well, not everyone is happy out there. from stephen roach's latest: "I fear modern-day central banking is on the brink of systemic failure." Feb 17, 2004 <b>Global: Central Banking Discredited</b> Stephen Roach (New York) <A HREF="http://www.morganstanley.com/GEFdata/digests/latest-digest.html" target="_new">http://www.morganstanley.com/GEFdata/digests/latest-digest.html</A> ------------ and on a lighter note, from richard russell (quoting jay leno): "Iraq is trying to come up with a constitution. Why don't we give 'em ours. We're not using it anymore."