This sort of pseudo-wealth creation is a Texas phenomenon that's been around
since the early days of the oil boom.
That's why I'd favor dragging Texas out into the Gulf and sinking it, along
with parts of Arizona and Southern CA just to make for a long swim for the
illegals from south of the border.
If Texans were to think of themselves as Americans first and Texans second, it
would change things significantly, but as you exemplified by the Bush
administrations past and present, that's not in the cards. Texans also tendt
to take the short view where environmental matters are concerned. They're not
alone in this, but, since the "broad brush" is in use, I don't think it's
totally off-base to say that.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Dittman" <dittman_at_dittman.net>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: China bans toxic American computer junk
> > No, I doubt they've built much since their failure, but from what I've
> > gathered, all they really ever built was debt.
>
> Enron was an exercise in creative accounting.
>
> No, I don't mean Enron themselves, but energy companies in
> general when I asked about building plans pre- or post-
> Enron (with the public now sceptical of all energy companies).
> --
> Eric Dittman
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>
Received on Sun Jun 09 2002 - 09:12:38 BST