Great piece in the Star today about Conrad Black

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Lord Pompous on his own petard
Conrad Black reaps as he usually sows


JIM COYLE

To the legions of commoners Conrad Black has lavishly insulted over the years, probably nothing is quite so delicious as the language of the report that this week painted him as a crook who, along with confederates, allegedly lined his pockets with $400 million (U.S.) of company funds.

It appears there really is a God in heaven. What goes around really does come around. What one reaps is, after all, what one usually sows.

What Black ran, said the report by a committee of Hollinger International Inc.'s board of directors, was a "corporate kleptocracy." He and his lieutenants "plundered" and "looted," it said. What was the nature of the looting? It was "self-righteous and aggressive." How often and in what manner did they plunder? "Almost every day, in almost every way."

And why did they do it? To feed, their "ravenous appetite for cash," of course.

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go here for the entire article.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1094076610601&call_page=TS_GTA&call_pageid=968350130169&call_pagepath=GTA/News&pubid=968163964505&StarSource=email

[hermetic]

1. You better lock him up quick

I can see he might have a great future working for Halliburton and if Cheney hears about this guy, he'll probably whisk him away. What a jerk.