Enron and Bush - 2000 Campaign Donations (bush showing his "values")

[cthrumatrix]

BUSH ENERGY PLAN - POLICY OR PAYBACK?(BBC TRANSCRIPT)
BBC Newsnight
Thursday, May 17, 2001

LIST OF BIGGEST ENERGY INDUSTRY DONORS TO REPUBLICAN PARTY DURING BUSH CAMPAIGN:

ENRON $1,800,000
EXXON $1,200,000
KOCH INDUSTRIES $970,000
SOUTHERN $900,000
BP AMOCO $800,000
LEHMAN BROTHERS $808,000
EL PASO ENERGY $787,000
CHEVRON OIL CORP 780,000
RELIANT ENERGY $642,000
TEXAS UTILITIES TXU $635,000

VOICE OF LaNell ANDERSON, TEXAN BUCKET BRIGADE
"Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the that the lobbyists' money has found its mark"


From the moment GB announced he was running for President 50 MILLION dollars came in from Texas-based energy companies but they got a payback of 5 billion dollars - half delivered since GB was President and half while he was still Governor of Texas which is where it all begins.

http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=80&row=2

can't imgaine why FU Cheney wanted to keep his energy policy secret?

[Liberal Veteran]

1. And Lay served on Bush*'s transition team as well!

"As Bush assumed the presidency, Enron had unusual access to the new administration's deliberations about energy policy and appointments to important posts. Lay served on the Bush transition team and helped interview candidates for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which oversees the gas pipelines and electricity grids that are key to Enron's business. Earlier this year, the commission's chairman, Curtis Hebert, who was being considered for reappointment by the White House, declared himself "offended" by Lay's lobbying efforts. Hebert later quit the panel."

According to ABC news...

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/enron ...

[cthrumatrix]

2. Even ARRNOLD knows ken lay.... (Palast connects the dots)

snip

Here's the story Arnold doesn't want you to hear. The biggest single threat to Ken Lay and the electricity lords is a private lawsuit filed last year under California's unique Civil Code provision 17200, the "Unfair Business Practices Act." This litigation, heading to trial now in Los Angeles, would make the power companies return the $9 billion they filched from California electricity and gas customers.



It takes real cojones to bring such a suit. Who's the plaintiff taking on the bad guys? Cruz Bustamante, Lieutenant Governor and reluctant leading candidate against Schwarzenegger.



Now follow the action. One month after Cruz brings suit, Enron's Lay calls an emergency secret meeting in L.A. of his political buck-buddies, including Arnold. Their plan, to undercut Davis (according to Enron memos) and "solve" the energy crisis -- that is, make the Bustamante legal threat go away.



How can that be done? Follow the trail with me.

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http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=282&row=2

[LittleApple81]

3. Begala emphasized the "MONEY VALUES" today too: went to NC

for to collect $25,000 a pop...