What about the most powerful person in the U.S. --Alan Greenspan-- ? Jerry Mogelinski > ---------- > From: Denys Beauchemin[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:25 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: rotating blackouts ordered for Northern > California > > In response to Wirt's posting: > > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010118/pl/bush_energy_dc_3.html > > Then, John Allen-Day comments: > Ouch!! > > I had a feeling that Bush was going to be a disaster for the US economy > but > this was one I didn't anticipate! > > Actually, neither did Clinton and the environmentalist movement. They are > the > ones to blame for the California power problems. Clinton has done > incredible > damage to the US economy over the last 8 years, it's a tribute to the > Reagan > expansion that the economy did as well as it did for so long even under > his > incessant attacks. Thankfully after his damaging tax increases and his > attempt > to take over 1/7 of the US economy, he paved the way for a Republican > congress > which then kept him in check for the next 6 years, thus minimizing the > damage > he could inflict on the US economy. > > I find it simply amazing the way some people immediately blame > President-elect > Bush for the slowdown in the economy, which started over a year ago, and > for > the incredibly lax attitude of the Energy department over the last 8 > years. > These same people probably attributed the turnaround in the economy > during the > last year and a half of President Bush's term to Clinton. Just before > President Bush left office, the economy was growing at 5.4%. > > I have included a link to an article that was published yesterday, > recapping > the Clinton presidency. I think it sums it up pretty nicely. > > http://www.jewishworldreview.com/tony/snow.html > > Kind regards, > > Denys. . . > > Denys Beauchemin > HICOMP > (800) 323-8863 (281) 288-7438 Fax: (281) 355-6879 > denys at hicomp.com www.hicomp.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 3:13 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: OT: rotating blackouts ordered for Northern California > > At 21:14 17/01/01 -0500, [log in to unmask] wrote: > > <snip> ....................... > > >But George W. Bush doesn't just have an ideological > >attachment to free markets; he has close personal ties to some of the > >companies that are making such huge profits in California right now. > > > >Mr. Bush has been conspicuously silent on the California crisis. But in > the > >end it's his decision. Will he help California find an answer that does > not > >involve paying a huge ransom to his friends? > > Ouch!! > > I had a feeling that Bush was going to be a disaster for the US economy > but > this was one I didn't anticipate! > > John D. Alleyn-Day [log in to unmask] > Alleyn-Day International Ltd. > Alleyn House, 15 Green Place, Oxford OX1 4RF, England > Tel: +44(0)7020-939408; Fax: +44(0)1865-200256 > 3 Friars Lane, Mll Valley CA 94941-3723 U.S.A. > Tel: +1-408-286-6421 http://www.Alleyn-Day.com >