] Here's the story Arnold doesn't want you to hear. The
] biggest single threat to Ken Lay and the electricity
] lords is a private lawsuit filed last year under
] California's unique Civil Code provision 17200, the
] "Unfair Business Practices Act." This litigation,
] heading to trial now in Los Angeles, would make the power
] companies return the $9 billion they filched from
] California electricity and gas customers.
]
] It takes real cojones to bring such a suit. Who's the
] plaintiff taking on the bad guys? Cruz Bustamante,
] Lieutenant Governor and reluctant leading candidate
] against Schwarzenegger.
]
] Now follow the action. One month after Cruz brings suit,
] Enron's Lay calls an emergency secret meeting in L.A. of
] his political buck-buddies, including Arnold. Their
] plan, to undercut Davis (according to Enron memos) and
] "solve" the energy crisis -- that is, make the Bustamante
] legal threat go away.

Juicy Arnold conspiracy theory!

(As interesting and plausable as this sounds, keep in mind that the sources for this stuff are hard core left wing. They are also arguing that Congress should pass a Constitutional Amendment in response to the Do-Not-Call List case which says that the first amendment does not apply to corporations. (I guess these people have forgotten that their websites are corporate entities which would also loose first amendment protections under such an amendment. I'm sure they'll happily clarify that "No, no, what we really mean is that we don't want the first amendment to apply to people that we don't like, particularily rich people, because they are bad. We still think it should apply to US and other people that we do agree with.") None of this ads up to them being wrong about Arnold. They might be right about Arnold. But I'll take it with a grain of salt until someone who isn't a raving lunatic decides to back the story.)