> Bill:
> > This mad scheme does have a possible silver lining though. If enough
> of us were prepared
> > to bet large sums that GW Bush would not be assassinated by Dec 31
> 2003, perhaps that
> > might prompt someone to take all those bets? It might even occur to
> someone with an
> > entrepreneurial spirit that they could win the bet (and thus all the
> money we had waged
> > against such a horrible crime) by taking some pro-active steps to
> ensure a favourable
> > outcome?
>
> That will work only if the betting scheme were a true free market
> endeavor - everyone can bet on everyone's futures. But under the US
> brand of "free market" (i.e. free market for the poor and powerless,
> welfare state for the rich and powerful) certain bets (such as those
> including the futures of the US ruling class members) will almost
> certainly be verboten.
>
see jim bell's "assasination politics". prosecuted before it got off the ground.
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01884.html
-gr