Owens, Enron & Halliburton - I don't hear this being mentioned in the Dem

[BR_Parkway]

speeches - but they should be household words. Even though I think they are saying what needs to be said (especially Kennedy, Kerry and Reid)- the Average Joe out there isn't watching. Isn't paying attention. Has very little to no clue what's happening.

But Average Joe does know the word Enron. And Halliburton.

THE ENRON AND HALLIBURTON CASES: Two notable past corporate-friendly cases ruled on by Owen involve very publicly known corporations - Halliburton and Enron - both of which had donated to Owen's judicial campaign. In the case of Sanchez v. Halliburton, a Halliburton field worker "won a $2.6 million verdict after the jury found that a company supervisor had framed him to test positive for cocaine." After an appeals court ruling overturned the verdict, Sanchez tried to bring the case to the Texas Supreme Court. In the months during which the case was before the Court, Halliburton made its only campaign donations to Texas Supreme Court justices that year, giving thousands of dollars to three justices: Priscilla Owen, Nathan Hect, and Alberto Gonzales. Result: the court declined to hear the case and the ruling overturning Sanchez's case stood. In Enron Corp. v. Spring Independent School District, Owen "authored the opinion for a unanimous court that ... saved Enron $225,000 and resulted in lost revenue for the school district."

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/5/19/21387/6792

When you call your Senators today, mention these so they can bring it up in their speeches. 5 days of non stop "up or down vote" is going to have it's mind-numbing effect - we need to put something out there that sticks just as much. And those two companies, besides representing everything that is wrong with Republican corporate "values" today, those two companies are already household words - we just need to keep repeating them, ad nauseum.

[Hubert Flottz]

1. I sent your link to one of my senators from West Virginia.

In case he didn't already know.

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. I haven't read this before.

I just sent a snip to Durbin and Obama. I will be watching to see if one of them mentions it. Thanks for the post. :hi:

[bridgit]

3. obfuscation is the republican way...

unless & until the din of the last 5, going on 13yrs is shouted down that is what we will be hearing for the next 100 imo.

the rnc with their 'talk radio' in tow = all of them, like a raggedy junk yard dogs tearing at an oily old shop rag, simply will not let it go and the net result is not merely this, which is among their standard obfuscation technique, but the inflammation of the nutty/kook fringe who harbor thoughts of death & dislocation for federal judges & their families no less.

this must all be stopped. republicans have once again proved, as only they can do; that they are simply not able to govern a civil republic with any sense of common decency

[Al-CIAda]

4. Because they're all clueless dumbasses who are removed

from the reality we face. 80% are corporate whores themselves.

[BR_Parkway]

5. self-kick