[LS]

Exactly. The Dow went from being down 100 to up 40 in an instant. When Saddam goes, it will be good for 300 points. If Osama is still alive (and I think he's Tora Bora flora), his death would be worth 500 points.

[SierraWasp]

12:30PM Crude falls to two-week low on latest Iraq news by Myra P. Saefong

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Crude futures are trading at their lowest level in two weeks on reports that two of Saddam Hussein's sons were killed in Iraq. The news eases the uncertainty related to Iraqi oil production. August crude is trading at $30.70 per barrel, down $1.08, and the September contract is logging a loss of $1.01 to $29.82. August unleaded gasoline are also lower by 3.78 cents at 89.4 cents a gallon. August heating oil is down 2.58 cents to 77 cents a gallon. Natural gas is following suit, with the August contract down 20.2 cents at $4.905 per million British thermal units.

[Grampa Dave]

GW can wait until early October 2004 to release those bodies if the CIA has frozen them or made jerky out of them.

The market will go out of sight, and whoever the rat candidate is will be lucky to win the DC votes.