{"article":{"id":1826,"heading":"Power going out","author":"triphere","created":"2000-08-17 20:25:58","modified":"2000-08-18 02:39:45","last_modified":"Fri, 18 Aug 2000 09:39:45","article":"<img src=\"&lt;a%20href=\" http: rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/a1156.g.akamai.net\/7\/1156\/960\/80a73229431d07\/www.latimes.com\/news\/politics\/elect2000\/pres\/demconven\/gallery\/con11_fzdau0ke.jpg\"&gt;<br> <br>  <br> <img src=\"&lt;a%20href=\" http: rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/a1156.g.akamai.net\/7\/1156\/960\/6651b9d4aa8cea\/www.latimes.com\/news\/politics\/elect2000\/pres\/demconven\/gallery\/con8_fzd996ke.jpg\"&gt;\n","contact":"scott@triphere.net","link":"http:\/\/news.excite.com\/news\/r\/000816\/14\/utilities-california","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"Calif. grid operator calls Stage One emergency\r\nAs if there weren't enough problems\r\nBuy a Flashlight!","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2000\/08\/1826.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":1851,"heading":"Viva la Revolucion!","article":"Viva la Revolucion! The Movement Marches On & Grows!","author":"uncle fester","parent_id":1826,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-08-17 21:07:53","modified":"2000-08-17 21:22:11","fileurl":""},{"id":2005,"heading":"Bunny Berries For Bush","article":"I was explaining to someone how the electricity shortage in California is the classic consequence of neo-liberalism.  The power grid in this state used to move electrons from generators to loads.  It worked great.  Now it's clunky, overcomplex, overadministered, and mostly in violation of several laws of physics.  Even the corporate stooges couldn't change the behavior of primary particles, though in this case they sure tried.\r\n\r\nTo make a very long and boring story short, the politicians decided that the market should set electric prices.  It did.  They tripled in some cities.  The cities went ballistic.  The legislature has to fix it, but they can't because the infrastructure was sold off and lost.\r\n\r\nMaybe they can burn bunny berries.\r\n\r\n\r\n","author":"Hugh Stegman","parent_id":1826,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-08-18 02:39:45","modified":"2000-08-18 02:52:19","fileurl":""}]}