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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (16631)	8/31/2002 10:37:24 AM
From: Peach	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17639

Jorj, I agree. I watched part of the speech... until I could feel my blood pressure getting out of control. It boggles the mind.

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (16631)	8/31/2002 12:51:57 PM
From: stomper	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17639

That was the below the fold headline in The Minneapolis Strib also. What a joke. The margin issue was so far out of control it was unconscionable, and it was a basic step that if taken would have had very little collateral repurcussion. I bet this story was played in every business section in every metropolitan area. -dave

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (16631)	8/31/2002 1:33:41 PM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17639

I can feel my pulse quickening just reading... we may have to limit your reading time

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (16631)	8/31/2002 6:15:20 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17639

Band of Brothers is due out on DVD on Nov. 5. FYI, Amazon's price is $89.95. I might just have to get this one.

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (16631)	9/1/2002 7:33:20 AM
From: AugustWest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17639

If the economy is a bucket and the Fed controls the spigot, controlling the flow of money out of that spigot, it is directly responsible for the consequences. All boom and bust cycles in the past can be directly attributed to monetary excesses created by central banks or governments. Today’s comments that the Fed can do nothing to stop bubbles from taking place is simply not true and wishful blame-shifting. Asset bubbles are the direct creation of Fed policy which is always purposeful. To deny culpability implies that central bank policies is without consequences, or even worse, implies that they don’t know what they are doing. financialsense.com