When the Business of Business Is Politics . . .

Houston, we have a problem
Kenneth Lay was the king of Houston, a charismatic corporate pioneer feted as much for his generosity to local causes as his business prowess. Then his much- hyped empire began to unravel, launching a scandal that threatens to engulf the White House, Wall Street and even Westminster. James Meek on how Enron got away with it for so long

George W. in the Garden of Gethsemane
An Open Letter to George W. Bush from Michael Moore

O'Neill's and Evans's admission that they "did nothing" when Enron told them of the company's shell game and impending collapse is reason enough for you and yours to hit the Beltway and never return to that sacred trust we call Our American Government. They are proud of "doing nothing?" By doing nothing, millions of Americans have been swindled. Tens of thousands have lost their jobs. Thousands more have lost their savings and their retirement. Yet your cabinet secretaries gloat over what a "good job" you and they did by "doing nothing."

Let me ask you this: If someone was setting a house on fire, and they called you to help them set it on fire, and you said no you wouldn't help them -- BUT then you also DIDN'T call 911 and inform the police that someone was going to burn down a house, do you think you would have committed a crime?

Of course you would have! You had prior knowledge and then you knowingly and purposefully HID this information from the authorities and the people living in the house! You only admitted that you knew a house was going to be torched when you were confronted by the police. Are you complicit? Yes! Are you an accessory? Yes! Who would even think of going around boasting, "Hey, look what a great guy I am -- a friend of mine told me he was going to commit an act of arson, and then I decided NOT to tell ANYONE about it!!
WHOO-HOO!!"
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