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To: Savant who wrote (1762)	1/2/1999 11:36:00 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13016

"Reality matters only as much as it affects perceptions... and most people are extra-ordinarily dull in bubbles..." skeeter bug - after observing that betting on the greater intelligence of investors is a losing proposition ;-) "who said money was smart???" skeeter bug

To: Savant who wrote (1762)	1/2/1999 1:26:00 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Respond to of 13016

"Discontent for money is just a trick of the rich to keep the poor without it." ~ Michael Corleone. _________________ Money is rapidly becoming an Electric Spark. Savant. It is already. They just have not made it official, nor will they ever... heard the expression: "the emperor has no clothes...." It's coming... Once upon a time goods were bartered for goods. Then the medium of exchange was specie, rare metal coins. Then came fiat money, worthless paper based upon faith in the government. (ha) Make that, HEE HAW, HEE HAW. Now it is evolving into an Electric Spark. Heaven help us if someone pulls the plug or fiddles with the knobs. 1. Governments are slowly becoming irrelevant. 2. They will continue to make us think they are still relevant. 3. The cat is out of the cage, and they just found out, it ain't a cat... 4. Heaven won't help us, it never has. Men and his/her technology will... As they have always, heaven is yet another man created hoax, like the penny stocks. 5. Heard the latest joke ? It is called the "Euro". Oh it will ride for a while.... but that's because "governments" and companies will be forced to buy it, then... ____________________________ "Megabyte money has created an entirely new global economy, it is still largely unregulated, where government agencies, including the Federal Reserve and the Treasury, have ceded much power to the world's bankers, speculators, corporate treasurers, financiers, and computer programers." Re: "The Death of Money" by Joel Kurtzman 1993 ISBN 0-671-68799-9 .... And back then, the Internet was a mere rumor... (compared to today, as far as "public use")... he, he, he... But never mind.... all that is... "Off Topic