GWB and John Ashcroft are bringing corporate crooks to heel: Jeff Skilling, former Enron CEO, took his perp walk last week.

Ashcroft’s desk now bears notches for Skilling as well as Adelphia’s John Rigas and Tyco’s L. Dennis Kozlowski. Janet Reno’s desk? No corporate crooks, as near as I could tell.

Which party lets big business get away with shady dealings again?

From the Chronicle

Apparently both El Paso and Royal Dutch Shell have reduced their proven reserves estimates by 41% and 17% respectively.

San Diego, CA – Mayor Dick Murphy stunned the attendees at the Southern California Gun Show and Swap Meet at the San Diego Civic Center when he and several city employees showed up with a stack of concealed weapons permits and waivers for California’s seven-day firearms purchase waiting period. The city employees then began issuing weapons permits to any person requesting one.

“We sat down and read it: the Second Amendment’s pretty clear that citizens have the right to keep and bear arms. Without access to lots and lots of powerful weapons, how are citizens supposed to form their own militias? California’s laws are clearly not in line with the idea of a well-armed citizenry; this is our attempt to correct mistakes in Sacremento,” said the Mayor.

“Shouldn’t the weapons a person owns be a private matter? Consenting adults should have access and freedom to buy and train with whichever firearms they see fit, without the state’s interference. Why should citizens be limited to outdated ideas like small magazines and limited rates of fire? And why should access to the protective benefits of high tech weaponry be limited to a select group of people, those in the military?