To: elmatador who wrote (36412 ) 7/1/2008 11:45:52 AM From: carranza2 Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217574 This is the system that created the matriarchal societies where the women dictate how countries should be run. Wayo, wayo, wayo.The American cushy capitalism and Europe's social democracies sheltered the mass form the economic realities. More wayo.The mass during the past 60 years has been coddled by an economic system that delivered the goods. This is the system that created the Elroy’s and MQ's. What is wrong with Elroy and Mq? Both smart and intelligent. No more selling petrol for Mq, who made a mint on QCOM and can now afford to coddle his grandchildren, write his terrific rants, get banned, unbanned, banned, unbanned, banned, unbanned, etc., here on a whim. Not coddled by anything but his brains and simple perspicacity and an astute intelligence that put him on Easy Street. I was astute and perspicacious, too, with QCOM but not as much as Mq. Now I am astute and perspicacious with gold, coal, oil, Canadian sandbox, COWs, more gold, palladium, gold, Jim Rogers' ag and commodity picks, double short commercial real estate ETF, double hedged ultralong gold and, until recently, double short financials ETF which I sold much too soon, etc. And doing very perspicacioulsy well, thank you, in a horrid market. What are you astute and perspicacious with? As the Theil piece pointed out, it is indeed a new world, one in which there are no rules except those imposed by macro fundamentals. We must get used to it. I frankly love what is happening as the proliferation of markets has given me a tremendous flexibility which is becoming - and hopefully staying - quite profitable. I see no profit in insulting anyone. There is something to learn from just about anyone. So, what about unbanning Mq permanently for the sake of a stronger board?