The real story about the Puerto Rican energy contract no one is paying attention to...

[Atman]

...is that the Whitefish Energy guy is the first person ever to land a job via LinkedIn.

[BigmanPigman]

1. I heard that on CNN last weekend.

[Atman]

2. Really?

Damn...I thought I just made it up.

[Control-Z]

3. Yup. The man himself made that claim

just this morning.

[BigmanPigman]

4. They said it!

They went to Whitefish headquarters and did a history of their HUGE company. I remember he said the "linked in" comment since it seemed silly to me.

[Atman]

5. Now I hate CNN even more.

Oh well.

[BigmanPigman]

6. CNN was good. They showed how tiny

the "company" was (two whole employees) before the contract. Their facts basically portrayed this as pretty strange/odd for them to get such a giant contract. They also interviewed Gov Cuomo of NY who said he could easily send hundreds of his people from NY to help PR and other states could too and this is normal practice during big disasters and the Fed Govt pays them back later. He also said that the Fed Govt hasn't asked any states to do this and went to the private contractor instead.

[Atman]

7. Thanks for the perspective.

I guess I should clarify; it's not so much CNN I can't stand, they're a pretty reliable news source, with an actual investigative news division (unlike some three-letter cable "news" outlets). I think they've made some serious format blunders, like the constant late-breaking news chyrons, and Wolf Blitzer. I just don't like watching them.

[BigmanPigman]

8. I agree. Jon Stewart did a segment about that

years ago. He made fun at everything, even the most mundane topics, being THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS!!! I miss him still even though others are really good now too.