What if Kenneth Lay Faked his Death?
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I have always considered myself a decent guy. The measure of my decency is based on my mockery of those who believe that the United Nations army in dark helicopters is preparing to take over the United States. I also measure my decency against that of those who believed that the CIA was behind the September 11 attack.
I have watched my own share of thrillers and spy movies. I know there are conspiracies being carried out by individuals, government agencies and mobs even as I sleep. But I have never seen the world from that prism. I do not think life on this earth is predominantly controlled by conspiracies and similar nefarious activities. I pride myself as one who believes more in the manipulation of events by the Supreme Being than by mere mortals like me.
I believe if anyone is playing a dice with people on earth, it is the one up there.
Yet, I could not help but think that the death of Kenneth Lay, founder of Enron, may just be another of those manipulations by the founder of the-more-you-look-the-less-you-see Company.
What if Kenneth Lay simply staged his own death? What if he is now on the Alps of Switzerland sipping wine? What if he is, again, laughing at the foolishness of those of us who trust the statement from the Sheriff’s Office and the coroner of Pitkin County.
For one, I know that George Bush’s Kenny Boy did not want to go to prison. Secondly, he wasn’t facing a small number of years in prison. He was potentially facing a lifetime. Thirdly, what remained of his assets was at the point of being seized by the government.
Essentially, Kenneth Lay and his family faced a riches-to-rags reversal of role. And from what I have heard from my rich friends, it was one position everyone who had drank from the fountain of riches abhors.
I feel ashamed thinking like this, but that is an indication of the amount of distrust Enron has put into me. As a human being who will one day die, I feel sorry for what coronary artery disease does to people. I feel sorry for Kenneth Lay’s family, especially his 12 grand children.
But still, I want a DNA test to ensure that the man in the grave is really Kenneth Lay.
With Enron people, you never know. With Enron people, you never can be too cautious. And with Enron people, the only closure acceptable to me is the closure that is widely open.
