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Thanks for your fine post, Lee--a real breath of fresh air. Finally a rational and thoughtful adult voice amongst all these children screaming and egging each other on about the big bad boogey-man Alan Greenspan and how he's taking away their candy, i.e., an ever-soaring, get-rich-quick, I-can-quit-my-job-in-three-years! stock market, it's the American way goddammit!. Get a dose of reality-testing folks--Mr. Greenspan is only the messenger and a far larger-minded and well-informed one than all of you put together. Your childish and remarkably thoughtless, narrow-minded ranting and raving about the Fed chairman is ludicrous, as is the occasional libertarian free-market clap-trap some of you trot out here to rationalize your rants. You live in a society, people, that is much larger than your little stockmarket-casino you live and die for--when did you get so entitled? The market drops a few points on a Friday and you get all worked up about the end of democracy and capitalism as we know it. Who will you cry to when the market crashes because someone like Mr. Greenspan didn't stop to give a moments thought to the "irrational exuberance" you love to deride? Now, how much longer will some of you geniuses go on muttering about how Mr. Greenspan is "trying take down the market" and ruin your life?? How many more ridiculous threats to write to the President and get Mr. Greenspan fired or, unbelievably enough, threats on his very life and well-being are you going to spew out here? |
