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To: Lane3 who wrote (4726)	5/8/2001 1:40:04 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

I really don't have much to say about defining liberals as I am not one. EEEKKKKK! An admitted non-liberal on LWP. Get out the bug spray, quick! <vbg>

To: Lane3 who wrote (4726)	5/8/2001 2:55:18 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 6089

White House Selects Corporate Lawyer as Chairman of S.E.C. nytimes.com Meanwhile, on the regulatory front: The Bush administration has chosen Harvey L. Pitt, a prominent corporate lawyer, to be the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, officials said today. Mr. Pitt, a frequent critic of the agency, has represented many of the industries he will now regulate. . . . Mr. Pitt declined today to comment about his appointment or about his views on regulatory issues, although experts said that his broad roster of clients could pose some possible conflict-of-interest problems. They also said it would be fascinating to watch whether he would be able to make the move from one of the leading voices of the industries under the commission's supervision, including the accounting profession, brokerage houses and mutual funds, to become an advocate for the public interest. I find the "public interest" line amusing, of course, wrt anything coming out of W's WH. It's pretty traditional to put a fox in the chicken coop at the SEC, though. A relatively bipartisan policy.