Who Killed Montana Power?

[dArKeR]

 For nearly 90 years, the Montana Power Company exemplified the very best of American capitalism. It provided cheap, reliable electricity for the people of Montana, excellent benefits for thousands of employees and generous, reliable dividends for its stockholders.

Everyone was happy, except for the corporate officers and their Wall Street investment banking firm who decided there was more money to be made in the more glamourous and profitable world of telecommunications.

The result exemplified the worst of American capitalism.

When 60 Minutes first reported this story last February, the cheap electricity, the good jobs and the life savings of a lot of people were gone, along with the name Montana Power.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/06/60minutes/main539719.shtml

http://darker0darker.tripod.com/

[Warpy]

1. Republicans

[blm]

2. Mark Racicot and the BFEE.

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[disgruntella]

3. the final death throes of "touch america"

(which is what MPC became)

http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2003/06/21/build/local/25-ta-layoff2.inc

[Wonk]

4. quicktime vid

49 M

[dArKeR]

6. Thanks wonk!

[soothsayer]

5. They'll hang Martha Stewart, but this douche bag is free in his $3m home

a-hole gates wanna be (right down to the hair style)

that story made me furious