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Pastimes : Clown-Free Zone... sorry, no clowns allowed -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Graybill who wrote (5233)	7/23/2000 3:06:48 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Respond to of 436258

LOL! Tonight I'm gonna party likes it's 1929! BTW, that reminds me of a documentary that was run on the History Channel about the 1927 Mississippi River Flood. Seems times were booming in New Orleans then, when concern arose about possible flood damage in New Orleans after a levee burst in the Mississippi Delta. Local bankers all met, and decided the best course of action was to dynamite a levee downstream from New Orleans, providing an "escape valve" that would save the city. Unfortunately it would flood and destroy the homes of 10,000 or so downstream residents. The residents in those Parishes (Plaquemine and St. Bernard) were promised reparations for the loss of their homes, and with that in mind, they succumbed to the pressure of the New Orleans banking syndicate. The levees were dynamited, the flood waters were diverted, and New Orleans was saved. Of course, after it was all over with the bankers then told the displaced residents of Plaquemine and St. Bernard, "GFY" when they asked to be paid the reparations in order to rebuild their ravaged communities and homes. Replace "Flood" with "Bubble collapse", "Bankers" with, well, "Central Bankers" (and brokers),and "Plaquemine/St.Bernard residents" with "clowns". Presto, history rhymes once again!

To: John Graybill who wrote (5233)	7/23/2000 3:47:06 PM
From: Giordano Bruno	Respond to of 436258

Internet Executives Storm World Bank In Washington Demanding Funding Financially strapped Internet executives attempted to crash a meeting of the World Bank in Washington desperately seeking funding to keep their "dot com" businesses afloat. Venture capital for Internet firms has suddenly dried up as investors decided that profit should be a goal of these online businesses after all. "I need money now and the World Bank has it. They should stop pissing it away on developing countries and give it to startup firms here before our stock options are worthless," said the 23 year-old CEO of likeshop.com who was driven to Washington from New York in his stretch limo. The CEO of petpunk.com, dressed like a giant turtle, said he came out of despair. "I can't raise additional funds from the usual sources and I've got two weeks left before declaring bankruptcy. I've got over 70 employees who won't be able to make their Porsche payments if I don't find the money somewhere," he said. A World Bank spokeswoman indicated that the organization is not sympathetic to the protestor's demands. "Though these upstarts may think they're the most important people in the world, frankly we find other global issues in more need of funding. Most of those executives will find gainful employment at fast-food establishments," she said. Ho