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Strategies & Market Trends : Steve's Channelling Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (7540)	11/9/2000 10:25:25 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 30051

Hi Zeev Hed; Re: "The scenes I see on the hews right now, old ladies in Florida complaining of being robbed of their rights, is no different then the scenes of Palestinian kids throwing stones and being killed..." The big difference between the old ladies and the Palestinians is that the old ladies aren't willing to die for what they believe in. And a good thing, too, old ladies can be vicious. The last time the Democrats and Republicans went to arms over an election it resulted in the worst war the US has ever experienced. This election I watched the returns over dinner with a Chinese (communist) surgeon, and it was quite an odd experience. The US is so holier than thou about its democracy, to see it reduced to recounts and lawsuits just like it was a banana republic, with no clear winner 4 days after the election... -- Carl

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (7540)	11/10/2000 12:44:10 PM
From: Dave B	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 30051

Zeev, I often ask myself how many Palestinian lives would have been saved if the media was not constantly looking to have what to "report". While I agree with you that the media can be a problem (my issue is how much controversy the create versus report), I had an interesting lesson in Civics yesterday. I had a day trip up to Seattle for a meeting (no, I didn't get a chance to try to find Carl <G>) and the taxi driver (who was from India) who took me to the meeting also came back to get me. On the way back, I started chit-chatting, which led into a long discussion about India and it's oppression of the Sikhs (in his view -- I don't know the story). I didn't understand most of what he was saying, but I did understand that he hasn't seen his wife or children in 9 years. Apparently it had something to do with the politics. I then asked him what they thought of the US back home. The focus of his response was that the people loved the idea that you could say whatever you wanted, and that the police wouldn't show up at your door to take you away. It was not the expected response, as I haven't really thought about Free Speech as one of the benefits of our country in quite a while. But it did occur to me that if people have to right to speak freely, then they also have the right to hear what others are saying. Even if the results aren't harmonious. I felt a little humbled at my previous general disdain for the media. While there may be individuals in the media trying to advance their own agenda, if you can get past the zealots (there's that word again) and focus on the "average" reporting, it's a wonderful thing that we have them. As for the market, I'm throwing up my hands for a while here and leaving it to you real traders. I'll just sit on my positions for now. Good luck to all. Dave p.s. Robert Wexler (Democrat from Florida) on CNN just claimed that there was "mass confusion" about the ballot in Florida. When asked to clarify "mass confusion", he replied that he had received "dozens and dozens" of calls. Maybe free speech isn't such a good thing after all <G>.