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Risk

Posted by Roy Rolling on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 5:45:33 AM
What if Democrats win?  Will Republicans support the president?  Or will markets take a juvenile attitude?  There is a real risk of what many allude to but do not address, it is the "I will take my toys home if I don't get to make the rules" attitude of some markets.

The simmering hatred by the oil markets from years of hammering boiled over in the Clinton administration and led to an over-correction by the Bush administration.

So as long as defeatism doesn't turn into sabotage the next four years will be compared to a "normal" business cycle. But if another presidential campaign starts the day after this one ends, neither side wins in such a manipulated economy and anything-but-free market.
Tags: free market  
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Colin Powell Veterans for Truth

Posted by Roy Rolling on Sunday, October 19, 2008 12:00:19 PM
So Colin Powell has endorsed Obama for president.  You could expect the smear machine to crank up into overdrive, but it was a little over the top to say Powell exaggerated his military claims as a swift boat commander in Vietnam.
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Obama is the Anti-Christ?

Posted by Roy Rolling on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:04:49 AM
For the umpteenth time I received an email saying Obama is the anti-Christ as predicted by "Revelations".  (since the book is called "Revelation" I am naturally suspect of the detail of the research when they can't even get the book of the Bible correct)  But I digress.
 
The point is:  Let's say, for the point of argument, I agree Obama is the anti-Christ, since I literally believe the words on the page.  And since I believe the words as written, then I must believe the other paragraphs as written, they cannot be discarded. 
 
The next words say nothing about "if an effective email campaign is run then the scripture will be null-and-void."  Because that's at the root of it---pride of some word editor thinking they've saved the world by composing an email.  I, however, am a very small player in this gigantic play and must, day-to-day, live, breathe, eat, pray, help others and perform the mundane activities of a "lamb of God" as Christians label it.
 
The book of Revelation---if you are a believer----will play out exactly as it is written. (even if I vote McCain)  So better to be prepared for the anti-Christ than to be surprised if the book of Revelation actually comes true.
 
What do you believe?
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Self-fulfilling Prophecy

Posted by Roy Rolling on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:48:52 AM
As I said before, "fanning the flames of the fire you pretend to put out."
 
As John McCain calls for civil discourse and lowering the level of emotion, his running mate does the exact opposite.
 
"There is a lot of anger. There is anger at the inside dealing and anger at lobbyists and anger at the greed on Wall Street. There is anger at the Washington elite and there is anger at voter fraud," she said.
 
I guess you can excuse her from differing from McCain, she can't even recognize supporters:

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin mistook some of her own fans for hecklers Monday at a rally that drew thousands.

A massive crowd of at least 20,000 spread across the parking lot of Richmond International Raceway, and scores of people on the outer periphery more than 100 yards from the stage could not hear. "Louder! Louder!" they began chanting, and the cry spread across the crowd to Palin's left. Some pointed skyward, urging that the volume be increased.

Palin stopped her remarks briefly and looked toward the commotion.

"I hope those protesters have the courage and honor to give veterans thanks for their right to protest," she said.
 
Thank God it's not real war or there would be plenty of casualties from friendly fire.
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Douse the Flames Part deux

Posted by Roy Rolling on Saturday, October 11, 2008 2:20:16 PM
Candidate McCain has  requested crowds to tone it down, now it's up to the attack dogs of the campaign.  If rallies become more civil, then the honorable McCain will hae regained control of the leash.
 
But right now, he's being dragged from pillar to post putting out fires from those who want him to ramp up the rhetoric.
 
There is a way to ramp up the rhetoric, but it's not by following the call of only those with the loudest voices.
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Pretending to douse the flames you fan

Posted by Roy Rolling on Saturday, October 11, 2008 7:21:53 AM
 
The head of the nation's biggest labor federation is joining the chorus of voices warning about the increasingly angry crowds coming to John McCain's campaign events.
At rallies this week, McCain's criticisms of Democrat Barack Obama have been met with shouts of "terrorist," "liar," and other harsh words.

"Sen. John McCain, Gov. Sarah Palin and the leadership of the Republican party have a fundamental moral responsibility to denounce the violent rhetoric that has pervaded recent McCain and Palin political rallies," said John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, which has endorsed Obama. "When rally attendees shout out such attacks as 'terrorist' or 'kill him' about Sen. Barack Obama, when they are cheered on by crowds incited by McCain-Palin rhetoric -- it is chilling that McCain and Palin do nothing to object.

"In a world where unspeakable violence is too often promulgated by extremists, it is no small or trivial matter to call someone a terrorist -- or to incite potentially dangerous individuals toward violence," Sweeney said in a statement. "John McCain, Sarah Palin and Republican leaders are walking a very thin line in pretending not to hear the hateful invectives spewed at their rallies. McCain should end this line of attack in the strongest possible terms. Anything less puts McCain in the same camp as the racists and extremists who are bringing their angry rhetoric to his campaign events."

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Bonus Rant

Posted by Roy Rolling on Monday, October 06, 2008 8:03:10 AM
Just because employees of a poltical organization fighting for their jobs tell us all Democrats are immoral and all Republicans are saints dosn't make it a workable fact.

The sham of promising moral reform, but delivering old-fashioned business greed, will no longer be tolerated by American voters---finally after 25 years the majority is smarter than television ads tell us.

This column is an example of the rosy picture of moral reform promised by certain politicans, but is really a vehicle for self-encrichment and not a model that will benefit those who were promised reform.

Those with a short memory forget voting for candidate Bush in 2004 who promised the end to abortions and other immoral practices. The very first thing they did after winning the election was not ending abortion, but pushing a bill in Congress to put social security in the stock market. If we'd have done that, the US would be toast by now.

Politicans have one creed: "Sincerity is the most important thing in life. If you can fake that, you've got it made."

Do not rely on them for your spiritual salvation.
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Time to Turn the Page

Posted by Roy Rolling on Monday, October 06, 2008 7:32:07 AM
The McCain strategy 30 days pre-election is to "turn the page" on the economic mess.   They can "turn the page" in their campaign but it doesn't do anything for the economy except encourage voters to put their heads in the sand and ignore the problem.
 
I think the campaign is all out of ideas and should follow the ignoble Republican strategy of turning the page on the election and focus on how to impeach President Obama like they targeted Clinton.
 
Too bad, while they were playing politics in 1998, they didn't have time to address the terrorism issue nor the financial market excesses.
 
My mistake.  Those things weren't a crisis until the president who was elected in 2000 dismantled the proven-effective guard dogs at the henhouse and replaced them with private-contractor foxes..
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