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Ken Lay's Alive!

Don’t check the casket. I know he’s back. When I saw those lights flickering out at La Guardia Airport yesterday and heard the eerie shrieks and moans in the dark, broiling subway tunnels, I just knew it: Ken Lay’s alive! We can see his spirit in every flickering lightbulb from Kansas to Queens as we head into America’s annual Blackout season.

The Al Capone of Electricity

layKen Lay Will Get Away with his Real Crimes

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Al Capone cut throats, machine-gunned people to build his gang and went to jail””for not filing his taxes properly. Likewise, Ken Lay, buccaneer of the power industry, will go down””if the jury doesn’t buy his alibi””for not filing his SEC forms properly.

A High Price to Pay For The Power and The Glory

The Firms That are Pulling The Plug on California Learnt Their Trade From Margaret Thatcher
The Observer
President George W. Bush has announced that on 7 February, come hell or high water, he will end Bill Clinton’s order directing emergency electricity supplies to California.
As the lights on the Golden Gate bridge blink off, the state’s politicians are in full panic that this spells bankruptcy for two giant regional electricity companies, Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric. Not me. I can’t think of anything which would more joyously combine historic justice and good public policy than their corporate death.