"The Enron traders never seemed to step back and say, Wait, is what we are doing ethical?, Is it in our best long-term interests?, Does it help us if we totally rape California?, Does that advance our goals of nationwide deregulation?.  Instead they sought out every loophole, inorder to profit from California's misery."
--Bethany McLean, Fortune Magazine reporter.

    I remembered these questions while commenting yesterday on the role of oil in American foreign/military policy, when I said this:

Being raped by the energy mafia isn't just for foreigners.  California suffers at the hands of Enron energy traders six years ago and didn't lose its virginity, but billions and billions of dollars which magically vanished when Enron claimed bankruptcy.  The same people met with VP Dick Cheney in private to map out further incursions into disrupted energy markets.

    http://www.dailykos.com/...
   
    The response was swift.
    I had used the words mafia, rape and virginity and some readers complained.  It wasn't gratuitous, it was, I feel, warranted.