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This is a farce for anyone expecting justice to be served.

Important difference. But believe what you want to.

“Right now I’m feeling powerfully and righteously satisfied that a man who caused so much misfortune is getting at least a small slice of what he deserves.”

“… the arrogant bastard did me significant material damage, as well.”

Now, to parse this, you clearly state that Nacchio going to jail is getting what he deserves. You clearly state that he deserves this for reasons other than insider trading – including your termination. Can we infer that you suggest Nacchio is going to jail “because [you] got laid off”? In that jail = justice, yes we can. Don’t hide behind the literal meaning of what you wrote, it is clear what you mean and the emotion you convey. That is not a bad thing. Why run from it?

I’ll never forget the famous ‘arena’ introduction to Joe Nacchio where he appeared in a cloud of theatrical smoke, a self-proclaimed six thousand dollar suit, and was presented a horse (yes, a real live horse) given to him by investor Phil Anschutz. He declined to climb up on the horse, not wanting to wrinkle his suit. That was the meeting where he called the U S West employees ‘clowns.’ Okay, he didn’t directly call us clowns–just told us it was time to take off the ‘clown suits.’

He kept talking about himself, his revenge at AT&T for not promoting him, and kept looking at the stock monitor which was proudly displayed for all to see (I think the stock was at 68 and climbing at that time). I went back to my desk and sold.

During the next few months, we were asked to ‘make up numbers because they needed to be such and such’, ‘think outside the box’, ‘take huge risks’, etc. As things declined and bills weren’t paid, employees began taking stuff from the building (lap tops, printers, etc), and you could feel collapse coming, and Joe began selling. Everyone knew Joe was selling his stock. Everyone. Hell, lots of us sold ours too. We were all part of this giant sham. We took our quarterly bonuses along with Joe (albeit his were much larger), even though each of us knew the numbers were bogus.

In some ways I wish I’d walked out with all my dignity in 2000.

on to some new circus.

Although I agree that he is a bad person, such invective is counterproductive. Anyways, all of the accusations you make regarding him, can you quantify them? You sound like you either lost a job or lost money in the market due to him.

Jeff

Hey buckaroo, why won’t you divulge where you went to school, but you manage to mention that it was accredited and you graduated near the top of your class? Most people have a certain sense of pride in their college, and don’t hide where they studied. Lets see, you won’t give your name, schooling, or other information except that you supposedly graduated as a computer major. Sounds to me like you went to a third rate school, perhaps a community college??? I mean, you never said anything about 4 years.

You also jump to wrong conclusions. You got it wrong about me being drunk while writing that comment. In actuality, I was mainlining heroin with a used syringe that I got from a Haitian HIV+ male prostitute, while being fellated by a pair of midget siamese twins, while getting snorting crystal meth. Drunk,,,,,,you idiot, I was ripped out of my mind. Get your facts straight before jumping to conclusions.

Savantster, I gotta say that I sure love you. You’ve made my day a whole bunch of times the past few months….not to mention helping my pocketbook. Thanks good buddy:)

Russ,

You’re not broken, period. Broken is a homeless toothless guy with addiction issues. Broken is the loss of will to live. Broken is a loss of credibility and integrity. Broken is laziness. Broken is just giving up. As long as you don’t give up, there’s a chance of positive change and you’re not broken. Finances, or lack of, have nothing to do with self worth, but a positive attitude does. Hell, I’m a lone conservative who remains cheerfully optimistic. I might have had a few curve balls tossed at me this year, and might be a little bent, but certainly not broken.

Finally, getting back on the topic of Nacchio, he was a used condom. A real douche, someone beneath contempt. People like him give us real capitalists a bad name and ought to be banished to the woodshed forever. He has hurt untold people, and has no respect from the real capitalists. Real capitalists don’t have to cheat.

Sav is probably going to end up in assisted housing, and on the dole, a broken man

That’s not Savanster you’re describing, Jeff, that’s me. Also, you deserve serious credit for hiring traders with no previous experience.

Don’t delude yourself into believing that Nacchio stuck his neck out on the wiretap issue motivated by altruism. It was a clear maneuver to cover his own ass, and then twisted into a defense of government retribution. Lying sacks of shit operate that way. It’s all about them.

I’m sure that there’s a silent wave of “hallelujah” being whispered across the tony hills of Northern New Jersey, from Basking Ridge to Bedminster to Morristown, from everyone this guy stabbed squarely in the back.

Of course, this is all second-hand information. He might have been a fucking saint for all I know. Yeah, right.

Hey, Joe, I hope you enjoy being Bubba’s bitch. And remember: better K-Y than dry.