Tom B

What an Obama Victory Might Mean for the Markets

"I also happen to think Apple is a bad investment – they focus on trendy teens products"

Gee-- all the adults around me use computers. Many people in my workplace use iPods-- not teens. Many have cell phones. Maybe you should go back to the typewriter Mr. Dominick.

"Obama's economic adviser is an econ professor at U of Chicago"
Which one? They are of variable quality (though it is quite an excellent school, overall).

As for Lebanon-- that was on Mr. Hawk Reagan's watch, at his order. Hindsight is 20/20. I view the withdrawl from Viet Nam as perhaps hasty, but rationale. I didn't think we had much business there. We clearly have a need to police the Middle East to some extent--all the Govt.s there need close supervision and we are the only SuperPower left (though thanks to our foolish trade policies, China is on the rise). The trouble with the Middle East seems to be that there are lots of psycho people over there. Maybe it's the desert sun. I don't know if Reagan could have foreseen the consequences of pulling out of Lebanon, but I think we DO need to keep helping Isreal as an important facet of foreign policy. It's the only sane, rational Govt. over there. Even Turkey has gone to c**p--possibly Bush's fault, because his Iraq war emboldened the Kurds, who are Turkey's enemies.

I think my problem with the Iraq war is that I don't believe we should have so many troops in harm's way. I would rely more on air power and would focus on securing the important parts of Iraq-- the oil wells-- rather than worrying about downtown Baghdad and the otehr cities.