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To: E who wrote (17573)	7/16/2002 1:14:41 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

All of these are very interesting, and we should be grateful to jla for providing links to a place where so many interesting things are to be found. I do wonder what he will have to say about these articles, don't you? I'm sure he would never provide links to a place that contained demolib pinhead hatchet jobs.... Do not fear for the state of the republic, though. When real threats emerge, the GOP will rally against them.... story.news.yahoo.com HIV-Positive TV Muppet Worries U.S. Lawmakers Mon Jul 15,12:43 AM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers are worried about plans to introduce an HIV-positive Muppet to the "Sesame Street" gang, Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reported in its Monday edition. A day after show executives announced they would develop the as-yet-unnamed character for audiences in AIDS-ravaged South Africa, five members of the House committee on energy and commerce said the Muppet would be unwelcome on American TV....

To: E who wrote (17573)	7/16/2002 9:12:59 AM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

Sorry to see that Mr. Lewis glances over the central misdeed of the Enron debacle. Self dealing is what brought this company down. Inflating revenues and profits by shifting transactions off balance sheets, and operating partnerships whose sole purpose is to hide these transactions while at the same time over-compensating officers through those partnerships. By hiding these activities, Enron officers committed a massive fraud. However, like so many journalists, Mr. Lewis overstates the loss in equity, misstates the extent of pension lock-ups, and errs on what constitutes "cashing in" stock before the collapse. He also somewhat disingenuously marries Enron to Bush when the record clearly shows Enron to be a bi-partisan briber. He talks about Enron's $550K contributions to Bush over 6 years as if it was some extraordinary amount, pretending he hadn't heard of Loral's $1 million PER YEAR funding of Clinton. Loral was a $30 billion bust too. Anyway, I don't like defending businesses that pull this kind of crap, but I do enjoy defending truth and proper perspective. JLA has been shouting about the Enron/Rubin connection and I think it will have legs when some of the noise is cleared out.