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Topic: Slavery by another name |
Jack
Replies: 20
Views: 649
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Forum: Book/Media Reviews Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:07 pm Subject: Re: Slavery by another name |
There is communism, where everyone is equal...everyone produces the same, everyone gets the same. No one gets a free ride, no one gets to live off the production of others.
Except the General Secret ... |
Topic: Slavery by another name |
Jack
Replies: 20
Views: 649
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Forum: Book/Media Reviews Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:21 pm Subject: Re: Slavery by another name |
| I suspect that the issue of involuntary servitude could best be represented as a spectrum ranging from chattel slavery at the worst up through certain entry-level jobs in our present day society. For ... |
Topic: You Want it to Happen! |
Jack
Replies: 44
Views: 6694
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Forum: Psychology Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:01 pm Subject: Re: You Want it to Happen! |
Hw do you respond to people who say you "want it to happen" just because you believe PO is a fact?
Personally, it makes me want to cry....
I tell them they are correct. I do want it to happen ... |
Topic: FDIC - freeze large dep. if a run occurs . . . |
Jack
Replies: 33
Views: 1538
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:27 pm Subject: Re: FDIC - freeze large dep. if a run occurs . . . |
Probably anything above the $100,000 limit.
Keep your deposits small, well diversified, and low key. Move things around, but do it quietly. Gray man kinda deal.
Learn about smurfing. Don't do ... |
Topic: WTH is going on with the markets right now? |
Jack
Replies: 73
Views: 3092
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:37 pm Subject: Re: WTH is going on with the markets right now? |
True. And point and figure includes a count down to $120.
Could you elaborate on that?
Point and figure charts deal with price action only, and do not incorporate any factor of time. The price ... |
Topic: WTH is going on with the markets right now? |
Jack
Replies: 73
Views: 3092
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:17 pm Subject: Re: WTH is going on with the markets right now? |
Three day's action does not a trend make.
I wouldn't write off this downturn that easily. This thing's still got some momentum behind it. Clearly it is a correction in a long term bull market and ... |
Topic: WTH is going on with the markets right now? |
Jack
Replies: 73
Views: 3092
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:36 pm Subject: Re: WTH is going on with the markets right now? |
My take, oil prices finally got high enough that demand destruction happened and price is correcting down to a more sustainable slope.
Exactly. Take a look at the Baltic Dry Index. It suggests d ... |
Topic: Henry Kissinger and Colin Powell on board |
Jack
Replies: 39
Views: 2058
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:00 pm Subject: Re: Henry Kissinger and Colin Powell on board |
Jack - meet your new boss...
Works for me. Fortunately, I've never found moral or ethical considerations to be an impediment.
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Topic: Henry Kissinger and Colin Powell on board |
Jack
Replies: 39
Views: 2058
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:46 am Subject: Re: Henry Kissinger and Colin Powell on board |
What totally stupid crap. You think you own peak oil. Get off my raft crap. You are really sick pstarr.
I suggest you cease the personal attacks. |
Topic: 'Old-timer' status tag |
Jack
Replies: 15
Views: 535
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Forum: Suggestion Box Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:42 am Subject: Re: 'Old-timer' status tag |
| I propose a special 4-year board member tag near the avatar for members that have been on PO.com for at least four years. Such as a small mark that says '4 Years', 'Old-Timer' text, or something like ... |
Topic: Peak Popcorn! |
Jack
Replies: 7
Views: 490
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:20 pm Subject: Re: Peak Popcorn! |
All you doomers who ask to pass the popcorn with every new gloomy news item may need to find a new entertainment snack.
No, this will only make the popcorn taste better.
It's like watching ima ... |
Topic: The Charity Thread |
Jack
Replies: 9
Views: 299
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:11 am Subject: The Charity Thread |
Think nothing of it.
As a side note, George W. Bush has authorized a 15 million dollar aid gift to the affected, along with a 20 million line of credit.
Those affected? By what? The heartbre ... |
Topic: Confessions of a Grocery stocker . |
Jack
Replies: 86
Views: 4839
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:09 am Subject: Re: Confessions of a Grocery stocker . |
Great post, Mack12345!
Thank you for your informative posts.
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Topic: EIA's International Petroleum Monthly |
Jack
Replies: 63
Views: 6246
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:12 pm Subject: Re: EIA's International Petroleum Monthly |
What the hell am I supposed to think now?
You could always conclude that the cornys are correct and then go out and purchase a large SUV.
I trust that will not happen.
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Topic: At what point do you say F it? |
Jack
Replies: 29
Views: 1204
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Forum: Psychology Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:35 am Subject: Re: At what point do you say F it? |
Would you really want to go on living locked in a bunker all alone?
Sounds like Heaven.
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