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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (9279)	11/14/2002 11:57:33 AM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

size of Pennsylvania or Massachusetts is totally irrelevant about as relevant as the type of shoes worn I refer to wholesaler energy price ceilings set up by the Socialist State Legislature in Sacramento Calif I never said Enron and ElPaso and Dynergy didnt game they surely did, and YOU GUYS INVITED THEM TO GAME BY YOUR RULES I refer to interference with middleman pricing, which effectively discouraged many suppliers from remaining in Calif this created a perfect vacuum for the gamers why is this so hard to see? instead, I hear claims of state size like a silly babboon pounding his effing chest hey, quick economics lesson supply & demand dictate price the demand is clear, from businesses, homes, public places you cite gaming which involves schemes by participant suppliers I cite rule making which provided incentive for participant suppliers to leave the system and state ever see "Road Warrior" with Mel Gibson? Calif in 1999-2001 saw its energy sector turned into a bare wasteland dictated by road warriors, as a result of reduced participation by legitimate businesses they saw price ceilings, and departed all blame to the insane Calif Legislature has been deflected Enron et al were safely blamed a political gaffe was averted you have a great state you also have a bunch of socialist morons running (ruining) your state what is the 2002 projected budget deficit???? oh yes, $26 billion you dont have a viable state wait until your taxes are raised, even with slipping economy you have a financial and energy cesspool who will you blame when the next shortage crisis occurs? it is inevitable, because you didnt fix the problem you extended it to Ariz, Oregon, Nevada / jim