>being originally from NY I'm not sure what to think about your last sentence
Rob,
For the record, here was my "last sentence" referring to The Red Herring...
"If it were a NY or NJ outfit, I'd be suspicious. But coming from SF - it's probably ok. :-)"
I did, in fact, send off for a subscription to The Red Herring. I'm looking forward to receiving my first issue.
Just let me say that my disparaging comment about NY and NJ was an atavistic throwback on an emotional, or gut level - and perhaps even - a genetic level.
I was born, raised, and grew up spending 94% of my 48 years on this planet living in Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama and Oklahoma. I was taught disrespect for "Yankees" because the South lost the Civil War, Yankees talk too fast, and they killed our ancestors - among other things.
I'm a direct descendant of a long line of family members who fought in every U.S. war, starting with the Civil War, and ending with me, in Vietnam and the more recent, Gulf War. But I can tell you for certain, that wounds from the Civil War are still not healed in our country today!. One only has to spend time living in the deep South to understand why.
I read a recent article in "U.S. News and World Report" about how geography affects the opinions of members of our U.S. Supreme Court today. Fascinating article! I can dig up the reference for you if you are interested. One's geographic background does make a difference.
In fact, the Civil War "atavistic throwback thing" could be a little-known contributing factor to the recent Jese Helms/William Weld fiasco, even though I'm on the side of Weld and Lugar (from Indiana, of all places, :-) in this case. Helms is way out of bounds, IMHO.
Having said all that, it's no excuse for my utterly stupid "last statement". Please accept my sincere apologies.
I live on one little semi-rural acre here in Texas. If I could re-locate to "one little acre" in downtown San Francisco, or downtown New York City for the same thing it costs me to live here in Texas, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
One last comment - > geography, IMHO, does affect attitudes toward the stock market, and it could form the basis for an interesting article for The Red Herring.
Ice
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