On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 06:59:57AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote:
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
It is much easier for people to believe that some "bad" individuals or
corporations do evil deeds than to understand systemic problems.
--
Michael Perelman