Karma: The Alan Grayson Great Train Robbery

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Technically, professionally he started out as a janitor and night watchman while he was putting himself through school. I know the purpose of this thread is to crow delightedly over a self-made man's misfortune's (as the Right prefers their men to be to the manor born), but the actual details about the fraud are pretty interesting:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...icle-1.1542786

As always, if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.

So glad to know he lost only 40% of his portfolio, this time. The article mentions a previous con where he lost tens of millions. I don't begrudge this man for being self-made, it's his carelessness spending taxpayer money while dismissing any group that voices concern over spending as akin to the KKK or wanting to kill sick people.


I'm also happy to know I started professional life as a caddie.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

So glad to know he lost only 40% of his portfolio, this time. The article mentions a previous con where he lost tens of millions. I don't begrudge this man for being self-made, it's his carelessness spending taxpayer money while dismissing any group that voices concern over spending as akin to the KKK or wanting to kill sick people.


I'm also happy to know I started professional life as a caddie.

It's not the Tea Party's fiscal position that he was referring to. It's this kind of statement he was referring to:

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/arc...c90a26c70005cf

[Danzig]

scha·den·freu·de noun, often capitalized \ˈshä-dən-ˌfrȯi-də\ : a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by Danzig

scha·den·freu·de noun, often capitalized \ˈshä-dən-ˌfrȯi-də\ : a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people

SCHADENFREUDE ?