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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (5046)	8/4/2002 8:03:19 PM
From: jackmore	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12252

Maurice, Rant was okay, but the fleet of 747s metaphor should be reserved for Koreans who complain about QCOM royalties. Others whine, that's for sure, but none can match the pitch of Korean fat cats on their way to the bank with all the profits made possible by their QCOM licenses. Perhaps the people you were referring to were whining more like a horde of Florida Democrats after the last election. Or maybe just a group of Senate Republicans after Jeffords defected to the other side. Good whines to be sure, but hardly measuring up to a really good royalty whine! Not a true fleet of 747s. /jack

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (5046)	8/11/2002 1:51:56 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12252

At the risk of getting banned from this august forum, I'll disagree. Although I once agreed with your views on Uncle Al, I've changed my mind. He was clearly asleep at the switch when he allowed the stock market mania to take hold. He should have punctured the bubble a lot earlier with timely increases in interest rates. Moreover, he should have also jawboned a lot harder. Mealy-mouthed, diluted sobriquets like "irrational exhuberance" were inadequate. We needed him to act like Charles Atlas, not the 90 lb. weakling. If Uncle Al had performed his job properly earlier on, the horrific correction we've suffered would not have been nearly as severe. OK, ban me. I'll consider it an honor.