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To: kodiak_bull who wrote (18924)	2/19/2003 12:34:32 PM
From: aerosappy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23153

S+P 500 EPS and P/E Our new HTP visitor says S+P P/E is 30???? S+P says 2004 operating earnings per share will be $56.88 -- www2.standardandpoors.com. That is closer to a 15 P/E. Also consider that the top 10 issues in the S+P 500 represent 24% of the total value, and include a few high P/E stocks: Microsoft Corp ..... 3.45% Genl Electric ..... 3.03% Exxon Mobil ..... 2.94% Wal-Mart Stores ..... 2.79% Pfizer, Inc ..... 2.35% Citigroup Inc ..... 2.22% Johnson & Johnson ... 1.99% Amer Intl Group ... 1.89% Intl Bus. Machines ... 1.64% Merck & Co ..... 1.59% Total, top 10 components of S+P 500 = 23.89% www2.standardandpoors.com

To: kodiak_bull who wrote (18924)	2/20/2003 1:08:39 PM
From: Libbyt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

law enforcement had all the tools it needed to avert 9/11 I disagree with your statement. IMO law enforcement did not have "all the tools" it needed to avert 9/11. The Patriot Act was passed IMO to give law enforcement the tools needed to fight terrorism and to give them the tools necessary to hopefully avert another 9/11 type of incident. The Patriot Act expands law enforcement's surveillance and investigative powers. ins.usdoj.gov This Act may be cited as the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001." There are too many provisions of this bill to list...but if you look at the new "tools" to fight terrorism, I think you'd agree that there have been some major changes made that were not available to law enforcement prior to 9/11.