Bush Impeached? Wanna Bet? (AAM Washington Futures to Open)

[Nambe]

Lycos, Inc.

Though there was an outcry over the Pentagon's terrorism futures market, a similar online exchange is in the works to predict what the U.S. government is up to. ---

The AAM will begin registering traders in September and plans to open for business Oct. 1 -- the same launch date proposed for the Pentagon's terrorism market, until it was shelved. ---

"The idea is to answer some of the most pressing questions in the world: What will the White House do next?" said one of the founders, Andrew Geiger, an American programmer living in Paris.

The AAM market is the brainchild of a half-dozen academics from various colleges, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, New York University and the University of Montreal. Most, however, are keeping their identities quiet until they get an institutional go-ahead. ---

[DagmarK]

1. This is GREAT; DU should serve as consultants!

•Which country will the White House threaten next?


•Who will be the next foreign leader to move off the CIA payroll and onto the White House's "most wanted" list?


•Which corporation with close ties to the White House will be the next cloaked in scandal?

[LauraK]

4. They certainly look serious! How fun and appropriate.

[DagmarK]

5. They are totally serious...........look at this quote:

""It's quite amazing, the Pentagon and the White House are very fertile imaginative fields these days," Geiger said. "(The AAM project) sounds humorous, but that just shows how far things have gone. We've entered the realm of fiction. Things really are Dr. Strangelove."

Dr. S, indeed!

(Love your graphic!! Scary...but it gives me such a warm "Welcome to the New World Order" kind of feel!)

[berry]

7. This logo page is EXACTLY like the DARPA site that got shut down.

The whole site is a parody--but I do believe they are serious. The list of potential questions is very, very damaging to the image of BushCo*--I love it!

I was all set to post this in GD, but a search brought me here. More people need to see this!

:kick:


on edit--here's the link to the AAM site:
http://www.americanactionmarket.org/

[ILeft]

2. I'll put $10 on Richard Perle for next Sec. of State.............eom

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[Gin]

3. Where will shrubs next bouil pop out?

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[cprise]

6. Perle could put $50,000 on DU being outlawed as a terrorist group

Tell me that wouldn't give lawmakers an incentive to further supress the Bill of Rights.