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Enron and Net Neutrality: Rolling Blackouts for YouTube

Via serendipity or an evolved network intelligence, my Netflix queue served up an appropriate title in yesterday's mail:

Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room

You may have seen the company in the news again yesterday. The judge set sentencing for 9-11, which Jeff Skilling had blamed for the company's implosion. Nice twist.

I came to Washington as an intern in 1996, and one of the first experiences of Beltway groupthink I had was energy deregulation. My off-campus program's speaker series sprouted an unending series of Protestants in suits with briefing papers exploring the economic, political, moral and practical necessity of freeing companies to trade electricity on the marketplace.

 

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01:00 PM May 26, 2006 - 0 comments permalink


The Funnies

 

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Get your daily dose of political cartoons from DIA community member The Center for American Progress.

 

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12:30 PM May 26, 2006 - 0 comments permalink


Enron and Net Neutrality: Rolling Blackouts for YouTube

Via serendipity or an evolved network intelligence, my Netflix queue served up an appropriate title in yesterday's mail:

Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room

You may have seen the company in the news again yesterday. The judge set sentencing for 9-11, which Jeff Skilling had blamed for the company's implosion. Nice twist.

I came to Washington as an intern in 1996, and one of the first experiences of Beltway groupthink I had was energy deregulation. My off-campus program's speaker series sprouted an unending series of Protestants in suits with briefing papers exploring the economic, political, moral and practical necessity of freeing companies to trade electricity on the marketplace.

 

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12:00 PM May 26, 2006 - 0 comments permalink


The Peaceful Atom

The abbreviated half-life of fissionable salesmanship. Via Monthly Review.


 

 

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10:00 AM May 26, 2006 - 0 comments permalink


Whip It: House Judiciary Committee Marking Up Net Neutrality Bill This Morning

 The Sensenbrunner-Conyers net neutrality bill faces markup this morning in the House, which in this case means amendments to strip out net neutrality.

MyDD has the whip list where calls are most needed. A full list is at SaveTheInternet. The message here is to support 5417 without amendment.

 

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10:30 AM May 25, 2006 - 0 comments permalink


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