Michael Jardeen: ...enrongate...news, and my take on the fleecing of America(Untitled)- December 31, 2002 Mad mag highlights a mockery of a year They must have gone to press before The Wit and Wisdom of Trent Lott made headlines or the "N" in North Korea was unofficially changed to Nuclear. But as Alfred E. Neuman would say: What, them worry Mad magazine has released its list of "The Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2002." So many dummies, so little space. The 20-item list is in the venerable satire mag's January issue ($3.50 "cheap")...more Seattle Times It's only appropriate that 2002 ends.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/enrongate/2002/12/31.html#a702 (Untitled)- December 24, 2002 'Hiding Your Money' author indicted The author of "Hiding Your Money" and his lawyer-partner were indicted for helping wealthy Americans buy shares of defunct offshore banks to avoid paying income taxes...more CNN Bad Idea: Write a book where you explain how to rip off the IRS. At the very least, DO NOT FOLLOW YOUR OWN ADVICE! It's one thing to tell people to be stupid, it's another to do it yourself...mjhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/enrongate/2002/12/23.html#a693 (Untitled)- December 13, 2002 It's over....kinda Some of it was smoke. Some of it was mirrors. But in the end it really didn't matter. I want this out of my life. I have a pending settlement with ABI that brings an end to the sorry year of anguish. I will not get all the money that I am owed. I still will not see it untill the merger closes. I am not happy, but not surprised. In the end, getting past this was more important then getting everything. The damage to my life and family were simply not worth it. I think I've...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/enrongate/2002/12/13.html#a677 (Untitled)- December 1, 2002 Feds squeeze lieutenants on Skilling, Lay Federal investigators are pressuring former Enron Corp. managers to talk as the government continues to build a case against the fallen energy trader's one-time chiefs, Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay, legal sources said this week...more Houston Chronicle Slowly the wheels of justice grind out. I am still surprised that Bush and company have so far managed to skate their way out of this mess. We currently have the most corrupt administration since...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/enrongate/2002/12/01.html#a660 |