On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:16:02 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
wrote:

In article ,
" wrote:

Enron *was* a failure of government, just as the housing market crash was a
failure of government.

Not so. Enron was a perfect example of what the free market will always do if
given a chance with little actual downside to doing it...manipulate the market.
Enron did it with electricity and many, many brokers did it with housing...with
the collusion of the banks

Who left the village idiot outside overnight again?!

Only a leftist moron would disallow futures trading by power companies, for
example. Forcing them to buy on the spot market is just demanding that some
one else fill that void, at the rate-payers' expense.