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    IRAN is getting ready for war!

    Remember when the word pannicked about the vaunted 'scuds" of Iraq?? It turned out to be nothing more then a flying pipe bomb...I saw a doumentary on weapons once and apparently...the easy part is making a rocket....the hard part is steering it and making it accurate
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    Granddad, Tell How Capitalism Committed Suicide

    YAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNnnnnnnnn you kids crack me up.....while being very bearish for quite some time...if you live long enough you realize there is always a cylce...we are in one now...the problem is that nearly two generations of people had no idea what a real recession and...
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    Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!!

    Speaking of Stewart.....If i was DEI and sucking fumes the way i am...I would back up a truck...give Stewart 15 Mill, his onw race team and Martin truex and Ryan Newman and make one last gasp effort to save the team that Dale built and Theresa destroyed.
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    Tell me about North Carolina

    I spent most of June in NC...going back up in august...must admit...It was HOTTER in NC then it is in Florida!!!...But it was awesome going to the top of S. Mounain and swiming in crystal clear mountain water...hit a bunch of waterfalls with the kids and it was just awesome.no gators in the lake...
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    Al Gore - Democratic Party candidate in 2008.

    OF course...during the convention, the clouds from behind the stage will open up and he will descend down from his environmental throne and save us all from carbon side note to SA its never to early to start a thread called...Hillary democratic party candidate 2012...:D
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    The End of the SEC?

    Part II The largest firms on the street were telling the American Public that they liked WCOM and ENRON at these levels while they were internally dumping their holdings...When the SEC/FINRA finally got around to investigate ( Elliot Spitzer was the 1st)..they were stone walled and E-mails...
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    The End of the SEC?

    Wall street's largest Market makers were in collusion and were making sure each firm had a built in per share profit of about 1 16th of a point......this was brought to light in the 17a report...the Remedy? * They enacted Decimalization and OATS rules and began "levying big fines against...
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    TradeKing a bad idea?

    I hope i didn't offend...For once i was being serious!!!LOL I believe Legent CLearing owns a stake in them so they have some cheap rates.....what platform are they on? Legent uses Thompson/beta so im sure its a knock off of that syaytem...
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    TradeKing a bad idea?

    doesn't legent own a share of tk??
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    The End of the SEC?

    heres the deal.... what does the sec pay its top dogs??? 250k per for a commissioner? where do they go when they resign??
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    The End of the SEC?

    Ok...Here is the problem with the SEC and FINRA...In my honest opinion there should be a rule or agreement signed by all the regulators that you cannot work for a FINRA member firm for a period of five years after you leave....Look at the commissioners...they make about 225k per year...they put...
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    Nationalize the Oil Companies, Refiners, Shippers, etc

    Im not into big gov't by any means...but can somebody tell me why when Katrina hit the gulf ( which accoutns for 15% of our oil) prices went up 100% AND NEVER CAME BACK??? why is it that crude oil jumps 10% today they raise prices within hours to reflect hat....but if oil falls 10% over a two...
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    Nationalize the Oil Companies, Refiners, Shippers, etc

    One other side point that cracks me up: Exxon and Mobil, the 2 largest oil co's in the US want to merge.....knowing the importance of Gas in America and how this could create a monopoly the Gov't approved it in less time......then its taken the Gov't to approve Sirius and XM satelite radio to...
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    Nationalize the Oil Companies, Refiners, Shippers, etc

    I gotta tell ya....What is more important then Electricty in our daily lives? Water? equal value? ...So why is it they are all regulated and have to go to the state they are domiciled in to raise rates but gas is ....ahemmmm...open to a system in which competition wins out???? Ask your...
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    'There's You, & US. UBS. We'll Even Smuggle Diamonds In A Toothpaste Tube For You'

    BINGO!!! look at the BS mess.....did they go after the CEO? The CFO? The Compliance guy? NO WAY...let's go after the hedge fund managers....who the F*ck was supervising them???
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    Which financial company will go bankrupt next?

    LMAO!!! the sad thing is its true!
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    Which financial company will go bankrupt next?

    I think Citi was under and thats why the fed began printing $$ for them in November.....its one thing if Bear fails...Many middle Americans don't know who they are...But if Citi fails? Bank runs occur across the globe...LEH will be taken over at a huge discount for its IB and name.
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    Thoughts on firm?

    actually thats not me. left ahwile agao...and although I had an axe or two to grind. i do feel for the employees there...40 people lost their jobs becuase of their antics and in this economy its not easy to get anotherr high paying job...a lot of single moms over there who are distraught.
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    Big Brown Goes Down the Toilet

    ...I like how the jockey pulled up and the announcers were giving him all this praise for taking care of the wouned animal..ect....and then...there was nothing wrong!
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    E*Trade - stock cert delays

    Uhmmm...You stock most likely is 1) chilled (maybe in re-org?) or 2) is bad
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