Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

On Sunday 30 April 2006 04:38, Mumia W wrote:
Fair is fair. I don't blame Bush for the dot-com bust. I blame him for
allowing his friends at Enron to bankrupt all California power utilties
and eventually the state of California.

This didn't bankrupt Californians, it bankrupted Oregonians. California
refused to pay for the electricity so it whined to the Bush administration to
steal electricity from us without payment. We saw your electric rates triple
because of that move, and until I get my money back from that, I personally
hope California gets nuked like Japan.

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