To: C Hudson who wrote (71634 ) 6/13/2001 5:20:47 AM From: d:oug Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116779 "... when the match gets to close to the paper fiat."tfc.com More Evidence That The Kondratieff Winter Is Arriving By Jay Taylor, J. Taylor's Gold & Technology Stocks Posted Monday, June 11, 2001 More evidence came out last week in support of..... ... time is running out for the Cartel and that the Brits will not be able to hold down the price of gold come Monday. Bush Appointments Don't Look Helpful To the Manipulators ... reason to believe the Bush administration may not be willing to uphold the American side of the gold price fixing scheme. And incidentally, for reasons I cannot get into here, there is reason to believe the President himself is very much aware of GATA's gold price fixing charges. With respect to Bush appointments, on May 31st, the President announced the intention of nominating Sheila Blair to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions. Why is this of interest to us gold bugs? Because this lady was fired by Bill Clinton back in 1998 immediately after she urged greater transparency, regulatory controls and cooperation among international regulators with respect to OTC derivative markets. If confirmed, in her new post she would again have a voice in proposing regulation that would reduce the ability of the kind of price manipulation we have been experiencing in the gold markets by shedding light on the unethical and in some instances we think illegal behavior of crony capitalist friends of the United States govenment. Ms. Blair's concern back in 1998 which prompted here to urge greater transparency was prompted by the Long Term Capital Management debacle, which thanks in large part to a huge short position in gold, the global financial system was, by the Fed's own admission, gravely imperiled. Bill Murphy's Growing Confidence Getting back to Bill Murphy.....