Archive for June, 2010
High court sides with ex-Enron CEO Skilling
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on June 24, 2010
While California (and the rest of the nation) continue to pay for Enron’s crimes, top executives from Enron are trying to get off on technicalities. This story form the AP points out that part of the Enron convictions’ is based on a misinterpretation of “the rules.” While it offers Skilling a chance at get his [...]
Bush women run afoul of GOP orthodoxy – Yahoo! News
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on June 14, 2010
The following comment, usually portrayed as a liberal point of view comes from former president George W. Bush’s daughter. There is hope after all. “Why do, basically, people with money have good health care and why do people who live on lower salaries not have good health care?” she said. “Health should be a right [...]
Poizner, trailing in polls, slams Whitman’s ‘obscene’ spending
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on June 1, 2010
“When people really sit down to fill out their ballots or go into the election booth, I think they’re going to be disturbed by the fact she hasn’t voted for 28 years straight, and then all of a sudden she spends $90 million, four times more than anyone’s ever spent ever in the history of [...]
PG&E defends backing Proposition 16
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on June 1, 2010
To make those things happen, the San Francisco utility is spending more than $46 million of its shareholders’ money to deluge television viewers with what Pruett described as “a vigorous advertising campaign” that touts what the company calls the Taxpayers Right to Vote Act. via PG&E defends backing Proposition 16 – latimes.com. If PG&E, SCE [...]