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To: Bocor who wrote (30579)	10/23/2000 8:21:54 PM
From: robnhood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

<< When a stock runs for no apparent reason>> Ho ho ho Did ya see RIM? Oh yeah,, they threw the doubting Thomases a bone. "Takeover rumours"

To: Bocor who wrote (30579)	10/23/2000 8:36:29 PM
From: KeepItSimple	Respond to of 436258

Not really. The kid is being prosecuted for the same reason that "moonshine" producers are prosecuted- their questionable ethical acts don't provide any kickbacks to the regulators. "Legal" booze manufacturers pay massive taxes to the govt. "Legal" pump and dumb scam artists are seperated by this kid by only one thing: the "Legal" scamsters provide richly-paid cushy jobs to each and every SEC/Fed official immediately upon leaving the public sector workforce. A bribe by any other name would smell as sweet. ======================================================= Now that is truly criminal. That kid was only doing what he had the smarts to observe being done by the pros. He was trained by CNBC, and is now being prosecuted (persecuted) because he got caught