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To: bobby beara who wrote (11038)	5/1/1998 1:33:00 AM
From: Enigma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116954

Bobby B. - DJII where do we go from here: fast.quote.com Rather long! Anyway what do you think - up some more and then blow off? How long can this steep a climb be sustained? E.

To: bobby beara who wrote (11038)	5/1/1998 7:57:00 AM
From: Bobby Yellin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116954

talking about soup..check out the latest news releases on iecsd.. don't think I will get trashed for mentioning a non gold stock.. sounds like a gold mine made from waste and pro environment.. anyways..do you think the utility index will give the major clue to when this stock market will fall..yesterday's performance in utility index looks like we could be headed for dow 10,000 I think people will start wondering when inflation is so tame with such high employment..they might start questioning what the salaries are to give those low inflation numbers... I think I heard average salary is 25,000 plus...let's see ..child care workers average a bit more than five dollars an hour..wall street types probably average lately 1000 dollars an hours(:>.,,just teasing) just paid my yearly cable bill which entitles me to one free month.. over $400 dollars and I don't get any premium stations..forced to use cable since otherwise rotten reception..) the freeway incident truly tragic..but it reminded me of one of Goldsnow's post about tourists visiting the sites.. I heard on bloomberg news that two stations actually interrupted children's programming to show it live..talk about desensitization(sp)..those poor children.. O tempora O mores..(supposedly the stations said they were sorry afterwards..after the damage was done) take care bobby ps iecs shareholder who wanted to share(no double entendre intended)

To: bobby beara who wrote (11038)	11/17/1999 7:13:00 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116954

(OT?) taxation based political party? Documents show lawmakers, White House trigger audits of foes By LARRY MARGASAK and JOHN SOLOMON Associated Press Writers November 15, 1999 Web posted at: 4:46 p.m. EST (2146 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Members of Congress and the White House have triggered audits of hundreds of tax-exempt groups this decade by lodging complaints with the Internal Revenue Service against their political foes. The referrals range from citizen letters and newspaper articles to personal demands for investigations, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press. The White House once referred a constituent complaint about a group that had suggested presidential lawyer Vincent Foster had been murdered. Democratic lawmakers sought investigations of conservatives ranging from the Heritage Foundation to the Rev. Jerry Falwell. And the Republican chairman of the House committee that writes tax laws sought an audit of a Buddhist temple in California after it was host for a Democratic fund-raiser featuring Vice President Al Gore. "It is my assumption that the Internal Revenue Service has commenced, or will soon commence, an investigation into these activities," House Ways and Means chairman Bill Archer wrote Oct. 18, 1996, just three weeks before the presidential election. The IRS says less than 1 percent of the 6,000 to 10,000 audits of tax-exempt groups each year originate with complaints from lawmakers or the White House. The White House forwards about 1,300 constituent letters each year to the IRS ranging from complaints of wrongdoing to obscure tax questions. Agency officials say audit decisions are based solely on evidence of wrongdoing, not on the political stature of the requesters or any positions taken by the group involved. Federal law generally prohibits tax-exempt groups from advocating the election or defeat of political candidates. "We read our mail and deal with the facts appropriately. To ignore the mail is a dereliction of responsibility," said Marcus Owens, the IRS official who oversees tax-exempt organizations. Owens said any auditors making a politically motivated decision "would lose their jobs and perhaps would wind up with deeper legal problems." One lawmaker who sought an audit contends politics does play a role. Former Rep. David Skaggs, D-Colo., said he referred two conservative organizations to the IRS in 1996 to achieve some "evenhandedness" after House Republicans began a "very concerted assault" on liberal tax-exempt groups. (cont) cnn.com