To: PAUL ROBERTSON who wrote (56800 ) 7/29/2000 7:16:45 AM From: d:oug Respond to of 116820 <<How can [Bill Murphy] make such statements out of the blue [out of nowhere] like this if he wants to be taken seriously?>> paul, Those hits to his head by those big and powerful professional football players, having a date with an ex-Elvis woman, having and losing a million dollars, knowing past and present celebrities and secret stuff he does not know that I know but now knows, so when it comes to Bill its better to view him as a glass 1/2 full rather than the 1/2 "empty" things he does. Is this the first bigger blunder you noticed Bill having made? Goodness, i'm now using my toes to keep count. <<Same goes for GATA's focus on GS manipulation ... before the derivative stats indicated otherwise.>> I'm lost on this one, as the GATA line is still the same GS = bad, very bad, and the Morgan Bank and others Billions of derivatives is new/recent. <<My guess is that GATA will never take legal action against the so called cabal for lack of solid evidence.>> i don't have a guess and i'm not able to tell so guess what i would tell (extra hint) never say never <<GATA is just a story teller aiding long suffering gold bugs in feeling good about their holdings.>> Its like a broken heart listening to 1950s song. i.e. (1) good pain (2) hurts so good But really, its the only connection gold bugs have, and yes its a sad/bad link. <<This is definately detrimental to ones wallet.>> ??? <<Without Veneroso's info on gold, imo, GATA would be completely lost. >> But there are lots of "high powered, smart, etc." folks presenting similiar views of the same side of the coin Bill talks about. Le Metropole Cafe <<On another note, au looks bullish off this weekend with the xau likely to take a run at 54 resistance.>> Ooops, tech talk..i'm outta here. doug