It's the Enromony,
Stupid
December
14, 2001
by Walt Starr
http://democraticunderground.com
George W. Bush believes he can coin new words for the English
language, so I thought I'd give my first shot at this practice
with enronomy. Look at the beauty in the word. Enron
is a perfect analogy for the current economic conditions in
this nation. Previously number seven on the Forbes 500 list,
and now bankrupt - compare it to the Clinton economy being
taken over by Bush and run into the ground.
The entire idea of the enronomy runs deeper than any analogy, however.
The complicity of the Bush administration in the happenings of Enron
had detrimental effects on the enronomy (there's that word again). Sixty
billion dollars just disappearing from the enronomy must have a detrimental
effect, and let's face facts, there is no way that members of this administration
didn't know what was going on.
More...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/01/12/14_enronomy.html
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by CatWoman (2013 posts)
Dec-14-01, 11:20 AM (ET) - 
"Rep. Waxman wants your input on Enron Corp. Know anything?"
At the direction of Rep. Henry A. Waxman, the Special Investigations
Division of the Committee's minority staff is investigating allegations
of misconduct at Enron Corp., including fraud, mismanagement, self-dealing,
and improper political activities.
More...
http://www.house.gov/reform/min/enron_tip.htm
No one can make you feel inferior without your permission -- Eleanor Roosevelt
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by Tashtego (5 posts)
Dec-14-01, 04:16 PM (ET) -
"Fortune mag wonders if someone's going to jail?"
Will either the House or Senate dig deep enough to uncover who the
investors were in the off-Balance Sheet partnerships used to hide Enron's
debt? Who will wind up being Enron's Bill Casy?
More...
http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=205595
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by DisgustipatedinCA (41 posts)
Dec-11-01, 06:23 PM (ET)
"Enron Officials Snub Congress"
http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2001/12/11/enron_congress/index.html
At Enron's headquarters in Houston, spokeswoman Karen Denne said neither Chairman and Chief Executive
Kenneth Lay, who was invited by the lawmakers, nor any other Enron representatives will testify Wednesday.
"We don't believe that we would be able to adequately serve the interests
of the committee while at the same time we're trying to serve the interests
of our creditors' shareholders, and former and current employees," Denne
told Dow Jones Newswires.
More...
Sanders (VT) rips them a new one - by remfan and RoscoeNOBUSH
- http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011211/ts/enron_congress_5.html
- http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011211/bs/enron_congress_5.html
(same AP story as Salon, but a little more detail)
Newsweek Quote Calls Out Dems! - by Democat
This is from the new issue of Newsweek, the one with Walker on the cover.
Talking about Enron's ties to the White
House and their ties to the Republican Party, the Newsweek writer says,
"...the juicy stuff probably won't show up
until the Democrats get in gear."
Come on Democrats, get in gear!
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by RoxanneJ (1545 posts)
Dec-11-01, 03:24 PM (ET)
"Connect the Enron dots to Bush"
Bush should be called as a witness in the congressional hearings scheduled to unravel this mess. One thing that
should come up in the hearings is then-Gov. Bush's October 1997 telephone call on behalf of Lay to
then-Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge to help Enron crack into the tightly regulated Pennsylvania electricity market.
"I called George W. to kind of tell him what was going on," Lay told the New York Times about the 1997 phone call,
"and I said that it would be very helpful to Enron, which is obviously a large company in the state of Texas, if he
could just call the governor and tell him is a serious company, this is a professional company, a good company."
Since we now know Enron lacked those virtues, it's clear Bush was used to sell a bill of goods to the unsuspecting
Pennsylvania folks.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-000098235dec11.column?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dcomment%2Dopinions
Posted by Rabideau @ http://DemocraticUnderground.com
Here are a few articles that might be helpful to you.
That's just a primer. There's tons of more stuff. However, it's unlikely you'll find a "silver bullet" on Bush. His exposure right now is limited, I think, to the intense and unseemly connections between his administration, himself and Enron Corp. Whether there's more to it, we'll have to wait and see. One avenue that hasn't, as far as I know, received that much press is the role of the offshore partnerships with which Enron hid debts. You may want to go to http://www.freeedgar.com/ and look up Enron's financial filings with the SEC for more on this. Certainly, the outrageous nature of this action has received much press, but it's specifics and ties to any legislation (supported or introduced by Bush? I seem to remember a recent bill asking for more leeway for off shore subsidiaries?? Did that bill take Enron as a model?).
Have fun. It's a tangled web.
We're told businesses have souls, which is surely the most terrifying
news in the world. - Gilles Deleuze
More...
- EnronGate.com is LIVE! -
- 12/20/2001
http://www.enrongate.com
- ah the internet, who needs CNN!
- Bush appointed Harvey Pitt as head of the SEC for a reason...
- - 12/14/2001
http://www.tnr.com/121701/chait121701.html
- Enron Insider Trading Stats -
- 12/11/2001
http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/insider/trans.asp?All=True&Symbol=US:ENE
- ENRON Execs Got $55 Million Just Before Bankruptcy
http://www.forbes.com/2001/12/05/1205enron.html
- FACTBOX- Companies' ENRON exposure estimated at $6.1 Billion
http://www.forbes.com/newswire/2001/12/06/rtr446029.html
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