I know funerals are not generally a time for people to gather to insult the dead, and people who attend someone's funeral are often friends or family. That being said, these quotes from people at Ken Lay's service today are among the most delusional and laughable I've ever heard:
David Herrold, Lay's stepson: "I am angry because of the way that he was treated in the last five years of his life ... and I'm feeling a lot of joy ... He had a lot of loving friends ... He did have a strong faith in God, and I know he's in heaven. And I'm glad he's not in a position any more to be whipped by his enemy."
Heaven's that place with the fire and the torture and the beatings, right? Oh, wait, that's Abu Ghraib.
Reverend Dr. William Lawson: "He reached out to touch many people from many backgrounds ... many economic levels ... that included minorities like me."
"Ken Lay was neither black nor poor, but I'm angry because Ken Lay was a victim of a lynching."
Yep, Ken Lay was lynched for screwing lots and lots of middle class folks out of their retirement and millions more through charging higher prices for energy. I'm sure those people who were lynched for trying to vote or go to church would buddy right up to him.
"The folks who don't like him have had their say. I'd like to have mine ... (Like Jesus Christ) he was crucified by a government that mistreated him."
If Ken Lay had really been crucified, then this would be a different story. He was convicted, in a system where the rich and powerful often find ways of buying themselves out.
Mick Seidl, longtime friend: "Overzealous federal prosecutors have vilified an exceedingly good man ... They did so without visible efforts to seek the truth, and the media piled on. It was total character assassination ... I do know Ken would never intentionally do anything illegal."
Mick, Mick, Mick. When you oversee one of the greatest examples of fraud, mismanagement, and theft that's ever been perpetrated, you pay a price. If he didn't know what was going on, then he was the worst manager in business history and deserved to go to jail just for that.
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"It's not a lie if you believe it."
George Costanza
Personally, they're a bunch of liars living a lie.
These statements by Lay's "friends" make him into a helpless victim. This is a guy who manipulated people professionally and lived like a king. As far as I know he never spent a day in jail in his life. So what if he started poor, the man lived like a rock star. Save a tough few years at the beginning and the end, how many people wouldn't trade for that life?
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