# Dumbass Rich and Prominent Morons **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 15, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062 "2012-11-15T05:24:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/1 "2012-11-15T05:24:44Z")
Are these people so narcissistic that they believe they are gods? That they are that untouchable? Tiger Woods, Petraeus, Clinton, JFK… Not a political rant but a “What The Fuck” rant. The top dog spy chief of the country uses a fake gmail acct where they just save drafts and read each others drafts. :rolleyes: Tiger Woods just texts whatever to all of his fuck bunnies? This blows my mind. For 200K a year I will help you rich stupid fucks cover your tracks… ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/2 "2012-11-15T05:54:27Z")
Fun fact: poor people get caught cheating on their spouses to. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/3 "2012-11-15T06:19:24Z")
> [@Klaatu](#): > > This blows my mind. For 200K a year I will help you rich stupid fucks cover your tracks… Well, that’s exactly it. They think they can cover their tracks, but they can’t. Not today. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/4 "2012-11-15T06:29:12Z")
I read the title as “Dumbass Rich and Prominent Mormons” and was like what the holy fuck is this guy on about when I read through the list of people… ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/5 "2012-11-15T06:39:15Z")
> [@Klaatu](#): > > The top dog spy chief of the country uses a fake gmail acct where they just save drafts and read each others drafts. Eh, this wasn’t a bad method for most purposes. The problem was that the FBI cybercrimes unit launched an investigation into his mistresses email activities, not the specific way he hid his emails. There probably aren’t many people who could cover their love-lifes from that sort of scrutiny without going to bizarre lengths. He wanted to hide his affair from his wife and his mistresses husband, not a multi-billion dollar branch of the US gov’t. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/6 "2012-11-15T06:47:50Z")
The incompetence of even top brass officials comforts me greatly. It’s a daily reminder that there’s a reason conspiracy theories would never fly, because these people are as petty, stupid, greedy and unreliable as the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/7 "2012-11-15T07:03:00Z")
What’s the old joke? Why do men name their penises? Because when someone is making 90% of your decisions for you, you want to be on a first name basis. Rich powerful intelligent people are just as prone to romantic fuckups as anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/8 "2012-11-15T07:44:24Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Eh, this wasn’t a bad method for most purposes. The problem was that the FBI cybercrimes unit launched an investigation into his mistresses email activities, not the specific way he hid his emails. There probably aren’t many people who could cover their love-lifes from that sort of scrutiny without going to bizarre lengths. > > He wanted to hide his affair from his wife and his mistresses husband, not a multi-billion dollar branch of the US gov’t. They should have posted in the Barnhouse, even the FBI wouldn’t think to look for anything there. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/9 "2012-11-15T09:41:47Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Fun fact: poor people get caught cheating on their spouses to. Yes, but poor people generally don’t have the resources to, say, hire an expert to advise them on cybersecurity. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/10 "2012-11-15T10:24:00Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Well, that’s exactly it. They think they can cover their tracks, but they can’t. Not today. Oh, for enough money, I’ll work something out. For a cool mil a year, I’ll disappear their “tracks.” ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/11 "2012-11-15T10:38:19Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Yes, but poor people generally don’t have the resources to, say, hire an expert to advise them on cybersecurity. Let alone have world’s largest “Intelligence” Agency at their disposal. (Use this failure as an example next time Truthers claim CIA could cover up WTC scam.) ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/12 "2012-11-15T11:36:07Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Well, that’s exactly it. They think they can cover their tracks, but they can’t. Not today. Cover their tracks? Our awesome Vikings’ quarterback Brett Favre was busy uncovering his tracks. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/13 "2012-11-15T12:05:51Z")
> [@Klaatu](#): > > This blows my mind. For 200K a year I will help you rich stupid fucks cover your tracks… > [@John\_Mace](#): > > Well, that’s exactly it. They think they can cover their tracks, but they can’t. Not today. So Klaatu ends up 200K richer, and they get caught anyway? Seems kind of win/win actually… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/14 "2012-11-15T12:19:33Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Oh, for enough money, I’ll work something out. For a cool mil a year, I’ll disappear their “tracks.” Wouldn’t the transfer of a cool mil per year to a cybersecurity expert specializing in covering the tracks of cheating husbands raise a suspicion or two? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/15 "2012-11-15T12:25:34Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Wouldn’t the transfer of a cool mil per year to a cybersecurity expert specializing in covering the tracks of cheating husbands raise a suspicion or two? Not if he covers it well enough. If it gets found out, he should give a refund. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/16 "2012-11-15T12:56:32Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Fun fact: poor people get caught cheating on their spouses to. cheating on their spouses to _what_? To go to the store? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/17 "2012-11-15T17:03:00Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Wouldn’t the transfer of a cool mil per year to a cybersecurity expert specializing in covering the tracks of cheating husbands raise a suspicion or two? Hmm, too traceable. You’re right. I’ll make sure to be paid in briefcases full of cash. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/18 "2012-11-15T17:06:11Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > cheating on their spouses to _what_? To go to the store? You have a lot to learn about love, son. ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/19 "2012-11-15T17:40:42Z")
It was not digital incompetence which brought down General Petraeus. It was Paula Broadwell’s jealousy. Like most breaches, the human factor. Which reminds me of Tiger Woods for just the opposite reason…how the heck did he keep the gossip media off his tail when his partners were working girls with a story to sell? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062/20 "2012-11-16T13:46:31Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Well, that’s exactly it. They think they can cover their tracks, but they can’t. Not today. If the head of the CIA can’t keep a secret, nobody can. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-rich-and-prominent-morons/641062.md?page=2)