Ken Lay and Innocence?

In Bush's Amerika being guilty does not equal guilt. Take for example, the arguments of one Kenny boy Lay who recently has hit the media to defend their running of the lil Houston company of Enron. According to him and his supporters (does he really have supporters?), he is innocent. There is a campaign out to get him. To which we here at the Rising Hegemon can only say: HUH?!?!?!!

Ken Lay declared his innocence, demonized his accusers and asked ex-employee "truth sayers" to rally around him for his trial, in a Tuesday speech.

Damn. We have mountains of evidence, reluctant prosecutors, and hundreds if not thousands of employees have been devastated... and they are all evil and wrong?

Just a month before his Jan. 17 federal trial on seven conspiracy and fraud charges, the former Enron chairman drew polite applause with his luncheon address titled "Guilty, until proven innocent," in part a call to arms to Enron employees to defend the honor of the company and Lay himself.

Wha? Lay wants employees who lost their savings, livelihood, and pensions to defend him? Also, uh isn't it hard to defend the honor of a company that overcharged people to heat and light their homes?

Lay quoted Winston Churchill, saying, "Truth is the great rock," and in his case, prosecutors have submerged it in a "wave of terror."

Yeah, worse than the SS those damn prosecutors and SEC reguglators who just want companies to play by the rules and be honest in their dealings. The bastards!

Lay promised he'll testify and asked other Enron employees to join him in creating a "wave of truth."

Scene at the courtroom: "Ok, everyone ready? Everyone up with their hands and here comes... the TRUTH!"

"Enron employees really have only two choices. Either we stand up now — and prove that Enron was a real company, a substantial company, an honest company, a company that had a vision and values ... or we will leave this horrific legacy shaped by others," he said.

No, Mr. Lay they have another choice. They can watch you drown in your own lies, deceit, and legacy... though you are not going to like the legacy your going to get. And its not because anyone is out to get you. You run a company into the ground and it is right that you pay for it.