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Here are some Thomas Jefferson quotes:

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Allan Greenspan, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, is set to retire in January. According to an article in The Economist, the last time there was a change in hands of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, there was economic instability for at least a year, starting when the Fed chairman was replaced…

Since the dollar is already in a weakened position, and there’s a housing bubble, this may be the thing that causes the bubble to burst….as the article indicates:

…which stands to reason, as more people have their money invested in the housing market, than in the stock market.

What will this mean for the future? Well, with the right positioning, this could mean major gains, especially when it comes to currency trading. I, for one, am hoping to make money off of this, as I am sure the hand-off will produce a negative effect for the U.S. Dollar. Wouldn’t be too bad of a Christmas bonus to gain 10 cents on the pound…. :o)

There’s a new article about some comments by the Homeland Security Secretary that indicates the DHS will be attempting to expel all illegal immigrants in the coming years.

“Our goal at DHS (Homeland Security) is to completely eliminate the ‘catch and release’ enforcement problem, and return every single illegal entrant, no exceptions.

“It should be possible to achieve significant and measurable progress to this end in less than a year,” Chertoff told a Senate hearing.

Come on, like we didn’t see this coming when Bush offered amnesty to the illegals that were already in this country. I hope I’m not the only one who saw this coming because, if I am, that’s pathetic. In fact, the article only mentions those caught at borders and such, but I have a feeling *any* illegals will be sent back, less the Cubans, since we want the Communists to flee their country.

I was chatting with Matt today at Quincy’s, and asked him what his view on Currency Trading was, as Matt tends to have unique perspectives. He was definitely opposed to it and likened it to stealing. I was slightly surprised by his take on this. I then asked him what he thought of playing cards, specifically Texas Hold’em, and his view was different, depending on whether there were large sums of money involved versus small sums of money.

The question put forth is this: Is currency trading morally acceptable? Or is it more like Matt’s position, that of stealing? An economic purist might say that currency trading isn’t very good for society because it doesn’t produce any good or service [utility], and, in this regard is much like gambling.
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Recently I’ve had some complaints from a particular individual regarding the way my site looks. Mainly that there is a problem with the look and feel of the archive page…specifically the color of the links as set to white. Well, I’ve been busy with work, unlike some people, and have not had time to fix this little annoyance. In due time, and with due diligence, these problems will be fixed. No need to fear, underdog is here! But it might be a while, so stop your complaining, and just be glad I set this blog up in the first place ;o)…

Even if there’s only two people who read it.

I’m still up. I can’t sleep. There’s three reasons that I usually can’t sleep: work, major worry, or heartache. Unfortunately, its the latter tonight. I made a rather big mistake today. I’m such a fool.

I told someone how I really felt about her. I opened my heart completely to her, and allowed myself to be vulnerable. At least I was honest about my feelings with her. She took it well, but then it all turned against me.

Have you ever been in love? What is love? Is it merely a series of chemical reactions that push us in a certain direction, sometimes causing us to do very foolish things? Or is it more like a connection between the heart and the soul…where the heart’s desire and longing is met by a response from the soul as if the soul leaps out and says YES!!!! with all its might? Have you ever felt this way? I have.
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Never get a first floor, slab-foundation apartment. This is my second experience with living or owning a first floor unit, and I must tell you that I have never seen such an abundance of rolly-polly bugs in my life. To counter that, I came out of my room about 10 minutes ago and saw the strangest bug crawling through the living room. Needless to say, I threw the thing outside.

Of course, with the abundance of insects comes an abundance of spiders. They work well to balance out the rolly-polly problem. I saw something moving really fast, and, thinking it might be the worst kind of bug (a roach), I got up to see what it was… it scurried behind some boxes and was trapped. I decided to try to kill it, then examine the remains to see if I was right. Well, when I thought I squished it into the wall, using the box, I moved the box and a large, black, scary-looking spider came scurrying out very, very quickly. Fastest spider I’ve ever seen in my life. The thing moved as fast as the blink of an eye. I went to grab my shoe to kill it (it was about the size of a quarter or so), when I returned to the spot it was at, it was nowhere in sight. Now I know who’s been feeding on the other spiders and the rolly-pollies. Hope its not poisonous ;o)

There’s a story coming up on Fox News @ 10 that I’ve been thinking about for at least the last two years…. In 2008, wouldn’t it be great to elect the first woman president? And wouldn’t it be great to elect the first African-American president? Yes. Yes. Yes.

If Hillary is running, I want Condaleeza to run. She’s awesome. I’d vote for her in a heartbeat. Who would you vote for?

So today was a good day. I got really busy near the end of work with a bagillion changes, but …. I was able to successfully trade and double yesterday’s profit. Unfortunately, I pulled out when I got tired of the bobbing up and down of the market (should have just stopped paying attention…I’m sure I’ll be kicking myself later tonight). I mainly blame all these little things I was doing for work for distracting me from being focused. Of course, my job is my duty, so it comes first.
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I started going to Wendy’s instead of McDonald’s almost a year ago when I moved to this area. The McDonald’s continuously messed up my order. They would neglect the fact that a large meal included not only a large soft drink (in my case, Coca-Cola), but also large fries. Or they would think when I said no ice I really meant ice. There were other problems, but I don’t want to make you lose your appetite.

Anyway, I went to Wendy’s for lunch yesterday and ordered what I’ve been getting since I started eating there, a #2 (double-stack) with onions & cheese only, a coke with no ice, and ‘biggie size.’ Well, they had a really strong track record of satisfaction from me until something happened a couple of weekends ago where they gave me a double-stack w/o cheese and such. But I figured the weekend staff was just kind of clueless, so I let it slide. Yesterday, I ordered my usual and they charged me for the fair, but when I got home I found out that the double-stack w/ cheese & onions was merely a hamburger with onions. It was quite disappointing. I called Wendy’s right away and complained. The woman said to mention it the next time I came through to get a free meal. I told her I would probably not do that, but that I wanted to complain that they were slipping and they needed to tighten their production lines.

So, today I felt like Wendy’s. Yes, this is the standard fair of single men who work from home and in the computer field. We eat poorly. I pulled up, gave the girl my order, then mentioned that I called the manager and complained yesterday. Immediately she said please pull forward. To my amazement, she took my order personally, didn’t charge me for the food, and I was out the door in minutes. It was great. Kudos to Wendy’s for their excellent customer service.

On a similar note…
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