Yeah, and calling the bill a bailout was the major factor in the defeat. I hate media buzzwords almost as much as computer industry buzzwords. I have nasty habit of looking at someone who uses them and saying "spell it and define it"
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Point drops are basically meaningless in historical comparisons. The >> 1929 market couldn't have had a 777 point drop, because the DOW in >> 1929 was at less than 400 points. >> > > Yes, but this doesn't keep the media from repeating it over and over as if > it's the most important statistic that ever existed. > > -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271634 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
