The Decline and Fall of the American Empire

The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
Where are we going, and what are we doing in this handbasket? It sure is getting warm...

Updated: 5/19/03; 1:03:57 AM.

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Tuesday, July 16, 2002

Ballmer 'fesses up to Linux/Windows cost FUD. Just can't keep that myth alive [The Register]
9:39:21 PM

Deregulation's big lie. FCC chairman Michael Powell says the WorldCom debacle may result in more telecom mergers. So who ends up losing? We all do, explains one industry expert.
...it's precisely the deregulation of the telecommunications industry that has led to the current industry crisis. And according to McChesney, Powell is little more than a tool of free-market absolutists, accelerating the reconcentration of control in the industry -- only this time, without any government oversight to make sure that customers don't get taken to the cleaners. [Salon.com]
9:37:47 PM

White out?. As Army secretary Tom White prepares to testify before Congress, Democrats predict the former Enron executive will be the first Bush administration casualty in the growing uproar over corporate sleaze. [Salon.com]
9:36:18 PM

Joe Conason's Journal. Why won't Bush let the SEC release the Harken file? [Salon.com]
9:35:16 PM

Lawmakers addicted to the quick fix. Drug legislation like the proposed RAVE Act does more to promote illicit drug use than discourage it. [Salon.com]
9:33:26 PM

House OKs life sentences for hackers [Daypop Top 40]
I love this. When will we get life sentences for corporate crime, eh? So a hacker defaces a web site, big deal. Enron took how many people's retirement savings down the toilet? Who committed the bigger crime?
9:28:54 PM

The watchdog didn't bark. Why didn't the media question Bush's shady stock dealings before he became president? [Salon.com]
9:26:39 PM