Wandering By
It's always interesting to see who wanders by this thread.
Tom, I don't believe we've ever communicated before, so
thanks for the compliment about the "cherish every word
you say about the stock market."
One of the reasons I continue to post on this thread, when
so many on SI have fallen by the wayside, is that 1) I
still have a little money to play with, and 2) I want to
portray the investment scene as I see it, in contrast to
the eternal optimism pablum one sees on TV.News from
CNBC, and people like Barton Bigss, Abby J Cohen etc.
For most people, their money is hard earned, and to some
small measure, if reading any of the posts on the Jabil
thread helped them save some of their money, then I'm
thankful.
While you and some others may feel posting Senator Byrd's
eloquent speech to the U.S. Senate stretching the
"boundaries" of the Jabil thread, I beg to differ.
I posted Byrd's speech for somewhat the same reasons as
I posted articles about some of the investment dangers out
there. The situation we are in is like no other since
maybe 40 years ago. We are on the doorstep of war here,
and as is probably clear here, I have abundant misgivings.
This war that is so imminent, is about to change our lives
as a people, and America, the country we live in, as a nation.
I fail to see, how this war, on which we seem to be getting
off on such poor footing with the rest of the world, will
have an outcome other than one where we find ourselves
equally on poor footing as far as the results.
Poor beginnings usually result in equally poor ends.
So in the spirit of pointing toward those forces that will
have an impact on the investment arena, this certainly
would qualify. While you may disagree, I think the issues
raised and viewpoint expressed by Senator Byrd are
important ones. If this makes me a liberal, then so be it.
D-day is about upon us. From this point on, we can only
watch as events play themselves out.
Peter. |
