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Who's more dangerous to the US, Iraq or N Korea? Aren't we building the $100 billion+ missle defense program to guard against such a launch from N Korea? Saddam can only dream about having such long range missles with nuclear warheads. Remember W's remarks about, "the worlds most dangerous...

This doesn't seem like the work of Al Qaeda terrorists. It's possible, but everything they've done so far around the world suggests otherwise. Domestic based terrorism is very real. Witness: Oklahoma City bombing Atlanta Olympic Bombing in '96 The Anthrax Letters in '01 Various...

The military is now involved in this. Reconnaissance and surveillance equipment will be used in this manhunt. I hope it helps to catch the killer. But jeez, imagine if every this kind of effort went into other crimes? What a way to clean up the streets.

As tragic as the story is, the media doesn't seem to realize that random and ridiculous shootings in this country happen all the time. With innocent victims. Case in point, drive by shootings in the inner city. As sad as this will sound, if these shootings were occuring in the inner city...

The "New World Order" if you will is already happening. Globalization is making the world a much smaller place. Even staunchly independent states like Switzerland are finding it hard to continue to be isolated from the world. I think the great struggle of the 21st century will be between...

Just because you are against Bush's policies doesn't automatically make you a "bleeding heart liberal". I'm strictly independent. We have done an aweful lot of good in the world. If you look at the glass half full, shit, we helped beat fascism, we saved Western Europe, we beat the Communists...

I almost couldn't believe what I read today. One of the possibilities is to have someone like Gen Tommy Franks lead Iraq in a "transition period". Are you serious? Can you imagine what this looks like to the rest of the world? The US makes up about 5% of the worlds population, yet we're...

If you think our economy is heading towards something like Japan (just today, PPI is down 0.4% over the last year, deflation anyone?), then W stands no chance in 2004. By then, unemployment will be much higher, the housing bubble will probably have burst, the consumer will be in the trenches...

Back on the topic of Iran: How exactly would W press his case to the world community about going after them? Because Al Qaeda terrorists are in the country? That's a flimsy excuse to justify a possible invasion. Some knucklehead up in Oregon was trying to start an Al Qaeda training camp. Do...

Ok, I'll cut to the chase. Here are some specific proposals to deal with Saddam: Continue to keep him in his "box" as long as he violates UN resolutions. The threat from Saddam is way overblown IMHO. North Korea has long range ballistic missles (something Saddam doesn't have), they are...

W's key arguements completely fall apart: Iraq has used poison gas on its own people. Therefore, they would use WMD against countries. There is a huge difference between using WMD against defenseless peasants vs using them against Israel or the US which would obliterate Baghdad in a second if...

Isn't our whole country founded on the system of checks and balances? So one branch of government doesn't go overboard? Now Bush's legal team is telling him that he doesn't need Congressional approval to attack Iraq. Bush's power grab is simply unprecidented in modern history. Is he afraid...

It's true that people have been talking about the negative effects of the trade deficit for a long time. 5 years from now, there still might be alot of foreign money coming here. But it's like having a crack in a dam. The crack gets bigger and bigger and eventually, it will burst open. When the...

Gordon Gekko, I've used "playing the extremes" when it comes to trading. Bollinger Bands (I use them set at the standard, 20, 2 standard deviation). If you look at any daily stock chart, from any year, you'll notice that prices are contained within the bands the vast majority of the time...

The Saudi's don't exactly have pocket change invested in US assets (look what Prince Alwaleed, or however you spell his name, owns: Citigroup, Apple, Amazon, etc). He's one of the richest men in the world. Any pullout of Saudi money will have some impact, but a much greater impact would occur if...

A few reasons why "everyone hates us": -Too much military influence on foreign soil. We've got bases all over the world (even on "enemy" soil in Cuba, how ironic). Imagine how we in the US would feel if Germany or Brazil or China had military bases here in the US. It takes away a peice of...

5 cents into $5 million. Hmmmmm. Well, you could buy some chewing gum for 5 cents, then convince some knucklehead on Ebay that it is authentic "game used" gum from Barry Bonds 70th homerun game (people will buy the craziest things on there). So, you sell that for $10 grand. Then you invest that...

I don't think the US is in the same camp as the Saudi's when it comes to sponsoring terrorism. But a valid point is made. Has Bush said one word about the IRA in his "war on terror" rhetoric? Let's face it, even if the IRA were still killing the British, what would Bush do? Bomb Northern...

When I first read it, I thought it was a misprint. Isn't the total world GDP around $30-40 trillion? Suing for 3x that amount? I wonder where they came up with that number. I hope this exposes the true nature of our "allies" in Saudi Arabia that we've turned a blind eye to. Having a...

There are literally an infinite number of ways to trade the market. In my own trading, I like to keep it simple. All I use is candle stick charts, volume, bollinger bands, some momentum type indicators, MACD histogram being my favorite and an assortment of sentiment type indicators (VIX, TICK...