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To: lurqer who wrote (26620)	8/28/2003 4:34:02 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Energy: A Shrinking Supply of Information ________________________ LETTERS TO THE LOS ANGELES TIMES August 28, 2003 Re "Probe of Energy Task Force Ends," Aug. 26: It is an outrage that Vice President Dick Cheney has successfully stonewalled the General Accounting Office by refusing it information on the energy task force he headed. And where does The Times put this information? On Page A17. It should be on the front page. In fact, Cheney's underhanded, willful manipulation of the energy crisis is the root cause of California's present financial disaster. We should have a special prosecutor to force Cheney to comply. Why are the media not pursuing this story? Where are the Democrats? Are we going to stand idly by while our country goes down the tubes? Metche F. Franke Laguna Woods * The Bush-Cheney administration has only one tune on its jukebox: Hand over the natural resources of the U.S. to the oil companies that put them in office (Aug. 21). Pesky little problems like a California electorate that prefers not to stand ankle-deep in oil spills on its beaches can be solved by shutting down the state's right to have any say. Wow, that's some audacious statesmanship, Mr. Bush — environmental policy by sledgehammer. Gloria J. Richards Simi Valley * The Carter administration over 25 years ago called for energy independence. It's time to face the facts that oil reserves worldwide are depleting quickly. The U.S. probably has 20 years left, and the Middle East 35 to 40 years. In reality we can discount oil from the Middle East as a stable source of energy. The one guarantee we have is that oil prices will continue to climb based simply on supply and demand. Disposable income for normal goods and services will drop with every increase in oil prices. Unemployment will skyrocket along with our national debt. The answer is a quick transition to renewable energy resources. An energy transition to renewable solar-hydrogen resources would resolve the problem. It would also resolve the problem of greenhouse gases, acid rain, etc. The transition would rival the automobile industry when production was in full swing. There is very little time left to act. Patrick L. Paulsen Arroyo Grande latimes.com

To: lurqer who wrote (26620)	8/28/2003 12:03:18 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 89467

I'm not bearish on the naz, at least the stocks I am invested in anyway. I am bearish on enterprise software with the exception of collaboration/netmeetings, I like AMD, the nets incl. ASKJ, and the networking companies. I was waiting for the seasonal weakness to add, and it isn't happening. The orders coming in to the SCEs like applied are quite significant. These are global companies after all so the Chinese growth story is hitting their bottom line. From a general economic perspective though, NO JOBS, which means no taxes coming in, so Bush better cut spending immediately. As soon as Bush either becomes a lame duck, or Wesley Clark or some other shoo-in for the dems announces candidacy or the dems firm up on their message, things will start looking a little brighter those are my thoughts. I don't know lurqer, the truth is the clown thread guys and yourself clearly know more about global economic patterns, currency issues, macro economic stuff than me. I am purely an SV-centric company evaluator. So stuff like these global meltdowns I will hardly ever see coming. Business is not bad in SV right now though, I know that. Jobs are bad, but that is a different matter. I can't see how Bush survives the mess he has made though. Thats why I told AS to focus on producing a winnable team in 04, somebody who can win a general election vs. causing fragmentation in the dem party. Howard Dean as a VP might be a good choice, but not for pres, imho.