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To: geode00 who wrote (52413)3/21/2009 3:45:54 AM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh  Respond to of 149317
 
sounds like Mafia to me.



To: geode00 who wrote (52413)3/21/2009 9:33:42 AM
From: koan  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 149317
 
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On top of everything, they were trying to pay Cassano $1m/month in 'consulting' fees before someone put a stop to that idiocy. Sometimes the sheer stupidity of a smart people is astonishing.>>

We all have blind spots, sociopaths (one in a hundred people); composing lots of CEO's!, have more than normal people i.e. they make mistakes that are obvious to most people.

Why so many are in jail.

But I have found being smart does not necessarily mean one cannot also be very stupid.

Many enlightned people respect their blind spots and inherent ignorance. I doubt there are very many enlightened people on wall street. All they really know how to do is manipulate technicals, and people.

Just attend a training session for Kirby vacuum salesmen or Hawaii time share sales people-lol. I worked in a building next tto a Kirby vacumm operation.

They conduct it like a revival meeting-lol. We could hear them through the walls working themselves up once a week.