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To: sea_urchin who wrote (22388)	2/17/2005 3:19:24 PM
From: philv	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81050

Yes, and we endured another session of Greenspeak. Here is a guy who is obviously doing a great job at what he is getting paid the bucks to do. No wonder Bush reappointed him. According to Greenspan, there is no inflation, no deflation, no bubble, no debt problem, and Bush's economic policy is perfect. Back in 1996, he thought he saw a problem in the equity markets, and he uttered the now famous "irrational exuberance" phrase. But that of course didn't last because he was obviously told to put on the rose coloured glasses, and he has been wearing them to this day. What I don't understand is why anybody actually pays any attention to any of this B.S. In Greenspan's case, I am sure the over-riding consideration is to keep the economy from deflating all the while hoping that an economic miracle comes along. This hope, I believe, is shared world wide. And no one wants to call the game because they are all in it.

To: sea_urchin who wrote (22388)	2/17/2005 3:21:05 PM
From: philv	Respond to of 81050

Double post. Problem with S.I. I think. Hope this works. sorry

To: sea_urchin who wrote (22388)	2/18/2005 1:42:01 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 81050

> anyone who thinks must believe it's the US which is cranking up the temperature in the region. atimes.com >>Who benefits? Only Israel appears to benefit from Hariri's assassination. Significantly, one of Hariri's consultants, Mustafa al-Naser, told Iranian state news agency IRNA on Monday that "the assassination of Hariri is the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad's job, aimed at creating political tension in Lebanon". An array of Arab Middle East analysts, as well as the Lebanese government, point out that the blast was eerily similar to previous Israeli-orchestrated bombings against former Palestinian leaders. Asia Times Online has been repeatedly told by sources in Baghdad close to the Sunni Iraqi resistance, as well as by Shi'ite sources in Najaf, that the paramount response of both Sunni and Shi'ite clerics to the wave of "mysterious" car bombings in Iraq has been to call for no revenge. The iron-clad certainty, on both sides, is that these have been perpetrated not by "terrorists" as the US claims, but rather by Israeli black ops or Central Intelligence Agency-connected American mercenaries, with the intent of fueling sectarian tensions and advancing the prospect of civil war.<<