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oh yeah.. rocket science for traders. i've been meaning to buy that for ages -- thanks for the reminder! MAMA-FAMA.. lol. gotta love that name! now i've gotta go buy it...

yeah, sorry wild. i did kinda set it up so that you couldn't win huh.. :) you don't have to answer this here, but just to yourself: wouldn't you agree that much of what you've copy and pasted was because you liked the writers' conclusions and not because of the dispassionate, objective...

well, there was a bit more to the story than that, but essentially, yes, it was not the smartest move i ever made. if i had only adhered to my put-myself-first philosophy that had being paying off so handsomely i wouldn't have had to go through any of this.. in short, yup --> dumb move...

in short, the mistake was allowing a certain (formerly trusted) family member to maintain a joint bank account with me... you're right, i'm sure this is great news to folks here! i'm sure it will also please everyone to know that my chances for recovering it appear bleak.. . :D oh well...

he can't help it Jack, it's part of his genetic make-up...

oh ok. excellent! then the minister had a choice too! and for him the 'right' choice was to be honest (or, more correctly, what he believed was 'honest') than to pursue his political ambitions. choices for everyone! hooray! :)

the 'choice' we are talking about is obviously different to the 'choice' the japanese minister made. did the japanese minister have the CHOICE to stay on? you seem to be saying that he didn't. so he didn't really choose to retire; even if he wanted to stay on he would have been fired...

of course it's a choice! what the hell else could it possibly be?? sure, the information she based her decision was faulty, but buddy, that simply comes back to RESPONSIBILITY! you're not six years old harry. you know that life isn't always fair. but the people that get ahead in the...

well, if you're lucky enough to live in a 'prosperous' western nation, most likely the government -- your fellow citizens (via taxes) -- will give you a helping hand. :) if you want to STILL KEEP your 'quality of life' (living standards) up and take on DEBT to do it, it is pretty clear to me...

oh BS. who gets to decide what constitutes a 'benefit'? wouldn't it be the person that desires to purchase the particular product/service? if HE believes it benefits him, then it benefits him. obviously, we don't NEED $5000 hi-fi stereos and we don't NEED luxurious power boats and we...

harry, just answer me this: is anyone FORCING people to take on debt??? if not, then people have a CHOICE. personal responsibility is what it comes down to. those that accept responsibility for the quality of their lives are by far the most likely ones to improve it. those that don't...

yeah, i can imagine guys like Warren Buffet are glued to the screen... lol

oh really? so americans didn't actually choose to take on these debts, they were forced into it huh? there was no other possibility but taking on debt, right? yeaaahh, right ps - and note: my criteria for stupidity go further than just taking on absurd levels of debt (especially...

ok, so there are more stupid (debt ridden) people in america than in europe. so?

well, considering that i'm cutting my losses day in, day out, i'd have to say that yep, i'm totally sure of my ability to do it. :) harry, i'm not really the kind of person to carry on about the 'unfair' treatment life has dished out to me, although, i can assure you that i have wallowed in...

see, that's the point that you really need to argue for rs7; simply asserting that "it's all about power" simply won't do. you and i have discussed it before, and, thus far, i just can't buy that point of view. and note: i'm not saying its ALL about religion -- although i think that plays a...

harry, if that stupid bitch had debts up to her eyeballs, is it anyone but HER own fault???? oh, i suppose she was genetically predisposed to accumulating debt (to say nothing of the morons that were willing to lend to her..)... now, to answer your question as to what *I* would do: whatever...

bahahahah you guys are a riot! (not overthehill and long shot, I'm talking about the conspiracy theorists..) listen to you, you've got it all worked out, right? there's no possibility of you being wrong huh? candle and wild, i think your posts in this thread prove conclusively what a...

that's right Max. it was really the sudden nature of the deaths, and the symbolism of the towers that tugs on the heart strings. i mean, compare 3000 dead americans with 20 MILLION dead russians in ww2 (and, closer to home for me, 1.5mil dead yugoslavs). 9/11 doesn't even come close...