AUSTIN, Texas -- As Lily Tomlin observed, "No matter how cynical you get, it's impossible to keep up." But as Con Ed used to say, dig we must. Courtesy of David Sirota at the americanprogress.org website, we find the following matches...
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02 June 2004
AUSTIN, Texas -- CBS News has acquired tapes of Enron employees boasting about how they were "f-----g over" California during the late, great "energy crisis" there.
My favorite segment in these charming conversations...
My favorite segment in these charming conversations...
01 June 2004
AUSTIN, Texas -- Here's a special story about a big payday. Richard Strong, formerly of Strong Capital Management Co., will receive 85 percent of a sum estimated to be between $400 million and $700 million dollars. That's a lot of lettuce...
01 June 2004
If Mark Twain were living now instead of a century ago -- when he
declared himself "an anti-imperialist" and proclaimed that "I am opposed
to having the eagle put its talons on any other land" -- the famous
writer's views would exist...
28 May 2004
AUSTIN, Texas -- Too bad for anyone who tuned in to President Bush's speech Monday night hoping to hear something that would cheer us up -- like a plan. That was as depressing as divorce. There he was, still peddling the phony idea that...
28 May 2004
For many years, health-conscious Americans avidly consumed margarine as
a wholesome substitute for artery-clogging butter. Only later did research
shed light on grim effects of the partially hydrogenated oil in margarine,
with results...
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