machinehead Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Crude Earl $43.93, closing in on fo'ty-fo dollah ... again. Oil Shock III is tougher to kill than 'they' thought. Sell shares like there's no tomorrow ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearbones Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 My goodness, A half Trillion doolar defense bill His majesty states: "With this legislation America's military will know that their country stands behind them as they fight for our freedom and as they spread the peace," Theres a word that characterizes a statement or definition that is the opposite of its true meaning (ie money=debt). Perhaps one of the more loquacious stoolies wouldn't mind helping ol lucid out? I think you mean an oxymoron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hungarian Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 After fighting in Viet Nam, Kerry came to the right conclusion, and his decisions to quit the war, and his position after leaving the war were the right ones, in my opinion. Bush stayed home, drank and partied, and shirked his duty. I think that contrast says it all about the character issue here. Doc, By your logic then, Bob Dole should have been elected in 1996, no? What bugs me about Kerry and his Vietnam experience is that in 1992, while campaigning for Clinton, he said Vietnam should NOT be used as a divisive political issue in the Presidential campaign; isn't it hypocritical of him to now wrap himself in the flag? Mad- My logic is that Kerry is a better choice than Bush. Dole is a good man. I think we would have been better off with him than with Clinton. Not sure how you arrive at Kerry being hypocritical for pointing out that he went an fought while Bush didn't. Doc, I call Kerry a hypocrite because he defended Clinton's evasion of Vietnam service in 1992 when he (Clinton) ran against a war hero, saying it was a "divisive time" and that old wounds from the past should not be opened up during a Presidential campaign. So why is it OK for him NOW to use Vietnam when it works to his and the Democrats' favor? To me, that's being a hypocrite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowfish Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 DJIA 10038.98 -87.53 S&P 500 1088.10 -10.53 NASDAQ 1835.60 -19.46 AMEX 1230.74 -6.95 NYSE 6337.90 -47.16 Thu Aug 05 2004 12:06:40 PM EDT Burn baby burn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregFokker Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 After fighting in Viet Nam, Kerry came to the right conclusion, and his decisions to quit the war, and his position after leaving the war were the right ones, in my opinion. Bush stayed home, drank and partied, and shirked his duty. I think that contrast says it all about the character issue here. Doc, By your logic then, Bob Dole should have been elected in 1996, no? What bugs me about Kerry and his Vietnam experience is that in 1992, while campaigning for Clinton, he said Vietnam should NOT be used as a divisive political issue in the Presidential campaign; isn't it hypocritical of him to now wrap himself in the flag? Mad- My logic is that Kerry is a better choice than Bush. Dole is a good man. I think we would have been better off with him than with Clinton. Not sure how you arrive at Kerry being hypocritical for pointing out that he went an fought while Bush didn't. Doc, I call Kerry a hypocrite because he defended Clinton's evasion of Vietnam service in 1992 when he (Clinton) ran against a war hero, saying it was a "divisive time" and that old wounds from the past should not be opened up during a Presidential campaign. So why is it OK for him NOW to use Vietnam when it works to his and the Democrats' favor? To me, that's being a hypocrite. It's a relatively tame trespass compared with the stuff being attributed to Bush and the administration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Crude Earl: "Forty-four forty or fight!" Thass a new record high. And tells me all I need to know ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian4 Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 stop now 1095-Wheeeeeee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiding Bear Posted August 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 The Fed withdrew $2B more from the repo pool, which is two days in a row of about the same action.? To repeat, it looks like they are locking in a 0.25% rate increase next week.? I suppose the advance word from Secretary Snow is the economy is strong and getting stronger, but at worse the figures will be good enough to keep the Fed on course to a rate increase.? The Fed is reducing the repo market temporarily to tighten the Fed funds market ahead of the rate hike next week.? I expect after that they will add back repos and go back to sleath monetary easing.? No one wants to be first to say the R word (recession), especially the Fed - and we are not quite there yet.? But money supply measures say the economy is slowing down fast to almost no growth.? More figures on that tonight. Many tanks to Doc for the Feed Report which lays out all the details. Wasn't there a net add today? A 14-day, 7-day and overnight repo for a 5B add. You are right. I must apoligize, the Fed came in with another repo after 10:00 AM, and sometimes their web site does not update it right away. Instead of being 99% certain of a rate hike, I am now 90% certain. There is a signpost up ahead - you are entering the panic zone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucid and confused Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 My goodness, A half Trillion doolar defense bill His majesty states: "With this legislation America's military will know that their country stands behind them as they fight for our freedom and as they spread the peace," Theres a word that characterizes a statement or definition that is the opposite of its true meaning (ie money=debt). Perhaps one of the more loquacious stoolies wouldn't mind helping ol lucid out? I think you mean an oxymoron. oxymoron, A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist. no, not quite....sorry to spend so much space concerning this, but I've noticed that with the media, political statements, and advertising especially the words choosen to describe an object, event, or a statement are usually the exact opposite of what the object is Previous example money=debt Another example, calling the largest most obnoxious truck (with less than 10 mpg) the denali or seqouia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiHat Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Yup............"it's the oil price,;,..stupid" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregFokker Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Udaman, HB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucid and confused Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 A big hug fer all the stoolies, may their bowel movements generate this much enthusiasm Team USA's Allen Iverson (news) is mobbed byhis teammates after making the game-winning shit in their 80-77 win over Germany in an exhibition match oin Cologne, western Germany, Wednesday Aug. 4, 2004.(AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz) I kind you not Yeah fer the Stoolies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian4 Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Thanks Hunter I saved that to an MP-3-it was beautifully done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drano Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 A big hug fer all the stoolies, may their bowel movements generate this much enthusiasm Team USA's Allen Iverson (news) is mobbed byhis teammates after making the game-winning shit in their 80-77 win over Germany in an exhibition match oin Cologne, western Germany, Wednesday Aug. 4, 2004.(AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz) I kind you not Yeah fer the Stoolies If the article's accurate, that's one game I do NOT want to watch on video playback -- especially slow motion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian4 Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Window now closed and a BEAUT it was-the Pig lays crumpled at the bottom of the stairs for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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