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Well but you can basically say that about a lot of congressman. So I don't think she's any different so I don't see how you can hold that against just her.

I guess I give it to Palin in the sense that she did better than my VERY LOW expectations.........basing it on actual issues I'd give it to Biden since he had substance in his responses to question whereas she just spouted off generic lines of no value and wanted to constantly talk about energy...

I guess my question would be if God created everything.....then where did God come from?......I guess my problem has always been the argument that "God just is"......I do believe that there is a "God" I'm just not sure what the form of "God" is. For all we know, we're in a giant fish bowl in...

I think Palin's problem is that she's getting prepped by this person: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww She just needs somebody new to prep her. :p Honestly I think she will do very well against Biden tomorrow and win back a lot of the conservative supporters that are running...

I'm thinking if it passes then we'll rally up to around 1200. Then it'll all depend on earnings, if earnings are worse than expected then we will probably start selling off and take out the 1100 level on S&P. Otherwise I think 1100 will hold. I think when the passing of the bill seemed like...

Anybody know when the House votes on this gigantic 450 page bill? Is it during market hours again tomorrow or are they gonna mess around till next week?

I"m not sure at this point since the bill has been delayed. If the gov't decides that some sort of bailout is going to happen within the next week or two they may lift the ban. Essentially they'll be trying to trap some short sellers by lifting the ban and then releasing a bill that should...

So I took out a bunch of money on one of those convenience check things that has a balance that is fixed for life at 3.99%. I still have a small balance left on that account so now that they have been bought what happens to that account? I'm assuming now I'll be paying a different bank but...

Actually if you step back away from the deceiving 106 point drop on the S and P you can see that this really is not a big drop. Take a look at the S and P low on Sep 18 which was around 1133 and that day we got some BS reversal and the market bounced higher on the basis of CNBC news announcing...

LOL give me a break. You really think this so called defeat had anything to do with the redumblicunts and demoncrats suddenly wanting true capitalism?....This vote was shot down over a political pissing match between the buffoons in the house. This bailout will pass and most likely will pass...

I think you're giving him far too much credit. I would pin all of the above on the resume of our politicians the last 8 years. Bush didn't single handedly do all this by himself, he got a lot of help from the rest of the government. I do have to concede your point about the ignoring...

I would have to disagree with this. I think there have been much worse presidents in US history, but the house/senate/president combination for the past 8 years has been the worst I've experienced. Most people seem to blame the Iraq war for being the reason why "bush is the worst president in...

I think this is one of my favorite quotes: "If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself." With that I am off the McCain train, sadly I am apparantly doing the "unthinkable, unamerican" thing which is to take a pass on this election. Sorry McCain I was with you in 2000...

From an article on cnbc: In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Boehner urged that the House Republican proposals be "given the consideration they deserve." The proposals include: Wall Street – Not Taxpayers – Should Fund the Recovery Private Capital – Not...

I paid around 10K in cap gains taxes last year and this bill would definitely take me out of the stock market all together. So I guess the gov't would feel fine about losing my tax revs and all the money I add into the economy with my spending.....and for what? I had nothing to do with...

So let me get this straight. If I buy 100 shares of apple for 130 per share thats 13,000 and then I sell the 100 shares for 131 a share I make a profit of $100 and I have to pay taxes on the buy and sell of $13000 * .0025 = $32.50 and $13100*.0025 = $32.75 for a grand total of $32.5 +...

I've been wondering about this. I"m gonna put on my little conspiracy theory hat for fun and put this out. Seems that the Oct 2nd date was chosen because the bush administration knew they could twist the arm of congress to get some sort of bailout done by then. In the meantime you aren't...

Hmmm those are always a little more tricky to work although very doable. But keep an eye out for the convenience checks that are fixed for life....those are the gems! I've got 35K spread across 3 credit cards that have a combined fixed for life interest rate of just under 4%. Thats a dirt...

If you have access to that much credit why not put it to work? I'm assuming you have pretty good credit therefore you should be able to get decent interest rates, much lower than 7-22% seeing as banks and credit card companies are hurting to find customers with good credit. I'm not sure what...

You've nailed it right on the head. When debt is used properly its AMAZING how much wealth you can build up. Debt is just like anything else, in the hands of irresponsible people its a grenade but in the hands of a responsible person its like finding buried treasure. :)