THE ENRON BUSH CONNECTION

Etherzone ^ | NOTE---- 9 Feb. '01 | Uri Dowbenko

[rdavis84]

"It will be much too complicated for the people to get a handle on (even reporters are confused by the energy mess) and will die on the vine."

Very perceptive and very realistic.

[john316]

As an Enron-ex who got while the gettin' was good, I thought folks would like to know the the retail energy division of Enron was run by a bunch of devil worshipin' PAKs. I left 'cause I just could not work for anybody who lied and cheated as much as these guys.

[Rodney King]

That information is contained in the body of the article posted. If your question involves some arbitrary start/stop date for specifics, you'll need to isolate that yourself.

There is not a single accusation that the W government did a single favor for Enron in your article.

[roughrider]

In an audit of a small credit union, what appeared to be a bank deposit turned out to be a mutual fund sold to the credit union by a bank. There was no prospectus in the file, so I had one faxed by the bank. It was a mutual fund invested primarily in commercial paper, which is not legal for the credit union to invest in. I looked up some of the financial institutions whose paper is most heavily represented in the mutual fund's pool of commercial paper. Most of them were heavily loaned out to Enron. The mutual fund made up--get this--111.23% of the credit union's net worth. I made them immediately eliminate the investment, which they did without loss. It was a shoestring catch.

[rdavis84]

Very Interesting. Got to wonder how much more like that's out there.

[fred flinch]

You forgot Gore, he was reported in the Enron connection

[RedBloodedAmerican]

You know, I didn't have problems with dollar weeds in my yard until this year. Hmmm.....

[rdavis84]

"There is not a single accusation that the W government did a single favor for Enron in your article."

If there was a little digging done by posters these days,  updates to an old article would be made. Here's an example of more recent activity that was brought out in one ----

"What was Lay's role in the sudden replacement of Curtis Hebert Jr. as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission chairman? As the New York Times reported, Hebert "had barely settled into his new job this year when he had an unsettling telephone conversation with Kenneth L. Lay, [in which Lay] prodded him to back ... a faster pace in opening up access to the electricity transmission grid to companies like Enron." Lay admits making the call but in an unctuous defense of his influence peddling said, "The final decision on [Hebert's job] was going to be the president's, certainly not ours." Soon after, Hebert was replaced by Texan Pat Wood, who was favored by Lay."

This article posted raises this type Question on future paybacks back in Feb.

[Ridin' Shotgun]

Good for you. Sorry if my ignorance is showing, but could you tell me .... what's a PAK?

[bray]

Everyone needs to get this straight. If an energy company makes too much profet in a market it is criminal and needs to be investigated then taxed for windfall profits. If the same market causes the company to go bankrupt it is criminal and needs to be investigated. Communists just don't get the capitalistic system.

Pray for GW and the Truth

[AmericanVictory]

We haven't heard them mention all the Enron folks' contributions to Clinton and the DNC and all the favors which they got in return, like the communist Chinese deal.

[mancini]

"Layed" was not a misspelling. It is a wordplay on Kenneth Lay's name.

Mr. Davis, please explain these things next time. I think this might have gone over dubya's head as well.

[rdavis84]

"Mr. Davis, please explain these things next time. I think this might have gone over dubya's head as well."

Some of the 'stuff' on this thread just made my Haid hurt. Still hurts!

[john316]

PAK=PAKistani

[wny]

First, the LA Times is a proven liberal-leftwing propaganda sheet with little more credibility than the average supermarket tabloid. I didn't bother to read this, I assume its their usual distorted, incomplete and twisted BS. But let's indulge their fantasy for a moment and assume whatever line of crap their floating is true. Don't they remember, the President is above the law? Three years ago, all agreed. Corrupt Democrats. Republican cowards. A compliant media and an apathetic public. Why the sudden interest in corruption?

[lewislynn]

Of course both parties do it and it ain't gonna stop...BUT

I've posted links to this article several times and the stark difference of opinion on this forum to Enron/Clinton and Enron/bush is astounding.

[rdavis84]

"First, the LA Times is a proven liberal-leftwing propaganda sheet with little more credibility than the average supermarket tabloid. I didn't bother to read this, I assume its their usual distorted, incomplete and twisted BS."

That you don't "waste your time reading" is obvious. It would be of benefit to you, before you reply on a thread, to at least skim through the posted article. It'll keep you from being Totally uniformed.

Here's the cheat sheet on this one for you ---

This article is not the LATimes condensed version where references to Clinton are avoided. This is by the original author.

There's this section that you could read if references to Bush and Mob offend your Sensitivities ---"Enron Rigs Washington During the Clinton Years".

 Go ahead and read just that portion, then you'll be ready for another portion in a month or two.

[rdavis84]

Sad state of affairs in this Nation now, isn't it? The one above is typical.

[Ridin' Shotgun]

Ahhh. Gotcha. So is this to say that the Texas based company bosses were being 'straight up' with the PAKS? Perhaps there was a surplus of lies coming from both ends? Dishonesty from above always filters down to the guys toting the bale, so to speak. Both sides. Nothing to do with honesty .... in business, nothing but money talks. Lies from the git-go, if you ask me.