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To: t2 who wrote (1406)	7/3/2002 9:39:23 PM
From: abuelita	Respond to of 89467

t2- if someone can make a convincing argument it doesn't look like you've had one so far <g> one liners including words like Cattywampus just aren't credible IMHO. :)

To: t2 who wrote (1406)	7/3/2002 9:46:31 PM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Actually I would never consider myself a leftist. I've always been centrist and a registered Republican. However, like you, I'm not a sheep to blindly follow party line, but instead I have also been known to change my mind on issues. And I can tell you this, as much as I didn't like Clinton on his moral grounds, he was a damn good centrist president for the majority of big issues that affected most Americans. I truly thought that Bush would be as well (at least that's how he run his campaign). BUT HE LIED. Instead we ended up with an extreme right wing president with huge influence from big oil, energy and other influential groups (Jewish lobby?). 2004 can't come soon enough for me. I made a mistake voting for him and his corrupt and influential VP, and I can't wait to take it back. JMHO

To: t2 who wrote (1406)	7/4/2002 1:36:06 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

article: North American Banks Under Growing Pressure From Gold Derivative Positions minesite.com an excerpt: No signs of panic here from Ms O'Connell, just a report on a volatile market. Nobody in their right mind expects the price of any commodity, be it gold or pork bellies, to go up in a straight line. Profit takers always make an appearance and a correction results. In the gold market there is the added influence of international official intervention against leading currencies. In her gold commentary Rhona O'Connell said that, " The Fed and the ECB are both reported to have intervened in the currency markets last Friday in order to bolster the dollar, which looked above ¥120, but is now again below that level and under some pressure." Those with longish memories will remember just how useless such intervention proved to be in the last currency crisis - if anything it provided fuel for the flames.<i/> / jim