[Hunble]

I know!

Ok, let me turn this around.

Why, with a major power outage, is the current government not being held responsible?

[CHICAGOFARMER]

Why, with a major power outage, is the current government not being held responsible?

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Private industry generates power.

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The Bush administration has proposed a national energy plan however, the liberals, democrat politicans, tree huggers, enviornmentalists, green peace whiners, all believe in the ism values. What is ism?? liberalism, Socialism, and communism. the difference between the three. Communism is at the end of a gun.

[El Sordo]

Because it's neither their duty, nor their responsibility to protect us from electro-mechanical failures?

You want to see how well government run utilities work, check out Cuba, North Korea, or any number of other garden spots that have such things.