Recent poll results have been released. On a scale of one to ten with ten being best, people rated George Bush's sex appeal as two.
I believe the mare Prince Charles married has more sex appeal. Fitting couple, though, with Charles having the ears of a mule and being about as bright.
Purl Gurl
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
don't forget to check your orders
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Purl Gurl,,, I am not concerned with having sex with George W Bush.....
Whats your take on market capitulation.
Posted by Purl Gurl on :
Dustoff writes,
"I am not concerned with having sex with George W Bush."
I would think not! The man has zero sex appeal.
Market capitulation? Doesn't matter because the markets are being slaughtered and the markets are far from bottoming out. Next week should be just as bad.
This is just the beginning of consumer reaction to the mess politicians have made of the world.
Purl Gurl
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Purl Gurl, I wish you would of lied to me. ouch!
Oh, bye the way, can you clean fish and cook them..
Posted by glassman on :
move to India where you can get an American job...
Posted by Purl Gurl on :
If catfish, boil lightly then peel the skin off with a pair of pliers.
If scaly fish, use a belt sander.
If skinned frog legs, don't salt them in the skillet; they will jump out!
Purl Gurl
Posted by glassman on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: Purl Gurl, I wish you would of lied to me. ouch!
Oh, bye the way, can you clean fish and cook them..
dustoff, you ain't gonna get any that way...
LOL
YOU gotta clean and cook them fish...
then let them clean up after...
hurry up and ring the bell, let's get this one behind us...
Posted by Purl Gurl on :
I'm not lying! George Bush has no sex appeal.
Well, yeah, the DOW is down 200 points as I type this. Those stringless yo-yo heads out there are finally beginning to realize our economy is hard crashing. What we are seeing is just the bare beginning of a "snow ball" effect. When rising energy costs begin moving through sectors, when fuel surcharges begin to show where they do not already, when people can barely afford food, that is when the market snow ball will hit bottom.
I could have told you we are in for more than just recession by driving on Southern California roads and freeways. Even the five o'clock rush hour is now rather nice. There are so many less cars on the roads, it is spooky. I mean you can actually drive at twenty-five miles per hour on freeways!
Why is that? Because ordinary salt-of-the-earth people can barely afford to feed their familes, much less afford to drive to work.
Are you aware, despite Bush's "great tax cuts" ordinary people are now paying more in taxes than they did previously?
These are bad times and _all_ politicians are to blame, here and abroad.
Purl Gurl
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Ah the hell with the whole thing....Have I capitulated??...Purl Gurl do you know Lucy?
Maybe the three of us could go camping and fishing??
Posted by glassman on :
i think you guys have mistooken capitulation for copulation....
Posted by <BuyAtBottom> on :
next week when the market bounces up hard on very light volume, that is the perfect setup to short stocks for the next leg down.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Buy at bottom...The only perfect thing about this market right now is that it is the week end..
Posted by Purl Gurl on :
I am not quite sure what to make of all this, Dust.
It would be nice if investors would cool off over the weekend. However, headline news everywhere is stock market performance over the last three days.
Lot of doom and gloom being promulgated by the bleached blond bubble heads on television.
Our world is suffering circumstances which have not been found in combination previously in history. This is a new one, for all.
Terrorist attacks, two active major wars, energy costs beyond means, taxes up with relative wages down, and historical highs for lost jobs.
Yet Americans voted for the political party which has only worsened those conditions.
Dustoff, I don't think we will see relief this coming Monday because the talking heads on the news are blasting the brains of all with words of doom and gloom.
This could go beyond recession and become a minor depression.
Who knows? These unique circumstances have never before been found confronting our world.
Worst of all, there is a damn baseball game on instead of Star Trek Enterprise. Jeesshh...
Purl Gurl
Posted by keithsan on :
IMO we are there.
In the stock market, capitulation is associated with "giving up" any previous gains in stock price as investors sell equities in an effort to get out of the market and into less risky investments. True capitulation involves extremely high volume and sharp declines. It usually is indicated by panic selling.
After capitulation selling, it is thought that there are great bargains to be had. The belief is that everyone who wants to get out of a stock, for any reason (including forced selling due to margin calls), has sold. The price should then, theoretically, reverse or bounce off the lows. In other words, some investors believe that true capitulation is the sign of a bottom
Posted by poorman on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: Purl Gurl,,, I am not concerned with having sex with George W Bush.....
Whats your take on market capitulation.
Thought we already were having sex with G/W I know I can feel him behind me right now and both hands are on my shoulders.
Posted by Purl Gurl on :
Keithsan writes,
"The belief is that everyone who wants to get out of a stock, for any reason (including forced selling due to margin calls), has sold. The price should then, theoretically, reverse or bounce off the lows."
Contraindication theory, AAII index. That actually works, Keith. There are some articles on this at the Silicon Board.
For readers, AAII and contraindication is a trading method under which investors (traders) do precisely the opposite of what investors' sentiment indicates.
For example, the AAII index now roughly shows bulls are at sixteen percent. These means most are either neutral or bearish for a market opinion. This means the concensus is bearish. Contraindication then indicates it is time to buy stocks, which is what Keith is writing, indirectly.
If this theory holds, we should discover a market recovery sometime in the next ten days, presumably some recovery hints appearing next week.
However, we have odd circumstances. Two wars which are costing hundreds of billions of dollars, a president bent on hundreds of trillions of dollars in deficit spending, a president creating a historic trade imbalance, and record high energy costs.
I am not so sure the markets have finished crashing, nor am I sure there will be any recovery within the next three to five years.
In a sad way, these are exciting times.
Purl Gurl
Posted by keithsan on :
True Purl, I've bet money on a solid rebound, I am expecting a decent rebound, then a retest of these lows. I will hold my long (my feeling is i have a better price now and premium) only time will tell, I will also begin to short 2 or 3 days into the bounce.
This is the lowest or worse close since March 2003. That triggered a nice buy in time, will we repeat?
Also, on down days volume has been high obviously bearish market, (i played countertrend a bit too often and was bit myself, but i knew i put my money in the bears mouth) Friday saw HUGE volume,(meaning finally bear market will come out in headlines on the times, and even my grandma thinks were in a bear) to me that is another sign of a turn.
Hopefully I'm right.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Keithsan, the press will try and scare the hell out of everybody about an impending market crash..The political hacks will come out of the wood work for a few days....And then we will be back to Madona or what ever, sport scandals, car chases and the murder of the week....
The men and women who are protecting all of this will hardly be mentioned..
Posted by jason10 on :
purl has an unhealthy obsession with GW
there are a hell of alot more people responsible for this than him thats for damn sure
accounting scandals, missed projections , over hyped stocks(apple,google,yahoo,etc,etc,etc), drug companies with harmful drugs
it all contributed to this, GW has done little or help nor prevent it from happening
not that i have to say it but im not a bush fan i think his dad was a piss poor president i think hes a piss poor president but you can NOT blame either of them for every thing that is wrong with the world it just doesnt work that way
until the markets get a real regulatory body with real power to take people over thier knee who break the laws then the huge companies will continue to break the laws and pay the $25,000(LOL) fines every time they get caught
this is far deeper than bush being a bad president i think you should try to make at least one post without a its bush's fualt in it somewhere
that is all i have to say
Posted by glassman on :
Jason i agree about the regulatory issues...
put these guys in a real pen...like Leavanworth so they can find out what the real world is like for a change... it's one thing to hurt traders..it's another thing to MESS with peoples retirement....
whoever is president? i will openly critisize their faults, as long as we are still America...IMO? that's what keeps us great....
once we can't? well,i don't want to think about that....
Bush has not spent like a conservative...(IMO? he's not a true conservative)
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
jason10, I served in Viet Nam from 1971-1972...The war was winding down, but we still dealt with our fair share of chit..
I know first hand what it does to people when they jump on a jet and come home from war to this kind of hatred after what we the troops just went thru..
I support and respect the title of Commander in chief during a time of war..
Posted by jason10 on :
yeah but the way she blames everything on bush is well just not smart or accurate frankly congress has alot more to with spending and every other daily operation of the country than the president does
Posted by glassman on :
dustoff would you have the same respect if Kerry had won?
it sounds to me like you are saying a president only needs to declare a war on somebody to stifle criticism ...
Posted by jason10 on :
yeah dustoff i still cant figure out what people were thinking treating our own people the way they treated soldiers comeing home from a bull**** war
i may be nieve but i dont think the brave folks who went this time are being treated that way
oh and i feel like it needs to be said even if his reasons behind iraq were BS removing sadam was a good thing
and the taliban well they pretty much asked us to do that
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Glassman..YES !!!!
Posted by glassman on :
Taliban and Iraq again?..... no connection...
Posted by jason10 on :
LOL KERRY LOL
if he had won you would have seen terrorist both foriegn and domestic cheer it would have been a free for all
hes a coward and only lost because he was too afraid to stand for ANYTHING for fear of alienating voters
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
glassman get your hearing checked...Have you ever served in combat???
Posted by glassman on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: Glassman..YES !!!!
OK, i can respect that....
i still feel that America's greates strength is our freedom of speech, i do believe there are limits... i don't think PG has passed them myself...
i don't hear her calling for some of the insane things the far left has calleed for...
we have a commitment to Iraq now, and to our troops...the troops are defending our right to free speech, AND free speech is something the troops don't enjoy while they are protecting OURS.....
i also think the troops returning from Nam were poorly treated by the populace, AND the VA system...
Posted by jason10 on :
like i said iraq was BS but it needed to be done even if it was only family revenge for daddy
taliban was harboring the people responsible for the trade tower and they basically told us you cant have them neener neener
Posted by glassman on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: glassman get your hearing checked...Have you ever served in combat???
enlisted while we had hostages in Iran, and no i didn't see action...honorable after one tour.
Posted by jason10 on :
glassman im not saying she has gone over the line its just annoying this is a stock board not bash the president board he is not responible for everything thats wrong with the world and anyone who says he is should be corrected which is what im doing
Posted by glassman on :
quote:Originally posted by jason10: like i said iraq was BS but it needed to be done even if it was only family revenge for daddy
taliban was harboring the people responsible for the trade tower and they basically told us you cant have them neener neener
Afghanistan yes.... Iraq? revnge for dady OK? tell that to the families.... we'll be paying the bill on that for a long time....a looooooooong tiiiiiiiime
Posted by charger on :
I dont know about anyone else... but i am drowning in PG's venom. How can she make so many blanket statements about so many people? Is she that perfect(like most liberals think they are ) or is she just immature. PG, Is there anything positive that you can say about anyone in America? Im sure you wont answer...have a nice day.
Posted by jason10 on :
/sigh
i agree we lost alot to fight the war in iraq including many brave service men and women
but ask the millions of iraq citizens how they feel to be free of sadam
ill go out on a limb here and say youll find a hell of alot more that are happy hes gone than wish he was back
but lets just agree to disagree on the war the real subject is that despite purls views its not all GW Bush fualt
Posted by glassman on :
quote:Originally posted by jason10: glassman im not saying she has gone over the line its just annoying this is a stock board not bash the president board he is not responible for everything thats wrong with the world and anyone who says he is should be corrected which is what im doing
good.... i THINK? PG likes debate i do
that's what this is all about...this should probably be in off-topics...the mods will probably have to move it tonight so it doesn't get in the way tomorrow...
we are just debating, speakup, and say your peice...
if you are "drowning" in her venom then maybe she is correct? WELL? is she? and if not?why? Posted by jason10 on :
and i want to be clear on this
THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK
im hoping to open her eyes some
the fualt is widespread and is much harder to get rid of than the bush family will be
if people continue to be sheep a vote for the lesser of 2 evils we will always have terrible corruption in our political system and until we have a tightening of certain laws there is no deterent what-so-ever for people to stop "cooking the books" and every year we will find 2-3 MAJOR companies that are flat out lying to us just like we have every years for the last 7 years because theres simply no way to keep growing after you reach a certain point but the pressure to make it happen is greater than the slap on the wrist they get for lying and cheating
Posted by keithsan on :
2 threads with the same crap?
I never understood the Revenge factor though? we won the first. He never completed the assassination attempt.
Been looking better overthere recently, lets hope it takes a turn to looking good, not there yet, probably not even close.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
I can not believe some of you people..Some of you have forgot what this war is all about.. Justice is something many of you have forgot all about..What the hell is the matter with you...Have you forgot 9/11 already...
I don't care what political exuse has to be made to kick they're terrorist ass all the way to ALA as long as it is done is fine with me....
Go the United States Army .....all the way baby!!!!!
Posted by jason10 on :
^^^^^nice Posted by glassman on :
we won't be out of Iraq before 2012..UNLESS we run... not gonna happen....
LOL Dusty, even the Pentagon says Sadam wasn't involved with al-queda before the war....
Posted by jason10 on :
someone should be there to look out for the people of iraq since the people who used to be in charge sure as hell werent doing it
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
glassman, from a strategic stand point the best place to kill the terrorist *******s is right there in Iraq...They are so dumb they are running right into our gun sights
Posted by keithsan on :
deleted, i get bored with the same old political crap.
Posted by glassman on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: glassman, from a strategic stand point the best place to kill the terrorist *******s is right there in Iraq...They are so dumb they are running right into our gun sights
only the dumb ones...only the dumb ones...
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Some people just don't get it...We have a perfectly good battle field in Iraq in witch to do battle..Sure there is house to house combat ,but thats War....War is not a by standers Sport....It ain't pretty, thank God for that...
Posted by glassman on :
war is hell...no more need be said.
as far as the overall terrorist situation? Rumsfeld himself says he can't say we aren't creating more than we are killing...
why does everyone assume all terrorists are stupid?
i saw Ashcroft say last Thursday at Regents University that osama never expected us to come after him for 9-11...he said they expected US to fold... i was more than a little surprised he said that...
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Quote by glassman: Why does everyone assume terrorists are stupid ]
You gotta be kidding..
Posted by jason10 on :
because they are usually incredibly unstable mentally OR incredibly easy to persuade (read manipulated) which as far as im concerned is the same as being stupid
so the answer your looking for is BECAUSE THEY ARE
Posted by jason10 on :
ok this is not exactly on the topic here but i love The West Wing tv show to the point i have half of them on my computer i highly recomend season4 episode 15 inuaguration day 2
it has alot to do with what we are talking about and is quite good
Posted by jason10 on :
im watching it now before i go to work great show could learn alot from it frankly
Posted by Purl Gurl on :
Jason suggests my posts are off-topic. A reader, upon review, will discover my posts are a discussion of government policies and the effect of those policies upon economies, along with a discussion of AAII and Contraindication both inspired by Keith's respected insights.
What have you been writing about Jason? War and me?
Charger, yes, there is something good I can say about Americans. During recent history we American Indians are enjoying our revenge upon Anglo-Saxons through very profitable gambling casinos. I only wish more tribes, across America, could join in.
Another good point about America is finally we women are enjoying stability in wages while men's wages have decreased in value. If you will check stats all wages since 1990 have diminished because of inflation, except women's wages, which means we women are doing a better job of increasing our wages, after years of gender discrimination.
What I really like about America is we are the greatest and most envied nation on Earth, despite being led by a known illiterate with zero sex appeal.
Purl Gurl
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Well, this has been a good venting today...Speaking for myself I think it was a healthy thing..Purl I think you are a real treasure ..However politicly you remind me of my 22 year daughter when she was 16....You and her could conger up all sorts of bedlam politictly speaking..I can here the laughter from that conversation now.....Purl Gurl ,venting is that a hip word now?? I used to worry about venting the bathroom..
Posted by jason10 on :
LOL
purl i dont care about off topic frankly
i just think you concentrate your disdain far too much on the president than the places it really deseves it like congress ,the senate, weak regulatory bodies that cant be strengthened because of huge companies buying votes to keep measures from being passed to prevent themselves from being jailed when thier fruad is finally discovered
is the president part of the problem? you bet is he the only part? HELL NO
what happened to the market this week is pretty easy to figure out one company on the DJIA is in disarray one missed earnings and people badly overreacted to the negative one company is in the beggining stage of what will no doubt be a much worse accounting scandal
all this caused people to lose faith and bail and the dow dropped and so did most of the rest of the market
i think its great that womens wages are coming in line with men it should have always been that way
Posted by blue_in_MI on :
my my, you sure have stirred up some trouble Queen Bee, heh!
i would pitch in, but -
(a) am too tired, last 2 days 5am-5pm working outside diggng and lugging stuff around
(b) have already said my peace about the shrub too many times, hard to bring back up often because took me so long to get over the depression and anger from last november's election
(c) if there's anyone that *doesn't* need any help in an argument, it's you! you can fend for yourself in an argument better than just about anyone i've ever "met", and - i know a lot of lawyers who like to argue (even married one, heh)
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
jason10, we can't win she is a woman!!
I will now bury myself in my fox hole...'
I don't think Purl Gurl is going to like that last one...
sometimes I feel like an ant under a cattle stampede
Posted by jason10 on :
HEHE i hear you there at least all 3 of my kids are boys
thank god for small favors
Posted by glassman on :
the BULLS are winning on PBR right now...
12 attempts..no rides...
NBC
INJURY REPORT:
Friday, April 15
Brendon Clark (Queensland, Australia) - Sprained his right knee (partial PCL tear) when he landed on the knee following reride, not competing.
Brian Herman (Victoria, Texas) - Sprained his right knee (capsular sprain), competing.
Nick Landreneau (Welsh, La.) - Sustained a concussion without loss of consciousness, not competing but is probable for Boise.
Saturday, April 16
Larry Everingham hung to his bull and sustained a concussion with loss of consciousness. Not competing.
Posted by keithsan on :
....i'm not a bull, but if a guy ever climbed on my back he'd receive more than a knee sprain and a concussion...
Posted by glassman on :
heh...nobody rode a bull today...
wonder if that's some sort of market signal Posted by keithsan on :
as far as the market goes aint no bull to ride, she's dead. just looking to ride that rebound/countertrend whatever you call it rally.
Posted by keithsan on :
quote:Originally posted by Purl Gurl: Jason suggests my posts are off-topic. A reader, upon review, will discover my posts are a discussion of government policies and the effect of those policies upon economies, along with a discussion of AAII and Contraindication both inspired by Keith's respected insights.
Keith says thank you. (as he removes cap and bows)
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
keithsan, as long as it is'nt a dead cat bounce we should see gains in penney land...If people are rested up and have any money left, there may be a sort of rebellion coming...
Posted by Lucy Lastic on :
orig by jason (to PG):
quote:i just think you concentrate your disdain far too much on the president
in truth, she often says "president cheney," and provides ample servings of actual information to back up her claims. (he is a liar, does serve the top 1%, and is clearly a moron. .. hence the importance of his team.) ultimately, referring to a president becomes essentially the equivalent to referencing his cabinet/administration: what his team is doing.
it is atrocious. on every level.
Posted by glassman on :
don't hold back Lucy.... Posted by Lucy Lastic on :
furthermore, she's literate!
g- hold back? i'm just trying to hold on. (whimpers weakly) ....................... (trembling, whispers:) hooooLLLd meee.....
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Hello Lucy [ confident low voice of mine ]
Posted by Purl Gurl on :
Yes, Lucy, I do make a point to support my opinions with factual data and yes, Bush represents our government; he is the figurehead, the main bozo.
Here is how the rich avoid capital gains tax on stock investment while we pay those same taxes. Although this dates back to 1995, all still applies for today's tax structure,
This information mildly bashes Kerry but does show Bush has caused a shrinking middle class and an increasing poverty class, more people are living at poverty level now because of Bush,
Bush has created circumstances leading to last week's market crash and whatever is to come this coming week. Bush is directly responsible.
If Kerry were president, I would be equally critical of him although he is literate and well educated.
Problem here is I can only think of one event Bush got right; going into Afghanistan. All other events, he absolutely screwed up and covered up.
Afghanistan, however, Bush totally blundered there as much as we did in Vietnam. Bush allowed Osama Bin Laden to escape and this is well known. Bush should face court martial for his incompetence as commander-in-chief; dereliction of duty.
Purl Gurl
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Well, I see a lot of energy building on allstocks...Seems the gloom and doom has been throughly discussed and alot of negative energy was released today..Good...I am feeling much more confident in what is ahead for us this week..
It seems the level of input from some really savy stock people is emerging at a level I personally have not seen for awhile..
This thread has accomplished what I originally intended it to do...We do battle in the bowls of penny stock world and then come together to discuss the problems of the investment world and renew our energys for the fights that lay ahead..My opinion of Wall Street is greatly improved by the hard work many people do around here...Thankyou ,and start your engines.....
Posted by Purl Gurl on :
The Fat Lady just downed a shot of Jack Daniels and is preparing to sing.
Worst is yet to come as I suspected.
Dow is headed for 10000 and below. NASDAQ is headed for 1900 and below.
This morning, Jim Cramer stated, paraphrased,
"There are good buys out there but investors don't care."
Bend over and show your appreciation for the economic efforts of the Bush administration.
Purl Gurl
Posted by glassman on :
gee PG, it's not his fault...it's everybody elses'... he's perfect...
Posted by keithsan on :
closed at bottom of the day friday, all world markets tanked, china and japan are angry with each other. Nas is still green?.....
sounds like a day of heaven for bears but...
Posted by Purl Gurl on :
Give the NASDAQ about ten minutes to turn red.
Those who believed a bounce in making have played their hands. Now true sentiment is taking hold.
Purl Gurl
Posted by glassman on :
ten minutes? 2 minutes...
Posted by Purl Gurl on :
Ok, two minutes, just hit zero.
If you bought SMTR, better dump quick, like thirty minutes back.
Purl Gurl
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
can that fat lady clean fish?
Posted by keithsan on :
quote:Originally posted by Purl Gurl: Give the NASDAQ about ten minutes to turn red.
Those who believed a bounce in making have played their hands. Now true sentiment is taking hold.
Purl Gurl
I played and still playing, may not finish green today, but will soon IMO
Posted by keithsan on :
SMTR goal was .10 Posted by Purl Gurl on :
So, who is to be first to coin last tax day as,
"Black Friday" or "Tax & Crash Day" ?
Gotta love Bush. He took money from your family last Friday and crashed the stock markets. Such talent is impressive.
Purl Gurl
Posted by keithsan on :
my family got more money, nas hasn't broke todays lows yet...
i wouldn't be surprised to test 10k and break 1900 either...
I'm impressed with the way markets have held up today but just incase i have my calls set for june expiration.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
News Flash....It is'nt the end of the world!!../.We live!!!!!!!
Posted by BuyAtBottom on :
it will turn green eventually and probably last for a few days only and on a lot lighter volume. that will be the time to short for the next leg down.
Posted by keithsan on :
LOOKS LIKE A SEA OF GREEN TO ME Posted by charger on :
PG, Quick question.... What president could have taken Bin Laden into custody but turned him down due to the fact that he was bizzy spreading his incredible sex appeal to any interested intern? Also PG, anybody like Bush who attended Yale and Harvard cannot be half as smart as yourself. No matter what Bush accomplishes as president, the left will still get on him for not having enough sex appeal or something dumb like that.
Posted by glassman on :
hmmm..PG must still be on the phone...
i'll risk here ire by answering part of that question...
he wouldn't have attended Yale and Harvard if not for his "contacts", (Daddy, whom i voted for)
he was a "C" student..that's documented..
Posted by keithsan on :
contacts is how you get into yale or harvard, grades are how you get into state schools.
Posted by Purl Gurl on :
It is true Bush attended college just as it is true Bush is illiterate.
Many of us work our way through college because we want to be more intelligent and want to obtain better personal tools to be successful at life.
Others attend college because they are expected to do so and are satisfied to be,
"catastrophically successful"
Purl Gurl
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Quote by Purl Gurl:[ Many of us work our way through college because we want to be more intelligent and want to obtain better personal tools to be more successful in life..]
Most of the dumbest people I know finished college......Also , my personal tool,,always works just fine... It really worked good in college.....I did'nt have to obtain my personal tool...I brought mine with me..
Posted by keithsan on :
NIce PPI numbers, Looking Green again.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Don't get left behind doom sayers..
Posted by Lucy Lastic on :
keithsan: contacts is how you get into yale or harvard, grades are how you get into state schools.
lucy: bull$hit. the smartest kids from my highschool went to harvard. some will get into these schools thru contacts (generally family) but most do so on merit, which is the only way the schools can possibly stay strong, academically.
my brother (she says, beaming with pride,) went to harvard. no contacts. he finished magna cum sum****, finished in 3 years, won the latin award, big speech at graduation, went on to harvard law, and was also drop dead gorgeous & the star of the rugby team, ...all without contacts. (we do supposedly have one ancestor who rode on the mayflower but i suspect he either snuck on, or worked in the scullery.)
(ps. what's a scullery?)
Posted by Lucy Lastic on :
shrub dubya was part of the exception to the rule. a particularly hideous example of the worst case scenario.
Posted by Lucy Lastic on :
sorry i brought this thread up top. what was i thinking? (that there's no time like the present to brag about your family...?! eugghhh, sorry.)
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
lucy,check out MLXO,MCZ,AMEP
Posted by Thorn on :
Whenever I need to smile, I read threads like this one. I especially enjoyed the part about getting into Yale and Harvard, mostly because of the false opinion that they are better schools than all the rest.
Of course, having that name on one's diploma doesn't hurt. Posted by glassman on :
hmmmmm...
i look at the ivy league like this...
if they let a few(or even quite a few) in on contacts, and they contribute plenty o'dough?
the rest of us poor schmucks trying to get ahead don't(hopefully) have to pay as much...
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