Hello Haim, regarding this matter that is OT to that moderated thread, but is perfectly acceptable on this more free-form thread:
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<<Jay just wonder why you are so anti American. Came to that conclusion from you added adjectives about the US worker>>
… You are of course mistaken. I am guessing you are mistaken because either (a) you read too much into my posts, or (b) you read too few of my posts.
Have you read these posts before?
Message 15128571
<<January 5th, 2001
… most are OK with the US. The peace is kept, press is amusing, TV shows are entertaining, burgers are addicting, things do go better with coca cola, attitude is straight forward, meritocracy rules most of the time, and dollar is convenient. Most important of all … that crazy Nasdaq has been great.
Over all, I think the US is just fine … The world will be a worse place without the US>>
… and sometimes I pick on a bunch of countries in the same sentence …
Message 15134944
<<January 6th, 2001
… I think business folks generally adore the US as that is how we get rich and keep our respective government more honest about the treatment of our money ...
… I for one, do have some difficulty with the US press ... sanctimonious, hypocritical and very conveniently forgetful, and thus good to see them twist and turn on their biased hooks ... I am waiting to write that particularly nasty note to WSJ and using words like “nepotism” “political dynasty” “opaque” “cronyism” “led by old men” “state intervention” “lack of free market principles” “bubble” “sham statistics” “corrupt politicians” “manipulated election”. I have no time for folks who cannot take a joke and laugh at themselves.
I feel I am pretty level headed about most subjects I comment on given my market neutral background … born a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago in China, of Chinese Shanghainese (the distinction is important to her) mother (US citizen who had voted for Clinton because e had a nice face) and cocktail dad (Chinese, French, Creole, looked Indian), with English Jewish (living in China) and American Jewish (living in Russia) half brothers, (have gorgeously engineered cousins (some are Italian, Japanese, Chinese, French, African and Scottish mixes), nieces and nephews in all large countries of the world), educated (high school and college) in the USA, and totally corrupted in HK. Most of the clan is still in Trinidad. And yes, I love my country and the folks there, and I think it is good that they do not have to work too hard given that they are floating on oil and gas. I am basically the best and worst of everything, but very happy-go-lucky.
My favorite countries in the world, besides Trinidad, are the Philippines and Italy. I really appreciate small and totally useless governments in charge of gorgeous places populated by beautiful people, and I have no particular use for borders and government revenue collectors>>
… but that does not make me anti-Trinidad, Italy or the Philippines. On the contrary, I love these countries.
In the case of China, for example, I even make a distinction between the various flavors of stocks as to their advisability without for one minute thinking that nationality has anything to do with money Message 19506570
<<November 16th, 2003
Hello macavity, <<China Bull Market>> >>
Are the adjectives I use bothering you? Well, do not let it be so, because I cannot help but like adjectives, especially when they describe what I see, and to highlight a point that I believe is, to me, more valid than not. For example:
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<<December 19th, 2002
… I would imagine the ever lovable Average American J6P, especially the politically incorrect faction of the branch of Boobus Americanus with who I identify with …>>
I sometimes like verbs, and occasionally, adverbs ;0)
I believe you often merge the distinct concepts of ‘investment’ with ‘patriotism’, ‘money’ with ‘nationality’, etc.
I think you also have not read this post, where I wrote:
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<<January 6th, 2001
Philippines as I believe the Peso is cheap, the country is awful, the bombs are exploding, the place is nice, and the president is not. Money has no conscience most of the time and no nationality all the time.>>
<<More interesting you do not have same attitude toward the French or Germans or Italians or UK workers etc........ or workers in Egypt or Iran.>>
I have visited factories in Japan, England, France, India, Germany, Philippines, Brazil, but not Egypt (I didn’t think there are Egyptian factories ;0) or Iran (where?). I would use different adjectives to describe the workers in each country, just as I would use different adjectives to describe workers in Chinese state-owned vs privately operated factories.
Here is a paragraph where I mentioned a bunch of countries, which all reminded me of my great days at a US university:
Message 18958019
<<May 19th, 2003
Good Morning Pezz, I am pretending to work at home today, instead of faking work at the office. So, it will be a day of swimming, model making for HGT and SJT, and snacking on Italian olives, German Brie cheese, English crackers, Philippine mango salad, and sipping French Chateau Pouget Margaux ’83 (I know nothing about wine, only vague and clouded memories of wine tasting course at the hotel school in my university during my foolish days of, well, actually, wine, cheese, and lucking out on exams:0). >>
Chugs, Jay |
