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Intel too optimistic?
http://www.fool.com/news/take/2004/take041209.htm

"Is Intel Too Optimistic?

By Tim Beyers

Before Al Franken was the politically charged radio host and author he is today, he was co-dependent recovering overeater and faux optimist Stuart Smalley, whose daily affirmations made Saturday Night Live viewers like me laugh out loud. His routine, which always concluded with "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and, doggone it, people like me," could easily be the poster child for denial. Or for cheesy talk shows that pretend to help people.

I've missed seeing Smalley on SNL, which is why Tuesday was a bit of a treat. That's when outgoing Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) CEO Craig Barrett and heir apparent Paul Otellini stood in front of Wall Street analysts and alternatively played professor positive on stage. At one point, Barrett proclaimed that production and design problems from earlier in the year had been corrected and that Intel is now "firing on all eight cylinders in terms of new product introductions."