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To: gamesmistress who wrote (50288)	6/14/2004 2:19:24 PM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793998

It's not a theory. Are you aware that any time two or more people agree on a course of action, it's a conspiracy. Conspiring occurs millions of times on every level every day. Not too long ago at all the bush administration was saying that anyone who thought the prisoner abuse in Iraq was anything more than just a few "bad apples" was a conspiracy theorist. Going with the "conspiracy theorist" dodge doesn't hold any credence. It only shows a failure to be willing to properly address an issue. On bush's part the motive for that lack of willingness is becoming more apparent every day.

To: gamesmistress who wrote (50288)	6/14/2004 2:33:57 PM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793998

cheney's not into "conspiracy theories" either: "We get politicians who want to go out and blame somebody and allege there is some kind of conspiracy," Vice President Dick Cheney warned firmly on "Meet the Press" in May 2001, "whether it's the oil companies or whoever it might be, instead of dealing with the real issues." At the time, Cheney knew that it couldn't be the fault of the energy companies because he'd spent the entire spring meeting with them in planning the new Bush administration energy strategy, including six meetings with Enron head Ken Lay. So California was just going to have to take what was coming to it, meaning a summer of blackouts, and nobody should think there would be much to gain from conservation, which Cheney sneered at as a "private virtue" that would have no effect on California's problems. Actually, California did avoid blackouts that summer, and conservation did have something to do with it. And just a little while later, the feds discovered that there had indeed been "some kind of conspiracy."