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o.k., I'll play along with the idea that the banks should have been bailed out. I'm actually not so unreasonable to assume that liquidity measures were necessary at the time as trading between counter-parties completely dried up 2 years ago. The failure of the intervention was the simple...

Therein lies the rub. Ron Paul has alluded to it on numerous occasions, to paraphrase..the arsonist and the firefighter are one in the same. Of course, it seems logical that we should bailout, prop up, stimulate the economy when given one dire alternative. But we never ask the question of how...

It really is just more proof positive of the long term effects of the internet on the bricks and mortars industry. Slowly but surely, retailers are dying off as the demographics catch up and, as others have mentioned, there is just no way to be price competitive with all of the overhead plus...

Data mining at its finest. Best case scenario, ET sentiment is almost complete and total APATHY. There is a world of difference between the sort of sentiment you see now and say 3-5-7 years ago. "Smart money" is oh so 1990's anyway.

I doubt that you will ever acknowledge the fact that what you have just written actually confirms the fact that public sector entitlements are a de-facto ponzi scheme and benefit one generation at the expense of all future generations. The only thing that actually made them plausible were...

Haha, I didn't even see your post before the Fahrenheit 451 reference, but we are definitely on the same wavelength. :D

Many, many locations are nothing more than glorified coffee houses that function as a sort of highbrow public library system. As you mention, the industry is basically cannibalizing itself with e-books and such. That speaks nothing of upcoming generations, whom I'd argue, are not nearly as...

And the battle rages on between public sector unionized employees versus their perceived enemy of the entitled class of bankers and other favored corporations who are wards of the state. At that point, the bankers bonus pool becomes the tool to extort ridiculous payout packages, guaranteed...

I think you are clearly confused about this issue. By and large, the public service sector is cutting funding largely because of their obligations to public sector retirees. Across the board, pensions are underfunded and due to their idiotic decision to grant defined benefit type of pensions...

Not sure if that was sarcasm, assuming it was. Google medical tourism if you thought it was a joke.

Valid points and a sensible response. Out of curoisity, I'd like to know how much that $500,000 procedure would cost in say India.

Why are you still allowed an alias since you have essentially admitted to being Marketsurfer?

So says "Surfer", the guy who registers an alias a week. What would you know about "being a man" you wanna be elitist prick? Should I tell Joe to ban Rodney King as well? Or did you guys have a behind the scenes compromise that you were allowed to keep one alias, since you seem to have a...

You can cut the act, it was emphasized to highlight your idiocy. Quoted for your convenience: Thunderdog Registered: Aug 2002 Posts: 10066 11-12-07 12:59 PM Quote from ProfLogic: So sorry. Everything I stated is verifyable in this very thread. Read it. I...

As Fireplace said, it's not a threat it's a PROMISE that I will report every single alias you register going forward. And believe me, I can spot your writing style a mile away. btw, you are the LAST person to try and "cast dispersions" as you would say with regards to "IQ deficiency". As...

Well Surf, what have you to say? Was it worth it outting your Rodney King alias just to support a now defunct alias?

yeah, and that works wonderfully until it doesn't and you get carted off the field. AMT had a nice habit of disappearing after "accordions gone bad".

Doesn't Surf have anything better to do than go to the trouble of registering a new alias every other day? It takes me literally 30 seconds to tell the mod's that the biggest poseur ever to grace this site is back at it again, pulling his usual b.s. (I guess the mod's let you keep this...

The announcers are classic narcissits. So long as they have a job reading the teleprompter and achieve some level of fame, all is well in the world. I'm sure after enough years of just standing around and practicing their delivery of the news, they no longer even care or spend a moment...

And in cyberspace, those who can't are frequently confused with those who can. Then again, you've proven you aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer.