Um yeahhh. So ABC News is airing an interview with accused Ponzier Sir Allen Stanford tonight and if the excerpts are any indication, it's going to be fantastic television.
No, seriously I will cut off your dick and stick it in my ear if it's a Ponzi scheme.
"I would die and go to hell if it's a Ponzi scheme," Stanford said in reaction to civil allegations from the Securities and Exchange Commission that he bilked thousands of customers in an $8 billion fraudulent scheme involving "self-styled certificates of deposits" with "improbable" rates of return.
Poppycock. I'll say it again: poppycock.
"Baloney. Baloney," Stanford told ABC News. "It's not a Ponzi scheme. If it was a Ponzi scheme, why are they finding billons and billions of dollars all over the place?"
What do I have to say about being forced to fly commercial? Three words: It. was. harrowing.
Stanford said the government action to seize his assets had left him with little money and few changes of clothing. He was forced to fly on a commercial plane for the first time in almost two decades after the government seized his fleet of six private jets."They make you take your shoes off and everything, it's terrible," he complained about the airport security that apparently came as a surprise to him.
Stanford also strongly denied an ABC News report, citing senior law enforcement officials, that he was under investigation in connection with the alleged laundering of money for a Mexican drug cartel."If you say it to my face again, I will punch you in the mouth," he said.
Then backing off, Stanford said, "No, I'm not going to punch you in the mouth. But I'm just saying that's an absolutely, absolutely ludicrous thing to say. Anybody who knows me knows that's the case."
Stanford was also forced to bite down on his fist at several moments to keep the waterworks from really coming.
Stanford was near tears throughout the interview, and at times cried as he described how the SEC action had deprived him of being listed as the 405th wealthiest person in the world by Forbes magazine.
They hate me for my freedom animal carcasses.
"I'm the maverick rich Texan where they can put the moose head on the wall. And that's the only reason they went after me," Stanford said. "I'm fighting for my survival and for my integrity."
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Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 3:21PM
I'm Ron Burgundy?
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 3:29PM
Anyone know what the Initiation/Yearly dues are for New York Athletic Club? It is impossible to find online. And no, no one has or ever will sponsor me.
-Way back office
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 3:31PM
@2- does this look like the appropriate forum for your inane questions? no, 'cause this is about stanford. take your shit elsewhere.
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 3:37PM
@2
check out finance.yahoo.com/douchebag
They have some great forums and you could certainly get your question answered there.
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 3:40PM
His lawyer had to be shitting bricks. Whatever you do, don't let your idiot client make statemeents to the press. Especially on national TV.
And don't prejudice the entire U.S. jury pool by appearing to be a rich jackass.
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 3:43PM
@2 - David Barton gym in Chelsea is a much better deal. I suggest you check it out.
Posted by Investorcluzo , Apr 06, 2009 3:48PM
@5 - agreed. must have a public defender or someone from pace law. wtf, you have to know your client. if he's firecracker prone to go off the handle, deny any and all requests for interviews. less is more....
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 3:49PM
"Because I'm Kenny Powers, God-damn-it!"
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 3:49PM
"Stanford was near tears throughout the interview, and at times cried as he described how the SEC action had deprived him of being listed as the 405th wealthiest person in the world by Forbes magazine."
amazing.
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 4:00PM
2 if you have to ask you cannot afford- and the r&t is nicer....
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 4:05PM
@ 2 Initiation is currently $500 for those under the age of 35. Monthly dues are $175, and there is a food minimum of $80. Some other miscellaneous fees as well.
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 4:08PM
allen stanford cried during and interview and threatened to punch charlie gibson in the face. sarah palin didn't even do that. STFU about your gym dues.
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 4:10PM
@6 yeah Barton put the MEMBER back in membership. I hear your welcome kit comes with knee pads.
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 4:11PM
@2 -- Equinox Columbus Circle way better. Plus you get to be stalked by a half naked Gasparino in the locker room.
Not Chaz
Posted by Anal_yst , Apr 06, 2009 4:20PM
Equinox on Wall (admittedly way different 'hood) is also quite nice, more talent than I expected, too.
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 4:37PM
Ed: Jeez, what a little crybaby!
Colin: Are you gonna cry all day, crybaby?
Thom: You know, everyone has problems; it doesn't mean you have to be a little crybaby about it.
Ed: Come on, guys, let's go. This kid is totally not cool.
Thom: Yeah, that's the most uncool kid I've ever met.
Phil: Little crybaby.
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 4:47PM
M*YO!
Posted by lieutenant winslow , Apr 06, 2009 5:34PM
listen guy. i mean, yeah sure. i launder a little mexican drug money every once in a while. and hey, if my laundered drug cartel money happened to finance a few kidnappings, well then i'm sorry. i really am. but i do not, i repeat NOT, operate a fucking ponzi scheme. we clear?
Posted by lieutenant winslow , Apr 06, 2009 5:37PM
listen guy. i mean, yeah sure. i launder a little mexican drug money every once in a while. and hey, if my laundered drug cartel money happened to finance a few kidnappings, well then i'm sorry. i really am. but i do not, i repeat NOT, operate a fucking ponzi scheme. we clear?
Posted by lieutenant winslow , Apr 06, 2009 5:37PM
listen guy. i mean, yeah sure. i launder a little mexican drug money every once in a while. and hey, if my laundered drug cartel money happened to finance a few kidnappings, well then i'm sorry. i really am. but i do not, i repeat NOT, operate a fucking ponzi scheme. we clear?
Posted by lieutenant winslow , Apr 06, 2009 5:38PM
listen guy. i mean, yeah sure. i launder a little mexican drug money every once in a while. and hey, if my laundered drug cartel money happened to finance a few kidnappings, well then i'm sorry. i really am. but i do not, i repeat NOT, operate a fucking ponzi scheme. we clear?
Posted by lieutenant winslow , Apr 06, 2009 5:41PM
i'll show myself out
Posted by HAM05 , Apr 06, 2009 5:52PM
@22 made my day
Posted by Conflict of disinterest , Apr 06, 2009 6:05PM
Other than buying a resort island with 90-day cd money, I dont think they have much on him. Borrow short, lend long, right?
Your honor, the defense calls Timothy Geithner to the stand.
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 7:58PM
mayo
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 8:10PM
do women still fuck bankers?
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 8:23PM
I do. The smart, cute ones.
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 8:28PM
@26- no.
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 9:29PM
But none of them would fuck Soros.
http://bit.ly/10HwJ
George Soros Says "US Banking System Is Effectively Insolvent" (Reuters Video & Transcript)
None.
Posted by guest , Apr 06, 2009 10:15PM
video of the interview: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7273710&page=1
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2009 12:28AM
Bess, you lost me at "No, seriously I will cut off your dick and stick it in my ear if it's a Ponzi scheme."
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2009 12:33AM
@31- that's an imitation of stanford talking, just like the bolded parts of the rest of the post, fool.
Posted by guest , Jul 10, 2009 2:25PM
@65, try once again- yet another typo. White guys monopolize the proverbial get out of jail free cards. Just ask the Duke lacrosse team or the cops that murdered the black cop in ny a few weeks ago- innocent mistake...