-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Apr 16, 2008, at 11:00 PM, John Young wrote: Financial cryptography is not be trusted. :-) Clearly. Obvious to *any* moron. Or at least active readers of the New York Times, which, I suppose, is redundant these days... After all, John, markets can't exist without the state, right? So, what should "we" do? Pass *more* laws? Should "we" abolish hedge funds so the NSA and the USG doesn't take over the world? Obviously, your analysis, and that of other poli-punks, is that there's this giant lump of wealth in the world that never changes in size, that new wealth isn't made, and lost, all the time, and, moreover, that wealth itself is evil and should be evenly distributed so it's not so dangerous anymore... Notice Soros made as much as the Feared NSA-oid, and I'm sure Red George is a hedgie you would find, um, "Common Cause" with... In the meantime, physics causes finance, which, in turn, causes politics. Change that order, and you end up sounding like (with apologies to Howie Carr) one of those silly old men with a grey ponytails who wear winter clothes in summer --the one, like Madame deFarge, takes his knitting to all public meetings... John, I do believe your Official Weatherman "Columbia '68!" Souvenir Tin-Foil Hat is cocked a little too far to the left this evening. Those "capitalist" mind-rays could leak through if you're not careful. Cheers, RAH "If we could just a few more laws, we could all be criminals!" --Vinnie Moscaritolo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 9.8.2.3005 wsBVAwUBSAdSzMUCGwxmWcHhAQHMcwf8DasSbNTvStwIqrDK/7cInpXkULq/N2v2 K6t0UzTDxdw2XONhSp4JLybnSE1X12bi0hbneoBpRZ+Ogw4hg4dy5E2SD5KJ+vJZ /dJeEktjcMtF7hKTimQUaOJiZUYyfm3Cl/E9l5YIJqN9QPWu6k4oHARk5J67u7Lp k7GdScyb30sCTVznwcXdwjs8Fp4SvM3zImcwVXVwQ2KazN9b4Bd9oQBaSVWXK837 K63ZUbzSCLTVqhWUI1stF34AC0FtzSHUCqFW7lkKcPm29+hG/ToxKe/IdvrJzeaK e7j4PJ5tEOY8xSfQ1UvpLBNkmU8glhlMM9b3L9Ww3sShPJ2XVgH1YQ== =48VO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----