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what are gas prices in your area sarvis?

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Most of what you read is being blown out of proportion. Yes, some things are bad, but the government is in some cases doing the right things. We have help for the banks and lending. We have lower rates designed to help lower borrowing costs. As long we do not let zombie industries exists, such as th...

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I just wanted to throw in that most people don't believe OPEC nations can cut production much. Other than Saudi Arabia, oil is their only source of hard currency. Cutting production would result in less money. This was a strategy that Reagan used very succesfully against the Soviets if you read the ...

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Sarvis,

Don't environmentalists think using gas is a sin, ie the sin tax?

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People said the same thing about Whitewater and it led to impeachment hearings...

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Right Corth, with the anchor of retirement benefits for the union people, the US car makers are simply not viable. Bankruptcy will dissolve the retirement benefits and they can go back to making cars instead of being focused on how to pay retirees.

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Brutal to the unions? They are at the heart of the problem. They demanded these crazy retirement benefits that the companies have no chance of paying and now there is one worker for every two retirees.

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Rags, We haven't seen the opinion polls done since this scandal involving Obama started. Nothing matters until it suddenly does. Obama acting like a regular politician before he is even in office is going to be an anchor around his neck. The way that he and his people are acting tells you there is s...

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Man, Obama is really floundering in this mess. He and his staff need to come out and give all the phone records to see who and when his people were talking with Blagojevich. Right now, Obama seems to be trying to hide something. Maybe he didn't do it, but alot of folks suspect high level people in h...

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Seems to be alot of chatter for Mitt Romney for Car Czar. We should have elected him as President but I think he'd be great at restructuring the auto industry.

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Here are my rules for buying/building a pc. Buy the second or third best processor as there is usually a significant discount from the top spot. This goes for video cards as well. If you run firewalls and anti virus, more cores is better. At times it may be marginal, but at other times it can have q...

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Another gut wrenching story: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a8EVy7KVpBaA&refer=home Madoff Charged in $50 Billion Fraud at Advisory Firm (Update3) Email | Print | A A A By David Glovin and David Scheer Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Bernard Madoff, founder and president of a New...

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Damn, sorry to hear about this. I remember when he was Jihad before Mystra forced him to change it. He was a good leader to compete against and later, I found him a great guy to group with. In the end, we are immortalized by the memories and feelings we inspire in other, and for Jihad/Joth, he had a...

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Wow, I was just shocked by the audacity of this Democratic Governor of Illinois. Don't have time to comment now, but wanted to create the topic.

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This is one of Richard Russell's articles that can be found on http://www.dowtheoryletters.com called Rich Man, Poor Man. MAKING MONEY: The most popular piece I've published in 40 years of writing these Letters was entitled, "Rich Man, Poor Man." I have had dozens of requests to run this p...

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Actually, CPI doesn't look at home prices going up or down. It looks at "rental equivalence" or "equivalent rent" which is quite different than a home's value.

Also, minimizing it helps with the cpi interest portion on TIPS and I Bonds.

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BTW, here is a great article for thought: Here is the link: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908956,00.html pasted text below. Not for many years has a Christmas season begun with so many tidings of spreading discomfort and lack of joy about the U.S. economy. Already racked by a deva...

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Hate to be the naysayer, but I would argue that some things are actually getting better. Prices for some things are down. Companies are right sizing themselves for the next boom. Weak marginable companies are falling leaving room for the big guys to grow and the new guys to start to grow. At some po...

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Well said Ash!

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I always get a good chuckle out of the "Depression" stuff. I equate what is going to to the crash of 1907. If the government wasn't throwing money at the problem and lowering rates, then we could go into a Depression. As long as tax rates don't rise, and real and quantitative rates stay lo...

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"Passively play" as opposed to "actively play"? Isn't that just sitting at 3W or below the inn? Corth's been passively playing for years.

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Staff is on. We might just be invis.

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We'll see how it turns out. I suspect we'll see the Libs try to push their leftist agenda. They are in control now so let's see how they do. I suspect they'll overreach and 2010 might be a turnaround election.

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http://sweetness-light.com/archive/demo ... -of-rights

Here's another scary thing that most folks haven't thought about beyond "we need change" slogans.

Thoughts?

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ROFL, basically, if you know the map of FR, the area writer is working on the Long Road. We'll go back west to the High Road and NW, Luskan, et al later.

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Thil, There is a bigger portion of Luskan and related areas around it coming in the future. Right now, there is a writer working on taking some HL zones and updating them which will eventually provide the backbone for Neverwinter, Luskan and some other zones. I will take a look though at Luskan Outp...

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Corth, we should start another thread for the financial crisis. I'll have to disagree with you that we can't implement things to make things better for the country. Of course, this doesn't include the really stupid liberal idea of raising taxes. Just ask Hoover how that worked out...

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Ah, with Avak's comment, I have my loser, defeatist comment for the day. Don't know what I would have done without it!

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You are indeed mistaken. Only a patsy for the Russians would call Georgia a totalitarian regime. The liberals among us always did have a soft spot for their communist comrades. Sadly, things haven't changed. That's why Libs usually lose because they can't be count on to uphold our capitalist ideas i...

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Let's see, the Russians for centuries have subjugated other countries like Georgia, the Ukraine, and other countries. These people have fought the Russians when the Western world abandoned them after WW2. Finally, after the Evil Empire fell, they (the former Eastern Bloc countries and former Soviet ...

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Have you heard Obama say what he would do to get the Russians out of Georgia and protect our friends in the Ukraine?

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McCain is a Ford type of person. Someone that is not really part of the brand, but he's probably the best chance to win the White House. I was pretty ambivilent on McCain myself until Russia invaded Georgia. I just can't see Obama standing strong against the Russians. Also, the Palin pick gives us s...

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Here's part of an interview with ABC by Obama. Very interesting!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qotHTtr ... re=related

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Corth, Thanks for posting that latest poll. BTW Kifle, it's "poll" not "pole". Americans are smart enough to see that Obama is wrong for America and by Change, we want positive change for the country. With Obama, all we'll have is change left in our pockets after taxes. In the en...

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Not a bad idea for a quest.

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Xis,

Maybe I'm reading those bars wrong, but the certain and uncertain McCain look to be just under 20. Throw in some of those undecided and you're just about 20. And that's before the masterful speech by Lieberman tonight. I wonder if Lieberman is going to get Defense or State?

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Here's another funny story about Obama claiming more experience than Palin. I guess interviewing for a job counts as experience now... Barack Obama contends that he is more experienced in executive matters than Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin because he has managed his presidential campaign for the past 18 ...

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Kifle maybe you are too dopey to understand what you are writing. When you write about clams and such, you are being sexist toward women. It is the usual double standard that liberals have. I don't have to put words in your mouth, you do a good enough job of putting your foot there. Even your commen...

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Oh, some of you have a lack of experience wit politics. After a convention, there is normally a bump in the polls. Obama is only up 5 when he should be up 10 to 15. It is a fairly weak bump for Obama. As to the Clinton voters, I said McCain would get 20 to 30 percent. Those poll numbers for her supp...

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Hey, we may need to change the title of this thread to what Liberals are using now. Global Warming is out and Global Climate Change is in. Good story about how the Sun has affected the climate in the past. It's odd that its hotter when the sun is high in the sky and cooler when the Sun isn't up. Gue...

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Rags, The election is for President, not Vice President. Ever since the voting for Vice President was changed near the beginning of our country, the VP has not been very important. Look at all the wrecks that have been VP. The only one I know of that got tossed was the guy that admitted to getting s...

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What did they think about Obama's inexperience?

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Kifle, your comment claiming that Palin is a bad mother is one of those things that really gets to me. You don't see anyone say someone is a bad father. It's only women that get that label. That's exactly what I meant by claim that you are sexist.

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Don't we already have this? It's called playing a rogue.

This is a joke so please hold back the flames.

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Rags, Kifle was trying to put Palin down based on her looks basically objectifying as only useful in a sexy way. That's what he did when he said "bikini model". I think it is wrong to do that. One can argue the views that Palin holds but it is really base and vile to simply put a woman dow...

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Wow Kifle, I never expected to hear such sexist and misogynistic attack on a strong woman who is governor of Alaska. She has been a small business owner and raised a family of children while her husband works. She decided to try to fix things and joined politics to have an impact. That is exactly th...

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She has more military experience than Obama as the Commander in Chief of the Alaska National Guard.

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Forgot the link

http://www.270towin.com/

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Here's a link to an electoral map. See what numbers you get.

My prediction is 311 to 223 with the percentage being 48 (Obama) to 47 (McCain) in favor of McCain over Obama.

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Palin has more executive experience than Obama. I think this puts the nail in the coffin of Obama because this should deliver OH, PA and MI to McCain. Without those, Obama doesn't have a chance.

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