>>>>>>>>Well put.
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>>>>>>>>The news yesterday said that the markets have not lost this much after a new president has taken office in over 90 years. But Obama has made it pretty clear that he hates Wall Street, so this really shouldn't come as any surprise.
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>>>>>>>lol
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>>>>>>Dow heading for huge one-day gain - must be the effects of the new president ... :0
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>>>>>And as they chant at Football grounds "Its all gone quiet over there"
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>>>>I don't expect the silence to continue. The whining is going to go on for 4 years or 8 years, no matter what Obama does.
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>>>I expect he'll just carry on manipulating the stock market on a day to day or even minute to minute basis. (probably for personal gain so he can invest in left wing groups seeking to overthrow the USA)
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>>Yeah, he is trying to turn them into something as bad, socialist and as uncivilised as Europe! Darn, somebody better stop him!
>>We have to stand up and fight, for our right - to gauge DowJones index and property prices as we want ! {g}
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>"Socialist" seems to be the current epithet of choice among American conservatives.

Some of us have been using it for years...if the shoe fits and all.

>You wonder how much they understand about European socialism.

Can't speak for others, but for myself I understand enough to know that I despise the entire concept as it goes against everything history has taught us about drive, ambition and the ability to achieve.

>Some of those countries are doing better than we are by about any measure.

I'll bite. Name some European countries that are doing better than America by about any measure.