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Strategies & Market Trends : Anthony @ Equity Investigations, Dear Anthony, -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kennny who wrote (33709)	4/29/1999 6:13:00 PM
From: ACS_101	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

It has always seemed that if anyone ever dared to question Anthony on this thread, that person would be hung. Huh? Personally, I don't know where this comes from. Anthony is, understandably, particularly sensitive about being accused of lying or unethical behavior. Professionally, he deals with adversaries who lie, cheat, and steal, and he has been called upon to testify against them in the past. To be professionally effective, as well as true to his ethic, his integrity has to be above reproach. When people wander into the thread and accuse him of fruntrunning, stock manipulation, etc., he is pretty forceful about defending his reputation. Can't blame him for that one iota. The other pushback I see is when someone (almost always a new face) wanders in and complains about one stock pick going the wrong way (when 95% have been profitable, or when they took a ridiculous entry point). But to honestly disagree about something -- where's the problem? Hung for that? Can you cite an example of what you are talking about? Stock opinions? Heck, we all vote with our own $, we're grownups, right? Alan

To: kennny who wrote (33709)	4/29/1999 6:45:00 PM
From: RavenCrazy	Respond to of 122087

re Kosovar refugees: As some of you know, a small group of us is trying to follow up on the great work done by Anthony and Scanshift. It is best explained by my posting a copy of a letter that Kathy Knight-McConnell is sending out to her subscribers (Investor to Investor) and another friend is sending out to several lists. The folks on Baddog's list may even get it. Any help is greatly appreciated, obviously, and we (as a VERY small group) would also appreciate it if a couple of people would volunteer time to gather information. I'm trying to do a website and MIGHT conceivably get it done soon. Please let me know if you can help in any way. Raven, quoting her own letter: Dear Kathy, Thank you for agreeing to send our plea out to your list, many of whom we know. Like so many people, Dana and I wanted to do something to help the victims of this terrible crisis, but we wanted to be certain that our donation was being used in the most effective way possible. From that desire and Dana's (Dana posts as ~Owl and Owlbrit) determination to go over and donate physical labor to the people, we formulated our goal of collecting cash and material aid and sending it with Dana. Then when Astrotwo (Bobbye) put us in touch with a church in Huntsville which would sponsor us, we discovered that we could collect enough to send two volunteers, a MUCH safer plan. Then we found Dusty. In summary, this is our plan: 1. To cover the costs of having two volunteers fly to Skopje and take donated cash and materials to deliver to the Mother Theresa organization, which is working with a Skopje television station, TVERA, to ease the suffering in the refugee camps in Macedonia. Our first volunteer, Dana Moore, is a 50-year old graphics artist from Birmingham, Alabama, with skills and experience in all forms of construction and automotive repair. Dana's leadership skills have recently been appreciated by all of us who were hurt in the MTEI scam, which is now securely in the hands of the SEC, thanks in large part to Dana's efforts. Our second volunteer is Dusty (Greg ) Rhodes of southern Illinois. Dusty is 53 years old, has served in the military, and has spent much of his life covering the globe. This will be his second trip to Macedonia. Dana will donate his labor for whatever is needed for two weeks. Dusty hopes to remain after the two weeks and sign on with one of the relief agencies. He feels he can get material aid from Thailand and Greece into Macedonia for some time. In addition to the flight costs, the two men will need cash for food and transportation within Macedonia. Their lodging is being provided through the Mother Theresa organization. 2. To purchase and deliver a number of "space blankets" to the camps. Dana has found a source for these blankets at $1.99 each, whereas they sell in the army-navy surplus stores for $4.00. They weigh only 2 ounces each and fold into a package the size of a man's wallet. Each keeps one person warm AND dry, as they are water repellent. 3. To deliver cash donations to Mother Theresa for items which are found to be cheaper in Macedonia than here. Our latest letter (today) says that basic foodstuffs, sugar and flour, are needed. We are also looking into protein bars, probably an ideal food source. We will still have to find out for certain that the food is obtainable in Macedonia at good prices. 4. If we deliver cash instead of items, this will leave the allowed baggage free to carry donated items, but we have not yet determined the best choice there. We will get a better idea in the next day or so. I should think that antibacterial cream would be badly needed, as well as soap. 5. We are just, as of today, looking into the possibility of being able to bring maybe two or three refugees back with Dana. We will be guided into this by the relief workers of the Mother Theresa organization, by television station TVERA, and also by Anthony Elgindy, who returned yesterday with two refugees himself. He obtained the first 28 visas for Albanian Kosovars to enter the United States and today will be testifying before Congress as to his experiences in both Albania and Macedonia and what kind of aid the U.S. might provide. Anthony will return to San Diego on Friday, and we hope to be in touch with him this weekend. I am also getting guidance on items needed from Fane Lozeman, who just returned from Skopje and worked with Anthony on getting the refugees to the U.S.. These efforts are being sponsored by "The Light of Christ Center" in Huntsville, Alabama. Donations should be made out to the center with "Kosovar Refugee aid" at the bottom of the checks. The contributions are tax-deductible. The church's address is: Peggy Shanahan, for The Light of Christ Center 1402 Evangel Dr. Huntsville, Alabama 35816 Good luck on this. We find we are suddenly being blessed with having pieces fall into place. Anyone wanting more information or wanting to volunteer any time to our endless need for information gathering can contact us (We call ourselves the "Helpers", a name suggested by my 7-year old) at K_refugees@hotmail.com And thank you, immensely, Lisa Thomas (RavenCrazy)

To: kennny who wrote (33709)	4/29/1999 8:19:00 PM
From: J.Y. Wang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

I agree with everything you wrote. To be totally honest, I was shocked at how many here kowtowed to Anthony after his threatening post from Kosovo. I took it as an insult to my intelligence. It would have been an inappropriate post if Anthony were addressing elementary school children; It was excessively inappropriate because he was addressing adults. I was going to donate money, but after seeing that post I absolutely refused. I will not be bullied and threatened into donating money to a cause. And before someone posts something asinine about how I don't have a heart, they should ask themselves how much money they donated to the Rwandans, the Afgans, the Cambodians, the Vietnamese boat people, the millions of North Koreans starving as we speak, etc. etc. etc.