.
Posted by: Deborah at July 6, 2006 05:00 PM