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Non-Tech : Meet Gene, a NASDAQ Market Maker

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To: LPS5 who wrote (703)8/23/2000 8:55:49 PM
From: Janice Shell  Read Replies (2) of 1426
 
Remember BBBabe? She's a POET!! Here's an example of her art:

Market Manipulation Poem

We are honored to have a nationally recognized poet grace us with a piece inspired by the blatant thievery exhibited during this staged decline. It is entitled "Market Manipulation"

WHAT YESTERDAY WAS WONDERFUL,
TODAY IS BEING TRASHED,
WHAT EVERYONE WAS TOUTING
IS RIGHT NOW, BEING BASHED

AND NOTHING'S WORTH A THING TODAY,
EVERYTHING IS LOST,
OVERNIGHT, THE LANDSCAPE'S CHANGED,
BUT NEVER MIND THE COST:

THE SMALL INVESTORS GOT TOO RICH;
THEY HAD TO LEARN THEIR LESSON;
HOW DARE THEY REAP SUCH GREAT REWARDS?
LET'S SEE NOW...I'M GUESSIN'

WORD WENT OUT TO START A ROUT
IN THE OTCs,
MARKET MAKERS GOT THEIR ORDERS,
'TIME NOW TO PROCEED.

HIT THE LITTLE GUY REAL HARD,
USE YOUR NAKED SHORTING,
CUT HIS WORTH IN HALF AND LAUGH,
NEVER MIND DISTORTING,

FACT AND TRUTH, PLAY FAST AND LOOSE,
SLAM HIS FAVORITE STOCKS,
STEAL HIS HARD-EARNED MONEY,
MAKE HIM SQUEAL A LOT,

THEN BLAME IT ALL ON INTEREST RATES,
GREENSPAN'S BOOGER BEAR:
THE SWORD HE DANGLES OVERHEAD,
SO OFTEN THAT I SWEAR

HE'S MAKING US BELIEVE IT'S TRUE,
CONVINCING US TO TAKE
ALL OUR MONEY OUT OF STOCKS,
AND PUT IT IN HIS BANKS..

AFTER ALL, THERE'S NOTHING LEFT
WORTH INVESTING IN:
THE FROTHY MARKETS, HE DESTROYED,
DEVASTATED, THEN

WENT TO KILL THE MICROCAPS,
THE WINNERS OF TOMORROW;
HIS MARKET MAKER MINIONS,
DID THE BLOODY SLAUGHTER,

THE KINGS OF NAKED SHORTING
DID THEIR DIRTY DEEDS,
ALL FOR LOVE OF MONEY,
GROWING OUT OF GREED.

BUT SOMETHING THEY DID NOT COUNT ON;
THERE'S MORE OF US THAN THEM,
AND WHEN WE'RE ALL UNITED
ON THE NET, THEIR WHIMS

WILL NO LONGER BE FULFILLED;
THE SMALL INVESTOR WILL
NEVER EVER BE AGAIN,
FODDER FOR THEIR KILL

AS WE HAVE BEEN THESE PAST FEW WEEKS.
EITHER CHANGES COME,
AND END THEIR NAKED SHORTING
OR SOMETHING WILL BE DONE

BY THE CONGRESS TO ADDRESS
THEIR BOLD MANIPULATION;
PEOPLE COME TOGETHER NOW,
WARN AND TELL THE NATION

JUST WHAT KIND OF TRAVESTY,
INJUSTICE IS ALLOWED
BY THE POWERS NOW THAT BE,
THOSE WHO THINK THEY COWED

THE BRAVE, BUT DEEPLY BATTLEWORN
SMALL INVESTORS WHO
TAKE THEIR PLACE IN CYBERSPACE,
THE PLACE WHERE THEY CAN DO

BATTLE WITH THE POWERFUL,
ESCAPING FROM THEIR GRASP,
LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD,
SO THEY CAN TRADE, AT LAST

IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF TRUST,
NOT WHERE DENS OF THIEVES,
HAVE THE KEY TO THEIR SUCCESS:
NOW'S THE TIME TO LEAVE

NAKED SHORTING, ALL THE REST,
PERMANENTLY BEHIND;
EITHER WE SEE VICTORY,
OR THOSE IN CHARGE WILL FIND

NO ONE COMING TO THEIR LAIRS.
TO EVER TRADE AGAIN:
NO BUYING, SELLING ANY STOCKS
UNTIL THIS SCAMMING ENDS!

THE ONLY WAY WE CAN BE HEARD
AND REALLY LISTENED TO,
IS BY SPEAKING WITH ONE VOICE,
ONE HOPE, ONE GOAL TO DO

WHAT WE KNOW TOO WELL WE MUST:
CONFRONT THE ENEMY;
STAND OUR GROUND, TILL THEY BACK DOWN,
AND WE ARE FINALLY FREE,

FREE OF CHAINS, IMPOSED UPON
INVESTORS OF THIS NATION
BY THE VERY ONES WHO'VE DONE
THIS CRASS MANIPULATION,

THOSE WHO MAKE THE MARKETS MOVE,
WHOSE POWERS FAR EXCEED
ANYTHING WE'VE WITNESSED YET,
IN CUNNING AND IN GREED!

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