Eric S


My idea is to gather together a new set of Congressmen, a new White House, a new Supreme Court with a NEW Federal Reserve. We will use the SAME Constitution EXACTLY except the nation will be founded in 2008 instead of 1776. And we will put smarter politicians in the NEW USA Government.

This government will not take any actions against the REAL USA Government. So this is a New concept completely!!!!

We would do everything the US government does, except declare war. People can **** my NEW USA GOVT, but they have freedom of protest! So it’s all good!

The goal is for the new USA government to eventually be trusted with equal or higher value than the REAL one! The NEW USA Government will not levy taxes. Instead, THIS NEW Government will collect money by issuing Bonds backed by the Faith and Credit of My NEw Government.

At the beginning, I will invest those bonds in everything from commodities to foreign exchange markets to financial institutions that are struggling from the Bail-out to real-estate.

The bond rate of return will be 5% per year, so the capital to start my new government will come from any profits in excess of the bond’s interest rate.

Eventually, my NEW government will become THE USA Government.

Can I do this? Would this be doable?
I mean…the bond proceeds from issuance will be the cash to fund the NEW Government
Well we would have to work with financial investors and create financial return on the bond money.

Everything else will fall into place. It’s all about managing people.
All I need to do is establish credit with the American people! Don’t you get it???

If I can convince 300 million Americans to buy the New Government Bond’s, that’s my “Credit.” What do you think Credit is???

Credit SCORE is how banks decide to measure your credit. As for individuals? Credit is all about the American people!!!!

politicoswizzlestick


The entire US economy requires Oil at reasonable costs. All of our jobs are reliant on Oil.

That said, is it unpatriotic to put your investment dollars into Oil as a commodity? (I am not saying investing in Oil companies too— only Oil as a commodity.)

A lot of people who invest look at our economy and our national debt and see bad days on the horizon, so they move their money from stocks into commodities. Gold and Oil are two favorites as their prices consistently rise as people buy them.

Headline News said it costs $50 to produce a barrell of Oil. Oil is selling for $139 a barrell. Headline news says speculation on Oil has created that disconnect.

Are people being greedy at the expense of the nation to buy something our country needs (oil) instead of something we comparitively really don’t (gold)?

Gas cost $4 a gallon today. If Oil ran say $65 a barrell, it would cost $1.87 a gallon.

emartel01


Most people do not realize how bad the economy is. They tend to go by gov’t numbers and those people seem to be really stupid.

There is a financial crisis on the horizon, so my question is, should I just cash in my IRA and leave the country or invest it overseas (ie. foreign currencies, commodities, precious metals) outsid of the US?

phat tonez


I want to invest in gold and oil. So I have a few questions:

1. Where can I see the price of gold and oil over time? Kind of like how I can do for stocks on Yahoo.
2. Once I decide if I want to buy, how do I go about doing it?
3. Your personal opinion: do you think commodities are a good way to go right now?

skahhh


Can you do that on Scottrade?
For engineers: I ask a question over and over when I am not sure about something. When I get answers that work and makes sense to me wholly, then I stop asking. That is how humans validate truth. If I knew everything or was afraid to fail like some who will not ask questions more than once even if they don’t “get it”, then I would not do this.
You have to remember engineer, my daughter is sick, I am helping to raise my grandchildren and sometimes when you are doing more than your share, you need a little more time to figure out things that come easily to those who do not have those problems and who have not been oppressed for most of their lives. Are you afraid someone might actually learn something and then you would not be the only one who knew something?

Gerald Greene


Brazil is a huge country with plenty to offer in the fields of commodities, commerce, and vacations, no matter a persons individual preferences. In fact, there are so many things to do in Brazil, many tourists will return for a second or third visit and businessmen want to camp out there.

Brazil is to commodities what China is to manufactured goods. A large share of the world’s beef, orange juice, soybeans and iron ore comes from the great green giant. With the recent discovery of two huge oil fields off the coast of Brazil, the most important oil field finds in the world in decades, Brazil is set to advance fast in an energy short world. The Brazilian oil firm, Petrobras, is an expert in developing deep water fields as these fields are.

While the deep water development costs will be tremendous at current prices for crude oil Brazil will reap huge financial benefits as the fields start producing oil, probably by 2015. The United States will be eagerly seeking to import oil from Brazil as the Canteral major field of the number two exporter of oil to the US, Mexico, is already in a serious state of decline. The US will soon need to find a replacement for oil it is now importing from Mexico.

Brazil is quite truly huge and has fantastic resources. Its vast tropical landscapes encompass the Amazon Jungle, the desert dunes of the Maranhenses, and the largest wetlands in the world, the Pantanal, not to mention more than 7,000 kilometers of coastline. There are national parks where you can practice mountain climbing, rappelling, white-water rafting, and waterfall cascading.

Brazil is a tropical country that extends well into the temperate zone. The coastal area ranges from tropical in the north to temperate in the south. Brazil is so large that it borders all other South American countries except for Chile and Ecuador. This tropical land is not only known for its size but its ecological treasures with a large Atlantic coast, a mountain range, and the Amazon river basin and rain forest.

Brazil is the giant of South America with nearly half of the continent’s area and people; worldwide it ranks fifth in both area and population, which is as diverse as it is large. More than 45 percent (80 million) are black or of mixed-race, a legacy of the African slave trade.

Brazil is a multiparty federal republic. The president is both the chief of state and the head of the government. Brazil is the largest country in South America. During colonial times, it was invaded and conquered by both the French and the Dutch, and the Portuguese/Bahians took it back of course, each time. The African element in the Bahia region and in Salvador’s culture is very pronounced.

Brazil is the world’s 8th largest pharmaceutical market in terms of sales and the 6th largest in terms of production volume. The majority of international pharmaceutical companies such as Novartis, Roche and GSK have a regional platform with production in Brazil, from where they deliver to the rest of Latin America.

Brazil is not yet a rich country but is on its way to becoming one. Brazil is a very complex country with a multiplicity of cultures, races, folk legends, songs, etc. There is the rich industrial city of Sal Paulo on one side and on the other the Indians who barely know fire in the Amazon Jungle. Brazil is governed by the 1988 constitution as amended. The president, who is elected by popular vote for a four-year term (and may serve two terms), is both head of state and head of government.

Brazil is planning to commission later this year a uranium enrichment plant that, if configured to do so, could fuel several nuclear weapons annually. As a member of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), Brazil has promised not to make such weapons and is obliged to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to ensure this is the case.

Brazil is becoming a major player in the telecommunication industry and will grow dramatically in the foreseeable future. Not only do the number of Internet and mobile users increase daily, but the many initiatives that are taking place to penetrate this market are incredible.

Inflation fell to 4.5% in 2007, compared with triple digits in the 1990s, according to Business Week. Predictions for the remainder of the year are a marked improvement. Inflation-adjusted GDP in both countries remains well below late-’90s peaks, while Brazil’s GDP is now at a new high.

However well all of Brazil’s considerable resources bode well for Brazil’s future it is the discovery of vast oil fields at a time of soaring world demand and declining oil production around the world that will drive a powerhouse Brazil in the near future. Brazil will join the likes of Canada, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Iran as cash magnets in a world starved for oil.

Countries that have a surplus of oil to export will do extremely well in the 21st century. Countries that continue to import large amounts of oil, like the United States and many European nations, will probably suffer a marked reduction in their standards of living and power and influence in the world as oil prices continue to increase.

Young men with lots of ambition and who are capable of learning Portuguese might consider making their fortune in Brazil. In the 21st century Brazil is a nation of great promise. Especially if you have an interest and expertise in commodities.

Even if moving to Brazil isn’t to your liking the long term investor should do well by getting involved with Brazilian companies with commodity interests.

Analyst


LOVE-AS-BOND METAPHOR – love is represented as a physical connection between the lovers.
She has an attachment to him.
There are romantic ties between them.
There is something between them.

LOVE-AS-CAPTIVE-ANIMAL METAPHOR - love is represented as a captive animal, external to the person in love but held onto by him or her, such that letting the animal loose represents loss of control over the feelings of love, and holding onto the animal represents retention of control.
He couldn’t hold back his love.
She let go of her feelings.

LOVE-AS-COMMODITY METAPHOR - love is represented as a valuable substance to be traded, thus entailing mutuality of the trade and comparability of the amounts traded.
I gave her all my love.
I didn’t get much in return.
What am I getting out of this relationship anyway?
I am putting more into this than you are.
She’s invested a lot in that relationship

LOVE-AS-FIRE METAPHOR - love is represented as a fire, such that the cause, existence, and intensity of the fire represents the cause, existence, and intensity of the love, and burn damage done by the fire represents psychological damage due to love.
My heart’s on fire.
She is his latest flame.
That kindled love in his heart.
I don’t want to get burned again.
He was consumed by love.

LOVE-AS-FLUID-IN-CONTAINER METAPHOR - love is represented as a fluid contained in the body, such that the level of the fluid represents the amount of love.
She was filled with love.
Warm feelings welled up inside him.
He poured out his affections on her.
She couldn’t hold in her love for him any longer.

LOVE-AS-HIDDEN-OBJECT METAPHOR - love is represented as a hidden object to be sought after.
He sought for love in the wrong places.
His search for love wasn’t successful.
You’re lucky to have found her.

LOVE-AS-INSANITY METAPHOR - love is represented as mental illness, such that the person causing the insanity represents the person with whom one is in love, the insane person represents the person in love, and the insane behavior represents the behavior of the person in love.
I’m crazy about her.
She drives me out of my mind.
He constantly raves about her.
I’m just wild about Harry.

LOVE-AS-JOURNEY METAPHOR - love is represented as a journey, thus highlighting the aspects of purpose, progress, and problems in the love relationship.
We’ll just have to go our separate ways.
I don’t think this relationship is going anywhere.
It’s been a long, bumpy road.
Our marriage is on the rocks.
This relationship is foundering.

LOVE-AS-NATURAL-FORCE METAPHOR - love is represented as a storm, flood, or wind, thus highlighting the aspects of the intensity of love and the lack of control of those in love.
She swept me off my feet.
Waves of passion came over him.
She was carried away by love.
It was a whirlwind romance.
She let herself go.

LOVE-AS-NUTRIENT METAPHOR - love is represented as necessary sustenance.
She’s starved for affection.
He’s love-starved.
He hungered for love.

LOVE-AS-OPPONENT METAPHOR - love is represented as a foe in a fight, such that winning the fight represents maintaining control over one’s feelings of love and losing or surrendering represents loss of control.
He tried to fight off his feelings of love.
She was struggling with her feelings of love.
She was overcome by love.
Love took complete control over him.

LOVE-AS-PATIENT METAPHOR - love is represented as a person whose degree of health represents the state of the love relationship.
They have a strong, healthy marriage.
The marriage is dead–it can’t be revived.
Their relationship is in really good shape.
It’s a tired affair.

LOVE-AS-PHYSICAL-FORCE METAPHOR - love is represented as a force such as gravity, electricity, or magnetism, thus highlighting a conception of love as something over which a person has no choice and for which he is not responsible.
I was magnetically drawn to her.
They gravitated to each other immediately.
His whole life revolves around her.
They lost their momentum.

LOVE-AS-RAPTURE METAPHOR - love is represented as a drug-induced high, highlighting aspects of pleasurability and loss of mental faculties.
He is intoxicated with love.
I am giddy with love.
I have been high on love for weeks.
She is drunk with love.

LOVE-AS-UNITY METAPHOR - love is represented as two complementary parts becoming one.
We were made for each other.
We are one.
She is my better half.
Theirs is a perfect match.

LOVE-AS-WAR METAPHOR - love is represented as war.
He fled from her advances.
She pursued him relentlessly.
He is slowly gaining ground with her.
He made an ally of her mother.

SEXUALITY-AS-A-PHYSICAL-FORCE METAPHOR - sexual attraction is represented as an explosive, electrical, or magnetic force.
She’s devastating.
I was knocked off my feet.
I could feel the electricity between us.
He has a lot of animal magnetism.
We were drawn to each other.

LUST-AS-HEAT METAPHOR - sexual desire is represented as heat, such that the level of heat represents the level of desire.
She’s an old flame.
Don’t be cold to me.
She’s hot stuff.
He was consumed by desire.

LUST-AS-HUNGER METAPHOR - sexual desire is represented as hunger for food, and correspondingly, the object of desire is represented as food.
He is sex-starved.
She’s quite a dish.
You look luscious.
Hi, sugar!

LUST-AS-INSANITY METAPHOR - sexual desire is represented as mental illness.
I’m crazy about her.
I’m madly in love with him.
I’m wild over her.
She’s got me delirious.

LUST-AS-WAR METAPHOR - sexual desire is represented as a war between the desirer and the desired.
He’s known for his conquests.
Better put on my war paint.
He fled from her advances.
He has to fend off all the women who want him.

LUSTFUL-PERSON-AS-ANIMAL METAPHOR - a lustful person is represented as an animal.
He’s a wolf.
He looks like he’s ready to pounce.
He preys upon unsuspecting women.
He’s a real stud!
You bring out the beast in me.

van3ssa113


Financial analysis of Enron Corporation

The now defunct Enron Corporation, once headquartered in Houston, Texas, provided products and services for natural gas, electricity, and communications to wholesale and retail customers. Enron’s operations were conducted through a variety of subsidiaries and affiliates that involved transporting gas through pipelines, transmitting electricity, and managing energy commodities. The following data were taken from Enron’s financial statements.

In millions

Total revenues $100,789
Total costs and expenses 98,836
Operating income 1,953
Net income 979
Total assets 65,503
Total liabilities 54,033
Total owners’ equity 11,470
Net cash flows from operating activities 4,779
Net cash flows from investing activities (4,264)
Net cash flows from financing activities 571
Net increase in cash 1,086
The market price of Enron’s stock was approximately $83 per share when the prior financial statement data were taken. However, eventually Enron’s stock was selling for $0.22 per share.

Review the preceding financial statement data. Briefly explain why Enron’s stock dropped so dramatically

cyclone


I Never wanted work for someone else in any office and start your own office and small business not caring for anyone
cause you are going to live this life for your own sake and not for anyone else , never listen to family ,relatives ,friends
and strangers for any thing and only do things which you are sure about doing and being successful in it,No use working in call center , or any kind of marketing job and u will be shocked that only these two kinds of work are available for me with my qualification and at 24 years of age its not my age to study any higher and become a proffesional as all my options are closed apart from marketing and bpo jobs which i dont feel are worth doing in this birth , i would rather quit my life cmpared to working for any company in any job besides relocating to another place for doing a job is worse than torture for me , as i dot even feel its worth to work in my own home town for any company , i dont want to be a part of the corporate rat race , and i would much prefer to work as a driver if i am supposed to work for someone else but will never work in any office , to hell with the corporate life and the corporate rats as i would say my mind says that whatever is in my mind is supposed to be written down to feel lighter and reduce tension and also it helps to be stored as my mind has become fuzzy coz of depression and my short term memory is gone with the wind and whatever i think become vapur and evaporates in thin air so i am writing about my life in this electronic format so that no one can read it in this world except me my mind has tried to find so many alternatives to earn money and keep myself and my parents happy apart from a job life and have done so many courses but whenever i think that my life will be in a corporate prison i drop my interest in that thing i dont know what kind of games my mind is playing with me or it is that i am plain different from the rest of the world who are happpy doing corporate work and still happy and smiling , but i am afraid cicumstances or my personality is different from the masses and i feel now i am in tight corners and cant see what i will be doing in this life The same thing has happened with the business world where i am supposed to invest a huge amount of money without potential profit and a big risk of financial losses which looms around the corner after investing the amount which i cant afford to lose at any given point of time in my life , so my mind wanders in the thoughts that is there any kind of business which i will enjoy enough and will make a decent living out of it without investing a big amount in it whenever i lie down on the bed i start thinking and relating myself to some kind of work which is gaining me money but i dont see anyway apart from some small time business because i dont see myself doing any job for someone else and i cannot think of starting a big business with a big budget people are excited while they go for giving interviews in companies where they will be treated as commodities that make money out of it(them) and i feel like i am a fool to be giving an interview in such places and this is the place where my brother my family and even my parents are pushing me to go where i am treated as a piece of bullshit i have even decided that if my brother forces me to go for any interview or my family forces me to do so i will quit this life with the help of carbon monoxide or hanging my neck ,
I am not saying that i want to dedicate my life to spirituality or become a guru or a hippie but the only thing i want to
say is that i also want to earn money and run a normal household but i dont want to work for someone else in any knid of
company but will earn with my own talents and own hard work in this life not everyone is the same or perfect many people are working for someone else like a rat or some people are happy being rich and not working at all while others are self employed and working for themselves and still the rest are hippeis or drug addicts or criminals and not to forget the rest who are in th asylum so not everyone on this sick planet are damned to live thier life with a preconditioned notion and no society can make its imprints on the life of a man , a man is free to choose his own life , his own work and his own destiny and no one can force anything on him unless he allows them to dictate his life with thier preprogrammed thoughts which the society brainwashed them with such fallacies for its own selfish needs i know that many people that know me whether my relatives or neighbors feel that i am abnormal or strange but i am afraid i cant do anything about it ,just now a thought came into my mind that i can start a pet shop and went away but i avoided it , sometimes i feel that My thoughts are going to kill me and my mind has stopped working and is not the way it used to be when i was younger,
This is not a question ,please i want to tell people bout myself as i feel light to share my life or these thougths will drive me nuts , so only read the story if you have time , and no compulsion on anyone , but this aint no question …….period

Sanjay K


I have got extrodinary ability in stock, forex, commodities markets trading(note: only trading not in investing) and I want to sell my talent. How I can sell my extrodinary ablity for extrodinary remuneration. Please DO NOT mention ” Why don’t you trade and make that money” (my small investment wont grew that muchin short span) or try a NEWS LETTER OR APPROACH SOME MUTUAL FUNDS OR APPROACH HIGHNETWORTH INDIVUDUALS ETC., ETC., WHICH I KNOW MYSELF. It took 15 years to attain this talent and can make extrodinary money if backed by RESONABLY BIG fund. I need some creative idea TO SELL MY TALENT and I do not want to go and ask anybody like canvassing in any otherform which is below my dignity for such a great talent. I AM GENIUENLY INTRESTED TO GET SOME WONDERFULLY CREATIVE IDEA (TO MARKET MY TALENT )WHICH WILL BE THE BEST METHOD AND HIGHLY REMUNERATIVE. PLEASE GUIDE ME.