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I guess you never listen to Pat Buchanan.

Tradition only. Books: Death Of The West by Pat Buchanan.

You don't see the divisions in this country like I do and like the Russian guy does. I think there are strong geographic divisions in this country and I don't know why. But they are there. Immigration is a huge problem. It can't be overstated how bad it is. It's a simmering fued that most want to ignore. When California becomes mostly non-white, they'll probably want to leave the USA and become part of Mexico.

It is funny. But I can see a major shift in our country and I think it would be a North vs. South thing like it was in the civil war time. I could see were you wouldn't be able to travel to certain parts of the country and the economies would be run different.

Just as I thought. I've been reading the Rocky Mountain News and their talking about the 40,000 square foot house and the money wasted on players that have been hurt or who were beaten out of jobs. Money, money, money. If I'm Mike, I don't take another job. I'd retire and live in my 40,000 square foot house.

I'm the only Bronco fan here and I'm flabbergasted. I just can't believe it was done. I'm a fan and I didn't want Mike S. gone at all. The thought never crossed my mind. I think Mike did a great job in the draft last year. It makes no sense. The defense sucks but he's been trying to fix that for a few years now.

I don't get it at all and I'm a Bronco fan. This looks like a money saving move to me.

I just got the news that Mike Shanahan got fired. As they only Bronoco fan here, I can tell you that I'm stunned. I'm shocked and I think it will set the Broncos back years and years. I never wanted Mike fired. NO WAY! NO HOW! And I'm getting the feeling that all of these owners are acting like a-holes and I think it's about the money more than anything else. The yahoo.com story that I read, said that Mike is building a 35,000 square foot house, and my gut tells me that has something to do with it in addition to his record. His record is the biggest reason this happened. It can't be ignored. Missing the playoffs they way they did. But in Baltimore when Brian Bilick got fired he was also building a huge mega-mansion and he just finished it when he got fired. I think these owners are trying to send a message. And that message is don't get comfortable. And I think the days of big time coaches salaries and rookie salaries are coming to an end.

You have a great idea. I thought Obama was going to do this. Most of our roads need to be rebuilt. The two lane system is from the 50's. I think we can make it four lanes on both sides of the interstate system. We can also make roads have two lanes on each side rather than one. People drive these big SUVs we need more space. I was thinking we could have truck and SUV lanes and car lanes. I drove to the Michigan 400 Nascar race and that was a mess. US 12 was a field of pot holes. Plus it was just two lanes. I couldn't pass anyone. I have never seen roads in such bad shape. I also have seen this work. I drove the road between Vegas and Phoenix many times and the state made certain parts of 93 two lanes and that was a huge improvement.

SD Jarhead: What's gotten into you? You're making too much sense. I started thinking that way when the stock market started exploading in the 90s. Too me it was a scam because credit card debt was increasing by crazy amounts. It was only a matter of time before it blew up in our face.

Very good post. The educated class, moneymen, lawyers and other dirt bags think that's the way to go.

I agree 100%. Have a good holiday.

I never said more gov't regulation is the answer. As a matter of fact, I said just the opposite. I said Wall Street people are using the lack of regulation arguement to shift the blame of the economic meltdown from them to the gov't. Regarding the ticket regulation, it's the abuse from the ticket scalping industry that's causing the problem with regulation. I don't agree that caps should be put on the open market for tickets but they do it to protect the consumer from being gouged. I'm actually OK with the Pittsburgh law because ticket prices are so high, it doesn't really make a difference. And ticket brokers can charge whatever they want if they work out of an office and have a business license. Some states you can't sell over face value and ebay won't let you sell over face value. A lot of states came down hard on Ebay for letting consumers sell tickets over face value. They never heard of a no reserve auction, I guess. And, ticket scalpling laws are used to protect the box office. So they big people are controlling the little people with anti-free market regulation. If ticket selling is illegal, there's no one to compete with the box office. That's the biggest anti free market thing I ever saw.

Hey GG. I wanted to say I was sorry for my mean spirited posts. I reread the last part of the thread, and I sound pretty mean there. I'm not admitting I was wrong or anything. But I did hate it when people would try to tell me how to sell tickets and which events to buy and which ones to go to. They never did it and yet they would try to tell me how to do it. You do know more than me about Wall Street firms and regulation because you work with them and I don't. I just don't like their excuse making, finger poining, and shifting blame all the time.

Because they may not want to keep investing money in a money losing operation. So they'll probably want the gov't to kick in some money because other auto makers are getting it. They'll use the "we create jobs" excuse.

I remember that guy. Sad that he died so young. Thanks for posting this.

Sucks doesn't it! And that's how I know that Wall Street is nothing but a buch of "hustlers". They're no better than a bunch of ticket scalpers. That's their trade. Buy low sell high! Tickets scalpers sell cardboard. That's all they do. Buy low sell high. I did it full time for 10 years. And I sat around and watched CNBC all day. FYI: Pittsburgh has a law that you can't sell tickets more than 25% over face value, unless you a ticket broker. Regulation my friend.

I don't sell tickets any longer. But I see your point and I agree with it. What's wrong with selling a ticket that you paid $50 for and then reselling it for $150. That's a great profit. Why do you have to sell it for $500? Doing so is gouging the consumer and that's bad for buiness. I'm all for profit, but let's get real. Making three times profit is plenty. I was never for gouging my customers. I want them to be able to afford the event. And I used to go around and around with competitors in the ticket industry about bad business practices, but they never listened. They just told me to bleep off. And then they couldn't understand why the cities wanted to outlaw ticket scalping. I understood why the cities wanted to outlaw ticket scalping. They're trying to protect the best interest of the public.

I don't care who you are, you nut case. You work for Wall Street. That says it all.

Very well said. I don't trust them. And I think they're going to ask for money.

Business leaders are saying it on TV weather you like it or not. I don't make the news, I just report it.

And I'm pretty sure I'll listen to a live interview with BofA CEO Ken Lewis before I listen to what your brother-in-law's view on things is and declare he's the last bastion of common sense. First hand experience, what a crock.

That's my point. Passing new regulations is not going to work. That's why Wall Street is blaming gov't for have outdated regulations. Because they know they can get around any new regulations that pop up.

I think you're wrong. Here's why. CNBC is not just talking heads. You really need to watch them more if you think that. They are not Michael Irvin, Tom Jackson and Mike Ditka spouting off opinions. That's part of it, but not all of it. CNBC has guests that they interview. Business leaders. They interview CEOs all the time. They interviewed the Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis when BofA bought Merrill Lynch. He said that the investment banks can't stand alone and he always thought that way. He basically said it was a BS business model. He said they didn't have the balance sheet and they would eventually fail because they are not backed by deposits and customers like a regular bank. He said they were approached by Leman Brothers but they couldn't do the deal because they would have needed gov't help. He also said that the investment banking business compensation was way out of whack. He said it was an industry that was the worst he had seen. But he did buy Merrill Lynch because it could be a SMALL part of BofA, but it couldn't be a stand alone business.

Very good remark. Smartest remark I've read here in two weeks. That's why Wall Street is blaming gov't.