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Subject:	Re: Newsbits: CA Recall and IMF-Argentina Negotiations
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 15 Aug 2003 13:19:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:

If your intent is to equate a Enron’s years-long concerted fraud with Global Crossings’ bankruptcy, I’m afraid you’ll need to support your claim.

Just showing some skeletons on the other side. McAuliffe was first to jump down Bush’s throat for his “involvement” with Enron, but never mind his own $18 million profit off Global Crossing that looked as specious as anything Bush might have done with Enron!

That’s pure post hoc reasoning.

“If you took all the economists in the world and laid them end-to-end, they still wouldn’t reach a conclusion.”

We’ll know in six months to a year or so. It’s speculation until then, but the signs are in favor of a recovery now (higher DJIA, more consumer spending, more consumer confidence, dropping bond interest rates).

Best regards, Carl

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		Re: Newsbits: CA Recall and IMF-Argentina Negotiations
(...) Not at all. Bush, as an appointed maker-of-policy, is directly positioned to engage in heavy-duty cronyism. His intimate friendship with Lay directly paid off for Lay in the form of a key advisory position in closed-door policy meetings. The (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Newsbits: CA Recall and IMF-Argentina Negotiations
(...) Perhaps I'm missing something here. Did Global Crossing deliberately overstate its outlook and earnings by billions of dollars, while defrauding its shareholders and employees, and did it also swindle California (greatly contributing to the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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