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I see James Cayne, the CEO of Beare Sterns got a whopping 161 million dollars last year. Did he do a good job ? I don't think so. Surely if there is any justice currently in the USA he ought to be made to repay most of this outsize salary to the firm's owners i.e. the shareholders ???

A dirge for the brave old pioneer The patriarch of his tribe He sleeps, no pompous pile marks where, No line his deeds describe. They raised no stone above him here Nor carved his deathless name. An empire is his sepulchre, His epitaph is fame. Written for an all American hero who...

A neat way to save taxpayers money would be to ringfence Afghanistan and then empty the jails there from the civilized countries. That's about 2.5 million Americans for a start off. They could indulge their criminal inclinations there unimpeded, assuming they survive the cold, hunger, the...

The Republican and Democratic parties are often symbolised by animals. The Democrats are represented by a donkey, but they've never officially adopted it as their logo. The Republican party symbol is an Elephant. Both animals can be traced back to one man called Thomas Nast. He drew...

Just for you history buffs It is amazing how Afghanistan has been the rock that the greatest Empires have foundered. The British , the Soviet and now xxxxxx. Empires seem to have some sort of inbuilt death-wish and dash themselves to pieces on an almost barren mountainous land that isn't...

Since the taxpayers are bailing out multi-billion dollar companies I think it only fair that the people responsible for the financial crisis are brought in and stripped of the billions they have virtually stolen from those companies in payouts to themselves. They can plead incompetence or...

Oh really Oh yes - change souds good especially if you are in the current mess. Both candidates have latched onto change as a winning formula to get power. It was interesting to listen to Clinton's speech in his electioneering days. Really set for change and progress. In fact I don't...

Maybe we are tired of financing "Birdbrain" and his rotten war. Let alone propping up the US economy. Will there be any penalties on the culprits of this latest crash ? Well maybe a small reprimand here and there ?

Big money does strange things to people who aren't used to it - same as alchohol and drugs. Happy tightknit families often fall apart after a bereavement and the " goodies " are divided up. A large proportion of big winners on the lottery go crazy and kill themselves with drink, drugs, fast...

I trade the S&P 500 index from a European spread bet firm. Liquidity no prob.

You US guys can always trade in Europe - no problems here. You can even move over here I expect. The Mediterranean has a better climate than Florida too :D

Both candidates are talking CHANGE Well that's a start I guess. The old model has served its time and is imhumbleo well overdue for up-grading. Political and economic and attitude. My guess is that either candidate will struggle to change things, they are so entrenched. If they have any...

How Elmer Fudd got to the top of Lehmans beats me !

If Bush had any financial expertise ( he has no expertise in any field sadly ) he would have got rid of Greenspan years ago and found someone to put controls on the "GREED " and stupidity of mortgage lenders and banks. But he didn't. He should have been sacked for incompetence years ago imho

Dont like to point out ( to our friends and allies ) the obvious BUT isn't it obvious America is sick ? The strength of the USA was its wealth, but relative to the "BRICS" this is declining. Lehmans is no accident, its one of the visible symptoms. Both candidates have made a start and are...

Apparently the popular TV show from Britain - Dragon's Den ( entrepreneurs are invited to apply for finance for their projects ) has opened a USA version. This has uncovered a freakish US fascination with the toilet ! So many of the new inventions are from people inventing ass wipers etc. etc...

One of the 10 COMMANDMENTS says one shouldn't covet one's neighbour's ass ( depends who your neighbour is I guess ?? )

It ALL boils down to a lack of integrity. Something as rare as hen's teeth in this modern world where the philosophy of Al Capone carries more weight. Maybe we should start an auction for Lehman's. I would start the bidding at sixpence but I wouldn't want to get lumbered with a dud company LOL

Could it be the classic case of some highly intelligent people who specialise in one field so that they know a huge amount about a very small field. Einstein deduced a lot about space, time etc. but would probably have a lot of trouble cooking an omelette. Or the case of knowing more and more...

In Britain the hospitals are full of super-bugs. You go in for the cure of a pimple and are lucky to come out alive !! They reckon Dr. Mengele's son is in charge Scares off the hypochondriacs I guess