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To: UncleBigs who wrote (66838)	7/25/2006 5:56:06 PM
From: russwinter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

free mortgage money that allowed the average Joe to speculate on housing and withdraw equity to spend in the real economy.> Now think this one through. Where do you think the "horse that pulls the cart" for cheap money comes from? Answer: from call girl influenced CBs who are distorting the market's risk premium. Also add the BOJ monetizing of JGBs, and the Bank of China freezing the yuan to benefit crony corrupitalist (new term, credit Rodger Rafter) corrupitalism.blogspot.com exporters, and you end up with a vast slew of grossly overpriced securities, with far too many held by "official" institutions.

To: UncleBigs who wrote (66838)	7/26/2006 1:59:27 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 110194

UPS from blowing up. My russian friends who have credit card shopping machine girlfriends must have given them plastic surgery and cut up princesses mastercard - ebay and online sales that would need lots of UPS shipments are slowing? I saw the stock but didn't have time today to research the underlying reasons - did they miss estimates by a penny and got punished? - hehe. I was too busy at the seminole hard rock casino watching retiree after retiree put 100 dollar bills into slot machines for less than an hour of entertainment (1 dollar per virtual pull) - sheesh even with 300 dollar an hour hookers I think I can have more fun with my ben franklins than those guys. One of the bellhops told me they have many rooms from 900-1200 a night and are full for the next 2 years - The front desk said I will have to go on the 3 year waiting list for the 900-1200 dollar rooms for any event, holiday, or weekend - the demand is very high but on weekdays can get in probably - I don't know if that was true or not though - I showed them my AAA card and asked how much discount could I get on thier most expensive room and they seemed to start playing games with me. I went over to Macdill Air Force Base - tuesdays is country buffet at the enlisted club - 7.50 and the food sucked - ryans steakhouse buffet in Ga is cheaper at lunch and much better selection and quality of food. There is a golf course at that base - to stay at the base campground (remember this is military - suppose to be subsidized by fed gubbment and give our fighting men and women a financial break) - small 5th wheel trailer cost 315 PER WEEK! Egads Shades looked at lady and said my big 14x60 trailer with water included only cost 280 PER MONTH - she said well even with 315 per WEEK you have to get on a 1 year waiting list if you are coming for winter months - I talk to my dad who used to get 4 german marks to the dollar when he was in germany back in the good ole days - he said modern soldier boy FUGGED compared to the standard of living he had - I would say even modern Army OFFICER not living as well - an Army Captain of today at Macdill probably lives the life of an e6 in germany in the 70's. I also went to tampa international airport today - first hour of parking is free - 1.25 after that - walmart sure beats them for overnight parking - this really seemed to piss off parking lady when i went to exit and they got no money out of me cause I leave in first hour - there is marriot hotel in the airport - rooms were 180 per night with AAA card - big problem with that airport - I went all over looking for COLD water fountain - the water is being consumed so fast at all water fountains that you can never get COLD water - it can't cool the water before the next citizen come along and drink. I saw many many people getting on and off many many planes and wonder how so many common looking people afford such high priced lifestyle - these were not businessmen in suits - these were fat old shopping machines who looked one inbreeding away from cousin LULU on HEE HAW. youtube.com Grandpa used to make me watch hee haw along with beverly hillbillies when I was little boy - I want him to turn it to star trek and he smack me upside da head and say silly fool - dreams are for suckers! hehe Grandpa always believe moon landing was faked and filmed out in the desert somewhere.