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QUOTE (lostfan @ Feb 26, 2009 -> 08:12 AM) Still though, it's pretty common that Drudge becomes a parody of himself like that. In general yes. In the instance of Barack moving the market, no. It has happened many times over the last few months. I know I, and others, have talked about specifics.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 26, 2009 -> 08:05 AM) Gotta love that Matt Drudge! I don't know about the early stuff, but watching CNBC most of yesterday, while Bernanke was speaking was when the rally really got underway. They about 10 minutes before the close, that is when the market collapsed. That was also when Barack went on TV and started talking.

QUOTE (chunk23 @ Feb 25, 2009 -> 07:35 PM) To throw more fuel on the fire, BP ranked Carter as a 5-star prospect. Gio and Cunningham are 3-star. And Carlos is a 5 star player.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 26, 2009 -> 07:52 AM) In regards to MP or assemblies in general or specifically in the automobile industry? I was speaking about cars only, though I could still be wrong. Yes, in cars, Henry Ford was the first. Sorry, I misread your post. See my day hungover at the Ford Museum paid some dividends

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 25, 2009 -> 07:23 PM) Because clearly, all of this stuff is currently owned by the government. That's why all the banks and investment companies are in such great shape. They didn't buy any of it, it all was bought by the government, and the banks are 100% healthy. I'm so glad we're defended from the government's excesses by these responsible bankers who didn't buy up any of the sub-prime mortgages in the last 5 years, and certainly did not BUY VASTLY MORE OF THEM than the GSE's. Good god, step away from your talking points for a second and try to understand the big picture here. Dispite the contention that because of this one little fact that you keep bringing up being true, that doesn't change that having a lender of last resort made a market for this crap. Even if the US government didnt' buy VASTLTY MOST OF THE GSE's, they made them profitable by buying a portion of them, and setting up a defacto marketplace for them. When something becomes profitable it is economic law that it creates a stream of people who will attempt to enter that sector until the profitablility of said marketplace approaches zero. With the huge profits available in this sector because of both the money, plus the acceleration of housing prices, there was no "risk" in the marketplace. If you didn't sell your risk off, and the buyer failed in its obligation, they could sell in foreclosure for a higher price anyway. The profited in either manner. Not only was the government responsible for guarenteeing a portion of this market, but they were also directly responsible for the beginning of the accleration of home prices, because they created a new level of demand that had never been there before by putting people into homebuying situations that had never been there before. Its the same things that the government has done to make health care and education so damned expensive. Its pure demand economics. When you enable more people to buy, the price goes up, if all other things stay the same. The effect is even greater in areas where supply is fixed, such as, I don't know, education and health care? If you don't believe me, stop and ask yourself this question. How come there wasn't a sub-prime mortgage sector until after all of these laws were pased? Why haven't banks been doing this for decades, or even centuries?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 25, 2009 -> 09:05 PM) Credit for inventing the automobile is usually given to (German) Karl Benz. America invented mass-producing it via Ford's assembly lines. Neither mass production, nor assembly lines, were American inventions. They just won the PR battles.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Feb 25, 2009 -> 09:00 PM) I thought that was the best LOST in the last 2 years. Awesome episode. Just another kudos to the Ben Linus character and actor for the scene with Locke in the LA apartment.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Feb 26, 2009 -> 07:18 AM) And by study, he means drinking a lot of beer. Something similar to all majors. Don't make me break out the lesson on the diminishing marginal return of drinking that my favorite drunken professor taught me...

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 25, 2009 -> 07:28 PM) You had a BA and not a BS? I didn't know that. Yep, that's how I ended up in wonderful classes such as intro to Music... The funny thing is I can't even remember why I did BA instead of BS anymore...

BA economics Licenced commodities representative (Series 3) studying to get my general securities licence. (Series 7) Certified intro and intermediate options theory.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 25, 2009 -> 05:38 PM) Another interesting note on the mortgage mess...how pervasive was fraud on the part of the mortgage lenders in creating all these bad loans and getting them approved and sold off? And none of it would have been possible if the government hadn't have set up agencies to buy this s***.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Feb 25, 2009 -> 09:52 AM) saved for later crow eating, or deletion when you turn out to be right Or just act like you never said anything at all...

QUOTE (Texsox @ Feb 12, 2009 -> 09:15 AM) I think your idea would be better than shuffling from one to another. Interestingly, NOAA does a lot for farmers as well. When people think of consumer protection they also think about UL (which is not a government agency). None of this would have stopped the peanut issue, unless we provide every factory an inspector on a daily basis. It seems like the FDA focuses on what is in the market and the USDA focuses on how it got there. Perhaps that would be a better alignment. It seems there are 15 agencies who have responsibilities here... This sounds exactly like how we "regulate" the financial sector. Too many agencies, not enough cooperation. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Whos-minding...f-14448757.html

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 24, 2009 -> 02:09 PM) It would be $5 million + $1 million buyout. Considering Abreu could only get $5 million for a full season, I really doubt teams would be willing to pay Dye that for half a season or less, unless its the Yankees. Even Boston is cutting back. I read John Henry has lost $60 % of his net worth the past several months. This would be at the deadline though. There are no free agents to pit against each other. The only talent you have available is what teams are willing to trade you. If you are in the pennant race, it is harder to not make moves to improve your team, especially if you can get the guy who has hit the most HRs for a RF over the last 4 years.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Feb 24, 2009 -> 12:53 PM) I just got my Baseball America Prospect Guide, it had Beckham pegged for half the season at A, then the other half in AA. Since Greg Paiml would be the only other possible starting SS at B'ham this year, it's seeming more likely that Gordo my spend all 140 games with the Barons. I'll be more than happy to give all of y'all first hand reports on him if he's in B'ham. I would have agreed with the BA guide off of the top of my head. But if the kid is advanced of a hitter as it sounds like, send him to B'ham. Challenge him right off of the bat.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Feb 24, 2009 -> 11:43 AM) True...in one game. Not sure the 'hawks couldn't beat the Wild in a 7 game series. Might go all 7 though. Going to the Kings game on Sunday and am looking forward to it. Haven't been to a game in probably 10 years. We are down 3-1 in the season series against MN this year FWIW. I was mostly using the Wild as an example, but take a team like Detroit who can grind you like that, and has superior talent on top of it. Look at the Winter Classic game as an example. The Hawks came out flying, but then Detroit took control of the tempo of the game and instead of an open skate, they turned it into a grind fest in the corners, and won the game. It's what still makes me believe the Hawks are a second tier team. They are on pace for over 100 points, which is awesome, but they aren't quite to a Cup Contender status in my eyes. Don't take it wrong, I can't believe the Hawks have made it as far as they have already, but if you want to beat the Hawks, teams could take some notes from the Wild.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Feb 24, 2009 -> 11:39 AM) Pounds or homers? Cheeseburgers. Its him and Bartolo for the title!

So this is pretty timely with Bernanke saying that the recession could end by the end of 09, with a recovery in 10. What happens when you have tons of spending coming on board, during the recovery? Video at link. http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=6999

Impressive that they already have the kid pegged as the starting SS in Birmingham this year. I look forward to hearing what you have to say about him if this is the case.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/23/mark-to-m...l?feed=rss_news

Beckham at #20! Wow.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 24, 2009 -> 10:01 AM) And if they would slot the draft, it would take the agents out of it, and take the draft back to what it was intended for. It also would free up a little cash for major league players. Add to that a world wide draft, and I am sold. Take the monetary advantages of being a big market team away from some teams, and you have a chance at seeing a revival in some of the small franchises.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Feb 24, 2009 -> 09:48 AM) How does one country produce so much talent? Or does it? From the sounds of it, people in the DR view baseball the same way we view college. It is the one big necesity to move up out of the barrio.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19206.html

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 24, 2009 -> 08:21 AM) Well, yes, in the overall scheme of things...it still probably wouldn't come close to adding up to Borchard or Viciedo's bonuses. Let's say it was $3 million, $4, maybe even $5 million total. We sunk half of that money into Mike MacDougal. Or Uribe. Of course, the bigger damage is the institutional/organizational damage getting things re-established again in the DR. The two scouts we fired were Dominican, and then there's all the problems with our academy as well, and Denio Gonzalez. You have to go back to Magglio and Carlos Lee to find homegrown, high-impact players....and neither of them were Dominican. Who is the best we've had since those guys that we didn't acquire via trade? Jesus Pena? I'm joking, but that might even be the answer. Now we've brought a ton of Hispanic players in from other organizations (Loaiza, D'Angelo Jimenez, Julio Ramirez, Jose Paniagua, E, Sierra, Jimenez this year, Pablo Ozuna, Miguel Olivo, Damaso Marte, L.Vizcaino, Contreras, El Duque, Ramirez, Viciedo, etc.), but Carlos Martinez is/was one of our brighter prospects from the DR. Other than that, there's only been who...De Los Santos recently? Gio Gonzalez (I know he's not Domican, just trying to think of any Hispanic players we've developed)? Lorenzo Barcelo, but he was part of the White Flag trade to SFG. Good catch on the erasing of our ground operation there.