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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

German billionaire Adolf Merckle, 74, one of the 100 richest people in the world, committed suicide Monday after his business empire ran into trouble in the global economic slowdown. Merckle ran up losses of about $535 million last year on Volkswagen shares.

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Woop de doo

(AP) Detroit Police officials have announced they are ridding the Department of German Shepards. They have not had any problems with Germans. The dogs are being replaced by coonhounds.

"What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" (Mark 8:36).

Sad!

Maybe this Merkle is related to Angela(?) who has been bribed into hiding GHWB's stolen/drug money. This could be a signal that the "jig is up."

"Adolf"? He was jinxed from the start.

Merckle ran up losses of about $535 million last year on Volkswagen shares.

I'm thinking that if Volkswagen's lost a lot of share value, I should look into buying some Volkswagen stock.

The 74th richest guy in the world killed himself over the losses? It seems like a personal problem too me.

Richard Cory


Whenever Richard Cory went downtown,
We people on the pavement1 looked at him;
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was richyes, richer than a king
And admirably schooled in every grace;
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.

Oh, the poor, poor billionaire! He must have been afraid he would not be able to afford pheasants tongues any more.

I've found that whenever the wealthiest despair about having "lost it all" they STILL have more then I ever will, even if I saved every cent I made and never so much as bought food.

This guy, with all his money, couldn't get some therapy? It's sad he had to kill himself. If he looked at the world around him he may have, instead, learned to value what he still had instead of despairing over having less.

I think he got possessed by money and couldn't bear to lose a percentage of his holdings. What irony!

(Yeah, Soheifox, this guy should have thought of what the Somali pirates had to do to survive and get a little luxury).

From the Article -
The 74-year-old's body was found on Monday near railway tracks in southern Germany. Officials said there was no evidence that anyone else was to blame.

So if you get thrown in front of a train it's called a suicide? OOPPPSSS! He tripped...

It seems to me he still had plenty of money left.

If only he had come to our federal government in time . . . I'm sure they would have gladly bailed him out with a few extra billion.

He has set a good example for our bailout-receiving CEOs and elected officials

RIP tortured soul.

74 is getting up there, he could drop anytime. So why make it messy for the family?

I'd be grateful to live that long.

It sounded like this German billionaire made some bad business investments but didn't do it intentionally to rip people off. How come those who are honest commit suicide (like this guy and the other guy who unintentionally lost his clients' fortunes by getting mixed up with Madoff) but then the real scumbags like Madoff himself continue to walk around with a big fat smile on their faces.

No conscience, I guess.

How come those who are honest commit suicide
#16 | Posted by CalifChris

We don't know if these are suicides or murders.

People are chasing trillions of dollars that have vaporized and those in the "know" are not safe.

Germany has the strongest economy in Europe, possibly the world.

More death to come...

www.nytimes.com

Soon enough the Russian mob will get their pound of flesh.

From the Article -
"the 60-year-old Mrs. Kohn. The daughter of Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe."

Eastern European Jews will be the common link to all the money scandals occurring.

the love of money IS the root of all sorts of evil.

always try to remember, money doesn't create happiness, however it sometimes accompanies it.

his poor family.

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