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    TRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)Hudson Hongo
    9/21/15 7:56pm

    The Obama Administration continues to harass hardworking business owners. The desire to make a simple profit now deserves jail time? While our conservative leaders are asleep at the wheel, the socialists are winning the war for America’s soul. If a man cares to sell peanut butter covered in rat shit, and he can find a buyer, more power to him, and God bless his entrepreneurial spirit.

    That’s Liberty and that’s America, which our government seems to have forgotten a long time ago.

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      ╰(　´◔　ω　◔ `)╯< Woke and BokeTRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)
      9/21/15 7:58pm

      Caveat emptor used to mean something in this country.

      SMH.

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      Unsophisticated SophistTRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)
      9/21/15 8:00pm

      Attempt at trolling: B-

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    PsonicPsunspotHudson Hongo
    9/21/15 7:51pm
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      TheOmbudsmanPsonicPsunspot
      9/21/15 7:54pm
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      EatTheCheeseNicholsonPsonicPsunspot
      9/21/15 8:15pm

      From the headline, I was initially thinking “wait, Jimmy Carter is dead, right?”

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    robotsantaHudson Hongo
    9/21/15 7:57pm

    “this is not a murder case”...“These acts were driven simply by the desire to profit and to protect profits notwithstanding the known risks,”, so if I kill someone for he insurance money it’s not murder? Right, gotcha.

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      weirwoodtreehugger3robotsanta
      9/21/15 8:19pm

      That depends. Are you rich? Are you white? Are you an executive? If the answer to all three is yes, maybe!

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      TequilaMondayTuesdayweirwoodtreehugger3
      9/21/15 8:48pm

      Do you represent a corporation? Cuz then you have 2 votes instead of the standard 1. *weight*

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    2DollarzHudson Hongo
    9/21/15 7:58pm
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      Masshole James2Dollarz
      9/21/15 8:20pm

      One of the most unfortunate and unfunny scenes in a Hollywood movie, ever.

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      2DollarzMasshole James
      9/21/15 9:32pm

      You should get out more

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    E=MC HammeredHudson Hongo
    9/21/15 7:52pm

    Though he deserves more time, depending on how much he actually serves, it could end up being a life sentence, which is great (though I have my doubts about how much of that 28 years he’ll actually spend in prison). There was another recent case with the CEO of Carson Helicopters was sentenced to 12 years following a crash that killed nine firefighters. Even if the sentence isn’t harsh enough, it’s nice to see these assholes getting actual, meaningful time rather than just fines and probation.

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      Armageddon T. ThunderbirdE=MC Hammered
      9/21/15 7:57pm

      Federal sentencing. 28 years means he will serve 28 years.

      The only way he gets out early is in a coffin.

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      WideStanceArmageddon T. Thunderbird
      9/21/15 8:11pm

      He's got the money to appeal. All it takes is a sympathetic judge and a less-than-enthusiastic prosecutor during the appeal (or dumb; I've seen dumb, too).

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    Michael ZaiteHudson Hongo
    9/21/15 7:56pm

    “These acts were driven simply by the desire to profit and to protect profits notwithstanding the known risks,”

    AKA the job CEO’s are expected to do by both shareholders and the language of the laws defining C-Corporations.

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      ARP2Michael Zaite
      9/21/15 8:41pm

      Yep, he just lost the game of roulette. More often than not, you don’t get caught and if you do, the fines are often less than you profit.

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      Michael ZaiteARP2
      9/21/15 8:46pm

      And luckily he’s small potatoes and so they get to get away with making an example out of him.

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    Jennifer C. MartinHudson Hongo
    9/21/15 9:02pm

    Thought it was a bit harsh, read more about the case, fuck this guy. He basically didn’t care if people would die as long as he could save a buck. Willful manipulation, not lazy negligence. Glad to see white collar criminals get harsher punishments. Now for 99% of other court cases for white collar crimes to go this way...

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      frederico802Jennifer C. Martin
      9/21/15 11:28pm

      The judge should have given him the ultimate punishment: make him and his company pay taxes in addition to the sentence. That would really send a cold wind through Board Rooms across the U.S.

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      REX2RSJennifer C. Martin
      9/22/15 11:17am

      Sounds like GM with their ignition switch, which has killed 174 known thus far, and not a single executive went to jail. He should have bribed more politicians

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    CnslrNachosHudson Hongo
    9/21/15 7:54pm

    “This sentence is going to send a stiff, cold wind through Board Rooms across the U.S.” wrote Marler on Twitter.

    The dreaded (cold) peanut fart of justice being served.

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      Rat FinkHudson Hongo
      9/21/15 7:51pm

      What’s wrong with making your own peanut butter?

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        Armageddon T. ThunderbirdRat Fink
        9/21/15 7:58pm

        All of the rat shit in my home.

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        BullneckRat Fink
        9/21/15 8:39pm

        I see peanut butter making machines in grocery stores all the time these days. It’s insane not to use one.

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      Kaye Syrah SyrahHudson Hongo
      9/21/15 9:20pm

      WTF. Peanuts are all over the place. This guy has no family?

      It never occurred to him that someone he actually cares about (assuming such a one exists) might ingest his poison nuts?

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