U.S. fines Bill Gates $800,000

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Post #153,539 by jbrabeck 5/3/04 4:20:33 PM Reply	U.S. fines Bill Gates $800,000 [link\|http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/03/technology/gates_penalty/index.htm?cnn=yes"\|Pocket Change (CNN)]
Post #153,543 by andread 5/3/04 4:49:54 PM Reply	On the Tyson/Ear Scale... Tyson biting off a chunk of Evander Holyfield's ear cost him $3 million say the chunk weighed one ounce at those prices Bill Gates could eat 320 lbs of Holyfield A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://wxxe.org\|Tune In]
Post #153,562 by jb4 5/3/04 6:24:17 PM Reply	And, he's a repeat offender! The Federal Trade Commission said it had warned Gates about a similar reporting infraction when his personal investment trust bought shares of Republic Services Corp. (RSG: Research, Estimates) in November 2001. The acquisition brought his stake to more than 10 percent of the outstanding shares of the waste-hauling company. You & me, we'd be doing Leavenworth time. DeSitter is right; lest there be any further doubt, we are no longer a Nation of Laws. <sigh> jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT
Post #153,592 by Silverlock 5/3/04 10:15:18 PM Reply	No longer? Since when? Been this way for years buddy. The 'private law' for the extremely wealthy has been around since colonial days. ----------------------------------------- It is much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than it is to give them a helping hand. Mike Royko
Post #153,691 by jb4 5/4/04 11:43:45 AM Reply	OK, agreed But we sure did a better job of hiding it. The successful prosecution (& jailing) of the likes of Boesky and Milken are examples. These days, we don't even bother to pretend anymore; we're just to damn lazy to maintain the pretense. jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT

U.S. fines Bill Gates $800,000 - (jbrabeck) - (4) - May 3, 2004, 04:20:33 PM EDT

On the Tyson/Ear Scale... - (andread) - May 3, 2004, 04:49:54 PM EDT

And, he's a repeat offender! - (jb4) - (2) - May 3, 2004, 06:24:17 PM EDT

No longer? - (Silverlock) - (1) - May 3, 2004, 10:15:18 PM EDT

OK, agreed - (jb4) - May 4, 2004, 11:43:45 AM EDT

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