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A Crisis is When Your Lights Go Out;
A Catastrophe is When MY Lights Go Out
Monday May 14, 2001

  • TITLE: "� An Energy Catastrophe is When MY Lights Go Out" There's an old economics saying that it's a recession if you're out of work. It's a depression if I'm out of work. Same goes for the energy situation: It's a crisis when your lights go out. It's a catastrophe when MY lights go out.










  • "� El Paso Energy �" Here is the link to the San Francisco Chronicle web site and the article on El Paso Energy, the State of California, and the Pacific Gas & Electric Company.






  • "�Andy, Karen, Karl, Scooter, Mary, Don, Spence, Gale, Norm, Condi, Mitch, Larry, Josh, Nick, Cesar �" The decodes are as follows:
    Andy Card - Chief of Staff
    Karen Hughes - Counsellor to the President
    Karl Rove - Senior Advisor to the President
    Condoleezza "Condi" Rice - National Security Advisor
    Josh Bolton - Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
    Nick Calio - Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
    Lewis "Scooter" Libby - Chief of Staff to the Vice President
    Mary Matalin - Counsellor to the Vice President
    Cesar Conda - Assistant to the Vice President for Domestic Policy
    Don Evans - Secretary of Commerce
    Spence Abraham - Secretary of Energy
    Gale Norton - Secretary of the Interior
    Norm Mineta - Secretary of Transportation
    Mitch Daniels - Director, Office of Management and Budget
    Larry Lindsay - Director, National Economic Council




  • "� Hitchhiker's Guide �" A search on the term "Hitchhiker's Guide" returns exactly 16,000 hits on Google. Including this one: "A Hitchhiker's Guide to Fractal Compression For Beginners"

    Ok. Panic.










  • "� Perry Como �" It's Impossible: (peak Billboard position # 10 in 1970) English words by Sid Wayne and Music by Armando Manzanero.











  • "... Travelogue ..." Click here to read the first installment of Currying Favor; A Trip to India!

  •     Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:
         
    Rich before the shots         Rich AFTER his shots
    he got preparatory to
    his trip to India
                                       -- Reuters Photo/Savita Kirloskar


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