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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (67557)	4/12/2005 1:26:02 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

update to this post- I stand corrected maybe we are in for *another* catastrophic bear after the trade deficit numbers today. Gee wilikers you mean the US doesn't produce anything here anymore, I'm shocked shocked to hear that.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (67557)	4/12/2005 1:26:02 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 77400

update to this post- I stand corrected maybe we are in for *another* catastrophic bear after the trade deficit numbers today. Gee wilikers you mean the US doesn't produce anything here anymore, I'm shocked shocked to hear that.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (67557)	4/12/2005 1:36:52 PM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

Lizzie, It's back to being a stock-picker's market, not the abnormal wild bull market where every Tom, Dick & Mary thought they were professional stock trader's. If you haven't been, or aren't making money in the stock market maybe that's a sign that you really have no idea what you're doing...

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (67557)	4/12/2005 5:35:23 PM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 77400

Wrong. I am depressed because for the first time in my life, the US stock market has fallen into a protracted, multiyear, bearish funk. Look, the numbers disagree with you, so why do you repeat this endlessly? Tech was up ~38% in 2003 and up ~3% in 2004 (I have the exact numbers at work, but they are the opposite of a "multi-year bearish funk"). I distinctly remember you and your investment in valueclick. How is that treating you, hmmm? Let me tell you something- in a good market, WHICH THIS ISN'T- Valueclick would have been a GREAT investment. I have bought VCLK at $2.70 (about three years ago), $7 (last August) and $10.60 (about a month ago). It's doing freaking GREAT! But that's neither here nor there..... Every time you try to put forth how great this economy is, it sounds to me... Do you know what a "straw man" argument is? Its where you set up an opposing side that you can easily tear down. No one here has EVER put forth the above argument about how great the economy is, so exactly WHO are you debating with? Software programming should be paid on an hourly rate for whatever its worth to sit comfortably in front of a PC and program, and common sense tells us that that is worth LESS than lifting a heavy automobile bumper 8 hours per day and attaching it to a car. So there you are, $12 an hour is what you programmers are worth, and if you used to get more but can't get more now, tough titties.