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[quote=Russell]Perhaps being a jack-of-all-trades is a decent accomplishment, lignustically speaking.[/quote]

LOL. Poor Dan… he’ll never live this down.

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[quote=Russell]Perhaps being a jack-of-all-trades is a decent accomplishment, lignustically speaking.[/quote]

LOL. Poor Dan… he’ll never live this down.

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[quote=Russell]Perhaps being a jack-of-all-trades is a decent accomplishment, lignustically speaking.[/quote]

LOL. Poor Dan… he’ll never live this down.

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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]This latest Dodd legislation is also thin soup and we’re being told that it will fundamentally “change” these behaviors. What hooey.[/quote]

Would you rather have thin soup or go hungry?[/quote]

Brian: So, would I rather have a half-assed set of rules, or no rules at all? Don’t I get a third choice? Don’t we deserve a third (better) choice?

Not to be a smart-ass, but it has dawned on the Democrats that they control both houses of Congress and the presidency, right? They’re supposed to be the “party of the people” and protect us from the predations of these greedy Wall Streeters, right? Why do I have to choose thin soup or no soup, when what I want is a robust, hearty Beef and Barley soup? Why can’t Obama go all “Chunky” on their asses?[/quote]

Allan – you seem to have a good feel for all of this given your former worklife… What do you think of Blanche Lincoln’s proposal to put all CDOs and CDSs and other derivitives on public exchanges – so the parties would be in the open. It doesn’t prevent bad acts – but it makes the bad acts public.

I’m not a fan of Sen. Lincoln, but I like what I’ve heard of this proposal. And since she’s chair of the Senate Agricultural committee, she has say on this portion of the bill.

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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]This latest Dodd legislation is also thin soup and we’re being told that it will fundamentally “change” these behaviors. What hooey.[/quote]

Would you rather have thin soup or go hungry?[/quote]

Brian: So, would I rather have a half-assed set of rules, or no rules at all? Don’t I get a third choice? Don’t we deserve a third (better) choice?

Not to be a smart-ass, but it has dawned on the Democrats that they control both houses of Congress and the presidency, right? They’re supposed to be the “party of the people” and protect us from the predations of these greedy Wall Streeters, right? Why do I have to choose thin soup or no soup, when what I want is a robust, hearty Beef and Barley soup? Why can’t Obama go all “Chunky” on their asses?[/quote]

Allan – you seem to have a good feel for all of this given your former worklife… What do you think of Blanche Lincoln’s proposal to put all CDOs and CDSs and other derivitives on public exchanges – so the parties would be in the open. It doesn’t prevent bad acts – but it makes the bad acts public.

I’m not a fan of Sen. Lincoln, but I like what I’ve heard of this proposal. And since she’s chair of the Senate Agricultural committee, she has say on this portion of the bill.

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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]This latest Dodd legislation is also thin soup and we’re being told that it will fundamentally “change” these behaviors. What hooey.[/quote]

Would you rather have thin soup or go hungry?[/quote]

Brian: So, would I rather have a half-assed set of rules, or no rules at all? Don’t I get a third choice? Don’t we deserve a third (better) choice?

Not to be a smart-ass, but it has dawned on the Democrats that they control both houses of Congress and the presidency, right? They’re supposed to be the “party of the people” and protect us from the predations of these greedy Wall Streeters, right? Why do I have to choose thin soup or no soup, when what I want is a robust, hearty Beef and Barley soup? Why can’t Obama go all “Chunky” on their asses?[/quote]

Allan – you seem to have a good feel for all of this given your former worklife… What do you think of Blanche Lincoln’s proposal to put all CDOs and CDSs and other derivitives on public exchanges – so the parties would be in the open. It doesn’t prevent bad acts – but it makes the bad acts public.

I’m not a fan of Sen. Lincoln, but I like what I’ve heard of this proposal. And since she’s chair of the Senate Agricultural committee, she has say on this portion of the bill.

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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]This latest Dodd legislation is also thin soup and we’re being told that it will fundamentally “change” these behaviors. What hooey.[/quote]

Would you rather have thin soup or go hungry?[/quote]

Brian: So, would I rather have a half-assed set of rules, or no rules at all? Don’t I get a third choice? Don’t we deserve a third (better) choice?

Not to be a smart-ass, but it has dawned on the Democrats that they control both houses of Congress and the presidency, right? They’re supposed to be the “party of the people” and protect us from the predations of these greedy Wall Streeters, right? Why do I have to choose thin soup or no soup, when what I want is a robust, hearty Beef and Barley soup? Why can’t Obama go all “Chunky” on their asses?[/quote]

Allan – you seem to have a good feel for all of this given your former worklife… What do you think of Blanche Lincoln’s proposal to put all CDOs and CDSs and other derivitives on public exchanges – so the parties would be in the open. It doesn’t prevent bad acts – but it makes the bad acts public.

I’m not a fan of Sen. Lincoln, but I like what I’ve heard of this proposal. And since she’s chair of the Senate Agricultural committee, she has say on this portion of the bill.

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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]This latest Dodd legislation is also thin soup and we’re being told that it will fundamentally “change” these behaviors. What hooey.[/quote]

Would you rather have thin soup or go hungry?[/quote]

Brian: So, would I rather have a half-assed set of rules, or no rules at all? Don’t I get a third choice? Don’t we deserve a third (better) choice?

Not to be a smart-ass, but it has dawned on the Democrats that they control both houses of Congress and the presidency, right? They’re supposed to be the “party of the people” and protect us from the predations of these greedy Wall Streeters, right? Why do I have to choose thin soup or no soup, when what I want is a robust, hearty Beef and Barley soup? Why can’t Obama go all “Chunky” on their asses?[/quote]

Allan – you seem to have a good feel for all of this given your former worklife… What do you think of Blanche Lincoln’s proposal to put all CDOs and CDSs and other derivitives on public exchanges – so the parties would be in the open. It doesn’t prevent bad acts – but it makes the bad acts public.

I’m not a fan of Sen. Lincoln, but I like what I’ve heard of this proposal. And since she’s chair of the Senate Agricultural committee, she has say on this portion of the bill.

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[quote=flu]
3) Third, formal documents no longer undergo scrutiny as much as before, because it is assumed there are technology tools to automatically correct, such as a spell checker. Unfortunately, spell checkers/grammar checkers can’t always detect “theire” as “their” or “there” and ends up making educated guesses sometimes. When you see your MS Word document without any more red underlines, you sort of assume it’s “ok”.[/quote]

I have to agree with this big time – and it’s a battle we’re fighting with our 3rd grade son. He’s a terrible speller and lazy about the grammatical rules.

After discussing it with his teacher – we’ve turned off the Word spell and grammar check option on the computer he does his book reports on. We’ve gone old school (and tree killing)… he prints out his report – I make grammar spelling checks – he looks up the correct spelling in the dictionary and discusses with me the grammar corrections. I’m hoping it will make it sink in more.

They have to know spelling/grammar on the STAR tests/benchmark tests/etc… So it’s our job (teacher and parents) to make sure he learns it rather than letting the “tools” correct his mistakes.

Even in tech based jobs, you still need good writing skills.

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[quote=flu]
3) Third, formal documents no longer undergo scrutiny as much as before, because it is assumed there are technology tools to automatically correct, such as a spell checker. Unfortunately, spell checkers/grammar checkers can’t always detect “theire” as “their” or “there” and ends up making educated guesses sometimes. When you see your MS Word document without any more red underlines, you sort of assume it’s “ok”.[/quote]

I have to agree with this big time – and it’s a battle we’re fighting with our 3rd grade son. He’s a terrible speller and lazy about the grammatical rules.

After discussing it with his teacher – we’ve turned off the Word spell and grammar check option on the computer he does his book reports on. We’ve gone old school (and tree killing)… he prints out his report – I make grammar spelling checks – he looks up the correct spelling in the dictionary and discusses with me the grammar corrections. I’m hoping it will make it sink in more.

They have to know spelling/grammar on the STAR tests/benchmark tests/etc… So it’s our job (teacher and parents) to make sure he learns it rather than letting the “tools” correct his mistakes.

Even in tech based jobs, you still need good writing skills.

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[quote=flu]
3) Third, formal documents no longer undergo scrutiny as much as before, because it is assumed there are technology tools to automatically correct, such as a spell checker. Unfortunately, spell checkers/grammar checkers can’t always detect “theire” as “their” or “there” and ends up making educated guesses sometimes. When you see your MS Word document without any more red underlines, you sort of assume it’s “ok”.[/quote]

I have to agree with this big time – and it’s a battle we’re fighting with our 3rd grade son. He’s a terrible speller and lazy about the grammatical rules.

After discussing it with his teacher – we’ve turned off the Word spell and grammar check option on the computer he does his book reports on. We’ve gone old school (and tree killing)… he prints out his report – I make grammar spelling checks – he looks up the correct spelling in the dictionary and discusses with me the grammar corrections. I’m hoping it will make it sink in more.

They have to know spelling/grammar on the STAR tests/benchmark tests/etc… So it’s our job (teacher and parents) to make sure he learns it rather than letting the “tools” correct his mistakes.

Even in tech based jobs, you still need good writing skills.

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[quote=flu]
3) Third, formal documents no longer undergo scrutiny as much as before, because it is assumed there are technology tools to automatically correct, such as a spell checker. Unfortunately, spell checkers/grammar checkers can’t always detect “theire” as “their” or “there” and ends up making educated guesses sometimes. When you see your MS Word document without any more red underlines, you sort of assume it’s “ok”.[/quote]

I have to agree with this big time – and it’s a battle we’re fighting with our 3rd grade son. He’s a terrible speller and lazy about the grammatical rules.

After discussing it with his teacher – we’ve turned off the Word spell and grammar check option on the computer he does his book reports on. We’ve gone old school (and tree killing)… he prints out his report – I make grammar spelling checks – he looks up the correct spelling in the dictionary and discusses with me the grammar corrections. I’m hoping it will make it sink in more.

They have to know spelling/grammar on the STAR tests/benchmark tests/etc… So it’s our job (teacher and parents) to make sure he learns it rather than letting the “tools” correct his mistakes.

Even in tech based jobs, you still need good writing skills.

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[quote=flu]
3) Third, formal documents no longer undergo scrutiny as much as before, because it is assumed there are technology tools to automatically correct, such as a spell checker. Unfortunately, spell checkers/grammar checkers can’t always detect “theire” as “their” or “there” and ends up making educated guesses sometimes. When you see your MS Word document without any more red underlines, you sort of assume it’s “ok”.[/quote]

I have to agree with this big time – and it’s a battle we’re fighting with our 3rd grade son. He’s a terrible speller and lazy about the grammatical rules.

After discussing it with his teacher – we’ve turned off the Word spell and grammar check option on the computer he does his book reports on. We’ve gone old school (and tree killing)… he prints out his report – I make grammar spelling checks – he looks up the correct spelling in the dictionary and discusses with me the grammar corrections. I’m hoping it will make it sink in more.

They have to know spelling/grammar on the STAR tests/benchmark tests/etc… So it’s our job (teacher and parents) to make sure he learns it rather than letting the “tools” correct his mistakes.

Even in tech based jobs, you still need good writing skills.

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also – as far as their brand – Bloomberg TV just aired a piece a few minutes ago about how this might hurt Warren Buffet’s brand. He made a huge bet on GS – and it’s blowing up in his face.

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also – as far as their brand – Bloomberg TV just aired a piece a few minutes ago about how this might hurt Warren Buffet’s brand. He made a huge bet on GS – and it’s blowing up in his face.

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