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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 09:16 AM
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Is Ken Lay dead or is it yet another hoax?? no follow up by media
Simply the announcement of Kenny-boy's death to to a massive heart attack.
No autopsy of a man of his immense wealth,-- anyone seen footage of Mr.Lay being removed to be taken to the Funeral Parlor or the morgue? -- no interviews by the paramedics' or anyone directly involved with the removal of Lay, the media simply went with startling front page "facts" of the death.

The fact that nothing more was uncovered or reported on is questionable in itself -- however they did mention that Lay (for sure) would be cremated dispelling any notion that there was indeed foul-play such as a conveniently planned staging of fake your death to avoid jailtime scenario.

Can any news organization name one person (outside the family)to verify in fact that yes, Kenneth Lay is dead?? --> like a policeman, S-o-m-e-b-o-d-y!

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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 09:22 AM
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1. Google ken Lay + autopsy....
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 09:22 AM
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2. He did have an autopsy
"A coroner says an autopsy showed severe coronary artery disease caused his death."
http://www.klastv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5124868&nav=168Y

It's always possible that a coroner could be paid off. :shrug:
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 09:25 AM
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3. Maybe NSA will give us access to some of his phone records.
Ken is probably alive and well living with his billions in Dubai.
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Poppyseedman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 09:26 AM
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4. I think you are on to something here
Nobody dies on the BFEE watch without their permission.

:tinfoilhat: and :crazy:
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TheCentepedeShoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 05:25 PM
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29. Mr 'pede and I
used to discuss this at Steve's Rustic Lodge.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 09:30 AM
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5. Look Kenny Boy had
his 'heart attack' very early on the morning of July 5th, and arrived at the hospital at 3.00am. You can assume that few people were around from July 4th. His pastor told MSM that he had a heart attack so the very urgent autopsy should really have been unnecessary.

As more than a few news sites mentioned the apparentheart attack, and no less than Drudge mentioned the 'suicide' word, they brought in a coroner from outside (the regular coroner was conveniently out of town. Of course it was a heart attack although said coroner did say that toxicology and tissue sample tests had not taken place as yet.

Kenny boy was quickly cremated and his great christian life will now be celebrated with two services.

That the media is not raising serious questions re timing, and other strange coincidences speaks volumes. Kenny boy after all stole millions and had just been sent to prison. The more silence from MSM, the more rational people will remain suspicious. This is just too fugging neat. Where is the FBI and all the forensic experts. Where is the fugging proof that Kenny Boy is dead. Those he robbed need to have proof.

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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 09:37 AM
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7. Well said...and that the family felt it necessary for an autopsy suggests
they "knew" there would be questions. And, just why would there be questions.

If this had been a Democrat you better believe the media would be all over this with follow up. But, just like with Philip Merrill's strange "suicide" off his boat last month (with anchor around his legs and a shotgun wound to his head) there is no media coverage. I don't think I ever saw a report on the news about Philip Merrill. This does make both deaths seem very suspicious.

If they are so bold now that they think they can get away with this stuff then I expect we will see more odd deaths in the coming years. One even wonders about Colin Powell's illness in Aspen while dining with Bill Clinton in the light of these suspicious goings on. Maybe it was a "warning" to Powell. After all Libby did warn about the "Aspens turning."

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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 11:45 AM
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20. Meanwhile they're still
Edited on Sat Jul-08-06 11:47 AM by malaise
dedicating hours to disappearances of missing white girls.
Powell should consider himself very lucky

Edit - add.
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TallahasseeGrannie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 02:58 PM
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22. Regarding the regular coroner being
out of town..it is vacation season. I can buy that. I would hope they would save his DNA to check it.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 09:36 AM
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6. Even if it was a hoax... I'm waiting for the Copy Cats.
CEOs and other con-artists are going to be 'dropping' like flies.

Especially, if there is no investigation of the Lay case and he's seen
to 'get-away-with-it'... Even if he is dead.

Dang, I went into the wrong business. I could've been a plastic surgeon!
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bobby911 Donating Member (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 09:41 AM
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8. come on
the man died...case closed.

Not EVERYTHING is a conspiracy
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 09:44 AM
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11. Are you going to take time to maybe read my post?
Before you dismiss it.

I will remind you... Lay was convicted of "10 counts of C-O-N-S-P-R-A-C-Y and F-R-A-U-D".

So, this is an extension of an existing conspiracy.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 09:57 AM
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12. Maybe Lay found out Bush said no to a pardon and it would be best for
all concerned if Kenny-boy meet his maker...NOW! wouldn't want Lay running his mouth off like Abramohh now would we being that Dick Cheney fits nicely into the scope of things.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 10:03 AM
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13. It wouldn't be the first time someone has done something like this...
Not by a long shot.

There are entire books written about people who've been 'disappeared'.

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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 10:05 AM
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14. Let's apply a little logic here....
Lay, who never thought he'd be convicted, was going to appeal. Given the complexity of the trial and the appeal process, it likely would be at least a year before he actually started serving his sentence...and that if and only if the appeal was not overturned.

As arrogant and egotistical as Lay was, I'd be willing to bet that he believed the appeal would go in his favor. And the last horse I bet on paid back $13.80 on a $3 bet.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 10:11 AM
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15. This isn't a horse race...
Lay didn't like the whole 'IDEA' of being convicted... It caused him 'hardship'.

He was apparently an impatient sort, he wanted it over NOW! There are plenty of
others who agreed with that assessment.

Much easier to get on with business than to go through a trial in the 'Activist
Courts'. Much cheaper as well. Remember, these guys are all about $$$.
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 10:15 AM
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18. If he wanted to clear his name....
he can't do it dead. The conviction stands. He wanted to be cleared on appeal.
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 03:27 PM
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25. The conviction DOESNT stand. It will be ERASED as though it never happened
Edited on Sat Jul-08-06 03:27 PM by NYC Liberal
http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2006/07/06/lay-thurs.html

"The death of Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay will likely cause his conviction to be erased from the record, experts said Thursday."

"The law views it as though he had never been indicted, tried and convicted," Theus said.

.........

David Berg, a Houston civil litigator, said all that's left is a bureaucratic process in which Lay's lawyers can file his death certificate, asking Lake to vacate the convictions. If Lake complies as expected, Lay would no longer be a felon.

"His lawyers will move to set aside the conviction, and it'll be done. The slate is wiped clean," Berg said."

-----------------------------------

That's even BETTER then having it overturned on appeal. Now, officially, he was never even INDICTED.
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 06:32 PM
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31. I know that, of course. Jeez.
Is your :tinfoilhat: comfortable?

The bad publicity he received over the trial and verdict remains as his legacy. Had he been exonerated in a successful appeal, he'd be known as the man falsely accused and ultimately cleared.
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AliceWonderland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 11:58 AM
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21. There's a sound argument.
I'm convinced. :nopity:
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MODemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 03:18 PM
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24. Were you there bobby911?
It's true, not everything is a conspiracy, but not everyone is convicted of stealing millions and destroying the future of so many people. Besides, facing life in prison when one is filthy rich, and accustomed to lying on the beach or on their yacht with everything at their beck and call; this could be very tempting. We know he would never be pursued like one of us would. What's a little old million dollar makeover to a rich cat like Kenny?

:smoke: :smoke:
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 04:46 PM
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28. welcome to DU--perhaps everything in the normal world isn't a
conspiracy, but we are talking some of the biggest crooks, liars, thieves and thugs around. nothing should be taken at face value with them.
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TallahasseeGrannie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 03:00 PM
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23. On the other hand...
nothing would bring on a heart attack in an elderly man with heart disease faster than the prospect of spending the rest of his life in jail.

Just a thought... he maybe actually did die. It happens all the time.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 09:42 AM
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9. would it be possible to sue to get DNA testing done?
Maybe one of his many financial victims can sue to get DNA testing done. It is important that Lay not get away with faking his own death, if that is what happened.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 09:43 AM
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10. Given Kenny Boy's money and connections,
it isn't unreasonable to speculate that this "death" was a well-planned, flawlessly executed hoax. Holiday weekend, middle of the night, remote venue, hurried cremation. Here's a scam artist who built an empire out of whole cloth and stole millions. Then, when an army of lawyers couldn't keep him out of jail, he, with the help of friends in high places, arranges to be whisked away for life to a remote, luxurious, secure location. A different kind of prison, but one much more to his liking.

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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 10:12 AM
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16. Perhaps Lay got the word that a Bush-pardon would be a no-go...
and did what big money does best, fake the death, especially keep media attention to a level of letting Larry King do a retrospect of the beloved Mr.Lay (Larry King Show> laughs at the idea that it was mentioned that perhaps Lay faked his own death)
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Mr_Spock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 10:13 AM
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17. I am going to move on
I don't care either way - as long as I never have to see his face again.
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 11:43 AM
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19. I don't believe we'll ever know
one way or the other, as I said yesterday we're still arguing iver whether outlaws were really killed in the 1880's, though they are certainly dead now.
The same way kenny boy will be one day, it bothers me that he cheated justice, but he's not going to get out of this alive.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 03:28 PM
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26. hoax
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Imajika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 03:30 PM
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27. Geeze, the guy is dead...
If there is a hell, he is surely stewing in it now. Let it go. Really.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 05:28 PM
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30. He is sipping a Mai Tai on a beach somewhere laughing his ass off.
His wife will join him there, after a year or so.

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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 08:20 PM
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32. "He's outside, looking in."
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