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To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (12419)	9/26/2003 10:29:24 AM
From: scaram(o)uche	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17683

CNBC editors: more color here...... >> Next time, please just simply ask "what the heck is behind Senator Byrd's logic?" << Why are we (sorry, remainder of world, ethnocentric here) in Iraq, having our young men and women slaughtered on a daily basis? We are there over the issue of WMD, including biological weapons. What does it cost, per month, to maintain that effort? Approximately $6 billion per month? That is the budget for the ENTIRETY of the BioShield program. The first year's budget, so that we could thumb our collective nose at future WMD threats instead of allowing our troops to be "bounty hunter" fodder? It is approximately 15% of what it costs to keep our military deployed, as sitting ducks, for ONE MONTH. For a politician, it's much easier to react to crisis than to prevent it. Even when it costs the lives of young men and women, some can't learn the lesson. Unfortunately, it seems that the U.S. political system selects for those with the least common sense.

To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (12419)	9/27/2003 6:44:21 PM
From: Teddy	Respond to of 17683

an idea for the opening of trading, CNBC coverage and personal prayer: Pray for stockbrokers Fri Sep 26, 5:54 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Even bankers and stockbrokers need moral support, a Christian think-tank says, complaining that financial service workers are not getting their fair share of prayers in Sunday church services. The Industrial Christian Fellowship, a cross-church group founded in 1877, said those in the financial sector missed out to "caring" professions, such as teachers and nurses, when it came to prayers in church. "There is a feeling that these professions are too worldly -- almost not good enough -- for prayers. There is a feeling that you cannot mix God and Mammon," ICF executive member John Raymond said. "But I think that is exactly the opposite of how Jesus would see it." The group said it had already prepared some prayers for those in the financial world and was distributing them on its website under the headline "When did you last pray for your stockbroker?" One suggested prayer read: "Father God, we ask your blessing on our economic world: Bless those in governments and banks, especially those in poorer countries. Give them an understanding of economic forces and the mechanics of wealth creation; that they may produce laws and regulations which give freedom for people to create wealth. Bless entrepreneurs, those in business, investors and those responsible for pension funds, that they may play a part, Lord, in creating and using processes and structures which release and channel people's creativity, in ways which enhance human dignity, serve the common good and benefit in particular the poor, vulnerable and marginalised. To your glory, Lord. Amen"