What’s Your M0NEY Worth?
Props to Joel Postman of Socialized for finding these and tweeting them:
This actually reminds me of a project I put off a long, long time ago. I should do something about that, but I have so many other projects to do…
Missed out on winning an iPod Touch again today. Past couple tries, I guessed the DOW would end +57. Today I guessed -305. Bummer.
Does anyone want more of the Obama McCain debate? Or is everyone bored with it now?
No more debate. Enough of that crap in real life. So what are all these projects you speak of?
Websites, eBooks, blogs, etc.
Don’t remind me about my finances. I looked at my 401k last week. My co-workers have never seen a grown man cry, lol.
Debate? It’s not much of a debate, when McCain or Palin can’t answer the questions, lol j/k It’s unfortunate that the McCain campaign spend too much time bashing Obama and don’t spend enough time talking about the issues and providing real answers to real problems.
McCain’s scare tactics don’t work for us. It’s a waste of time. Ban them all! lol
The way I saw it, all the candidates evaded questions. They just flip it around so they can get their message across. All it really is is marketing anymore.
The debates aren’t debates, not in the classical sense of the word anyway. It’s all show and no substance. The questions are pre-selected; even in the “town hall” format, not just anyone could ask a question. All the questions were sorted through and the moderator chose the ones he liked. All we really end up with is both candidates just rehashing everything they say in their ads or on the campaign trail.
You know, there are more than two people running for President, but only two of them get invited to the “debate.” There are dozens of people running; not all are registered in all states, but there are more than two running in most states. The other leading contenders include Charles O. Baldwin, Bob Barr, Cynthia Ann McKinney and Ralph Nader. But, the Commission on Presidential Debates (founded in 1987) is run by the major two parties and designed for their benefit, not the benefit of other parties or of the voters.
In 2000, the Commission on Presidential Debates made it a policy to only invite candidates who had a minimum of 15% of support in the polls, possibly to exclude third party candidates from participating. (Prior to the debates in 1992, Ross Perot had 7-9% of support in polls; he got 19% of the votes in the election, probably due to his increased visibility due to participation in the debates.)
Of course, presidential debates didn’t really begin until 1960. Since then, they seem to have devolved into a mere marketing ploy, offering little of substantive value. All it really comes down to is who can get the best one-liners.
I agree 100% Dan. A great grassroots political movement would be to change that, allowing other candidates to debate, getting rid of the two part mentality. The whole reason only two get to debate is money, and they get most of it.
I’ll watch, even though I already know who I’m voting for. Don’t really know why, but we are both paying more attention to politics than we have in a long time.
What’s my money worth? More than it was worth yesterday, thank-you-very-much. For the most part, we don’t have much market exposure — too risky.
I wish I would have had a lot of money to buy gold when it was $300 an ounce.
Both candidates are boneheads . McCain is so weak and Obama is a Marxist lord of the nanny states. I’ll watch the debate and still oppose both of these inept men.
Somehow we ended up with the worst candidates from both parties getting the nomination.