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28. A CEO serving a trumped up sentence

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Jun 11, 2013, 12:14 AM

Jun 2013

is as likely as a CEO needing a public defender.
A civil rights attorney who is worried about the rights of CEO's to steal from the stockholders is the kind of civil rights attorney everyone should listen to. Insider trading is why we have to keep building prisons.

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You commit three felonies a day [View all] n2doc Jun 2013 OP

DU Rec Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2013 #1

Remember people, make those felonies count! n/t appal_jack Jun 2013 #2

I've tried, appal_jack ReRe Jun 2013 #19

This is why they have so VERY many laws on the books that are obsolete and don't reflect the will of kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #3

Doubtful, but 90% of people who dirve to work have broken the law on their way there. FarCenter Jun 2013 #4

The Era of Big Government is OVER! alcibiades_mystery Jun 2013 #5

If Greenwald would report on THIS stuff and the government trying to convict people of those 3 uponit7771 Jun 2013 #6

I'm cutting down to 2 DirkGently Jun 2013 #7

They're doing me an injustice Cobalt-60 Jun 2013 #21

I'm saving all mine up Duer 157099 Jun 2013 #8

K&R'd! and bookmarked. snot Jun 2013 #9

Typically, I commit 3 before I make it to work. Fla_Democrat Jun 2013 #10

Yeah really. Only 3?? Marie Marie Jun 2013 #14

Well, I'm not as young as I use to be. -nt- Fla_Democrat Jun 2013 #22

Tee hee. I'm sure that you can still get out there Marie Marie Jun 2013 #24

I have realized this david13 Jun 2013 #11

Remember this if you are called for jury duty. closeupready Jun 2013 #12

Just What ARE Some of These Felonies? Leith Jun 2013 #13

From what I can tell it's largely a complaint about the removal of intent from many of our laws. JoeyT Jun 2013 #18

But it's LEGALLLLLLLLL!!!! Iggo Jun 2013 #15

I don't buy it. "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation." Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #16

Hyperbole sells I guess. xtraxritical Jun 2013 #17

I committed felonies everyday for years up until 2003 William769 Jun 2013 #20

Our establishment probably got the idea from China. Marr Jun 2013 #23

Thanks for this book tip.... ReRe Jun 2013 #25

What are the felonies? apples and oranges Jun 2013 #26

K&R woo me with science Jun 2013 #27

A CEO serving a trumped up sentence Progressive dog Jun 2013 #28

We are lucky to live in a country wherein cruel and unusual punishment are verboten, wherein indepat Jun 2013 #29

Indeed we are, patriot! n2doc Jun 2013 #30

pssst--Agent Mike...I'M COMMITIN' ONE RIGHT FUCKING NOW11!!1! MindPilot Jun 2013 #31

This Harry Silvergate? GeorgeGist Jun 2013 #32