There is something sick about the smiles from NY Stock exchange

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at the closing bell. Even when there is bad news in the world or the nation, those guys and gals smile and clap like they're at a Polo match. They seem so disconnected from any tragedy that goes on in this country.

BTW, oil was below $69.00.

[shoelace414]

1. below $69?

cool.. I guess the price of gas won't go up from 3.30/gal

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3. Our problem is not availability. It was distribution.

Bush may have stemmed the increase by releasing the reserve.

68.94. It went down .87.

[theHandpuppet]

2. Yeah, that always gets me, too

And I just saw the CNN clip of the ringing of the bell, with all these rich white folks grinning as if the rest of us peons are aliens from another planet. It's truly creepy.

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4. Like our loss is their gain.

[theHandpuppet]

9. Grinning vultures

Just waiting to feed off human misery at every opportunity,

[shaniqua6392]

5. Makes me wish that all of us poor people

could start up a profitable business together and kick their asses!!! That is the only thing they relate to.

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7. Right now they are discussing how Katrina will affect the Economy.

I think they're about to say that it might be good. Depends on the "Supply shock," whatever that is.

[vickitulsa]

6. T. Boone Pickens....

"Let the price rise until it drives the demand down. That's the only way to handle it."

Just now, talking to what's his name with the big head, Fox's financial guy, oh yeah, Cavuto -- who replied, "Thanks ... I think."

[Zynx]

8. During the Civil War, investors cheered Union defeats.

The reason was they figured the longer the war, the more government money that would flood their coffers.