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To: Return to Sender who wrote (40295)	9/19/2008 2:51:13 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	4 Recommendations Respond to of 95716

OT re "don't like what has been done here" patient, sitting on an ER bed: Doc, I've got a problem. I came home at 2am yesterday morning, and my stupid wife had smashed all the bottles, even the ones I hid. Haven't had a drink in a day and a half, and I'm starting to get the shakes. What can you do for me? doctor, in a reassuring tone: You're in good hands, I know how to make the pain go away. (handing a bottle of vodka to the patient) Drink this down, go home and sleep it off. patient: You are such a wonderful doctor. A real life-saver. My hero. One problem, though. What do I do tomorrow, when the tremors and blurry vision come back? doctor: No problem. I haven't run out of bottles yet. When doctors do this, they lose their licence to practice. When the overseers of the global financial system do this, they are praised for restoring confidence. JS@selltherally.com

To: Return to Sender who wrote (40295)	9/19/2008 3:00:27 PM
From: The Ox	3 Recommendations Respond to of 95716

Market manipulation by the FED/US Govt has become rampant. This is the third or fourth time they have taken action before the open of an options expiration day. I understand why it was done but that doesn't make it any harder to swallow. Changing the playing field in the middle of the game is unacceptable. The SEC has been asleep at the wheel. Many of us have been calling for action for a very long time! This is NOT the type action that builds respect for the market. Its manipulation, plain and simple. I was enjoying the irony of the sharks circling and taking down GS and MS yesterday and the day before. Getting taken down by their own rules. Faulty rules. Illegal actions yet they've been allowed (and unleashed) for years but now they are coming home to roost. For years they've benefitted from these illegal actions, so they wanted the loopholes to stay open. Now that they were caught in their own loophole, they go crying to the gov't "Something has to be done to stop this"!! UFB TO

To: Return to Sender who wrote (40295)	9/19/2008 3:27:56 PM
From: EACarl	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 95716

RE "it's good for the bulls and the economy in the short term" Perhaps for the broad market, but I don't like the way this sector is acting given todays huge run in the market. While there is huge volume which is probably at least partially related to short covering, there's plenty of longs happy to sell into the rally. Examples: Note leaders AMAT and NVLS actually DOWN now. MTSN/ACLS/NANO/ASYT/LTXC Down. (MTSN had huge volume for two days running and it isn't moving up today. FORM about flat on the day, and down ~$2 from the day high. BRKS/TER barely moving.