They killed Kenny

Another notable shitty-ass human being, Kenneth Lay, died this week. A couple of notes:

• Scott Adams remembers:

  My favorite Ken Lay story is that he bought his wife a $200,000 boat while they were already $100 million in debt. His explanation was “It’s hard to just turn that kind of lifestyle off.” That was the moment I believed his defense – that he was so frickin’ stupid he didn’t know he was a thief.

  But now that he’s conveniently “dead,” I wonder if anyone is checking the whereabouts of the wife’s boat. My guess is that it got reported stolen just about the time that Kenny allegedly died.

• Thanks to the Web Archive, we can look at Enron's Statement of Human Rights Principles from June 11, 2001. We get heartwarming observations like

  At Enron, we treat others as we expect to be treated ourselves... We are dedicated to conducting business according to all applicable local and international laws and regulations, including but not limited to, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and with the highest professional and ethical standards.

  Maybe that Ken Lay guy wasn't so bad after all!