Influence

So, having all the big name energy companies in Montana <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/18/build/state/35-gov-energy-conf.inc">sponsor a large part of <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>'s upcoming energy conference</a> doesn't mean they won't get special consideration.<br />n<br />nBULLSHIT!!!!!<br />n<br />nThey wouldn't be footing the bill if they didn't think it would help them somehow. [sarcasm]Remember, these are the evil public companies that screw people over at every opportunity[/sarcasm]. Just keeping their names in front of government officials and buying their booze for them will make those people look favorable at them. Everybody knows it so why deny it.<br />n<br />nGov. Schweitzer really needs to consider some other funding for this because this makes the whole thing look dirty. Letting the energy companies peddle their influence at a "public conference" is the wrong way of looking at things. But that's not unusual for our Governor.<br />n<br />n<b>The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret. Salvador Dali</b>