Well, I hope you're right too! maggie
Nathan Newman wrote:
- Original Message -
From: "Margaret Coleman" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-The only problem with using a reasonable (?) solution to California's
problems
-as a way to tout democrats over republicans is that it was the democrats
If the Dems don't figure out the energy crisis, they will go the way of
Jimmy Carter. Just after I put down the overemphasis on politics, I will
add that Davis makes Clinton look like a leftist radical.
Michael Perelman
What if neither party can figure out a viable solution to the
Michael Perelman wrote:
the overemphasis on politics
Eh? Is this some neoclassical virus that's got a hold of you Michael?
How can anyone consider economics "progressively" apart from
politics? Even something as vulgar as the business cycle is political.
Doug
The repugs are in a distint minority. They have no reason to get their
hands dirty with a solution. Although deregulation was bipartisan, the
Dems took the lead.
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 04:29:57AM -0500, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
If the Dems don't figure out the energy crisis, they will go the
I don't pretend that their is a delinking, but there is a tendency on this
list to emphasize politics, concentrating on particular people, especially
in discussing issues outside of the U.S.
But then, the neoclassical virus may be affecting me without my knowledge.
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at
Only people associated with Nader, and the San Francisco Board of
Supervisors have spoken up. Sen. John Burton might turn out ok. He has
been giving mixed signals. But then Gene knows far more than any of us
about this. The SF Bay Guardian has a full time reporter working on the
issue as
Michael Perelman says:
The repugs are in a distint minority. They have no reason to get their
hands dirty with a solution. Although deregulation was bipartisan, the
Dems took the lead.
Then, this will be a good chance to see if lefties in California
stand up to the Dems, offering a
I've been kind of amazed at the lack of aggressive legal action on the part of So
Cal Ed, PGE, the governor, etc., against the FERC.
By law, FERC must set rates that are "Just and reasonable." In its Order on Nov
1st, 2000, on the Calif situation, FERC said the rates were NOT just and
The National Lawyers Guild is the place to start looking. --jks
Michael Perelman says:
The repugs are in a distint minority. They have no reason to get their
hands dirty with a solution. Although deregulation was bipartisan, the
Dems took the lead.
Then, this will be a good
- Original Message -
From: "Jim Devine" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 12:48 PM 01/29/2001 +, you wrote:
California's politicians have decided to issue bonds to publicly repay the
utilities' debt, with taxpayers gaining stock in the assets of the bailed
out corporations.
-though it will
I'll go out on a limb (without promising heaven) and note that the whole
utility debacle in California is a good test of the proposition that Dems
are in fact a better alternative to the GOP. California is one of the only
states in the country right now where Dems control both houses of the
The only problem with using a reasonable (?) solution to California's problems
as a way to tout democrats over republicans is that it was the democrats who can
be blamed for creating the problem in the first place. On another note,
according to recent articles in the Wash Post, most of the
It is true that a significant part of California's "electricity shortage" can be
traced to three years of below average rainfall in Washington and Oregon. For
decades power has been traded seasonally -- shipped south in the summer, north in
the winter. But there is less to come south because of
At 08:19 PM 01/29/2001 -0600, you wrote:
The only problem with using a reasonable (?) solution to California's problems
as a way to tout democrats over republicans is that it was the democrats
who can
be blamed for creating the problem in the first place.
It was bipartisanship at its worst.The
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