Ricard

In China, Reputation Rules

What I thought was even more substantial was the timing of much of it, such as the Chinese dumpling scandal, the toy paint scandal, the Tibetan riots (which some Chinese sources claim was the CIA's doing), all conveniently one year before the Beijing Olympics.


On Sep 24 01:42 PM mna wrote:

> They would be absolutely correct to suspect such a thing. The negative
> bias in reporting anything Chinese is astounding. The negative reporting
> drives irrational fears of China here. In time, the fears might
> escalate into full out hostility. We in the west might be creating
> the very enemy we fear at this moment by all the negative press and
> lack of friendly engagement and gesture with China.
>
>
> "They are also bewildered that China's reputation as a nation seems
> to get hit every time something goes wrong. Did the U.S. government
> or America as a whole get a black eye from the tampered Tylenol scandal
> in the 1980s, or when salmonella turned up in peanut butter? Of course
> not. Therefore many Chinese are outraged when Americans hold China's
> government at fault. They think the West is just trying to keep an
> emerging superpower down."

What's the Fair Value for the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

Please change the title of this article. Not only is it misleading, it is somewhat offensive as well.

Reviewing Fortune Magazine's 10 Best Stocks for 2008

I still think the author is hawking his predictive accuracy. I'll say this much, the author is a pro at CYA (cover your @$$).

Disclosure - I haven't read his initial 2008 predictions in full. Notice there is no link... :(


On Jan 04 12:21 PM Bob Lunn wrote:

> Based on the way the article starts out, you might get the mistaken
> impression that the author is hawking his predictive accuracy. However,
> it turns out that the author is quite aware of the speculative nature
> of long term stock/ market predictions and clearly points out that
> investors should ignore highly speculative predictions made for the
> purpose of selling magazines and attracting advertisers. He concludes
> with the advice that investors will do better buying quality stocks
> on sale and dumping them as company and market conditions change.
> Good advice.

The Economic Cost of the Military Industrial Complex

CharlesEinPhx:

The retirement system of US soldiers is *still* one of the best in the public or private sectors not made of gold - what other company out there will pay an inflation-adjusted pension of 50% of your pay *for life* after only 20 years on the job? Find me a job that will pay someone a pension beginning at age 37 *for life*, guaranteed by the federal government, and I'll be at their doorstep looking for a job.

For a LtCol, that's a mortgage payment, food, utilities, car, and a country club membership, and that's just a mid-grade officer...