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Nice rant. Good to see you around. Originally by: waxOne last quick note before I slip into a stupor: Nothing concerning economics concerning the USA has mattered since 1933. Our dollar is worth one dollar because we say it is. .......... Most peop
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U.S. Foreign Policy
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Okay...I watched the video...what was the point? Was there something controversial we were supposed to see there?
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U.S. Domestic Affairs
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Let us see...nonfinancial sector companies that might be negatively effected by an economic down turn? Oh, yeah...I know. ALL OF THEM!!! Its an economic downturn, Liz. That means the economy is worsening. People have less disposable income. THe
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Since we're, into our Nov. 'storm season,' may I suggest the South of France?
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I somehow think that I'm not ready right now to recycle my old styrofoam into N****m--but the Chinese may be. But tell me, can you think of non-financial, established companies that could be effected by the financial melt-down. We've already mentio
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Where should we move on to, Anon.? You have a destination in mind?
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$1.70. I bet some people who used to not use 89 or 93 because of its cost will now use it. "Hey, I paid $3.99 for 87. This 89 is only $2.04."
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"...but it looks as though H. Clinton will accept the post soon." History in the making. Separate statement of fact. A US Secretary of State has never been assassinated.
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LM, Liz, I was hoping for Clark in some position...but it looks as though H. Clinton will accept the post soon. Retired Marine General James Jones will most likely be Obama's pick for Ntl. Security Adviser. He is a close friend of McCain, but not o
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We were delighted to see housing costs go down. It made it easier for us to buy, over priced or not. Wish we would've waited a little longer. This mortgage crisis is gold. My wife's employer is pulling in more work and she's movin' on up. Ah, mortga
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Technology
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I've had a blackberry since 2004! I could not live without the device. While in China last month, I was able to post from it right here on FM! In 2002 when I was in China, at a time when at home, cell phone service was sometimes iffy...like droppe
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Speaking of which Bush is on his way to Peru... Is he going to spend Thanksgiving there? Then who is going to pardon the White House Turkey (I mean the turkey from the turkey farm)?
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Unholy Ground
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Originally by: WakeHoldenHorror vacui aka cenophobia...in the art world, the fear of empty spaces, where every square inch of the canvas, paper, etc. was filled with endless details, shapes, lines, colors, figures, etc. The term was also used to desc
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Technology
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Un-official.. yet we all deal with it! The FCC decides... the State Department agrees: and mergers occur whether consumers like them or not! I just drove from my home in Southern Minnesota to a little town on the Gulf of Mexico without losing an In
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One last quick note before I slip into a stupor: Nothing concerning economics concerning the USA has mattered since 1933. Our dollar is worth one dollar because we say it is. Don't like it? OK.... like it now? (BOOM CRASH) How about now? Oh... yea I
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Housing is perhaps the saddest... yet funniest... yet saddest part of our recent idiots! It combines two things that can not do other than confuse someone who is a thinking person: GREED and IGNORANCE. Yet you hear it all of the time: "I have built
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There are three very interesting events that I find very telling about the American people concerning what is currently seen as an emergency: 1: Anyone who was listening in class learned that one never puts more than twenty five percent of investmen
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Liz- the last US unemployment figure I have is from Aug. 2008, when it was at 6.1% Wax- WOW... I mean truly... WOW! Forget that the universal healthy standard was set by the Roman world at 10%. Umm... The unemployment rate in 1932 was 23.6 percent
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I must admit I don't really 'get it' concerning this whole depression/recession thing. It is almost as though no one around me ever went to school and paid attention! Hmmm... I have noted before that an instructor once proved with math believe it o
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What does a damned "political conservative" sound like when he talks about the deficit? Is there no reason to panic about this type of spending, either? Are "political conservatives" outpacing the "political liberals" in thier buying of stocks versu
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The Unexplained
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faithful- What was the ONE movie that frightened you? Wax- Something beyond comprehension is happening to a little girl on this street, in this house. A man has been called for as a last resort to try and save her. That man is... The Exorcist. But
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Jesus Talk
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I must adsmit I have never heard of the solas. This might be because I am Catholic. However I have read several books on Luther. There is no doubt he protested against the over reliance on works by the Catholic Church of his time. His main attack was
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Originally by: aus22We should be careful of media inspired panic. Bad news sells better and we rarely hear about the good news. How many times have there been headlines on the days the stock market fell but how many headlines have there been on days
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Jesus Talk
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Well, whether you think it, or believe it, the conclusion I responded with can only be the same. Apply it to yourself however you like. If you feel it is ridiculous, as I do, then you should appreciate my comment to help sway you in your final
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lets move on
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