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The fundamental flaw has been evident all along, only it is now evident to the dumbasses who missed it when was costing them money. Paying 20 to 40 of your profits to someone randomly selected by strings of wins is no different than taking from your savings that same amount of cash and piling...

How could he not be? He's only the smartest Texan to run for president as a conservative Republican since John Connally. Of course, since he and his wife have been much better at pocketing dough along the way, he won't die bankrupt like Connally.

Makes you grateful for the near misses. As in what Newt "Moonbeam" Gingrich would have done for Social Security, to name one piece of national treasure the Republicans couldn't get their mitts on (not yet anyway). I for one wouldn't have relished seeing poor and even merely less affluent...

You may have been bum steered: gambling, or making money -- looking at it either way -- is about the least heroic and least tragic activity I can think of. Granted, I may be contemptuous of what is familiar to me, but ask the vast masses who don't speculate how much heroism and tragedy they...

Agree completely. Deft. The critic in me wants to say more, as in it is personal but without gratutious sentimentality. A single werd = high art, a notable ET achievement. Bravo.

What no takers? I realize the right leaners have no place to hide, or should I say no place to run (except Dubai, naturally), but surely there are some sensible middle roaders who can opine about the lists and the vp Obama should select.

1. Aaron Burr 2. Dick Cheney 3. Spiro Agnew 4. Andrew Johnson 5> ? any help The good news: 1. Teddy Roosevelt 2. John Adams 3. Harry Truman 4. Al Gore 5> ? feel free to suggest And also, who would you pick as vp for Obama? Hopefully to fill out the second list, not...

yea, but will you also quit the street.com and that tv show? jerry springer could replace you; maybe then I'd watch.

Riveting book same subject by I believe Martin Gilbert. Oliver Prince Smith saved the chestnuts both of his men, and also of Almond and the yesmen/hallelujah chorus of dai ichi

. . . all the way to Dubai, for cocktails with Dick. And you never know who else. www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=127532 check it out

I believe they will, though I may be in the minority. The affinities are too great. Dick and Michael are both rich, disgraced Americans needing space from public ire. So they commiserate. Each proudly has dirty secrets. Both make lotsa money from prior work, Michael in royalties, Dick his...

After the Cheneys settle into their seaside digs in the Gulf next year, you think they will invite Michael Jackson over for cocktails? I have to get my celebrity scoop from ET b/c I only watch Fox and read the WSJ, and I'm certain Rupert isn't about to start a society page for doings in the...

I'm not criticizing the critics who've posted this thread, only I note how much worse off we would be if instead of a professor with no real world (ie Wall Street) experience, we had a Wall Street pro like Paulson calling the shots. The sheep shearing would boggle the mind. For instance...

Thank goodness, and in the nick of time. Now the Family Values wing of the Republican Party can get on top of this, and all of us will be the better for it. Please volunteer and send money to, your choice: Sanctity of Marriage Committee Newt Gingrich, Vito Fossella, co chairs...

Another Mad Money loyalist, I see. They also do well as KIA salesmen.

HELP WANTED Need one proficient, unbiased writer to draft portion of platform of national political organization, to replace Congressman Vito Fossella (R-NY). Must be available immediately. Benefits include stimulating all-night discussions with zesty, agenda-raising interns. Apply to...

Three were wwii battleships, the other, Blucher (nice pick), a heavy cruiser sunk off oslo 1940. Judges? Partial credit ONLY b/c ship, not a namesake, was the correct answer. Other correct answer: three were sunk in wwii, the other, Jean Bart, was damaged, but not sunk. Re-entered service...

Recall your SAT, which one does not fit (and there may be more than one correct answer)? Tirpitz Musashi Blucher Jean Bart

Bonus round! (Now, I must have time to formulate a stumper.)

Quiz: identify the economy of g-7 member, and when, which was saddled with huge debt to foreign sovereigns, saw its currency drop like a stone in part b/c of that debt, then enjoyed a rebound due in part to a boost (short lived) in exports caused by changed exchange rates, then cratered into...