> ...and don't forget:
>
> >Dow Up 300 After Deaths Of 400
> >NEW YORK-Buoyed by positive news from the war front, the Dow Jones
> >Industrial Average soared more than 300 points Monday after the
> >killing of more than 400 Republican Guard soldiers near the northern
> >Iraqi town of Mosul. "These deaths have really boosted investor
> >optimism and confidence," New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick
> >Grasso said. "Before this, we'd tried lowering interest rates,
> >lowering taxes, and all sorts of other things to jump-start the
> >market, but nothing worked. Lowering the population of Iraq finally
> >seems to be doing the trick."
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Machiavelli would giggle at that.
Ian