Well maybe that's overstating things, but in terms of the Enron debacle that Alicia and I covered during the last week, that's what it boils down to.

Here's the culminating article, Seattle Times, B-1. Sorry Te-jas: In terms of jacking the rest of the country for both MTBE and Enron profits, you guys effing lose this round.

We've got a lot of the backstory on Enron's ongoing financial ties to Congress, which is always uplifting and inspiring. So check it out, goddammit.

Mad props to Seattle resident B&G who actually gave me a detailed intelligence report on the article's placement this morning! Usually with that guy, I feel like George Tenet trying to get WMD info. I mean, he had the nerve to go camping with his wife this weekend, completely disregarding that I had an article running on Saturday. Sheesh, what a bastard.

(Also, mad props to the editorial staff, who just can't seem to consistently spell my friggin' name right. That's Dickie Cronkite, with an "e" guys, not "Dickie Cronkit.")