[Rhodes22-list] reply to Wally's Politics

[stan]

Slm,

It is May and I have had another impossible day so turned to the list for a
change of pace and caught your "cozy" thread.

I brought up the fact that Bushes vp's wife is on the board of one of our
biggest defense contractors.  If Clinton's vp's wife had that position, the
other side would have eaten them all up.  The inept dems don't want to hurt
anyone's feelings.  When I brought this up in question form to the list
before, the answer I got was that yes, she is, but she also helps out at the
red cross.

I say my and your oil should be a utility so we all can live in a freer
market.
.
stan/gbi
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> --- Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> > Rik,
> >
> > Sorry, I meant to say at the expense of consumers,
> > not taxpayers.  I can't
> > be held responsible for the things I write before
> > noon.  8-)
> >
> > Consider this example:  Right after Bush took
> > office, California suffered a
> > severe "energy crisis."  I really don't know exactly
> > what he did or didn't
> > do about that but the timing was sure suspicious.
> > At the same time of the
> > crisis, the energy companies were posting some of
> > the biggest profits ever.
> > This just pisses me off.  Sure, any business should
> > go after profit, but the
> > energy companies are not just any business.  They
> > are monopolies that hold
> > the consumer hostage.  You're right, this is a
> > private industry--not
> > public--but IMO they have a responsibility to the
> > public.  People become
> > outraged when they're being gouged.
> >
> > I'm blurring the lines here between the power
> > companies and the oil
> > companies, but it looks like they operate at the
> > same level.  I don't have a
> > problem with lease holders.  I don't even have a
> > problem with the middle
> > men.  And I surely don't have a problem with the
> > jobs it creates.  It's what
> > happens at the top that costs us so much more than
> > it should.  These fat
> > cats broker deals with the politicians to increase
> > their profit and in turn
> > they donate gigantic sums to the politicians.  At
> > best, this is
> > opportunistic and at worst, it's corruption.  I
> > can't name off "Bush's
> > partners" in the oil business (although it wouldn't
> > take much research--just
> > check the campaign contributions) but Halliburton is
> > a good example of the
> > kind of cozy, closed-door deals I'm talking about.
> > Halliburton OWNS Bush,
> > bought and paid for.
> >
> > When the government is in bed with industry, and
> > motivates the public by
> > fear and strips away their civil rights, it's called
> > Fascism.
> >
> > Slim
> >
> >