[hchutch]

Not just Microsoft employees, *MY* 401(k) took a hit! Everyone's 401(k) probably has Microsoft stock, directly or indirectly.

No concern from the Demcorats there. Then again, Gates didn't pay his tribute to the DNC...

[OldFriend]

I had no investment in Microsoft and our pension is about 1/4 of it's previous worth.....ditto for my kids' portfolios.....sadly I was handling their investments for them......

It is beginning to look as if Greenspan kept everything propped up for the sake of slick willie and when the end of his term was close, he pulled the plug and instends to keep the market down. Raising interest rates while energy costs were skyrocketing was a sure fire prescription for disaster.....

[section9]

Not just Microsoft employees, *MY* 401(k) took a hit! Everyone's 401(k) probably has Microsoft stock, directly or indirectly.

No concern from the Demcorats there. Then again, Gates didn't pay his tribute to the DNC...

Well now, no one could ever prove anything about the Clintons and their gang. That was the genius of the whole operation. Think of the Clinton Administration as a mob protection racket. You gave money to Clinton, you got to send your classified satellites to China. You moved money around for Clinton? You might have access to the construction of oil lines in Central Asia (I think the was Roger Tamraz' gig).

But if you didn't pay protection?

Justice came down on Bill Gates as an object lesson to other contributors. Sure Bill Gates was a monopolistic s.o.b., but had he dropped a couple of million dollars at the DNC through PAC cutouts and made Clinton aware of what he was doing, Justice NEVER WOULD HAVE TOUCHED HIM.

Bill Gates should have paid protection, that's all.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[Timesink]

No concern from the Demcorats there. Then again, Gates didn't pay his tribute to the DNC...

Oh really?

Contributor	Occupation	Date	Amount	Recipient
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		3/10/1999	$10,000	DCCC/Non-Federal Account 1
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		5/5/1999	$25,000	RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		5/6/1999	$15,000	DNC/Non-Federal Corporate
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		6/30/1999	$15,000	DNC/Non-Federal Corporate
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		7/29/1999	$10,000	RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		9/23/1999	$10,000	DCCC/Non-Federal Account 1
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		10/20/1999	$10,000	DCCC/Non-Federal Account 1
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		12/16/1999	$10,000	RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		12/17/1999	$15,000	RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		12/31/1999	$32,500	DCCC/Non-Federal Account 1
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		1/6/2000	$35,000	RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		3/31/2000	$55,000	NRSC/Non-Federal
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		4/12/2000	$5,000	RNC/Cmte to Preserve Eisenhower Ctr
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		6/16/2000	$25,000	RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		6/27/2000	$100,000	RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		6/30/2000	$5,000	Ashcroft Victory Cmte Non-Federal
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		10/13/2000	$20,000	RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
MICROSOFT REDMOND, WA 98052		10/13/2000	$25,000	RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
MICROSOFT WASHINGTON, DC 20036		7/29/1999	$5,000	DNC/Non-Federal Corporate
MICROSOFT WASHINGTON, DC 20036		8/31/1999	$15,000	DNC/Non-Federal Corporate
MICROSOFT WASHINGTON, DC 20036		12/31/1999	$45,000	NRSC/Non-Federal
MICROSOFT WASHINGTON, DC 20036		8/10/2000	$15,000	DNC/Non-Federal Corporate
MICROSOFT CORP REDMOND, WA 98052		5/17/1999	$60,000	NRSC/Non-Federal
MICROSOFT CORP REDMOND, WA 98052		8/17/1999	$25,000	NRSC/Non-Federal
MICROSOFT CORP REDMOND, WA 98052		6/7/2000	$321	National Abortion Rights Action League
MICROSOFT CORP REDMOND, WA 98052		9/14/2000	$5,831	RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
MICROSOFT CORP REDMOND, WA 98052		10/26/2000	$25,000	NRSC/Non-Federal
MICROSOFT CORP REDMOND, WA 98052		10/26/2000	$25,000	NRSC/Non-Federal
MICROSOFT CORP WASHINGTON, DC 20036		6/28/2000	$30,000	NRSC/Non-Federal
MICROSOFT CORP WASHINGTON, DC 20036		7/11/2000	$200	NRSC/Non-Federal
MICROSOFT CORP WASHINGTON, DC 20036		8/11/2000	$50,000	NRSC/Non-Federal
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, VA 98073		2/26/1999	$50,000	DSCC/Non-Federal Corporate
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		7/26/1999	$30,000	1999 Republican S/H Dinner Trust Non-Fed
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		9/13/1999	$5,000	DSCC/Non-Federal Mixed
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		10/26/1999	$50,000	RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		11/3/1999	$25,000	DSCC/Non-Federal Corporate
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		12/31/1999	$500	DSCC/Non-Federal Mixed
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		12/31/1999	$5,000	Ashcroft Victory Cmte Non-Federal
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		2/16/2000	$40,000	RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		2/29/2000	$10,000	DCCC/Non-Federal Account 1
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		3/30/2000	$56,542	DCCC/Non-Federal Account 1
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		4/4/2000	$30,000	2000 Republican H/S Dinner Trust Non-Fed
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		4/11/2000	$33,690	NRSC/Non-Federal
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		4/11/2000	$51,832	NRSC/Non-Federal
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		4/17/2000	$15,000	DCCC/Non-Federal Account 1
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		4/17/2000	$40,000	DSCC/Non-Federal Corporate
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		4/21/2000	$453	NRSC/Non-Federal
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		4/21/2000	$698	NRSC/Non-Federal
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		5/24/2000	$8,985	2000 Republican H/S Dinner Trust Non-Fed
MICROSOFT CORPORATION REDMOND, WA 98052		6/8/2000	$250	DSCC/Non-Federal Mixed

And that's just the first half of the table.