If the shoe did not fit cinderella don't wear it. My post was addressed to and was referencing speculators who dragged the economy down. If you are part of that, you were called a turncoat. If you are not, you broke the glass slipper anyway and can stand down. My feelings are quite intact. You neither bothered nor insulted me with your tantrum.
OH. I do not have a camel. I have a jeep. I ate camel the other day. It was very good. Hashi it is called. yum.
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Uh, Mr Islam, that was given as satire, speaking to Jermyn.
So you are calling me a turncoat from within? Mr "There is no dog but allah"
Go climb on your camel and ride, joker, I didn't vote for Oblama and yes I do support AMERICA and what SHE STANDS FOR!
Go worship your little moon god named allah! allah is not God! Jesus is God, King of kings and Lord of lords!
This will probably get me banned but I am sick of reading your little slants of false doctrine. I have not posted anything directed to you but you opened the ball!
(are Egyptian drivers just plain crazy like the drivers here?)
Yup. Egyptian cabbies could give NYC cabbies the heebie-jeebies. My mom and I were in a cab when the driver saw a cobra in the road. The guy stopped, rattled off to us to wait, grabbed his non-paying passenger reset tool (big stick) and went out and waged valiant battle with the mighty snake. He finally killed the thing, cut it's head off and threw the body in the trunk.
Got back in the cab, and from what we could translate bbq snake was on the menu for the night.
HAHA it was probably good too. I've had worse I am sure in other parts of the world. My wife is begging to see Cairo. Probably late this year. After it cools off. Until then we will roast right here all summer I am thinking. I'll give ya a heads up if they dont boot me before then.
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Originally Posted by John Atkinson
Yup. Egyptian cabbies could give NYC cabbies the heebie-jeebies. My mom and I were in a cab when the driver saw a cobra in the road. The guy stopped, rattled off to us to wait, grabbed his non-paying passenger reset tool (big stick) and went out and waged valiant battle with the mighty snake. He finally killed the thing, cut it's head off and threw the body in the trunk.
Got back in the cab, and from what we could translate bbq snake was on the menu for the night.
HAHA it was probably good too. I've had worse I am sure in other parts of the world. My wife is begging to see Cairo. Probably late this year. After it cools off. Until then we will roast right here all summer I am thinking. I'll give ya a heads up if they dont boot me before then.
Another great place. I didn't get to spend much time there, the Museum of Antiquities is not to be missed. I don't believe they let people go into the pyramids anymore, but I am sure the camel ride around them and the Sphinx is still operating
The Cairo Hilton has rooms with views looking at the Pyramids across the Nile, (at least it did in 1974)
Alexandria is nice most all times of the year, breezes coming off the Mediterranean makes it easy to see why the Ptolemy's built their palaces there.
If the shoe did not fit cinderella don't wear it. My post was addressed to and was referencing speculators who dragged the economy down. If you are part of that, you were called a turncoat. If you are not, you broke the glass slipper anyway and can stand down. My feelings are quite intact. You neither bothered nor insulted me with your tantrum.
OH. I do not have a camel. I have a jeep. I ate camel the other day. It was very good. Hashi it is called. yum.
Okay prince of persia, ride your camel, get off your camel or eat your camel, it matters not to me!
You did too mean that as an insult, as you have had all your little veiled insults to Christians in the other posts! Don't sit there and be all pious yet in reality your hatred is coming out! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see your little game!
(laughing) I have never been to persia and saw my only camels ever at various zoos around the country. I have actually NOT seen a live camel in saudi. Do pictures count? Can they? Please? I cannot be a "camel jockey" with that record. Perhaps I can temporarily rent one for sport. With that said - sorry dude but it's true that I did read your post as truth not satire and as such feel it quite deserved the answer it got. The reaction was way bonus. Are you SURE and quite positive it was satire? Cuz your feelings sound really, really hurt. Your day trading musta took a real hit huh sport.
If it does not matter to you, don't answer. Or bring it. Either way, your girlie-tantrums are entertaining and I thank you for the smile.
You did too mean that as an insult, as you have had all your little veiled insults to Christians in the other posts! Don't sit there and be all pious yet in reality your hatred is coming out! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see your little game![/QUOTE]
Data indicates that what destroyed the economy is greed. Greed is when you want something you cannot afford so you borrow more than you can pay to have it. Greed is when a greedy person loans money that belongs to someone else (aka pension funds) to other greedy people to buy things they well cannot afford at excessive interest knowing full well, with data in front of them, that the chances of getting that money paid back to the people you borrowed the money from in the first place are statistically lower. Greed is when you invest, then leverage the value of the initial investment to re-invest, with intention to double the return. Greed is when the investment is made in something that has inflated value from the greedy fellow investors. Greed is using money you do not have to take and buy things that do not belong to you nor did you earn them.
The bubble of greed started in the 80's. Movies were made about it. It was pointed out for years. Now the margin calls are in, the loans are due, the values are adjusted to actual rather than inflated, and the greedy are whining and blaming someone who has been in government office less than (4) months for activities that have been going on and building up to this for years. The words "america" and "greed" and "consume" have been put into the same sentence for years. Now suck it up. You have nobody to blame but yourselves. Want sympathy? Borrow some more imaginary paper money from each other and buy some. Eventually you will be able to invest in "sympathy options" and "sympathy futures" that will then artificially drive up the costs of purchased sympathy. Said investments, sadly, will probably be offered by the greedy along with other interesting markets like "carbon footprint credits" and others of imaginary value.
Now ima go watch "flip that house" to see if I can "add" $10,000 "value" by making $500 improvements on my bathroom (laughing). Looks to be a busy day.
WII
As shocking as this might sound to some but Greed also made our economy one of the most powerful in the world!
Greed makes companies larger....it also helps make more jobs. Greed left without any sort of regulation though is detrimental.
What hurt us was the push to pass out unqualified loans like candy to kids on Halloween, selling those bad loans and corrupt politicians and CEOs like of the Fannie Mae and the other one.
Also what hurt us was the fact that all this was being warned about a LONG time before you know what hit the fan and the powers that be did absolutely nothing but let it ride. It's kinda of like a drunken sailor at a craps table winning 5 times in a row and not walking away and blowing it all on one last roll.
It was not all Bush's fault. His major fault was getting us into two protracted wars at the same time that we are still dealing with and has become a financial burden while being less than a fiscal conservative in other areas of spending.
This financial mess was building on his watch and part of the problem was his man was head of the SEC, but the Democrats are just as guilty in many areas
Watch this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
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Listen to Franks. Listen to the bonuses they got for running a failed Fanny mae
The most telling thing here is that these Democrats ALL pointed fingers at the regulator. They did this all throughout the Bush presidency to cover their own screwups and corruption and the sad part is they got away with it with the help of the media
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Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
Every sinner must repent of their sins.
That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
I have to agree with you. I will also like to split my remarks between plain speculative greed and good, solid, business building by hard work capitalism. Arguably capitalism can be defined as the positive use of greed. In my view there is a moral and ethical requirement to accurately value things that goes with a free market. Cross those morals and ethics, and undeniably this was done, and you are left with a need for regulation. Which little by little destroys the capitalism that, as you said, made the US economy the greatest in history.
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Listen to Franks. Listen to the bonuses they got for running a failed Fanny mae
The most telling thing here is that these Democrats ALL pointed fingers at the regulator. They did this all throughout the Bush presidency to cover their own screwups and corruption and the sad part is they got away with it with the help of the media
Listen to Franks. Listen to the bonuses they got for running a failed Fanny mae
The most telling thing here is that these Democrats ALL pointed fingers at the regulator. They did this all throughout the Bush presidency to cover their own screwups and corruption and the sad part is they got away with it with the help of the media
right on prax, with no qualification, you got it, dt
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