Re: Comparative collective action

[Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:18 PM 06/27/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> [While CA watches Oprah...]
> [from the BBC]
> Thursday, 28 June, 2001, 01:29 GMT 02:29 UK
> Brazil energy march turns violent
>
>
> By Tom Gibb in Sao Paulo

I've never watched Oprah for more than a minute, but I've heard that we
should thank our lucky stars that people watch it rather than the
alternatives. Maybe there aren't any riots in California about the energy
emergency (and what good would riots do?), but you'll be glad to know that
most Californians do not see the "crisis" as "real" but as being due to
manipulation of the market by Enron, et al. According to the L.A. TIMES
poll, 74 percent of Californians agree that "independent power companies
have manipulated the electricity market in California to make a higher
profit." It's good to see them being smart for a change.

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine