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To: silicon warrior who wrote (6825)	6/21/2000 2:44:00 PM
From: MGV	Respond to of 11568

Emotion is good but not when making decisions in the market. This one is on me. Next time I'll have to charge you. : )

To: silicon warrior who wrote (6825)	6/21/2000 3:19:00 PM
From: rachel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11568

I remember during one winter, I was sick and tired and sick and tired of the snow, cold, wet weather. I looked out the window, took a deep breath and meditated. I concentrated on beautiful weather. Only an advanced stage of insanity led me to this, and the weather changed shortly after and stayed warm the rest of the year. (Thanks to a then unknown weather pattern called el-nino) My point is this, hang, if you short and give up you lose. If you hold, you have character and principle. That makes you disciplined. You know deep down in your heart, WCOM is worth more and has much more potential, (I know, because we are still making our numbers). I really believe that Bernie does care about the value of the company (not necessarily to the liking of us all) and is fighting for a strategic position. The only unknowns at this point are not value, growth, positioning, focus, market, fundamentals and engineering, they are the federal Governments. (Does this surprise you?) Please take a nice deep breath, because nothing in life is guaranteed my friend, we all know it's not the kill, but the thrill of the chase as well, getting laid is only good when you think your not going to get it. Sure, life holds no guarantees for all of us on this board, but if you guys quit, let go, give up, bend over and die, then you have not displayed the discipline, character, self promotion, timid, responsibility of putting up a fight. I dont believe in slandering the DOJ, FCC or EU. We take what is dealt and we move on. If you find yourself in a hole and theyre pouring dirt in, shake it off, until you have enough dirt that you can walk out of the hole. Inclosing, please read this excerpt from an analyst: WCOM looks very attractive, particularly if its merger deal with FON is approved. Right now it looks like there's a 50-50 chance of the deal being approved. If the deal is approved, WCOM will have that nationwide wireless network it has been looking for. If it doesn't go through, the company is worth more than the current price and the market will be looking for them to announce a new wireless strategy. WCOM is a strong buy. Its assets alone are valued at $70-80 a share. It's trading at below what it was when the proposed merger was announced. It's grown its earnings for 6 to 9 months since. The regulators have been very aggressive in attacking this deal and not looking at the realities of the long-distance market where prices are continuing to fall. hoovershbn.hoovers.com