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To: Steve 667 who wrote (16982)	12/6/2000 4:28:04 AM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Steve 667, if I dropped the word "application" from my post, I apologize for the typo. I never meant to infer that Republicans had punched chads out of absentee ballots. And I don't recall ever reading anything in the press where anyone else -- Democrats included - have made such accusations. The issue was and is the alteration of ballot applications by Republicans ... a clear violation of Florida law. I gave up watching the sound bytes on CNN long ago. Between the Wall Street Journal, the L.A. Times, and the N.Y. times, one can get a pretty good read on things without the obvious slant of The National Review. In fact, the N.Y. times has a detailed article running on this topic today: nytimes.com BTW, in case you think that I'm one of those "dastardly Democrats" who would do anything to put Gore into office, you are wrong. For the first time since I turned of age, I didn't vote this year. I was so underwhelmed by all of the candidates and their campaign rhetoric that I stayed home and left it to others to express their opinions at the polls. Craig

To: Steve 667 who wrote (16982)	12/6/2000 8:01:43 AM
From: John F Beule	Respond to of 60323

Strong chip demand seen Applied Materials CEO: diversification will keep companies viable December 6, 2000: 7:30 a.m. ET TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of the world's biggest chip-making equipment firm, Applied Materials, predicted Wednesday that global chip demand would stay strong, shrugging off investors' concerns the industry may have reached its peak. "Long-term demand for chips is good and a lot of our customers are very committed to keeping their investments going," Chairman and Chief Executive James Morgan told Reuters in an interview. Morgan said the chip industry had diversified into many more product types than in the past, and that therefore it was less vulnerable to swings in sales performance of particular products such as personal computers and mobile phones. He added chipmakers could expect a boost from broadband, a type of data transmission in which a single medium can carry several channels at once, as more companies will need to upgrade their chip equipment. AMAT EYES NASDAQ JAPAN The company has said it would be the first foreign firm to list on Nasdaq Japan, which was set up in July this year as a new section of the Osaka Securities Exchange, the nation's second-biggest stock market. Applied Materials' (AMAT: Research, Estimates) Japanese clients are poised to invest in new technology after a few years of restructuring, Morgan said. He said the company would debut on the Nasdaq Japan market for startups as planned despite the recent weakness in Japanese stock markets. "I think it will help (boost our stock price). It takes time for people to get comfortable with new things, particularly in Japan. But we have been here long-term, we are pioneers," he said. The company has said it would be the first foreign firm to list on Nasdaq Japan, which was set up in July this year as a new section of the Osaka Securities Exchange, the nation's second-biggest stock market. Shares in Applied Materials ended up $5 at $44 Tuesday in New York, powered by the U.S. Nasdaq market's more than 10 percent jump, its biggest one-day gain ever. LONG & STRONG John

To: Steve 667 who wrote (16982)	12/6/2000 1:10:15 PM
From: Sam	Respond to of 60323

Steve, OT 1. I have never heard any Democrat speaking officially say that the problem was with ballots, though I have heard Republicans accusing Democrats of saying this. 2. Somehow Republicans thought it was reasonable for Ms. Harris to hew to the 5:00 PM optional deadline on whether or not to accept the Palm Beach votes, but claim to think that it is unreasonable to expect voting officials to hew to a clearly stated law on who can or cannot fill out ballot applications. Ms. Harris, lest you forget, was told by the Supreme Court that she could accept counts at 5:00 Sunday evening if her office was open, or, alternatively, could accept them at 9:00 AM the next morning. I partially blame the FLSC for this, but it is pretty obvious to anyone who is not a Republican that this gave her plenty of legal leeway accept counts which might have come in a few hours later than 5:00 PM Sunday if she was actually interested in finding out who received the most votes rather than simply being interested in having the good Gov win the election. I daresay that her office is not typically open at that hour. This whole thing would have been long over by now if the Republicans would JUST LET ME THEM COUNT THEN DAMNED VOTES. S.

To: Steve 667 who wrote (16982)	12/6/2000 1:11:12 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Steve, OT 1. I have never heard any Democrat speaking officially say that the problem was with ballots, though I have heard Republicans accusing Democrats of saying this. 2. Somehow Republicans thought it was reasonable for Ms. Harris to hew STRICTLY to the 5:00 PM optional deadline on whether or not to accept the Palm Beach votes, but claim to think that it is unreasonable to expect voting officials to hew to a clearly stated law on who can or cannot fill out ballot applications. Ms. Harris, lest you forget, was told by the Supreme Court that she could accept counts at 5:00 Sunday evening if her office was open, or, alternatively, could accept them at 9:00 AM the next morning. I partially blame the FLSC for this, but it is pretty obvious to anyone who is not a Republican that this gave her plenty of legal leeway accept counts which might have come in a few hours later than 5:00 PM Sunday if she was actually interested in finding out who received the most votes rather than simply being interested in having the good Gov win the election. I daresay that her office is not typically open at that hour. This whole thing would have been long over by now if the Republicans would JUST LET ME THEM COUNT THEN DAMNED VOTES. S.

To: Steve 667 who wrote (16982)	12/6/2000 1:12:36 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

Steve, OT 1. I have never heard any Democrat speaking officially say that the problem was with ballots, though I have heard Republicans accusing Democrats of saying this. 2. Somehow Republicans thought it was reasonable for Ms. Harris to hew STRICTLY to the 5:00 PM optional deadline on whether or not to accept the Palm Beach votes, but claim to think that it is unreasonable to expect voting officials to hew to a clearly stated law on who can or cannot fill out ballot applications. Ms. Harris, lest you forget, was told by the Supreme Court that she could accept counts at 5:00 Sunday evening if her office was open, or, alternatively, could accept them at 9:00 AM the next morning. I partially blame the FLSC for this, but it is pretty obvious to anyone who is not a Republican that this gave her plenty of legal leeway accept counts which might have come in a few hours later than 5:00 PM Sunday if she was actually interested in finding out who received the most votes rather than simply being interested in having the good Gov win the election. I daresay that her office is not typically open at that hour. This whole thing would have been long over by now if the Republicans would JUST LET ME THE COUNT THEN DAMNED VOTES. S.