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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (223000)	2/20/2003 7:00:08 PM
From: Gut Trader	Respond to of 436258

Like to see China put a Mushroom cloud collar in its rabid dawg

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (223000)	2/20/2003 7:05:53 PM
From: SeaViewer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

What do you think about the proposal of changing short-selling rule? If there is a rule change, there is a lot of trouble for the shorts. It seems the politicians, company CEOs are pulling all the strings to pop up the market.

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (223000)	2/20/2003 7:11:12 PM
From: orkrious	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

anyone watch the bachelorette last night. mark had a hilarious piece on it today capitalstool.com Anybody see the melodrama on The Bachelorette last night? Anyone notice that body of hers? None other than spectacular. The flat stomach. The ample breasts. Doesn’t get any better than that. But that voice? The nasal screeching and shrieking is almost as bad as Maria’s on the NYSE open. The bombshell shrew from St. Louis had to decide between the Hermosa Beach stock analyst and the Vail fireman. After both contestants met the parents and had various test drives in the hotel room, she had to decide. Which one? Maybe the stock picker. Because we live in a service economy dominated by financial exotica. That’s where the action is. There is no future in fighting fires. The big money is to be made by delving into Kopin Tan – styled options strategies, pointing and clicking from within the Paper Pyramid, gaming charts and screens, competing with millions of other Arena Participants. Dealing with U.S. Dollar – denominated debits and credits. Buy this, sell that. A market for everything, anytime, any day, 24/7 as long as the Speculative Globe keeps the faith in Uncle Buck’s ability to maintain “strength” as the reserve currency of choice. But Trista chose the safer route. The fireman. The guy who would be ready with the duct tape, plastic sheeting, and the bio mask. Anybody notice how Trista and her two lovers were chauffeured around in extended limos and private jets? Stayed in luxurious hotels? All expenses paid. Including the exotic overnight vacations. Now the pressure is really on. How will Trista react when she leaves the fancy hotel Garden of Eden and return to Ryan’s econobox apartment in a back alley in downtown Vail? How will Ryan the fireman foot the bill to keep up the high maintenance requirements of Trista? The heavy makeup budget. The shoes. The fancy lingerie. The “lifestyle” she’s grown accustomed to by growing up in an upscale home. How about those hefty payments on the 2003 Ford Expedition and $2.25/gallon gas? How many credit card balances will he have to inherit? How can he pull it off on a $24,000 fireman’s salary? Living in Vail where starter homes are going for $750,000? How long until the financial train wreck occurs? Maybe they will get a large cash wedding gift from her parents. Maybe he takes it and calls Bob “Mr. Clean” Froelich at Scudder to pull together a “financial plan”. A few “Hail Mary” HeatMap plays pulled off. A few miracle trades and fantastic speculations. Jesse Livermore style. After all, isn’t this the “fresh cash” the 27-year old fund managers desperately wait for each month so they can “put the money to work” by tape jamming some tech stock with a 3.40 beta coefficient? Who is more desperate? Ryan, the fireman trying to live up to Trista’s expecations? Or the 27-year old fund manager stuck in the Apocalypse of a 4-year bear market trying to HeatMap his way to bonus land so he can avoid seeing his girlfriend slip into the clutches of someone wealthier?