--- Chuck0 <chuck at tao.ca> wrote
>
> Here's a modest proposal: Given that whenever Alan
> Greenspan opens his
> mouth the stock market does something crazy, why
> don't they just take
> him, stuff him, and set up one of those
> European-style bell tower clocks
> at the NYSE. On the hour, the bell would toll and
> out would come little
> Alan, encased in Lucite. The loudspeaker system
> would play some of his
> greatest hits and the market would be inspired to go
> up again.
Wayyyy behind time ... I'm absolutely sure that at least one of the hopefuls for the Republican nomination made this very suggestion during their debates.
dd
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