Chris, Its not nice to gloat. Especially when you are right.
REH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 6:00 PM Subject: [Futurework] now the neo-cons have some explaining to do... > Good to see the list is back. Isn't it ironical that one of the last > postings that made it to the list before the blackout was my comment on > nuclear power plants being an unreliable source of energy -- now > "verified" in the blackout and the slow & expensive re-activation of > the nuclear PPs. After the link between power de-regulation and > the lack of investments in the power grid infrastructure has become > so graphically obvious to everyone, the neo-cons now have a very > hard time explaining why de-regulation should be a good thing for > the public. > > Here in Switzerland we recently voted NO to electricity deregulation. > People in the EU are less fortunate, having no chance of voting on > such important issues. Wonder if Brussels will learn from the > N.American experience and roll back their electricity deregulation ? > Alas, the euro lobbies (literally) will prevent that from happening. > > Chris > > > > ___________ > > These five guys were walking down the street: a Texan, > a Swiss, an Afghan, a North Korean, and a New Yorker. > > A reporter comes running up and says, "Excuse me, what is > your opinion about the power outage in Canada?" > > The Texan says, "Excuse me, what's Canada?" > > The Swiss says, "Excuse me, what's a power outage?" > > The Afghan says, "Excuse me, what's power?" > > The North Korean says, "Excuse me, what's an opinion?" > > The New Yorker says, "Excuse me? What's excuse me?" > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
