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Old 06-29-2010, 06:47 AM   #462 (permalink)
aceventura3
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Originally Posted by Ourcrazymodern? View Post
You're making me cry. I can taste blood. This boondoggle resulted from our belief in the almighty dollar, multiplied by seeing no need to earn it. Corporations aren't people. I have doubts about people who see money as truth.
Money is a means to keep score, nothing more, nothing less. Squirrels who collect/save/hoard acorns for their future don't see them as "truth", they see their efforts as a means to help secure their future. Only the foolish fail to secure their future when given an opportunity.

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As usual, what's going to happen is outside our control. Is that what makes us so desperate to tell ourselves we know what's going on? Our resident bacteria do.

Have you tickets to the gulf yet?
No. I do volunteer work locally cleaning (mostly picking up trash) local natural areas.

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it's funny how unencumbered by problems of ethics and law your cheerleading for capitalism allows you to be, ace. attempting to corner a market in commodity futures--not a problem. markets magically correct.
Ethics? Do the ethics you talk about for commodity traders apply to honest and open debate? Do you use tricks of the trade to your advantage at what you think is at the disadvantage of others?

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fraud is a distortion introduced by an irrational state and made into a Problem by a hysterical media apparatus. and none of its necessary because of the mystical self-regulating capability of magickal markets framed through the circular magickal thinking of cheerleaders like yourself.

whatever.
What is the "whatever"? Is it some mythical construct of super centralized regulators who protect the world from evil? Who has to be diligent in the market? Who has to look out for your interests? Self-regulation is basically a state where each market participant does their homework and enters the market place understanding the risks. Children, armatures, and the foolish should stay home - and hopefully they have someone else to protect their interests.

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Originally Posted by Ourcrazymodern? View Post
His cheerleading seems to have gotten your goat. It HAS NOT diminished your conduit.
Perhaps, I can get yours.

Do you pursue money, or is it beneath your dignity? Do you save or hoard money? Do you consume beyond your needs to survive? Have you ever gambled or taken a risk to obtain money not earned through work? Why? If you obtained a sum of money greater than you needs what would you do with it and when? Why? Have you ever done anything for a profit? Why? What are the differences between you and the aggressive BP trader, besides hypocrisy? Just asking.

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Originally Posted by roachboy View Post
ace just says goofy things.
I like to think that I make or illustrate profound points in goofy ways. My guess is that there is a difference between what you meant and what I actually do. Your focus is on the goofiness because you have no response to the points.
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