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To: xr1 who wrote (40397)	8/18/2001 11:06:31 PM
From: Dealer	Respond to of 65232

If I were GS I would have me a whole bunch of body guards around me........his actions seem to have hurt a lot of people.....(even the little old people with CD's)... Things seem to be getting pretty nasty and it ain't over till the fat lady...........and she is no where to be seen yet... dealie

To: xr1 who wrote (40397)	8/19/2001 1:45:52 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 65232

Some Microsoft humor borrowed from another thread... ____________________________________________________ If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics: 1. For no reason whatsoever your car would crash twice a day. 2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have to buy a new car. 3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would just accept this, restart and drive on. 4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn, would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine. 5. Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought"Car95" or "CarNT." But then you would have to buy more seats. 6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, reliable, five times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five per cent of the roads. 7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single "general car default" warning light. 8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt. 9. The airbag system would say "Are you sure?" before going off. 10. Occasionally, and for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key, and grab hold of the radio antenna. 11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need them nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the car's performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Department. 12. Everytime GM introduced a new model car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car. 13. You'd press the "start" button to shut off the engine.

To: xr1 who wrote (40397)	8/19/2001 10:34:11 AM
From: Jim Willie CB	Respond to of 65232

public opinion has momentum of its own Greenspasm's reputation and legacy are being assaulted OReilly Factor, Brinker Radio, even Geraldo Rivera attack him it is very difficult to look at his recent policy and conclude ANYTHING BUT a leading role in bubble growth and bubble pop the most damning evidence lies in money supply growth * not interest rates * he raised rates from mid-99 to mid-2k so he "looks" like the protector of Free Enterprise System but he loosened money supply spigot behind scenes MASSIVELY the ugly little secret is that lower rates now have little consequence of a desired rise in capital equipment demand BUT THE RAPIDLY RISING MONEY FLOW, IF IT CONTINUES, WILL CREATE A NEW AND DIFFERENT PROBLEM WITHIN SEVERAL MONTHS ... one of inflation amidst a weakening USdollar he painted himself into a corner with stock declines, economic slowdown WITH A STRONG USDOLLAR that is unprecedented GreenSnot is like a mad scientist tinkering out of control the public is slowly realizing this he created a bubble out of his own ignorance of Y2K and fear of snafus I dont trust his perceptions or his judgment his recent acceptance of technology-based productivity makes me suspicious that tech gains are fleeting, not permanent it could almost all be attributable to Y2K demand and implementation now he has exacerbated the recession while gradually building a small INFLATION VOLCANO from uncontrolled liquidity the political pressure to inject more volcano fuel is unrelenting because he is seen as the saviour and controller first signs will be in gold and precious metals second signs will be in stock prices watch for a redux of 1992-93 I expect gold to begin rising by autumn, now moribund I was there back then, learning and fiddling while playing with myself fresh out of work from Digital days and severance payoff gold stocks doubled and tripled quietly in '93 major stock indexes shot up temporarily in late '93 and early '94 THEN GREENDORK RAISED INTEREST RATES FROM 3% TO 7% smallcap stocks tanked 50% largecap stocks dropped 10-20% everything treaded afterwards for months INTC and MSFT were the main safe havens within tech then a new expansion cycle opened up for 6 years THIS GUY IS THE BIGGEST MONETARY MORON I HAVE EVER WATCHED A TOTAL CONTROL ADDICT AN ELOQUENT ARROGANT INTELLECTUAL EFFING IDIOT he has contempt for Congress and the people HE IS IMPEACHABLE FOR CONFLICT OF INTEREST he held bonds thru the entire stock rise his investments finally paid off with the recession !!! / JW

To: xr1 who wrote (40397)	8/20/2001 4:37:03 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 65232

A leading Medical Device Firm Beats Estimates... MDT Beats Estimates by 1c operating net rises 16:25 PM EST, Aug 20, 2001 (-- Medtronic, Inc. (MDT) announced tonight first-quarter pre-charge earnings-per-share of $0.28 on net earnings of $342.0 million. This represents an increase of 17 percent over pre-charge earnings-per-share of $0.24 on pre-charge net earnings of $295.5 million in the same period a year ago. Revenues were $1.456 billion, a 14 percent increase over the $1.310 billion recorded in the comparable quarter last year on a constant-currency basis. Analysts were expecting the company to report earnings of $0.27 per share on revenue of $1.4 billion, according to First Call. The stock has yet to trade in the after-hours session. Last REDIBook trade data below. * end of story *