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CavemanLawyer
Oh yeah? Well there are costs to be paid to paying one's taxes, but most payers would be too selfish to notice let alone make the connection between the needless deaths and invasion of Iraq to their lack of civil disobedience.
Pretty much the same logic. Users of drugs never asked that drugs be the realm of the underworld. I am sure they would all be quite content if they could get what they want over the counter. --Cirroc
Posted in: Mexican police find 12 mutilated bodies next to school
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CavemanLawyer
Whatever are you talking about? I seriously doubt that excuse was used for murder. --Cirroc
Posted in: Woman held over abduction of 1-yr-old girl from Saitama shopping center
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CavemanLawyer
Thanks Sherlock. Next time you might consider the context of the post I was replying to. --Cirroc
Posted in: U.S. warships surround ship hijacked by Somali pirates
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CavemanLawyer
Ask her if she has been to Chiba recently --Cirroc
Posted in: Woman held over abduction of 1-yr-old girl from Saitama shopping center
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CavemanLawyer
I did not say they had no control. I said they have little control. They have much more power to shut the economy down then anything. But making the beast run is something they really cannot do. They can coax it a bit, but that often does not work. The economy has a mind of its own and many factors affecting it besides the government.
The economy and the markets? They most certainly did not. You must be thinking of Soviet Russia, and even they did not create all the markets nor did they have total control. --Cirroc
Posted in: Dow plunges after Congress rejects bailout bill
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CavemanLawyer
They did not make it worse. You are blaming the reactions of people on the actions of others. The market does what it does. Congress has little control. The market was holding its breath hoping Congress had a solution. Well, they didn't, and there probably is not one to be had. So the market let its breath out.
Had the passed the bailout this very well might have happened later, with bigger negative consequences. Its a mystery. Congress is better not to dabble in things if it is not sure.
What I can tell you is that both the Congress, the banks and other lenders, and even the borrowers who did not pay their mortgage payments are responsible for this from years ago. Don't get all upset about their not being a cure. The disease was avoidable and it should have been. --Cirroc
Posted in: Dow plunges after Congress rejects bailout bill
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CavemanLawyer
I think his statement was all about mood and politics, and nothing to do with genuine economic principle. Even if he knew a collapse was imminent, he would say the same thing in an attempt to avoid it by mood alone.
Look what happened to the Dow. Nothing really changed except the mood, and it drops like a stone. --Cirroc
Posted in: Dow plunges after Congress rejects bailout bill
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CavemanLawyer
Of course Sarge! I am one of those people! I am just telling you what will happen if everybody yanks their money from the banks.
Money in the bank is just credit. Money in your hand is just paper. Neither have any real value except in people's brains. Better to trade both for things of value in times of trouble, if you still can. So says a man with no faith in banks or government. --Cirroc
Posted in: Dow plunges after Congress rejects bailout bill
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CavemanLawyer
What does selling drugs have to do with torturing and mutilating people and dumping them near a school? I am not absolving the rest of North Americans, but there is no excuse for the complete lack of taste or pride this crime shows. So they get a lot of drug money from the U.S. and Canada, so what? These guys are an embarrassment to any self respecting gangster anywhere, even if there are some in Mexico.
But if we are going to put some blame on say, the United States, lets do it for banning drugs rather than regulate. The war on drugs plays into the hands of the thugs that perpetrated this pathetic and embarrassing crime. --Cirroc
Posted in: Mexican police find 12 mutilated bodies next to school
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CavemanLawyer
The Russian reputation is well known. I would prefer that if America were to blunder, she at least blunder in her own way. The Russians are just plain reckless. Killing the crew, or disco patrons even, is not acceptable. --Cirroc
Posted in: U.S. warships surround ship hijacked by Somali pirates
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CavemanLawyer
And nobody likes to be in the company of a self centered murderous thug with no compassion amigo, so do us all a favor...
There are some seriously messed up people living in Mexico. I wonder if they have any idea how they made their country look today. --Cirroc
Posted in: Mexican police find 12 mutilated bodies next to school
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CavemanLawyer
That makes two of us showing a little wisdom. Others both in favor and in against seem to have little to no reason.
At least ask yourselves how this is going to help the little guy, which is you, and those like you. Don't just pray for little "trickle down" in total ignorance of the details. --Cirroc
Posted in: Dow plunges after Congress rejects bailout bill
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CavemanLawyer
So he gets out of the truck and walks around it to make sure no one is hanging on the door handle. He climbs into the driver's seat, and then realizes there was enough time walking around that someone might be under the truck by now. So he gets out and looks under the truck. Gets back in the cabin, and realizes there was enough time that some fool might be hanging on the door handle. Repeat.
Fact: It is never actually safe to drive. A whole bunch of unexpected stuff can happen.
Driving a vehicle safely requires more focus, concentration and input than a human being actually possesses. On the other hand, refraining from grabbing the door handle and hanging on when a vehicle is either moving or about to is relatively very very simple.
Posted in: Woman dies after being run over by truck driven by boyfriend in Aichi
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CavemanLawyer
That will change nothing for you personally if you just stuff it under the mattress, but if everyone follows suit, it will all go to hell.
You see, your money is insured. And if that insurance fails, it means the money is totally worthless anyway.
However, if you take all your money and quickly buy something liquid and valuable, like gold or diamonds, that might be a smart move. --Cirroc
Posted in: Dow plunges after Congress rejects bailout bill
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CavemanLawyer
Agreed. I recommend this just after the Americans make a show of leaving. Then...le surprise pour monsieur le pirate!
I can neither confirm nor deny that statement, but I have a strong suspicion you are speaking out of an orifice normally reserved for other activities. --Cirroc
Posted in: U.S. warships surround ship hijacked by Somali pirates
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CavemanLawyer
I appreciate your sentiments, but the fact is that the opposite would happen. Journalists cannot be bothered to tell the people what is actually happening. If anything is that common, it will get buried. Oddities sell, not the everyday.
I tried to post a statistic showing just how common this is in America (very), but it was not allowed. Again, I cite a lack of journalistic responsibility in keeping the people educated. Well, you all know how to use a search engine, so find those statistics yourself. --Cirroc
Posted in: Police arrest mother for strangling 11-year-old son in Yokosuka
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CavemanLawyer
Job security? Why look at that way and that way only? I am just glad to see Congressman listening to the people for a change. It is they that they represent, and if the people are not being represented, they throw the bum out...of course.
I would really like more significant facts on this bill. Maybe I should subscribe to a real newspaper again. The main thing I want to know is: what is the plan to make sure mortgaged homeowners keep their homes? I cannot see how anyone could not find that to be priority number one. Seems to me there are many options, but all I hear about is bailing out Wall Street, as if that mantra is remotely enough to make a decision.
Of course the average Joe does not want to bail out the fat cats. But why are those in the know against the bill? Or are there a lot fewer in the know than there should be? I would hate to think that it is all just hatred of Bush and all the other jipsters, even though they all are probably not hated half as much as they deserve.
Buy mortgages at face values or reduced rates? Buy them and then do what with them? And what are those other sour assets? In my mind it all hinges on these questions. I do not care about all the other garbage, like finger pointing bouts, that the article has sidetracked on. --Cirroc
Posted in: Dow plunges after Congress rejects bailout bill
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CavemanLawyer
From a little over a week ago.
French commandos free hostages from Somali pirates
http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/french-commandos-free-hostages-from-somali-pirates
We could use the help of the French again. --Cirroc
Posted in: Somali pirates want $20 mil ship ransom; crewman dies
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CavemanLawyer
Our buddies the French have some annoying quirks, oh yeah, but when it comes to special ops, spy stuff and knowing how to eat, you got to give credit where credit is due. The French are good at those. --Cirroc
Posted in: Somali pirates want $20 mil ship ransom; crewman dies
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CavemanLawyer
Greenpeace could get them aboard! --Cirroc
Posted in: Somali pirates want $20 mil ship ransom; crewman dies