Awfully convenient.
Yesterday morning, I flipped on the car radio to catch the end of the opening news story: “…Ken Lay was 64.” What? Wow, did he kill himself? Have a heart attack?
I didn’t have to wonder long — NPR continued coverage of the breaking story, with what I felt was a weird slant about how his death might make Kenneth Lay a more sympathetic character now. What is this, Much Ado About Nothing? Since when (in real life) does death suddenly proclaim someone’s innocence? Mr. Lay passed of a heart attack, but a thought floated in the back of my mind: what if his death were planned? Reading this story in today’s NYTimes makes me wonder again. Hmmm. Let’s get this straight: he’s nearly broke, but he was at his vacation home in Aspen? Aspen? Last I checked, broke people didn’t have vacation homes anywhere, much less, Aspen.
Posted by Allison in this-n-that |
July 6th, 2006 at 9:32 am
So Sad! I also wondered about a planned death when I heard the story yesterday. As the radio announcer was talking about the family, now bankrupt, I thought “Not for long, I bet he had a good insurance policy.” Now they can afford to keep the Aspen home.
July 6th, 2006 at 6:20 pm
OMG- I totally had the same thoughts as you…it was first announced only that he had died and then “story after morning commute” and I was like “suicide? heart attack”?. I try not to be a conspiracy theorist but it’s a little fishy if you ask me…
July 7th, 2006 at 6:42 pm
I know! I’m definitely not a consirpacy-monger, but I read on Fanatical Apathy (in the comments) about how Nicotine, when injected, can cause an untraceable heart attack. If this is true (no, I haven’t bothered to google it), I just wonder…