{"id":242,"date":"2007-10-19T22:16:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-20T02:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=242"},"modified":"2007-10-19T22:16:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-20T02:16:00","slug":"the-dead-ceo-watches-his-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"The Dead CEO Watches His Back"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

The Dead CEO Watches His Back (2007) <\/em><\/p>\n

Your decisions
passed on cancer. A memo<\/a> meant
as a joke kills
quicker than all layoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Death won’t get you
a bye. Workers lean from chemo
and fleeced pensions<\/a>
speak of you to lawyers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Your investing
and gilded chute<\/a> fold up in wind
like a bum umbrella.
Safe<\/a> in the grave<\/p>\n

your pockets are plucked
by grifters and mentored vultures<\/a>
and needy downsized proles
pray you<\/a> rot more.<\/p>\n

~\/~<\/p>\n

And in recent news. From chron.com<\/a> (10-8-07): <\/p>\n

\n

The Supreme Court<\/a> reacted skeptically today to arguments that banks, lawyers, accountants and suppliers should be held liable for helping publicly held companies deceive investors.<\/p>\n

Chief Justice John Roberts<\/a> and Justice Antonin Scalia<\/a> suggested that federal law imposes strict limits on shareholders who want to sue companies and firms other than the one in which the investors hold stock.<\/p>\n

The two conservative justices subjected a lawyer for corporate investors to tough questioning during arguments as the justices try to set boundaries in stockholder lawsuits for securities fraud.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The outcome of the case will determine the fate of a separate suit by Enron shareholders who are seeking over $30 billion from banks accused of colluding with the energy company to hide its debts.<\/p>\n

If the court rules against investors, “it will mean the end of the case<\/a>” for Enron shareholders and the banks that were primarily liable, attorney Patrick Coughlin, representing Enron stockholders, said outside the Supreme Court after the arguments.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s good to have friends<\/a> do favors like appoint Supreme Court Chief Justices<\/a>. You find yourself having to watch your back<\/a> less — even after death.<\/p>\n

\"Face<\/p>\n

Face Detail of The Dead CEO Watches His Back<\/em><\/p>\n

~\/~<\/p>\n

Poem based on the image. Image initially made with Fractal Zplot. Post-processed until every pixel invested in its future lost everything<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags:<\/strong> fractal<\/a>, fractal art<\/a>, digital art<\/a>, poetry<\/a>, ken lay<\/a>, enron<\/a>, dead ceo<\/a>, watch your back<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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