thursday thread, page-62

Lol, Takuan...you have me wrong. I am a short-term trader, perhaps not quite as short as you with forex. I do only stocks.

How much does a 1 cent rise in oil affect the US GDP? I have no idea, as the price goes up and down every day.

Pisces, JD, I don't think we can lay the problems of the middle east, dating back thousands of years, at the feet of Ben Bernanke or any other individual.

Despotic--- and in the case of Gaddafi, mad --dictators, can oppress the public for only so long, deny them democracy, deny them the spoils of their country's oil wealth, keep them in poverty...for only so long in this age of instant global communication where most can see how the other half in free democracies live.