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The Stock Market Roller Coaster
Careful, Don...Jeff has repeatedly called you ignorant (like anyone else who doesn't share his hubris), and I'm sure he'll repeat that again here while simultaneously claiming that you're just attacking him and calling him names. Quite funny, in an ironic way. When the guy who calls Don Bauder ignorant of finance and economics also calls me names, it makes me proud of the company I keep. :-) Otiose...that's a word I haven't seen in ages. I'm sure Jeff is googling it right this moment.— January 3, 2012 11:09 a.m.
Sinaloa Drug Cartel Controls 16 Mexican States Including Baja California
Our wasteful, pointless, immoral "Drug War" has forced this on our neighbors.— January 3, 2012 10:56 a.m.
The Stock Market Roller Coaster
That's entertaining, Jeff...but you still haven't told us how you justify taking food from the mouths of the hungry so you can buy yourself a new surfboard. Please, just answer our questions instead of posting a link to a sex offender database. 1. How is what you do different from gambling? 2. Where and how does your "work" benefit society? 3. Do you think morality and economics are separate, or connected? Explain your reasoning. If they are connected, how can you justify the way you get your money? 4. Why do you hold productive members of society in such contempt? Do you believe that being involved in finance makes you superior to those of us who create real things? We're all waiting for your brilliant reply, buddy, since you've claimed that you understand economics from Hamurabi to Krugman. Best, Fred— January 3, 2012 10:48 a.m.
Searching to Replace Filner on House Veterans Affairs Committee
Agreed. I'm a veteran, and though I don't personally like Filner much (arrogant fake-smiling jerk) his support for those of us who served is noteworthy. Additionally, his position on redevelopment is spot on. So, in spite of my dislike of the man, he's earning my support for Mayor with his firm positions on the issues.— January 3, 2012 9:02 a.m.
The Stock Market Roller Coaster
Still avoiding the issue, aren't you Jeff? Defend your position instead of calling me names...or have you given up in sad recognition that your position is indefensible?— January 3, 2012 8:51 a.m.
The Stock Market Roller Coaster
I've refreshed this page, and look...Jeff removed his pathetic accusatory link. What a loser.— January 3, 2012 8:49 a.m.
The Stock Market Roller Coaster
Jeff, 1. The link doesn't work. You should test this before posting. 2. Are you trying to call me a sex offender? Because I disagree with your economic philosophy and have called you a parasitic speculator, you want to label me a rapist? That's totally pathetic, dude. 3. Ironically, when I was at Epic Solutions in San Diego, I helped design and test the user interface of the first version of California's Megan's Law database for the CalDOJ.— January 3, 2012 8:47 a.m.
The Stock Market Roller Coaster
Yes. You're right. Luck is far more of a factor than Jeff, or most financial gamblers, will ever admit. Look at the studies of financial advisors and fund managers...you'd be just as well off getting a chimp to throw darts. They're "success" is almost entirely due to luck, except when it's due to outright fraud or insider trading.— January 3, 2012 8:27 a.m.
The Stock Market Roller Coaster
Exactly, Don. And it was psychopaths with MBAs who are responsible for that. One of the few bright spots in recent decades has been technology, my field. You know what, the finance boys are trying to move that offshore too. They have the same attitude as Jeff, treating those of us who actually create the technology as their inferiors because they have the ability to manipulate the financial system. Don, the real issue is morality. From ancient times his kind of behavior has been recognized as detrimental to society, and punished accordingly. In the last few decades we've turned away from that, trying to separate morality and economics. Look where it's gotten us.— January 3, 2012 8:24 a.m.
The Stock Market Roller Coaster
Yes. I'm waiting for him to address the question, instead of just calling me names. Sure, I've called him names too (pyschopath, immoral, gambler) but I think I can back that up based on his own words. He demands respect from us merely because of the balance in his checking account and his ability to shave points off the production of others...I refuse to give him that undeserved reward. (Actually, Don...I also think I've got a higher net worth, not that it matters, and that when things blow up he's gonna be left naked in the cold. I have actual friends, a real life, loving family, and genuine wealth earned through productivity rather than legalized theft from the mouths of poor children.)— January 3, 2012 8:17 a.m.