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To: lurqer who wrote (15568)	7/15/2002 1:19:54 AM
From: Dealer	Respond to of 104155

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Time will tell. Actually I had Bush in mind not Cheney..... This should be a very interesting week.....earnings...Greenspam speaks a couple of times, expirations, crooked White House stuff and so on and so on...... regards, dealie

To: lurqer who wrote (15568)	7/16/2002 5:04:06 AM
From: thames_sider	Respond to of 104155

Well, here's the explanation for those little ethical lapses. Makes it all clear, really. herdofsheep.com Stocks plunge on shock news that company leaders were trying to make a lot of money for themselves and like being rich LONDON - Stocks were dropping precipitously last week as investors realised that corporate leaders, thought to be working for the good humankind, were actually busy trying to make a lot of money. "Enron, Worldcom, these dudes were my heroes," one market analyst said. "They were bigger than business itself, fighting for freedom and showing the way." 29 year old Rick Poller went on: "I just can't believe that there were in it for the money." Investigations have made it clear that many corporate heads, formerly thought to be working in the interests of global harmony, for rich and poor alike, were actually hard at work enriching themselves. "We have records showing that many executives had more money after a spell with their companies, than before they started," one forensic accountant told herdofsheep privately. "Which indicates that they were profiting personally from being in business." Markets were also reeling from the news that many corporate executives like being rich. "I just don't get it. Whatever happened to the old Mahatma Gandhi sackcloth and ashes image of your average business leader?" said Wayne Ipton, a business journalist. Herdofsheep spoke to one business leader who reportedly "liked" his lifestyle including an indoor swimming pool, ski-chalet, and multiple cars. "It's great," he said, preferring not to identify himself. Asked how he had come to be so rich, he said: "I tried to make a lot of money by looking out for myself." ©herdofsheep