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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (21214)	6/28/2003 1:02:44 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

I don't want to feed yer ego, or anything like that, but this guy seems to like you. gold-eagle.com Sundance

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (21214)	6/28/2003 1:03:34 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

A Mid-Year Look At The Gold Market ___________________ By Chris Temple The National Investor June 27, 2003 investorshub.com Zeev's response is interesting... investorshub.com

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (21214)	6/28/2003 8:16:24 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

jw: this is SO TRUE... Message 19070161

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (21214)	6/28/2003 10:03:02 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Iraqi Resistance to Occupation ________________________________________________ by Sami Ramadani; UK Guardian; June 28, 2003 ZNet \| Iraq The long-awaited uprising in Iraq has begun - not to welcome the invaders as some imagined, but to demand their withdrawal. The spread of resistance to the south and the killing of British soldiers around Amara on Tuesday might have come as a surprise to the British public. But such developments have been anticipated within Iraq for several weeks. The US administration is trying to convince us that it is the "remnants" of Saddam's regime that are resisting the occupation. We are invited to believe that Saddam's "fanatical" supporters, who were not prepared to die for him when he was in power, are engaged in astounding heroics after he has been deposed and the Iraqi state machine crushed. Much of the British media has been willing to go along with this deception, which helps to cover up the truth about the developing dirty war in Iraq. It doesn't need much investigation to see that Saddam's tyrannical regime is being rapidly replaced by a tyranny of the occupation forces, who are killing Iraqi civilians and unleashing Vietnam-style "search and destroy" raids on Iraqi people's homes. Meanwhile, Iraqis are making it abundantly clear that what they want is freedom, independence and democracy: the same burning desires they had during Saddam's dictatorship. They have been marching in their millions since the downfall of the regime shouting "La Amreeka, La Saddam": No to America, No to Saddam. This call is now uniting most Iraqis - with the notable and I believe temporary exception of Iraqi Kurdistan. The invasion of Iraq has developed into a colonial war, while popular sentiment is far outstripping the political programmes of the main Iraqi political organisations. That is evident in the way they have rejected the plans put forward by Paul Bremer, the head of the US occupation administration, for an appointed advisory council and called for a speedy transfer of power to Iraqis. Contrary to the mythology propagated in the US and British media, popular sentiment in Iraq was always strongly against the invasion. With very few exceptions, at no time did Iraqis confuse their hatred of Saddam's brutal tyranny with their opposition to his White House sponsors. And popular opposition to the occupation and its terror tactics is the real force behind the rising tide of armed resistance. All the signs are there. Massive and increasingly angry marches have been taking place throughout Iraq - including the British-occupied south - often triggered by local issues, such as the imposition of mayors. Figureheads appointed by the US and British in Basra, Karbala and Najaf have been assassinated. Fury has been mounting at the hundreds of Iraqis killed by the occupation forces since the fall of Baghdad - on top of the thousands killed in the war itself. The massacre of 18 civilian demonstrators in Falluja at the end of April was, for example, the trigger for the resistance there. And last week, the US 3rd Infantry Division forces began punitive demolitions, Sharon-style, of the family houses of those allegedly fighting against the occupation forces. The Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the highest religious authority in Iraq, has now issued a fatwa forbidding anyone from participating in Bremer's unelected consultative body and called for free elections. Last Friday, Ayatollah Hakim, leader of the influential Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution, warned that armed resistance would increase if the occupation didn't come to a swift end. Bremer's tactics in response have been ruthlessly clear: hit them hard and hit them early. And that includes organisations whose leaders he meets regularly, such as the Supreme Council and the Kurdish KDP, whose offices have been raided and trashed by US forces since their leaders spoke out against his plans to scrap elections. Some have claimed it is in the interest of the US to establish democracy in Iraq in order to stabilise the region and create opportunities for US investment and reliable oil supplies. But such a rosy scenario failed to take account of the views of the Iraqi people and the history of their protracted struggles for freedom. The dawning of this reality on the US administration helps to explain why the occupation forces are increasingly resorting to terror tactics to subdue the Iraqi people. It is certainly not in Britain's interests to see the people of Iraq colonised and killed in their thousands. Nor is it right to sacrifice young British lives at the altar of US imperial designs. Only by bringing the troops home and putting pressure on the US to carry out an orderly withdrawal from Iraq - with a limited role for the UN, to supervise free and fair elections - can Britain return to the international fold of civilised conduct. · Sami Ramadani is an Iraqi political exile and a senior lecturer in sociology at London Metropolitan University. zmag.org

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (21214)	6/29/2003 5:38:46 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

When Reality Trumps Fiction _________________ By Neil Cavuto Friday, June 27, 2003 Sometimes, you can't make this stuff up. Coming in to work Friday morning, I bumped into an old acquaintance I hadn't seen in more than a decade. Back then he was a frequent guest of mine when I worked at CNBC -- that channel with all those numbers on the bottom of the screen. After catching up on some pleasant matters, I realized how unpleasant his life had become. Back when I used to interview him, he was on top of the investment world. He made millions and he made headlines. He had a huge spread in Connecticut and a penthouse apartment in Manhattan. He collected fancy wines and even fancier vacation villas. I remember one time his flashing me some Concorde (search) Club card, indicating his many trans-Atlantic journeys on the fabled supersonic plane. At the height of it all, I remember he divorced his wife and married a much younger woman. That was then. This is now and things have changed. He got laid off in a big Wall Street shakeup a few years ago. The seven-figure job? Gone. The swanky penthouse? No more. The vacation villas? Sold. The stunning, young trophy wife? She took herself off the mantle and out of his life. His kids don't talk to him and his former wife wants nothing to do with him. I didn't know why he was telling me so much. But he seemed remarkably resigned to his fate, now selling computer modems, or some such stuff. We caught up on people we knew and tried to remember others whose names we forgot. It was clumsy and awkward. "Well, you seem to be doing well, Neil," he said. "Yea," I replied. "For now, things are OK." "Enjoy it," he advised. "It goes so damn quick." And then we shook hands, promised to catch up and walked our separate ways. He, remembering the good life he once thought would last forever. And me, appreciating the good things I shouldn't assume will last for long.

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (21214)	6/29/2003 6:31:19 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 89467

The latest sentiment survey from the American Association of Individual Investors reveals a wildly optimistic mindset among small traders. A near-record 71% of respondents consider themselves bullish on stocks, a full three months after the bull run began back in March of this year. At the same time, a mere 9% of respondents consider themselves bearish on stocks. There have only been a handful of occasions in the history of the AAII survey that 10% or less of respondents considered themselves bearish on the market... AAII Bearish Consensus at 10% or lower 11/10/00 Bears 9%... S&P -4.9% two months later 05/31/96 Bears 10%... S&P -5.0% two months later 12/18/92 Bears 10%... S&P +0.7% two months later 03/18/88 Bears 10%... S&P -5.3% two months later 08/21/87 Bears 6%... S&P -15.8% two months later used with permission astrikos.com