It PAYS to be rich when you commit market fraud
By artboomer on December 10, 2007 - 2:29pm
Just in on the newswire Conrad Black is found guilty of obstruction and 3 charges of mail fraud. His sentence is 61/2 years in a federal prison and a fine of 125K. Now at age 62 Conrad will miss over the next plus 6 years special family events like births, weddings, family reunions, vacations, and of course concocting "shady business deals". bla, bla, bla, bla, bla!
This is ALL YOU GET when stealing and cheating millions and millions of dollars from those who believed in your money making abilities! This is no Enron but where do I sign up for market fraud - it PAYS.
As Emerson, Lake & Palmer once wrote...
He had white horses
And ladies by the score
All dressed in satin
And waiting by the door
Oooh, what a lucky man he was.
So - you were listening to Rock 101 this morning and got inspired huh?
That's the last cut on side two of their self-titled "Emerson, Lake & Palmer" LP issued in 1971 by WEA Music of Canada. Don't ask how I know :)
Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer - "Lucky Man" was first released in 1970 on "Island Records" in England and later in the year as a 7" record in Europe. I know because I have this very LP...
And I did not have on the radio this morning. For whatever reason my brain will start humming an oldie but goody relative to what I am reading in the news...always had the gift? - it drives my wife bonkers.
Those were also the days I was able to grow long beautiful hair shining, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen give me down to there, HAIR!
(the gift strikes again)
Let's just hope that Conrad gets his due in jail. No time in there is worth any possible benefit of this or any crime.
As far as Lucky Man - what a great tune! Did you know that Greg Lake wrote in when he was about 12 years old???
I had no idea that Greg wrote 'Lucky Man' at the wee age of 12. All I knew is the band had recorded a number of earlier versions before settling on the final synthesizer version.
I wonder how long Conrad will have to wait before one of his new cell mates proclaim "Connie" as his new "wife"...He may find it 'hard' (pun intended) to get comfy in his lovers 8 x 10 cell.
oh man, when you find that sheet, let me know alright?
The justice system (internationally) is sadly rarely up to any good standard. It actually turns my stomach reading this, lucky sob, I guess he'll either just have to fight someone the first day or choose who's cupcake he'll be... *chuckles*