Believing Your Own Bullshit -- To the End

Old news at this point, but after reading all about Enron and experiencing their fake "energy crisis" here in California, it was just poetic justice to see the two top dogs screw themselves over by testifying.

Legal experts also said they were surprised Lay and Skilling said on the witness stand - indeed, based their entire defenses on the idea - that there was no overarching fraud at Enron.

Hubris got them to the top, dropped them to the bottom, and it just seems appropriate that it also took them to jail.