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EnronGate

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels DICKY DUBYA KENNY Big Time high roller in the Texas oil business; made $40 million working for Haliburton.  Met secretly with Ken Lay 6 times and then crafted our national energy policy, a boondoggle for his energy company buddies. Dubya never met a fast buck swindle he didn't like.  Swindled his partners in the Texas Rangers... swindled stockholders in Arbusto... took millions from Enron, his biggest campaign contributor.  Impeachment is too good for him. Ken Lay personally profited to the tune of $millions through shady business deals and misuse of his corporate power.  He's lucky he doesn't live in China; he would have been summarily executed for the stunts he claims he knows nothing about. The Cronies Jeff Skilling Conveniently forgot everything he ever knew about Enron business deals when confronted by people seeking the truth.  Refused to testify about critical events.  He sold over $60 million in stock when it still had value. Andrew Fastlow Considered by many to be a business "genius".  Too bad his "genius" ideas were illegal and caused the company to fold.  Of course, ol' Andy came out smelling like a rose when Enron came down and crushed most of its employees' futures. The Henchmen THE INDUSTRY DREAM TEAM:  "Not since the rise of the railroads more than a century ago has a single industry [energy] placed so many foot soldiers at the top of a new administration." Newsweek, 5/14/01 Spencer Abraham Energy Secretary Abraham was a one term Senator from Michigan famous for opposing stricter fuel efficiency for cars.  He received $700,000 in donations from the auto industry in his failed bid for re-election, the most of any senator. Spencer met with AT LEAST 39 captains of the energy industry and ZERO environmentalists. During his one term as senator from Michigan Abraham fought to limit fuel-efficiency requirements for SUVs, limit renewable energy research, abolish the federal gasoline tax and open up ANWR to oil drilling. While this won him a zero rating from the League of Conservation Voters, it also scored him close to $450,000 in contributions from energy and natural resources industries in his failed re-election bid. Gale Ann Norton Interior Secretary Norton previously represented mining and other anti-environmental causes.  She received $800,000 from the energy industry when she ran for US Senate in Colorado.  She is committed to opening up the Alaskan wildlife refuge to Big Oil. Lawrence Lindsey Dubya's economic advisor was a paid consultant to Enron last year, earning $50,000 to tell them about the gas business. John Ashcroft Attorney General John Ashcroft has had to recuse himself from the Enron case because of his acceptance of campaign donations. Condoleezza Rice   National Security Advisor Rice served 10 years on the Chevron board, which gave $758,588 to GOPER candidates and committees in the 1999-2000 election cycle. They even named an oil tanker after her. Andrew Card White House Chief of Staff Card was General Motors top lobbyist for more than a year after serving as CEO of the American Automobile Manufacturers Association.  While at AAMA, Card lobbied against stricter fuel emission standards. Brad Card, Andy's brother, is a paid lobbyist for Clean Power which is funded by 4 energy companies (and used to be funded by Enron when they still had funds.  He arranged a meeting with Dicky Cheney's secret task force to discuss trashing environmental rules in favor of pollution "credits". Marc Racicot Former Chairman of the Republican National Committee was a paid consultant to Enron at the same time he was RNC chair. George H. W. Bush   Dubya's Poppy took $114,000 in campaign contributions from Enron which makes them one of his top contributers. Oh... and Enron likes to party, too.  They kicked in $200,000 for the 2000 White House Inaugural Ball.  I doubt Poppy would have paid for it himself, there's always someone out there in need of a favor with big bucks and smal morals. Karl Rove Rove is the consummate GOPERNAZI with ties going back to Dick Nixon.  He was a "dirty tricks" stooge for Nixon and even committed theft in that capacity.  Rove and Enron are thick as thieves; he alledgedly obtained a job with Enron for Ralph Reed to keep him off the GWB payroll. Rove conferred on by phone with Kenny-Boy about energy policy and the appointment of an Enron toady to a position with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Don Evans US Commerce Secretary Evans is a recipient of Enron campaign donations.  He met with Enron in October during the energy crisis in California. Lay tried to call in a favor with Evans to see if he would try to influence Enron's credit rating with Standard & Poor's.  Thanks for saying NO, Don. Thomas White Secretary of the Army Thomas White was formerly vice-president of Enron.  He was head of Enron Energy Services which is believed to have concocted the California energy crisis.  He also is alleged to have cooked the books at Enron to inflate profits and cheat investors. White was forced out of office in 2003, but not before he had dozens of contacts with Enron insiders and sold off $100 million of Enron stock - while it was still worth something. Ken Lay Frog-Marched Into Halls Of Justice Enron ex-chairman Kenneth Lay has pleaded "not guilty" to 11 criminal charges over the collapse of the former US energy giant. The charges against longtime Bush Family friend "Kenny Boy" include bank fraud, share trading fraud and making false statements. "Kenny Boy" is dubya's pet name for Ken Lay, who is 4 years his senior.  Apparently Kenny is dubya's "boy" in a different sense of the word. As you have read in the profiles above, Ken Lay, with the help of the Bush Banditos, has reached deeply into the US government to influence and corrupt decisions being made that have played a factor in leading our country into war in the Middle East. Prosecutors led Lay to court in handcuffs after he kept an agreement to turn himself in to the FBI in Houston. Every stinking con man should have an opportunity to walk into court in a $500 suit. Bail was set at $500,000 by Judge Mary Milloy who rejected a request from prosecutors to post bail at $6 million on the grounds that Kenny  Lay is a flight risk. Insider Trading Charges In a separate action, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged  Lay with securities fraud and insider trading, seeking to recover $90 million in unlawful proceeds from stock sales. "Kenneth Lay is charged with abusing his powerful position....and repeatedly lying in an effort to cover up the financial collapse that caused devastating harm to millions of Americans," said US Assistant Attorney General Christopher Wray during a press briefing at the Justice Department. Kenneth Lay and other senior Enron officials "engaged in a wide-ranging scheme to deceive the investing public," the government charged. If you have any questions about the impact of Lay's, Skillings' , and Fastow's  shennanigans on the company, please feel free to take a drive to Houston and ask any former Enron employee who lost their job and fortunes to these common thieves. Enron and its executives were the largest single campaign contributer to dubya's 2000 campaign, giving over half a million dollars.