Forum: Politics
12-01-2007, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 412
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 757
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,002
Re: I don\'t know anything about politics
It depends what your interest is. Tracking the latest movements of the heard is both depressing and boring for me. I enjoy studying what policies and government forms might actually work even if...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 02:51 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,002
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,002
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 103
Views: 1,901
Re: Could We Have Won Vietnam?
Nobody in Vietnam liked the communists, but they didn't like us either. We weren't fighting communism, we were fighting nationalism. We were fighting people who, like nearly every civilization at...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 1,138
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,002
Re: I don\'t know anything about politics
If you really want to understand the deep issues in politics, especially american politics, I'd start with things like the constitution and the federalist papers as iron said.
Nearly every major...
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Forum: Politics
11-29-2007, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 1,901
Re: Could We Have Won Vietnam?
Well Vietnam was independent from China from the 11th century to the 18th century. France controlled Vietnam in the same way we did, they controlled all the major cities but the countriside was full...
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Forum: Politics
11-29-2007, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 1,901
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Forum: Politics
11-29-2007, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 1,901
Re: Could We Have Won Vietnam?
Wow. I'm amazed.
The Chinese fought the Vietnamese for hundreds of years and never prevailed. The French fought with them for ten years before we arrived and never prevailed. We fought them for...
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Forum: Politics
11-29-2007, 10:03 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 1,901
Could We Have Won Vietnam?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9klk7iSCII
McCain:
"Congressmen, we never lost a battle in Vietnam. It was American public opinion that forced us to lose that conflict."
Paul:
"Shortly...
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Forum: Politics
11-29-2007, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 650
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Forum: Politics
11-29-2007, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 1,138
Re: The differences between 1929 and Today
Perhaps you should think in real terms nominal terms. Sure the market went up on the 50bp, but the dollars it was price in lost a huge amount of value. Nominal, not real, gain.
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Forum: Politics
11-29-2007, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 1,138
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Forum: Politics
11-29-2007, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 1,138
Re: The differences between 1929 and Today
Agreed. Your right that nobody wants a sudden crash. If they don't all panic and try to get out first they can do that. 10-20% yearly depreciation of the dollar, you bet.
You can only play a...
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Forum: Politics
11-29-2007, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 1,138
Re: The differences between 1929 and Today
We aren't going to have a contraction of the moeny supply because Bernanke is going to print dollars like crazy and destroy the currency. Hyperfinlationary recession or deflationary recession, take...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 732
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 732
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 615
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 615
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 615
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 732
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 732
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 615
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