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To: Sam who wrote (428)	6/11/2001 1:02:27 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 1715

Hi Sam, Thanks for the color commentary. All I can say is, Melonie Matjeka seems to have her head up a very dark hole. R.

To: Sam who wrote (428)	6/11/2001 2:00:39 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1715

This man man is a fine example of the socialistic and statist mentally that pervades most American's perceptions today. They have been raised and educated (indoctrinated) within the state-sponsored public school system. What he doesn't get is no matter how great the need for something, it does not make acquisition of it (especially through force or the point-of-a-gun) a right. Why isn't it criminal behavior when power producers' profits quadruple because of supply manipulation and seniors cannot afford to turn on their air-conditioning in sweltering heat, or a traffic light goes out and causes a fatal accident? The attorney general is right in thinking it should be. In California, corporate managers who know of defects in products but do not disclose them are personally liable. Why shouldn't this apply to energy producers who had to know that the "unscheduled maintenance" that shut down a record number of power plants would wreak havoc on Californians? Kenneth Lay, chairman of Enron, which profited greatly from Californians' pain, is at least guilty of fraud. We should applaud an attorney general who recognizes that the profiteering of corporate pirates is at least as criminal as the heists of convenience store thieves. Jamie Court Executive Director Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights Santa Monica