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I think any attacks on Obama's religion or supposed place of birth are counterproductive because they completely miss the point and frankly make the Tea Party movement, which is based on inherently sound ideas, look stupid and bigoted. He's a poor president because he cannot stand up to his...

Women are less interested in a man's looks because they're interested in his power and/or money. It's fine for a man to lose his looks, but just try losing your (her) money :)

Feb 2000: The stock market, driven by the 'dot com' internet firms, is on an inexorable upward trend. Miss out at your peril. The internet is the most revolutionary transformational technology of the last 100 years - so, who knows how high shares could go? Normal price/earnings valuations just...

I've just started reading "A Hedge Fund Tale" by Barton Biggs and have a question. The protagonist, a talented football player with high SAT scores, avoids applying to Ivy League schools and insists on going to a third rate provincial college on a sports scholarship. He thinks the route to...

Not by any means true. Some of the biggest spikes and trends have no real 'fundamental' cause.

Fingers and toes crossed.. oh, please :)

Sometimes it hurts to be a well connected crook. Not very often, but sometimes :)

Curtis Faith is talking out of the rear end of his gut, that's all.

Obama's message to the Egyptians: Ok, he's bullied, killed and kept you dirt poor for the last 30 years, but WE like him, right? Understand? That's all that matters. So what the hell do you think you're doing?

Yes, it's curious how Obama's administration is mirroring Carter's so closely. What are the odds on Egypt being Obama's Iran?

Any government that would want or need such a switch is a dictatorship.

How many people sat through this waffle hoping to find out how RenTec actually makes its billions?

Let's just say I enjoy visiting. And leave it at that :)

'Protected class' means pretty much the same thing here in the UK - a characteristic that can't be targeted for discrimination, e.g. in a job requirement. So.. the government tells us whom we can and cannot joke about? :confused: Nice to see that your life is rich enough to spend time on and...

I think I should clarify what I mean by wealth redistribution. I mean any transfer of wealth whatsoever. If you make a shedload of $ on Apple shares, it's wealth redistribution. When you pay tax, it's wealth redistribution. Whether it's done by government or individuals and/or companies of...

I wasn't accusing you of thinking that. I was saying that there are subtle shades of racism, in response to your sweeping "racism is wrong". Many a right thinking Westerner would be shocked at an Indian's human rights being abused, or if he's going hungry.. yet might be equally shocked to think...

It's not so simple. So racism is wrong? Ok then, why is it ok to crack jokes about blondes, and definitely NOT ok to make jokes about black people? Why would most people (Americans) agree that everyone in the world deserves human rights and enough food/clean water to live but somehow people in...

Prometheus, I have no doubt that both China and India are as corrupt as any country can get.. but that's by the way. However defective the economic system, these countries still manage to produce people who can beat the US at their own game. The educational system of either continent is...

Yes, but how are the unions JUSTIFYING their position? By saying "I want to keep my well paying job, that's it!!"? No, it's all talk about society, fellow Americans this that and the other. Business owners like to save their money just as much as their employees who want to shop at Walmart.