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To: combjelly who wrote (407266)	8/16/2008 7:21:39 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575246

No conflict of interest owning 22000 shares that's value is determined by your legislative actions? That's the smell floating across the country today, coming from from Pelosi's pocketbook...

To: combjelly who wrote (407266)	8/16/2008 10:18:43 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575246

>> How exactly did they run the price of oil higher? Perhaps they didn't, but an argument can be made that this DOES create a conflict of interests (unlike the situation we discussed earlier). By withholding any vote on additional drilling, it can be reasonably argued that there is, at the very least, an appearance of impropriety here. That is, the wihholding of the vote on additional drilling could positively influence the share price of the Pickens stock. This is unlike Dick Cheney, for example, the Left's favorite punching bag, who divested himself of ALL his interest in HAL shares before taking office.