jdobbin Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...?hub=TopStories FBI agents arrested former Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington early Wednesday for allegedly concealing assets during bankruptcy proceedings.Special agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation found Pocklington at his Palm Desert home in California, and say they arrested him "without incident." Pocklington, 67, is accused of making false statements in bankruptcy, and false oaths and false accounts in bankruptcy. If he is convicted of the two counts, he could face up to 10 years in a federal prison. I found it a little hard to believe that all he had was the clothes on his back. Quote
Oleg Bach Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...?hub=TopStoriesI found it a little hard to believe that all he had was the clothes on his back. "Arrested with out incident" I could see it now if there was an incident -perhaps the violent tossing of dentures or maybe he was just happy to have some attention and a clean bunk to snooze in as old men do.. It is believable that he has absolutely nothing but the clothes on his back - there are BANK that should be arrested with out incident for having nothing and running eternal lines of credit on that nothing. I knew a guy that had gold plated taps and a Rolls in the drive - They found him in bed deader than the proverbial door nail...and when his sons searched the estate and viewed the papers - he was a pauper. Quote
ReeferMadness Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 That'll teach him to sell Gretzky. This goof took one of the greatest teams in NHL history and sold it for spare parts. It seems like the U.S. is dealing with all of our crooks (i.e. Conrad Black too). Quote Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while preserving privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists. - Noam Chomsky It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. - Upton Sinclair
Oleg Bach Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 That'll teach him to sell Gretzky. This goof took one of the greatest teams in NHL history and sold it for spare parts.It seems like the U.S. is dealing with all of our crooks (i.e. Conrad Black too). So who gets to deal with their crooks? Oh yah they import ours to take the fall. First the American feds want the pot seed guy to do american time - then they find out that they have thousands of executives that steal kabillions of dollars - and poor litte Conrad does the time for all of them - kind of like a corporate Jesus? We should send them a bill for the Conrad rental...scape goats are not cheap these days. Quote
guyser Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 I found it a little hard to believe that all he had was the clothes on his back. Should he have been carrying a piano? This goof took one of the greatest teams in NHL history and sold it for spare parts. Couldnt afford to keep them. Besides, hockey was better for the trade. Quote
Oleg Bach Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 He was carrying a piano? Wait let me read that again... Peter Peter pumkin eater...I thought that he was dead...what's the point of hauling him away in his old age? I suppose it will divert things just like they used Conrad as a diversion - while the real plundering scoundrels make their escape. Not paying your taxes is a serious crime - and it is even more severe if you don't have the money to pay - but...ripping off share holders for billions as that chap in New York did is all right - you get house arrest in the penthouse...Why do the authorities always go easy on the guy that steals billions - but smash the crap out of the little old Peters of the world trying to survive in their old age? Why are bigger crooks not crooks>? Quote
jdobbin Posted March 12, 2009 Author Report Posted March 12, 2009 Should he have been carrying a piano? No, that was in his house in the States. Quote
Oleg Bach Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 No, that was in his house in the States. What no piano on the shoulders of Peter? Quote
jdobbin Posted March 12, 2009 Author Report Posted March 12, 2009 What no piano on the shoulders of Peter? It was because he always tinkled on the keys. Quote
ReeferMadness Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 Couldnt afford to keep them. Besides, hockey was better for the trade. Not in Edmonton. It was the worst deal in memory, maybe the worst deal ever. The media whores refused to deal with it honestly, claiming that Edmonton would be better off for getting young talent (anyone remember Martin Gelinas?) and draft picks. They claimed it was 'good for hockey'. It's funny. I haven't heard for calls to break up other powerful teams because it's 'good for hockey'. The truth is that it was the undeniable sign that there was a 'two tier' hockey league. Big market teams could afford the best players and small market teams would have to be content to try to put together teams that made the playoffs often enough that the fans wouldn't give up in disgust. But the truth was inconvenient so the media and the sheep who who listened to them went around saying 'it's good for the game'. Quote Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while preserving privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists. - Noam Chomsky It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. - Upton Sinclair
Oleg Bach Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 Not in Edmonton. It was the worst deal in memory, maybe the worst deal ever. The media whores refused to deal with it honestly, claiming that Edmonton would be better off for getting young talent (anyone remember Martin Gelinas?) and draft picks. They claimed it was 'good for hockey'. It's funny. I haven't heard for calls to break up other powerful teams because it's 'good for hockey'.The truth is that it was the undeniable sign that there was a 'two tier' hockey league. Big market teams could afford the best players and small market teams would have to be content to try to put together teams that made the playoffs often enough that the fans wouldn't give up in disgust. But the truth was inconvenient so the media and the sheep who who listened to them went around saying 'it's good for the game'. Poor Peter's off to the slammer and you guys are talking hockey? I am not a fan but I do remember Peter being critizes for some sort of betrayal of the game. Come to think of it - he did strike me as a bit shifty..he was your version of Ballard. Just prettier. Quote
guyser Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 Not in Edmonton. They claimed it was 'good for hockey'. It's funny. I haven't heard for calls to break up other powerful teams because it's 'good for hockey'. The truth is that it was the undeniable sign that there was a 'two tier' hockey league. Big market teams could afford the best players and small market teams would have to be content to try to put together teams that made the playoffs often enough that the fans wouldn't give up in disgust. Care to address the inconsistencies in your post? Quote
ReeferMadness Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 Was that a trick question? Or do I have to be in your world to understand what you mean? Quote Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while preserving privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists. - Noam Chomsky It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. - Upton Sinclair
Griz Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 Was that a trick question? Or do I have to be in your world to understand what you mean? I'm just glad that all the greedy arses are going down. At one point in Black's career he told all the papers to not publish anything positive about aboriginals Now the greedy slob is getting his just desserts. Pocklington I don't know a whole lot about, but he is one thing to me--proof that the NHL has gone to hell with $$$$ All those teams since the 1980s didn't win the cup-they bought it! The NHL needs to go back to the good old days when hockey was great! Before the mid-1980s. Quote
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