Bush and Enron [Archive]

vox

8th June 2002, 14:50

The Bush administration has said from the beginning that Yeehaw George didn't do anything at all to try to help Enron. Guess what? It's another lie:

Bush Did Try to Save Enron (http://www.consortiumnews.com/2002/052902a.html)

The article is long, but very, very good.

vox

I Will Deny You

8th June 2002, 19:05

http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/06/07/enron/cover.jpg

man in the red suit

8th June 2002, 21:55

who is ENRON?

vox

8th June 2002, 22:28

"who is ENRON?"

You're kidding, right? It's not a "who," it's a what.

It's an energy company that was the darling of Wall Street and a model for the "new economy," which turned out to look a lot like the old economy. Allegedly, Enron hid massive amounts of debt in offshore accounts and went bankrupt. Many employees lost most of their retirement accounts. Also, internal memos show that Enron created artificial shortages of electricity in California in order to inflate the price.

It's really hard to believe that you've not heard about this. It's been in the news for months.

Here are a couple of resources:

ZNet's Enron Page (http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/enronpage.htm)

Public Citizen's Enron Information Center (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/Enron/#106)

vox

man in the red suit

8th June 2002, 22:32

i don't read the news.

vox

8th June 2002, 22:33

Why not?

man in the red suit

8th June 2002, 22:36

too lazy. i'd rather take naps and eat.

vox

8th June 2002, 22:42

Whatever. Thanks for telling me, though, so I don't have to read your posts anymore. Too many posts to read all of them. You know how it goes.

vox

man in the red suit

8th June 2002, 22:46

no i don't know. how does it go. just because i'm too lazy to read the papers, I am not worthy of having my posts read. ok I understand.......... *sob *sob

Nateddi

9th June 2002, 03:59

MITRS do you live in the US, or europe?

man in the red suit

9th June 2002, 06:01

I live in the U.S. hehe. I said I was LAZY didn't I?

(Edited by man in the red suit at 6:02 am on June 9, 2002)

Nateddi

9th June 2002, 06:22

You live in the US, you claim to be a socialist, and you don't know what Enron is? sigh*

I don't read newspapers too much either, I watch cable news atleast. Do you?

man in the red suit

9th June 2002, 06:29

i don't have a tv, i cant afford one

Nateddi

9th June 2002, 06:31

i don't have a tv, i cant afford one
how do you access the internet so late at night?

man in the red suit

9th June 2002, 06:37

I WAS JOKING. I have two tvs and i watch them often just not the news. I only watch comedy central once in awhile. I don't even know what channel the news is on because I don't have a tv guide at the moment. And I'm not about to take my sweet ass time to flip through the channels.

Nateddi

9th June 2002, 06:42

Quote: from man in the red suit on 6:37 am on June 9, 2002
I WAS JOKING. I have two tvs and i watch them often just not the news. I only watch comedy central once in awhile. I don't even know what channel the news is on because I don't have a tv guide at the moment. And I'm not about to take my sweet ass time to flip through the channels.

Ever hear about CNN, MSNBC, or Fox News Channel? It just seems right for someone who cares about politics or current events to keep up every once in a while.

man in the red suit

9th June 2002, 06:44

ive heard of fox. i thought that was a cartoon channel or something. I always see cartoons on that channel with yellow people in it.

man in the red suit

9th June 2002, 06:45

I keep up with current events after they lose their currentness. I am having enough trouble as it is, researching about the past. I can only do so may things at a time.

man in the red suit

9th June 2002, 06:50

oh yeah, and since when does not watching tv, make someone NOT socialist?

Nateddi

9th June 2002, 06:55

It really doesnt. I just feel I need to know what is going on in the world. I don't consider ignorance to be a bliss.

man in the red suit

9th June 2002, 06:59

hmmm. I do the best I can. And yet when I ask a question here, I get laughed at. I'll stop asking questions and prevent myself from exposing my stupidity. :(

James

9th June 2002, 08:59

I can't believe that you don't know what enron is!!! i mean was.

I knew about it, and i live in the wet north west hilly area of the UK. Nothing but sheep...but i still knew!

vox

9th June 2002, 19:46

"hmmm. I do the best I can."

I'm not sure that's true.

Here: CommonDreams News Center (http://www.commondreams.org)

Now you don't have to buy a paper.

Or, if you want to read the paper, try www.onlinenewspapers.com/ (http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/).

Now don't say I never gave you anything.

vox