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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (799)1/28/2002 2:30:18 PM
From: James Calladine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3602
 
"who would do absolutely nothing wrong"

Maybe true, IF:

-- he pays 10's of millions to Anderson Consulting to design off-balance sheet concealment of debt and expense

-- auditors (also Anderson) agree that methodologies used
are OK

-- the sophistry is kept within the guidelines of the accounting profession

and Kenny-Boy was just doing what other more knowledgable people than he were recommending...

It's sort of similar to Adolf Eichmann's defence that he was just following orders......

Namaste!

Jim



To: Oral Roberts who wrote (799)1/28/2002 5:22:36 PM
From: MulhollandDrive  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 3602
 
Another big political donor files for bankruptcy...

dailynews.yahoo.com

Of course they all look like pikers compared to Municipal Employees Union.

Contributions From Soft Money Donors - '00election cycle
Note: Total from an organization name may include affiliates...

1. AMER FEDN OF STATE COUNTY MUNICIPAL EMPL $5,914,000 41 records
2. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INT'L UNION $3,902,696 30 records
3. AT&T $3,575,975 106 records
4. UNITED BRTHD OF CARPENTERS & JOINERS $2,924,250 18 records
5. FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP (FREDDIE $2,398,250 35 records
6. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA $2,355,000 25 records
7. PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES INC $2,302,391 66 records
8. UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS INT'L U $2,146,450 37 records
9. SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC $1,774,389 72 records
10. INT'L BRTHD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS $1,731,000 52 records
11. MICROSOFT CORP $1,665,331 75 records
12. PFIZER INC $1,543,383 48 records
13. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS $1,531,000 42 records
14. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO $1,506,749 64 records
15. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSN $1,467,665 65 records
16. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS $1,449,461 101 records
17. ABRAHAM, S DANIEL & EWA $1,393,000 13 records
18. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE $1,307,871 49 records
19. FDX CORP (FEDERAL EXPRESS) $1,277,100 47 records
20. CITIGROUP $1,269,918 64 records
21. SCHWARTZ, BERNARD L. AND IRENE L $1,241,000 26 records
22. SHEET METAL WORKERS INT'L ASSN $1,240,854 34 records
23. NESS, MOTLEY, LOADHOLT, ET AL $1,230,500 10 records
24. GILO, DAVID I & SHAMAYA $1,207,500 5 records
25. BUTTENWIESER, PETER L & TERRY MAREK $1,207,500 26 records
26. SABAN, HAIM AND CHERYL $1,175,000 8 records
27. MIRAGE RESORTS INC (DEMO HERE) $1,153,621 8 records
28. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP $1,147,600 45 records
29. ENRON CORP $1,144,165 49 records
30. BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD ASSN $1,139,325 169 records
31. FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGEASSN(FANNIEMAE) $1,137,200 35 records
32. LINDNER, CARL H. AND EDYTH H $1,080,000 14 records
33. UST INC (US TOBACCO) $1,051,296 61 records
34. ASSN OF TRIAL LAWYERS OF AMERICA $976,050 51 records
35. ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES $968,556 42 records
36. AFLAC INC (AM FAMILY LIFE ASSURANCE) $959,675 37 records
37. LIMITED INC $953,500 21 records
38. NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSN $946,300 37 records
39. INT'L BRTHD OF PAINTERS & ALLIED TRADES $945,000 9 records
40. ELI LILLY & CO $944,640 43 records
41. BELLSOUTH CORP $940,986 55 records
42. ANGELOS, PETER G. AND GEORGIA $940,000 11 records
43. METABOLIFE INT'L INC $918,000 22 records
44. EYCHANER, FRED $905,000 14 records
45. MILSTEIN, CONSTANCE "CONNIE" $898,515 14 records
46. PHARMACIA CORP $881,525 25 records
47. UNION PACIFIC CORP $881,484 49 records
48. AMERICAN INT'L GROUP $878,450 34 records
49. DOMINION RESOURCES INC $875,778 39 records
50. COCA-COLA CO $865,495 70 records
51. AMR CORP (AMERICAN AIRLINES) $856,567 49 records
52. SCHERING-PLOUGH CORP $847,000 21 records
53. AFL-CIO $844,500 22 records
54. LABORERS INT'L UNION OF NORTH AMERICA $839,500 23 records
55. QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INT'L INC $831,650 45 records
56. GLAXO WELLCOME INC/UNITED KINGDOM $826,000 25 records
57. NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC $807,743 42 records
58. AVENTIS PASTEUR/FRANCE $805,935 46 records
59. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO OF AMERICA $801,825 46 records
60. GLOBAL CROSSING DEVELOPMENT CO $801,718 18 records