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To: sea_urchin who wrote (17669)	3/27/2003 7:22:56 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 81109

Prince of Darkness beheaded. washingtonpost.com >>>Richard Perle, a former Reagan administration Pentagon official, resigned Thursday as chairman of the Defense Policy Board that is a key advisory arm for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. In a brief written statement, Rumsfeld thanked Perle for his service and made no mention of why Perle resigned. He said he had asked Perle to remain as a member of the board.<<< Looks like some people are waking up.

To: sea_urchin who wrote (17669)	3/27/2003 7:44:19 PM
From: Alan Whirlwind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81109

There are no bad scenarios here. If all goes according to hoyle, oil will be cheap for a long time. If the alleged disaster continues, the US will go isolationist which would suit me just fine.

To: sea_urchin who wrote (17669)	3/28/2003 8:16:04 AM
From: mcg404	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81109

Hi Searle: "how can the USD fall because what does it fall against?" Hard assets? (ie, commodities (ie, gold)) That said, I appreciate your earlier comments on current gold weakness. I am having my own doubts as i watch xau/hui struggle with their long term trendlines. Also, thanks for the venik link. Interesting stuff to the extent anyone can believe anything these days... Here is one regarding the 'iraqi nuclear program' that i have been following - ever since Bush boldly lied in his state of the union address. newyorker.com <<On March 14th, Senator Jay Rockefeller, of West Virginia, the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, formally asked Robert Mueller, the F.B.I. director, to investigate the forged documents. Rockefeller had voted for the resolution authorizing force last fall. Now he wrote to Mueller, “There is a possibility that the fabrication of these documents may be part of a larger deception campaign aimed at manipulating public opinion and foreign policy regarding Iraq.” He urged the F.B.I. to ascertain the source of the documents, the skill-level of the forgery, the motives of those responsible, and “why the intelligence community did not recognize the documents were fabricated.” A Rockefeller aide told me that the F.B.I. had promised to look into it.>> John