To: Mannie who wrote (464 ) 1/29/2003 10:30:28 AM From: Jim Willie CB Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1210 Hutton is righton... dire signals now out there all this bullshit about multinational firms benefiting from lower dollar is just that, bullshit foreign economies will be weaker, thus little demand furthermore, as we are seeing today, multinationals with retail exposure are in danger from basic foreign boycott or vandalism or abject terrorist acts e.g. MacDonalds, Philip Morris, CocaCola they were at 10am the lowest droopers today next are Gillette, Microsoft, etc Bushy inspired nothing out of me last night in the Bad State of the Union message he has the right emphasis but wrong gauntlet put money in people's hands first by taxing less he cited the need for jobs, but no clue as to how they are created second by creating an environment for expanding capex he missed the second item, glaringly the states are in deep shit now, fiscally some big layoffs will come soon from local and state govts Bushy again offered zero Iraqi evidence that we have been secretly holding, often spoken about, and still after 2-3 months have yet to reveal Europeans think we are full of shit on the Iraqi evidence the legal tort reform sounds good but what if your left kidney was removed, and not the diseased right kidney the govt allows you a mere $250k in compensation from the surgeon knife's malpractice insurance carrier is this a good thing for our society? just heard that Pennsylvania had 12 malpractice insurance carriers last year now PA has two !!!!!! one of my 2003 Predictions is for insurance to shut down numerous doctor clinics it is moving right along the markets still price in a quick resolution in Iraqi conflict for the crude oil markets I think crude oil will hit $50 this year temporarily I am watching the major old wireline telecoms they are getting the shit kicked out of them 10 days ago, we heard rumors of telecom catastrophe we might see continued destruction here I missed that on my 2003 Predictions article a good quote on CNBC: "any not confused here doesnt know what is going on" pretty funny, but that applies to the mainstream NOT TO GOLD ENTHUSIASTS, SINCE THIS ALL MAKES PERFECT SENSEthe financial system based on debt and phoney money is failing the KWinter is proceeding on course earnings estimates are coming down steadily debt liquidations are increasing getting uglier by the week out there / jim p.s. I could eat Martha MacCallum with a spoon (or without) and ditto on that Musimeci auburn babe