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    Teaching Kids Finances

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    QUOTE (Texsox @ Oct 11, 2008 -> 01:15 PM)
    Forbes Article

     

     

    Along with the "Stock Market Game" that some schools use in the classroom, it seems that we should be doing even more to prepare our kids to be adults.

     

    Me and a few other kids were picked to do that in fourth grade. Me and my group all picked the hot stocks like lucent technologies. The other group picked their favorite stores. We got killed. Ain't that a b?

    The Republican Thread

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    QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Oct 15, 2008 -> 01:27 AM)
    Id compare it to Obamas ad that has been on TV a lot lately, where they talk about all the tax cuts for oil companies. They know damn well that the actual tax proposals are for all businesses but they spotlight oil companies to mislead the public. Now, is it true that oil companies would benefit from the plan? yes, but so would a small business owner struggling to stay above water, but you dont hear about that. Both sides throw stuff like that out to let the publics imagination run wild with it.

     

    It may be close, but the hate for oil companies is no where near as venemous as the hate for calling someone a terrorist-sympathizer

    2008 General Election Discussion Thread

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    QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 15, 2008 -> 12:14 AM)
    I think it's a real long shot, but worth the effort. I thought I heard a while back that Obama moved some people out of GA and into NC and VA. So, I think they think they cant win it either. But they wont give up the ground game, especially with McCain in a free-fall.

     

    Well, back when Gpratt used to post about how Obama couldn't win because the south was solid red and Obama couldn't win Ohio and Fla.

     

    My theory, was that due to Obama opening offices in every state, McCain likely would not win in the solid red states by as much as Bush won them. It is the reason why I thought Obama would win the popular even if he lost the electoral. But, also the likelihood of higher black turnout in states in the south closer to Obama. And it looks like this is happening, on top of the economy helping out Obama and the awful campaign being run by McCain.

    I wrote an editorial for my paper

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    So I'm in this international reporting class. It's hard. I keep getting these papers get back saying, great paper, but I got a D and a C because because there are standards for AP errors. AP is REALLY hard to edit for. It's like studying a dictionary. Anyways if we get it published we get an A. So BOOYA.

     

    http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/...4/poor-posture/

     

     

    And don't worry, I'm under no impression that my writing is good enough or ideas brilliant enough to be be beyond criticism. It's the reason I'm posting it. This is my first editorial i've written, and I probably won't take an editorial writing class. I already caught a spelling mistake that happened post-editing, and I'm angered! In reality I think I made Russia look too weak. BUt them getting loans by using shares as collateral is funny, to me.

    The Republican Thread

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    QUOTE (mr_genius @ Oct 14, 2008 -> 06:02 PM)
    hmm, don't know. maybe we can put together a government program to come up with one.

     

    That's a cute answer, a nice dodge from the realization that the republicans are pumping race into this election.

    The Economy, stupid

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    QUOTE (kapkomet @ Oct 14, 2008 -> 07:41 PM)
    No, but he's not going to "get us out of Iraq" quite as easy as he says he is. Better yet, when he "brings them home" ON HIS WATCH he can claim "victory". You watch. It's exactly what this guy's going to do.

     

    Obama saying victory?

    The Democrat Thread

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    tpm is angry,

     

    Remember the US Attorneys

    It's time again to remember the backstory of the US Attorney Firing scandal. The firings were one thing. But the story behind the firings, what led to them, is key to understanding the current 'vote fraud' scam being played by the Republicans and the media outlets that are going along with the scam.

     

    Remember, the US Attorneys in question were all either Republicans or Republican-leaning independents. In every case, they were appointed by George W. Bush. In most of the cases their firing was tied to 'vote fraud' claims stemming from the 2004 election.

     

    The pattern was very consistent. During the final weeks of the 2004 campaign Republican partisans started pressing claims of widespread voter fraud. In many, though not all cases, the examples they pointed to were not even allegations of voter fraud, but allegations of voter registration fraud: examples of people being registered more than once, non-existent people being registered, etc.

     

    The Republicans making these claims argued that these problems with registration cards were opening the coming election up to widespread vote fraud. Logically, this makes no sense. And, more importantly, all evidence shows this has never happened, certainly not in any widespread sense. Every person who claims otherwise is either ignorant or speaking in bad faith.

     

    Nonetheless, CNN and other national news outlets and especially local media outlets, either out of ignorance or bad faith, ran hard with these stories -- just as CNN is doing now.

     

    After the election, there was a lot of pressure from Republicans in states like Nevada, Washington, New Mexico, etc. (not surprisingly, all key swing states) to have local US Attorneys prosecute these cases. The word came down from Washington, DC, particularly the political office at the White House that this was a top priority. And the local US Attorneys launched into it.

     

    But there was a problem. Most of these were ethical prosecutors. And when they looked into it there just wasn't anything there. Most of the stories weren't even true. And those that were, were obviously isolated and in most cases not done with malice. The number of people who could actually be prosecuted could be counted on one hand. Local Republicans got angry; Karl Rove got angry. And the US Attorneys got fired.

     

    That's the real story of the US Attorney firing scandal. And what we're seeing today is textbook -- exactly the same as what we saw in 2004 and 2006. It's a scam. And the very recent history should be enough for news networks like CNN and others not to let themselves become complicit in this disgrace.

     

    --Josh Marshall

     

    The Democrat Thread

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    Super intellect Sarah Palin mistook supporters for protestors while campaigning in Richmond today. The supporters screamed "louder! Louder" because they couldn't hear. Palin responded "I hope those protesters have the courage and honor to give veterans thanks for their right to protest."

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