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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (29404)	2/14/2008 1:19:33 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 218841

BS, everyone is free to vote for Ron Paul, but they prefer the glib cliches of "at least we'll make a difference" from Obama. I prefer the status quo rather than doing something just for the sake of change. Since probabilistically, things will get worse rather than better unless the idea for change has facts and reasoning as the foundation, it's best to do nothing, usually. That's because in life, there is an infinite number of ways for things to get worse, but only a few ways for things to improve and the improvements take a lot of brainpower and data. That's why humans have great big brains instead of little monkey ones. All those of lesser capacity were not up to the task and the changes they attempted led to their demise. That's why new investment ideas are so hazardous to financial health - there is any number of ways for them to go wrong. Old ideas are more stable and likely to get returns, albeit small ones because the risk is so much less. We are having elections this year and I'm not too jaded to "make a difference". Fortunately, my electorate Epsom does make a disproportionate difference because it has Rodney Hide as MP and him winning it again could send half a dozen MPs to parliament. When governments/politicians start throwing OPM around for the sake of change for the sake of change and making a difference, any difference, then it's a pretty sure bet that things will get worse rather than better. That's my theory. Mqurice

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (29404)	2/17/2008 9:32:36 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218841

Canada should be afraid GDP $1.178 trillion. Exports to US $US313.1 billion.). How comes no one is saying: Canada will go down the drain if the US tanks. Here we can expose the dual track on how people (naive people I mean) view major issues. China sold $US321.5 worth of goods to the U.S. If US tanks, China will suffer. How about Canada? Canada can't turn an internal market as China can, if the US tanks. How comes Canada is not despairing? Beaten by China network.nationalpost.com