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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (492002)	11/13/2003 2:03:24 PM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769668

Will that make you happy? Incidentally, being an attorney have you followed Judge Moores case and decision that just came down today? Very sad IMHO. Yes, he should have obeyed a higher court BUT the punishment of dismissal SOLELY for recognizing GOD in his courtroom is IMHO incredibly harsh. We have had judges here in S. Fla. found guilty of FRAUD and received lesser sentences. Incredibly, if he were to say GOD DOESNT EXIST he wouldnt be fired, YET our Constitution etc etc always say something to the extent of One Nation under God etc etc. Personally, I think something VERY BAD is going to come of this. I am not a bible thumper but even I find it DISGRACEFUL. Wouldnt surprise me if Judge Moore RUNS FOR PRESIDENT and WINS. He certainly would throw a monkey wrench in the Democrat party. jdn

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (492002)	11/13/2003 5:34:14 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 769668

Kenneth, Re: we will discover we didn't have a 7% increase in GDP like we thought. One analyst did a fine tooth comb study of the BEA statistics and found that most of the 7.2% gain could be accounted for in three categories, military spending, cost of crude oil and residential construction. The first two are actually net losses to the welfare of the nation, being costs rather than benefits. The latter is a tail wagging the dog phenomenon due to the interest rate manipulations of the Fed. None of it is good news. And, as you suggest, there will be the inevitable downward revision of the statistics. There is a very suspicious bias to these revisions. I'm aware of several downward revisions, and no upward revisions. But, I'm not asking the man behind the curtain about that. <g>