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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (658822)	11/8/2004 1:11:50 PM
From: Sedohr Nod	Respond to of 769670

Get short on the dollar, it fits your temperament robin hood.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (658822)	11/8/2004 1:30:59 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 769670

Bill Clinton Says: Kenneth! Stop Whining! Clinton to Democrats: Stop Whining NEW YORK - Former President Clinton has a message for Democrats inconsolable after President Bush's re-election: Buck up. It's not that bad. You need to improve your image. "This election presents a great opportunity for President Bush and a great opportunity for Democrats, and the two are not necessarily in conflict," Clinton said in his first public remarks since Democratic Sen. John Kerry's defeat on Tuesday. Story Continues Below The last two-term Democratic president said the party needs to rework its image and it would be "a mistake for our party to sit around and ... whine about this and that or the other thing." Just weeks after major heart surgery, Clinton joined Kerry at a campaign appearance in Philadelphia last week and made appearances on the Democrat's behalf in several states, including Florida, New Mexico and Arkansas. In his speech Friday to the Urban Land Institute, Clinton attributed Kerry's loss to the Democrats' failure to counter how Republicans portrayed them to rural and small-town voters. "If we let people believe that our party doesn't believe in faith and family, doesn't believe in work and freedom, that's our fault," he said. Democrats "need a clear national message and they have to do this without one big advantage the Republicans have, which is they won't have a theological message that basically paints the other guy as evil." Clinton gave Bush and the Republicans credit for the election victory. "The Republicans had a clear message, a good messenger, great organization and great strategy," he said. "The Republicans did a better job of turning out those who were already registered who hadn't voted" as well as bringing out their base. Clinton said Bush should use his second four years to move the United States toward an economy less dependent on foreign oil, a move that would shift the balance of power in the Middle East. Clinton also said a peace agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians would take enormous steam out of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism worldwide. © 2004 Associated Press. All Rights

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (658822)	11/9/2004 8:21:10 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

With the state of California recently having passed Prop 71 (Funding Stem Cell Research with taxpayer dollars) I have gotten a lot of email from people looking to invest in this technology and make boocoh bucks. So people ask me what stocks should I be involved in, what do you think of this having passed it's got to help these stocks etc. So, what I'm about to do is what no politician who values his career (power?) will ever do: Give you what I believe to be the absolute truth. If you are easily offended please just skip this part, because you may not like me by the time I am done. I want to start off just by stating that my thoughts on stem cell research have very little to do with ideology. In fact, I don't have moral quelms about the use of stem cells to help an individual suffering with a terrible disease. I do though have a problem with junk science and with venture capitalists using an emotional issue to bail their asses out of a bad bet, and that is what Prop 71 was really about. If stem cell science had half of the potential that those behind Prop 71 have claimed it does, they would have spent their money to continue to invest in the technology. They would not have spent millions upon millions of dollars in an effort to force the people of California to pay for that research. In a capitalist society such as ours they would want to find the cures and to allow their investments to be propelled higher by the earnings that would result from the miracles that are being claimed possible with stem cell research. The truth however is that we don't have any idea what the potential might or might not be and because of that the venture capitalists decided it a better use of their capital to get peoples hopes up and use the emotional image of sick and suffering people in order to prop up their, thus far, bad investments. So, I would not currently buy any stem cell stocks. They have no earnings and no immediate potential for any beyond what the people of California have been duped into giving them. If you live in the state of California, you are already being screwed by the stem cell research companies and you especially should not invest in them. I hope I am proven wrong and that miracles are just around the corner, but if that was the case the private investment would be there. Only time will tell for sure, but for the time being these companies are pure speculation at best, and outright frauds at worst. So now that I have managed to offend everyone, lets look at the market. So what about the market? Not much has changed as far as I can see. We had a narrow range day today, and normally I would be very excited about the short term prospects of the narrow range, but we have had such an expansion of volatility the last few weeks that I expect more narrowness in the ranges. That means for you Day Traders to SIT and be patient. If you can't do that, just send me a check, I promise it will be less painful. For now I just want to continue to watch the same names I have been listing for the last several days. Pullbacks in them will be buyable so long as the markets hold up well here, which so far they appear to be doing. We do need to see a resting period though before I want to be very active again. I will be out of the office tomorrow but I will be back on the 10th. Brandon Fredrickson manages an investment fund for individuals which follows his market commentary. He is also the Co-Founder of Tradingfrommainstreet.com, one of the original web sites devoted to educating active traders. He is currently living and working in Venice Florida. He can be contacted at Brandonf@tradingfrommainstreet.com DISCLAIMER: Trading in securities may not be suitable for all individuals. Consult your broker or other professional to determine your suitability. The discussions provided by Trading From Main Street are for educational purposes only and should not be taken as a recommendation to buy or sell the referenced security. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Please visit the Support Center to email questions or comments. To UNSUBSCRIBE Click on this and send a blank email to have this email address removed from the Random Rants email list. © 1998-2004 All information presented is property of TradingFromMainStreet.com and Bastiat Group, Inc.