sparklenshine

Alec,
Every politician owes someone something out there. I dont admire any of them. If Bush et al made any kind of agreement with defense contractors that requires a certain $ amount of purchases, then the next president will have to honor that...so...who knows how or when this war will end.

We will need many years to undo the damage that the Bush Administration inflicted upon us.

I agree that our armed forces have been treated horribly and the financial welfare of US citizens has been compromised - but remember, Bill Clinton had a lot to do with that too. And yes, unless a person has a family member in the armed forces he/she is not going to care too much about the war in Iraq. The Iraqis have been used and abused.

Just an FYI, sparklenshine is printed on something I own - maybe one day you'll get to see it, hehe. posted 04/22/2008 at 23:28:55

Hi Alec,
"Sometimes I honestly believe that a racist white guy would vote for Obama over anyone like his wife or mother. A woman as Commander-and-Chief? Uh-uh, they say. "

Hehehe...a woman president would make their penises shrivel right up just like how the Good Witch of East's feet curled right up after Dorothy's house landed on her in the Wizard of Oz. What a sight!! To be *emasculated* in this fashion is the sin of all sins...dont you know that? Why one bad bout with PMS and the world would be extinguished as fast as you could say "Sale Day at Macy's", hehehehe.

I think it is normal to question a person's level of experience or lack of it, but the bottom line for Democrats should be ...who can beat McCain. I'm with you Alec Baldwin. (I like the sound of that, hehe. You dont mind be being giddy do you?)

"The past eight years have been the moral low point of the American experience." --> I can safely say that these past 8 years have been THE lowest of my life....ahhh god help me. ((breathing deeply))

"The GOP plays to win."---> I'm not sure Democrats are this hungry or calculating in their moves and maybe that is why they lose out so often.

Have a nice day. posted 04/07/2008 at 13:52:39

QC in 2000? And no one invited me? Woooo, lucky girl! Wouldnt you know it... QC is my Alma Mater. I was busy running my fanny off promoting Celebrex to medical practitioners in Palm Beach County, Florida. Too bad I missed this shindig, but you know how it is...money, money, money!

Clinton's error in repealing the Glass-Steagall Act had disaster written all over it - and everyone knew it and let it happen. There is good reason to keep investment banking and lending separated. Like how the Justice Dept and Politics dont go together.

I love Schiff's thinking - " America's apparent prosperity is nothing but an illusion built on the phony foundation of inflated asset values and consumer debt." Soooo true. It easier for this country to continue a lie even if it kills us because the myth is sweeter.

I once worked for a market research firm who made a mistake on a media study many years ago for a wedding magazine and filtered the respondents of the study incorrectly so that only 60% of the readers of that magazine were engaged instead of the 90% when I directed the repeat study. The client caught the discrepancy and questioned my manager. The manager explained that I should have kept the error going rather than do the study correctly.

In regards to women backing female candidate simply because the candidate is a woman is exactly WHY there will never be a woman president or vice president - tunnel vision. posted 04/01/2008 at 20:23:45

Alec, the info you provided was certainly an eye opener. This credit bubble is swelling and ready to burst. Banks and investment firms are repackaging the same bad debt and selling it to investors. Retraction of debt will result in many having to be bailed out. But, this nonsense has to stop (dont you think?) and a retraction in currency trade is expected during global liquidity shortages.

"The deficits were easy to fund in times of abundant liquidity, but we think the global credit crunch is going to make it a lot harder," he said. "The history of financial crises suggests that it can be dangerous to think 'it's different this time'." We all know that no one learns and we're going to be left in a *snafu*, hehe ;)

The currencies mentioned in the article are taking a nose dive. Investors will have to pay back more valuable currency with less valuable currency (not good). Another item is that "carry trades weaken the target currency, because investors sell what they have borrowed, and convert it into other currencies."

We all know that for some strange people have lost their minds (in general) and one boy genius decided that "free money" was the way to go...for selfish reasons, of course. So...the entire global economy joined this free for all and everyone decided to self destruct at once. This was done on purpose (I think you know that) with no hesitation. posted 03/30/2008 at 12:58:34