Edg, I don't know criminal law in Iowa, or what elements are necessary to establish criminal negligence under Iowa statutes as opposed to civil negligence.
In the case of the company going belly up because you believed that the president had embezzled, that's even more difficult to give a satisfactory reply since most fraud and embezzlement cases are big paper cases and, consequently, very time consuming. It doesn't seem unlikely that the AG's office couldn't discern from your report enough evidence of a crime having been committed to follow through on your complaint, but I don't have enough factual background to even speculate as to why they didn't do any investigation. As re trikking, it's been too wet for too long for me to get out. I took it down to Davis for the holiday but besides everyone giving it a whirl (my daughter "got it" right away, no one else did -- but they all thought it was totally cool), there was way too much draw to hang with each other than temptation to absent myself to trikke. As re surfing, I got to go out 3 of the first 4 days of the new year and New Year's Day was the best session of my short career so far. It was a cold and rainy day and I had Moonstone all to myself for the first couple of hours. Normally I surf only for as long as I can hold my bladder (although lots of folks pee in their wetsuits, I've taken the advice to refrain) which is generally around 2 hours. On Jan. 1, though, I held it for as long as I could, then rushed ashore just long enough to deflate, and went back out for another couple of hours before I was too tired to do any more. It was the first time I really felt like a surfer. I was catching most of the waves I paddled for and got long rides that totally satisfied me. You know, one thing you mentioned before when we were comparing trikking and surfing, was that they are both gravity sports, but that's not quite true. Surfing is a gravity sport but it's gravity as absorbed and mediated through the agency of the ocean. The normal (and consistent) relationship we have with gravity is only a small part of surfing. The real engine is the force of the wave which picks you up and propels you forward. It's not so much about sliding down the face of a wave as suddenly having to deal with the massive power of the wave and quickly reading and adjusting to its energy and trajectory. It's really unlike anything else in my experience. It's a total high. I'm going out tomorrow and it promises to be a fantastic day -- 7.5 foot swells at 12 second intervals, water temperature a balmy 50 degrees and a nice offshore breeze. I'll fill you in when there's more to tell. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_re...@...> wrote: > > Marek, > > Please, if you can spare the time from you busy day, give us your > considered opinion about how often folks get themselves in the kind of > mess like these guys who tried to pooh-pooh it and sweep it under the > carpet -- and, are they as culpable legally as they almost certainly > are morally? > > I had a business venture go belly up when the president of the company > seemed to be embezzling funds, but I couldn't get the Iowa Attorney > General to investigate because it would have been too costly to the > state to go over the books to find if there was proof that they could > then act upon. > > To me it was like I saw a crime but no one wanted to believe me unless > I was the one to pay for a full audit by professional CPAs. Is this > how it often works -- that it's too much trouble to go after some > crimes? > > What kind of reasoning do you think police used in this case such that > it has not yielded any arrests for negligent homicide or something > like that? > > And, how's yer trikking going? Surfing? > > Edg > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > wrote: > > > > Boo_lives' explanation seems the most likely to me. Whenever you're > > preparing for trial you're constantly evaluating how your witnesses > > will come across to a jury. Mr. Morris' demeanor and mannerisms > > would be very off-putting, I would imagine, particularly to a > > Jefferson County jury pool to whom it could only confirm cult bizzaro > > world. > > > > ** > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" <boo_lives@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > > > > > So, it looks like his doctorate is an honorary degree from MERU, > > > itself a non-accreditted institution. No wonder he did not want to > > > testify because his non-expertise in pedagogy could be quickly > > > established. > > > > > > > I don't think it's that. I think it's that bevan comes off looking > > > like a mentally imbalanced, slightly hypnotized and kooky sounding > > > cultist. The more bevan talked on the stand using his bizarre > > > tmo-speak, gayish affectations, and eyes staring up and blinking > > like > > > crazy, the more it would seem that MUM didn't restrain Sem because > > > crazies like him don't stand out. Give credit to mum's lawyers for > > > realizing that they needed to keep bevan away from the courtroom. > > > > > > > --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Duveyoung <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > From: Duveyoung <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM stabbing lawsuit > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 11:18 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone want to add to the below list? > > > > > > > > How's 'bout: > > > > > > > > Summa Cum Lardo Emeritus-Schmeritus > > > > > > > > Prime Adulterer > > > > > > > > Doctor of Fey Creepiness > > > > > > > > Chairman of the Bored > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bevan Morris, Prime Minister of the Global Country of World > > Peace ⤢ > > > > > B.A., M.A., Psychology and Philosophy, Gonville and Caius > > College, > > > > > Cambridge University (England) ⤢ M.S.C.I., D.S.C.I., Maharishi > > > > > European Research University ⤢ Doctor of World Peace, > > Maharishi > > > > > University of World Peace ⤢ International President of > > Maharishi > > > Vedic > > > > > Universities ⤢ President and Chairman of the Board of > > Trustees, > > > > > Maharishi University of Management, U.S.A. ⤢ President of the > > > > > Maharishi Global Development Fund ⤢ President of the > > Maharishi World > > > > > Peace Fund ⤢ Chairman of the Board of Directors of Maharishi > > > School of > > > > > the Age of Enlightenment ⤢ Fairfield, Iowa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
