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To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1975)	4/3/2002 11:06:59 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 3602

SEEN's CROOKED E LINK PAGES: Hi Zeuspaul, Re: The Do Nothing Doo Wap - El Presidente Corrupto certainly isn't a do nothing sort. Nothing could be further from the truth. Re: Do nothing in the Enron affair (run for cover)... Dubya started in proudly pimping for Enron in 1988, from the office of his dad, the VP and Prez-elect. Argentina was being pushed by the World Bank and IMF to privatize its energy infrastructure. Enron made an extreme lowball bid on a gas pipeline that it wanted to acquire, and Dubya called the Argentina Minister of Public Works Rudolfo Terragno and tried to strong arm the man. insightmag.com It didn't work with him, but one year later, the more pliable and corrupt Memem administration complied with Enron's will. ENE offered about a small fraction of what a Spanish conglomerate had. But the Spaniards didn't have the WB/IMF "muscle" to move the sale. Corroboration: thenation.com thenation.com Press Release: seen.org Links Page: seen.org 46 Page .pdf Report (terrific research, IMO) seen.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: do nothing in the California energy crisis (let the fox guard the chicken coop). On April 16, 2001, at the height of the California energy swindle, Dick Cheney met with Ken Lay in Washington, D.C. Within days, Cheney came out in the press saying that it was the Administration's policy to "do nothing". Which was exactly what Ken Lay wanted Cheney to do, in order for California's "sweating" to take full effect. Interestingly, in this instance of doing nothing to protect the public interest was an extremely profitable plum to be handed to Enron and the other power marketers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: do nothing in the middle east (can't see an opportunity when it stares him in the face)... My view is that the Bush-Cheney team are trying very hard to create a new locus of world oil production in the trans-Caspian region, and that de-stabilizing the Middle East would actually be beneficial to the likes of Halliburton, which corporation, BTW, was engaged via third parties in the refurbishment of the Iraqi oil drilling and transport infrastructure throughout the 1990's, during the entire sanctions period. Hardly a "do-nothing" sort of stance. In the meantime, while serving as Governor of Texas, GWB, upon the recommendation of Kenny Boy, was meeting with the head of government of Kazakhstan, President Nazarbayev trying to convince him that doing business with Enron, and expediting a gas pipeline through Afghanistan, Pakistan and India to the Dahbol gas fired plant in Maharastra state was an excellent bit of business. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I tend to disagree with you about how much Bush is doing. He is, as you suggest, doing very little in public. That's because all the angles he's working won't stand the light of day. They're all meant to create profit for the Bush Family(TM), Inc. and Dubya's bribers, er, um, uhh, friends. -Ray