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I am getting syked for the Prince concert.

 

For my wife...

 

 

{from the beautiful experience (1994)}

Could u be the most beautiful girl in the world?

It?s plain 2 see u?re the reason that God made a girl

When the day turns into the last day of all time

I can say I hope u are in these arms of mine

And when the night falls before that day I will cry

I will cry tears of joy cuz after u all one can do is die, oh

 

Could u be the most beautiful girl in the world?

Could u be?

It?s plain 2 see u?re the reason that God made a girl

Oh, yes u are

 

How can I get through days when I can?t get through hours?

I can try but when I do I see u and I?m devoured, oh yes

Who?d allow, who?d allow a face 2 be soft as a flower? oh

I could bow (bow down) and feel proud in the light of this power

Oh yes, oh

 

Could u be (could u be) the most beautiful girl in the world?

Could u be?

It?s plain 2 see u?re the reason that God made a girl

Oh, yes u are

 

And if the stars ever fell one by one from the sky

I know mars could not be, uh, 2 far behind

Cuz baby, this kind of beauty has got no reason 2 ever be shy

Cuz honey, this kind of beauty is the kind that comes from inside

 

Could u be (could u be) the most beautiful girl in the world?

So beautiful, beautiful

It?s plain 2 see (plain 2 see) u?re the reason that God made a girl

 

Oh yeah! (oh, yes u are)

Girl (could u be? )

U must be ... oh yeah!

(could u be? )

U?re the reason ... oh yeah

(could) {x3}

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Icky,

 

The crash will come, just not now or before the new year has come and gone. Have some put thinggies just in case but, be prepared to lose them.

TE, Love ya man...

I lissen to all you guys, and none of ya, if you see what I mean :P

 

I'm almost in synch with HT, Yobob & Soup, but I still think I can retrieve my goodies out of the matrix before the Big-D Deflation hits -- sorta like jumping up at the last second in a crashing elevator, I admit. . .

 

Since becoming a stoolie, I feel like I can almost see in the future. . .We all saw the RE bubble 2 years a go -- so I dumped my REITs then. . . oooops. Now I "know better", like the placid timing of a golf swing, or the langorous synchronicity of slow-dancing, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it. . . :lol:

 

I seek to become a man with a slow hand, so to speak :D

 

The Good Doktor speaks diparagingly of market interrelationships, or at least of the predictive value of the corelations between markets, but I see we are approached by a perfect storm of disasters, political, social, economic, historical, fiducial, et al.

 

I claim because I have a wife and 3 daughters, the one thing I do is wait well. . .

My wife claims because I complain (tell jokes about it), that that is not true, but I still claim that even if I am impatient, I am waiting, and waiting well, making use of my time. . . :rolleyes:

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:o DJ Japan Hasn't Intervened In Forex Since Mid-March -Asahi

 

TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japan's currency authorities haven't intervened in the foreign exchange market since mid-March, changing their stance following remarks from U.S. officials criticizing intervention, the Asahi Shimbun reported in its Saturday morning edition, citing a government source.

 

The government and Bank of Japan determined that interventions to forcibly keep the yen's rise against the dollar in check were unnecessary, given the remarks from the U.S. and a recovery in the domestic economy.

 

But the authorities haven't called it a night just yet. Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki has said the government will continue to take "appropriate" measures should there be a sudden rise in the yen, such as a dollar slide below the Y100 mark.

 

After making a Y1 trillion intervention on March 5, the government sporadically intervened with amounts totaling several hundreds of billions of yen until the middle of the month, the newspaper reported.

 

"We have to remove the possibility that the issue will attract growing criticism of Japan in the United States as a campaign tactic ahead of the election," said a government official, according to the Asahi.

 

Dow Jones Newswires

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Zen-Great article from the Guardian-today-that cleric turned his hounds loose and a lot of American, Spanish and El Salvadoran Soldiers lost their lives. As I posted earlier it looks like the unrest is spreading from a Guerilla campaign to a civil war. Their are some veery bad guys there who should be taken out but also a lot of good people who are losing their goodwill toward America. Vietnam all over again!

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Zen-Great article from the Guardian-today-that cleric turned his hounds loose and a lot of American, Spanish and El Salvadoran Soldiers lost their lives. As I posted earlier it looks like the unrest is spreading from a Guerilla campaign to a civil war. Their are some veery bad guys there who should be taken out but also a lot of good people who are losing their goodwill toward America. Vietnam all over again!

I agree Brian---civil war looks more and more likely in Iraq.

 

I found one paragraph of the article particularly troubling:

 

"And in the same eventful week, US engineers began construction on 14 "enduring bases" in Iraq, capable of housing the 110,000 soldiers who will be posted here for at least two more years. Even though the bases are being built with no mandate from an Iraqi government, Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy chief of operations in Iraq, called them "a blueprint for how we could operate in the Middle East". "

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Benchmark 10-yr JGB yield rises to 5-mth high

 

TOKYO, April 5 (Reuters) - Japanese government bond (JGB) prices fell sharply on Monday, carrying over a bearish mood from late Friday caused by unexpectedly solid U.S. March payrolls data, which hit the U.S. bond market.

The yield on the benchmark 258th 10-year cash JGB was up seven basis points at 1.5 percent, the highest since November 11.

 

Improvements in the U.S. economy are seen as an encouraging sign for the Japanese economy, and thus negative for JGB prices.

 

The strong jobs number raised speculation that the Federal Reserve could lift interest rates before the end of the year, and anal cysts believe a U.S. interest rate hike would make it politically easier for the Bank of Japan to end its multi-year super-easy monetary policy.

 

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/040405/3/1fe2l.html

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A bullish argument:

 

Four earnings reports that matter

(AA, DNA, YHOO, GE)

 

The first-quarter earnings reporting period begins next week. Here are the key reports to watch.

April 3, 2004: 9:33 AM EST

By Alexandra Twin and Paul R. La Monica, CNN/Money Staff Writers

 

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - First-quarter earnings reports start pouring in next week, and by all accounts, they're primed to please. What's in question is whether the strong earnings will ail the rangebound stock market.

 

http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/31/markets/earningsthatmatter/

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Bullish message of the Day:

The following is a transcript of President Bush's weekly radio address:

 

Good morning. This week we received powerful confirmation that America's economy is growing stronger. The Department of Labor reported that America added 308,000 jobs in March, the highest monthly job growth number since the spring of 2000. And since August, we've added over three-quarters of a million new jobs in America. The unemployment rate has fallen from 6.3 percent last June to 5.7 percent last month. Over the last year, the unemployment rate has fallen in 45 of the 50 states. This is good news for American workers, and good news for American families.

 

Other economic signs are also very good. In the last half of 2003, our economy grew at the fastest rate in nearly 20 years. America has the fastest growing economy in the industrialized world. Inflation is low. And interest rates and mortgage rates are near historic lows. Manufacturing activity is high. Worker productivity is high, which means rising wages for American families. After-tax disposable income is up 10 percent since the end of 2000. And more Americans own their own home than at any time in history. Our economy's momentum is building. People are finding jobs, and the nation's future is bright. America's families and workers have reason to be optimistic.

 

Tax relief put this economy on the path to growth. Since 2001, we have cut tax rates for everyone who pays income taxes. We've reduced the marriage penalty in our tax code. We raised the child credit to $1,000 per child, and we have reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains.

 

This tax relief is critical because all workers are keeping more of what they earn, and small businesses, which create most of the new jobs in America, have the resources to expand and hire. As our economy adds more jobs, we will need to make sure all Americans are prepared to take advantage of new opportunity. We must help current workers and future workers learn the skills they need today and in the years to come.

 

Our economy has increasing demand for workers with advanced skills, such as teachers, health care workers, and environmental engineers. But too many Americans do not have these kinds of skills. So on Monday, I will travel to North Carolina to propose reforms of our federal job training system, to give our workers the help they need. Better job training will mean better jobs for American workers.

 

We must also make sure our schools are preparing the next generation of workers. We've already taken action to improve our elementary schools with the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act. This good law is raising standards and hopes for all our children. But we must also address the needs of older students in high schools and colleges.

 

On Tuesday, I will travel to Arkansas, where I will propose ways to help high school students who are struggling in math and reading. I'll propose reforms that will strengthen vocational programs at our high schools, and I will propose more incentives for college students to take math and science so America can continue to lead the world economy. Over the past three years, our economy has overcome a lot of challenges ? from stock market declines, to recession, to terrorist attacks, to corporate scandals, to war. Yet our economy is moving forward, and jobs are being created steadily and increasingly. I'm optimistic about the future because I'm confident in the American worker and the American entrepreneur. And with the right policies in Washington, there are even brighter days ahead for American workers and American families.

 

Thank you for listening.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,116062,00.html

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I own an ornamental concrete (fountains,etc) and watergardening business. For the last three years, the largest manufacturer (Henri Studio) has been steadily dropping the wholesale price. Not good. We're working harder to make less. The second largest manufacturer in the US has not increased in three years (used to go up in the fall like clockwork). The third largest has been dropping prices for the last two years. Not good.Our sales were down last year by almost a third. But since we saw this coming, we had cut expenses to the bone and paid off most equipment. But there is no way to get back to the old sales figures if wholesale has dropped by up to 30%. OH yeah, I didn't even bother to heat my greenhouse this year. Costs too much and have no pricing power to charge more.

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