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To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (19927)	6/3/1999 4:34:00 PM
From: Midtown eBoy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 41369

Frank: I hear ya on Greenspan. If Greenspan keeps this crap up, you can be assured that the economic downturn will become a campaign issue (read: liability) for Gore. That will put pressure on Clinton not to re-nominate Greenspan when his term is up June 2000.

To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (19927)	6/3/1999 4:38:00 PM
From: freeus	Respond to of 41369

Right on !!!!!! And the only administration that would give us back our freedom and free market is....... A Libertarian one! Vote Libertarian to eliminate the use of force to tell you how to spend your money and how to live your life! And it isnt just Microsoft that is being raided by the government...business after business is being stolen from via fines. If a business hurts another business it should be between the two of them even if it goes to court: never should the government get a penny out of it...then the gov would not be so anxious to sue for the government's benefit. (And make no mistake the government is not we the people) Like asset forfeiture: the owner is not convicted of a crime, but the stuff is stolen away: since many govt departments now have proceeds as part of their BUDGET naturally they are motivated to steal more from us. Sorry, I'll go away again. Freeus

To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (19927)	6/3/1999 4:46:00 PM
From: Mare Britton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Monitoring the economy and continuously adjusting interest rates can be viewed as no different from someone in a plant adjusting water pressure or various valves to keep things working smoothly. It's partly the exaggerated reactions of institutional buyers who are anxiety-driven and competitive to an extreme that causes investors like us to suffer. Perhaps Greenspan should just keep his mouth shut and only comment after he has raised rates. It's his lengthy preambles and the pedantic analyses that people read into that cause marketjitters. He should leave his analyses for occasional media interviews, when requested that is. Just my take on greenspan. If I had cash to play this market, I would not be feeling so low right now. Lesson here is leave cash for next market pull-back, focus on occasional day or 2-day trades and wait for this thing to play itself out. And for people over- margined, keep some margin, so you can sell Aol and get back in again when its lower, to ride back up again. The whole thing is panning out as a lesson in self-discipline for me. (bought in 30's) But the comments on this board are very useful and I'm grateful to many of the regulars here.