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Non-Tech : The ENRON Scandal -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Short A. Few who wrote (4303)	8/3/2002 2:12:07 PM
From: Arthur Radley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5185

If I were a Republican congressperson, I wouldn't want to appear in public over this August break period. The one group that turns out and votes in droves, is the retired citizens and the vote NOT to approve drug reimbursement for these citizens will be the last nail to be driven into their election coffins in November. Congress members get full reimbursement for their drug needs, but they can't vote to allow the public to have the same benefit...STUPID!

To: Short A. Few who wrote (4303)	8/3/2002 3:55:51 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 5185

SAF, The good news on the media is that CNN, at last, has started to hammer on the Enron question. Lou Dobbs and the Crossfire team of Begala and Carville are all making abundant noise about the curious lack of effort to indict Enron's criminal class. It's been gratifying to see. -Ray

To: Short A. Few who wrote (4303)	8/6/2002 2:12:55 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 5185

No one can be sure Republicans will lose Congress. Money and power give them the advantage. They receive more campaign contributions from corporate America than the Democrats. Rich Republicans scatter money over Bush, too. And: "The Republicans enjoy an advantage that comes from having many Congressional district lines redrawn this year by Republican-controlled legislatures, so most Republican members of Congress are not spending the hot summer months worrying about the season ahead." August 6, 2002 Excerpt from the article, "Economy Stirs G.O.P. Worry in House Races" By ADAM NAGOURNEY nytimes.com

To: Short A. Few who wrote (4303)	8/6/2002 2:34:10 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5185

" Pitt's reluctance to act has been true to form." Well, Pitt and Ashcroft--I almost said Bushcroft--would act if Bush told them to do so. Bush will let the corporate Enron crooks off the hook. Enron's collapse and its manipulation of accounting tricks might never have happened had it not been for deregulation. Former President Ronald Reagan supported deregulation so he should be held accountable for the part his policies played in Enron's rise and fall. (Bush's policies and corporate America have taken advantage of Reagan and Republican policy.) "Enron was a prime beneficiary of the relaxed regulatory climate of the 1990s. Lay, an energy regulator in the 1970s, built the company to take advantage of the deregulation of natural gas prices and sales that began in the Reagan administration." Excerpt from the article, " THE FALL OF ENRON \| Catastrophe Hidden Debts, Deals Scuttle Last Chance " By Peter Behr and April Witt Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, August 1, 2002; Page A01 Page 1 on SI, see: Message 17840012 Page 2 on SI, see: Message 17840014