A Public Comedy of Errors

Oregon Magazine ^ | April 1, 2002 | Larry Leonard

[WaterDragon]

Bill Lunch, OPB's political scion, said on this evening's episode of the locally-produced media sitcom, Seven Days, that the new Oregon power rules that went into effect today represent deregulation, which did not work in California. The tiny problem with that statement is that California didn't try deregulation -- and the failure to do so is the precise reason it ended up in a power mess.

Mr. Lunch, in logics crunch, just has to change his name

Into his bench carve Mr. Mensch, his honest claim to fame.

For dilly here and dally there, he oft doth reason dread

And leave us all in puzzled thrall as sanity he shreds. (snip)

[WaterDragon]

LOL! Oregon Magazine is skewering the Oregon twits again!

[Grampa Dave]

Got to this link for some incredible out of state insight to Gray Davis and the power problems of Kali: (Great link)

Here is a great example: The financial energy disaster and subsequent brownouts in California, lads and lassies, were not a product of deregulation. The spontaneous liberal, Governor Gray “Say, hey!” Davis hit a home run of economic ignorance over the power grid fence by deregulating the price suppliers could pay for electricity while regulating the price they could sell it for. Add that to California's ridiculous plant siting regs and exploding population, and you have the makings for exactly what they got -- a growing demand for energy in a state that didn't add a watt to their power grid for decades.

[CyberCowboy777]

Bump! LOL - I hope someone e-mails this to seven days....

[Carry_Okie]

Davis hit a home run of economic ignorance over the power grid fence by deregulating the price suppliers could pay for electricity

Not factual. It was Steve Peace who wrote the "deregulation" bill and it was signed into law by Wilson. Davis just made a bad situation worse.

[WaterDragon]

Great idea, Cowboy. I'll get that link and we can ALL send it to Seven Days! LOL!

[WaterDragon]

Good link....thanks.

[CyberCowboy777]

Yea... Do you have the e-mail addy? That damn show is like a ugly scar...you can't help but look.... and be disgusted

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for finding this for us!

[WaterDragon]

Oregon Public Broadcasting....in the service of the Democrat party!

[WaterDragon]

Here's Seven Days' emailing address: 7Days@opb.org That's a great idea, to write them. I just did!

[EBUCK]

Until we get someone down in yonder sunny state we kin trust I say cut 'em off. Message to kali legislators, "Build your own power plants cause I'm getting tires of footing your bill up here in rain-ville".

EBUCK

[WaterDragon]

Here's a delicious line in the article:

Term limits for press liberals. Until we get them, we will be forced to listen to crap like that. LoL!

[Grampa Dave]

That is a great line: Term limits for press liberals. Until we get them, we will be forced to listen to crap like that.

I just don't read their articles, buy their news papers or magazines, nor do I watch their barf posing as news on tv. I invoked my own term limits a few years ago on pressitutes.

[CyberCowboy777]

I wrote them, pointed out the error (with little or no kindness) and pointed them to the Web-site!

Thanks for the Info!

[WaterDragon]

Pass the article address on to others in the Northwest. This OPB garbage has to be debunked!

[WaterDragon]

I agree with you, EBUCK. The Calis will use the rest of us as water and energy farms if we let them.

[WaterDragon]

bump!

[SierraWasp]

"It was Steve Peace who wrote the "deregulation" bill"

Then, how cum it is that delerious Davis ain't bamed the ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES for alla his woes?

[Carry_Okie]

Because he's always been a red green tomato?

[Robert357]

It is an interesting link and a very sharp tongued article, that scores many points on Davis inability to provide leadership. Thanks.