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Why the future sucks ass. The prosecutor's argument in the Enron Skilling case:

"The Enron fraud is as large and as serious as any other fraud in the nation's history," said prosecutor Sean Berkowitz.

"This was not a one-time event where someone made an judgment in error," Berkowitz said.

He also said Skilling's philanthropy was worth noting but " ... It is not unusual for someone in his position to give back to the community, in fact it is required."

Berkowitz quoted from a victims letter: "Mr. Skilling's philanthropy was paid out of my future."

The Iraq invasion was paid out of my future.

The tax cuts to America's richest 1 percent were paid out of my future.

The no-bid Halliburton contracts were paid out of my future.

The stolen Iraqi reconstruction funds were paid out of my future.

The failure to catch bin Laden was paid out of my future.

The failure to reform Afghanistan was paid out of my future.

The destruction of New Orleans was paid out of my future.

The failures of national security were paid out of my future.

The loss of respect for America around the world was paid out of my future.

The failure of our medical system was paid out of my future.

Lay and Skilling are but symptoms of the Republican disease. Enron, which was instrumental in putting Bush-Cheney 2000 into the White House, was the virus that sickened America's future.

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