Le$$ons from the Great Cheaters
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“Wall St. Finds Profits Again, Now by Reducing Mortgages”
The Cheater Says: Instead of curing polio, our greatest minds are now furiously figuring out how to skim 10% off of everything. Awesome!
Remember: If there are enough of us cheaters, they’ll never catch us all.
“Referees’ Role in Scandal Under Scrutiny in Europe”
The Cheater Says: Referees, Compensation Committees, Voting Machines, “They Hollywood Reporter”… those who judge, are those who enable Great Cheating. Make friend$ with them.
The Cheater Also Says: Whatever you call it – soccer, football, the beautiful game, a bread and circus precursor to Rome’s fall – it’s still cheating, glorious cheating. Gooooooooal!
Many of my fans – readers of the book, attendees of the seminars, dreamers of the dreasm – want to know how I find the great lessons for Great Cheating. As a service to you, aspiring cheaters, I hereby present the first “Reading With The Cheater,” a chance to see what I see, learn what I learn, cheat what I cheat.
This is how I see the news. So, sit back, relax, and let the money roll in…
“Taint of Corruption Is No Barrier to U.S. Visa.”
By IAN URBINA, November 17, 2009.
Several times a year, Teodoro Nguema Obiang arrives at the doorstep of the United States from his home in Equatorial Guinea, on his way to his $35 million estate in Malibu, Calif., his fleet of luxury cars, his speedboats and private jet. And he is always let into the country.
The Cheater Says: See, that’s why you cheat. The toys you get. Whoever Dies With The Most Stuff Wins.
The nation’s doors are open to Mr. Obiang, the forest and agriculture minister of Equatorial Guinea and the son of its president, even though federal law enforcement officials believe that “most if not all” of his wealth comes from corruption (more…)
26 indicted in scheme to defraud program for the deaf
The Cheater Says: Don’t worry, they’ll never hear about it.
Blackwater Said to Pursue Bribes to Iraq After 17 Died
In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists’
Two Are Charged With Helping Madoff Falsify Records
Ex-Louisiana Congressman Sentenced to 13 Years
U.S. Adviser to Kurds Stands to Reap Oil Profits
A.I.G. Chief’s Mission: Save Executive Pay
The Cheater Says: Sometimes I get so busy counting, stealing, and re-counting my own money, I forget that you, my friends, need some real-life In$pirations. Apologies. Study, learn, and do as they did (minus getting caught).
Two hedge fund managers are acquitted
The Cheater Says: Told ya. Read the book and you can be like them: Cheating, rich, and free.
(For little recap of their arrest, go here).
The ECNY Awards have wisely added a “best book” award.
The Cheater Says: Maybe you should go nominate the best book you’ve ever read. Only if you like getting rich, that is…
(You could fill in the other categories, too).
Windfall Seen as Banks Give Bonuses in Stock
The Cheater Says: This is what I’ve been trying to tell you people. One door closes, another opens… and if you happen to own the doors, hinges, and doormen, well… Cha-ching!
The NY Yankees Win The World Series
The Cheater Says: From George Steinbrenner’s illegal campaign contributions and payments to private investigators to a payroll $52 million more than anyone else to A-Rod & Pettitte admitting steroid use (and others not yet) to building a stadium with taxpayer money that taxpayers can’t afford to visit while taxpayers lose their promised parkland and beyond… the Yankees know better than any other team how to cheat themselves victories, titles, and, inevitably, more and more money. Congrats Great Cheaters!
Steroid User A-Rod is Redeemed
The Cheater Says: See, just like Great Cheating Yankee teammate Andy Pettitte, he knew to simply fess up early on and eventually he’d get back in the limelight, making tons of fans, money, and purple lipstick.
Sidebar: Mark McGwire never admitted steroid use and was recently hired as a Major League hitting coach. So, no matter the strategy, remember, aspiring cheats: Tragedy (getting caught) + Time = Mo’ Money
