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People with an attitude In collaboration with the editorial staff of Globe Weekly News
EGO TRIP OR TOO MUCH POWER?
Ego trip or too much power? Perhaps, greed, shallowness, selfishness and vanity? People with an attitude make us sick. And usually, they forget where they came from. And by doing so, they lose their quality (if any), public sympathy, and those who supported them in their initial struggles, when they were obscure and fighting for their skin. Vanity is self-destructive. Humility is a virtue. And gratitude is a blessing. This week, we have a bunch of those "people with an attitude". Some are famous and rich, few are powerful, and the rest are blah blah baloney-balcony Fraud and Attitude: Coffin reports to jail
Photo: Paul Coffin Absolute power corrupts absolutely and greed is the worst of all vices. Michael Douglas, once said: "Greed is Good", and he was referring to corporate America. He is right on! For, an overwhelming majority of top CEOs are the essence of greed and fraud. This week, Canadian, multi-millionaire and advertising executive Paul Coffin has begun serving his jail sentence for fraud related to the sponsorship program, according to two all-news TV channels. RDI and LCN say Coffin reported to officials at Bordeaux jail today, becoming the first player in the federal sponsorship scandal to be incarcerated. The Quebec Court of Appeal sentenced Coffin to 18 months in jail late last week and gave him 72 hours to report to authorities. Coffin could be paroled relatively early into the sentence.
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A lower-court judge had previously ordered Coffin to perform community service after he pleaded guilty to defrauding Ottawa of $1.5 million. Crown prosecutors, who wanted a 34-month prison sentence, pointed out that Coffin prepared 373 fraudulent invoices over more than five years. A reporter asked Coffin: "Any regret?". And Coffin replied: " I have done nothing wrong. It was not a fraud, simply a common practice." WOW! Is making multimillion Dollars a common practice? Or perhaps, he meant to say, in the high echelon of corporate world and big time business, cheating others is a common practice?! What an attitude! Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: "Bush is a man with a bizarre attitude." Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Iranians on Monday "George Bush has a nasty and unfriendly attitude toward Iranians. This man is a terrorist with an attitude". Ahmadinejad asked his countrymen not to be frightened by western threats over the country's nuclear ambitions, and his government dismissed as "psychological warfare" reports that Washington is drawing up plans for military action. Associated Press reported that Ahmadinejad's comments came after several reports published over the weekend in U.S. newspapers claimed the Bush administration was studying options for military action, including a nuclear strike, to stop Iran's nuclear program. An account in The New Yorker magazine said U.S. officials were looking at the possibility of using nuclear bombs against Iran's underground nuclear sites. U.S. President George W. Bush said Monday that reports of plans for a military attack against Tehran were "wild speculation" and said his vow to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons "doesn't mean force necessarily." "In this case it means diplomacy," he said. Ahmadinejad replied: "Diplomacy has nothing to do with the internal affairs of Iran. As I said before, Bush is a man with a bizarre attitude." Ahmadinejad went on saying : "Iran would not be dissuaded |
