[Promotum] Political Enron humor; the art of spin

[Ed Hintz]

First, an Enron joke:

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This fall, as Enron was going down, Chairman Ken Lay was desperately
trying to raise cash. 

In a meeting with top bankers, Lay presented a list of all the collateral
the company had for a new loan. There were pipelines, contracts,
receivables, a half-built plant in India -- quite a list. 

But the bankers told him it wasn't enough: "Isn't there ANYTHING else you
own that is fully paid for, that you can put up?" 

And no one has seen Dick Cheney since. 

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Next, an interesting Slate article analyzing White House press guy Ari
Flieischer's mastery of the art of spin:

<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2061084>