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Eliot Spitzer on How Geithner Was Fleeced by Wall Street

prairiedog555 - - AMEN, my good brother. (Permanently short GS on moral grounds ... OK, a relatively small position)

High Gold Prices: It's the Oil, Stupid

Michael, brilliant. You hit the nail on the head but there are no signs currently that the idiotic or corrupt energy secretary will move even one muscle even once to push nat gas. How can a nobel prize winner be so dense? (or has been bought and paid for?)

Whatever Happened to Those Ethanol Companies?

interesting article. I used to short these guys then moved on. As a chemist in real life, corn to EtOH never made sense to me. Maybe sugar to EtOH (CZZ) ... long, on a pullback.

Why Warren Buffett Loves Wells Fargo

Note to Bobby B - - do you have to start every submission with " as a person who has .... SOLELY ...." Don't you think some of us get tired of reading that? OK, so you're God and we're idiots, we get it, but please stop rubbing it in !

Is Goldman Sachs the Canary in the Coal Mine, Or Just No Longer Relevant?

Chris C. - - I am short GS exactly for ethical reasons but I disagree wholeheartedly on tobacco companies. If you think them unethical, I have to assume you are taking the role of parent to "children" who smoke. Instead, I view adult smokers as adults and do not judge their choice to smoke. Haven't the poor tobacco companies suffered enough (lawsuits) ??? And "quick buck" ? Please ... I have been very patient waiting for MO to move upward and get priced closer to its true value. It hasn't moved quickly.

The Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act of 2009

BIG MONEY - - you get the award for best comment. I believe you, but how it hurts to see the lie continue day after day with the highest trading volume always being C. Some day a book will reveal who is trading C back and forth? Some day C will go to zero like Enron? One can hope.

Fixing the Economy by Breaking It Yet Again

jkh307 - - you are wise indeed.

Salesforce.com: Absurdly Overvalued

Consider me your fourth follower. Maybe I am not crazy shorting these scum bags. I appreciate your analysis. My reason for hating on them? Marc with a "c" is a pig. I always carry with me a 20-page Yahoo printout showing his daily (yes automated and legal) selling of shares from 2/5/07 to 8/15/08, some days approaching $1M. That's a lot of lack of confidence in his own company. And by what logic is that pathetic company doing so much for the human race that he deserves that level of compensation? The guy got lucky. He may be smart but he's no Einstein. He isn't curing cancer or bringing about world peace. Anyway, just like Enron, the market eventually catches up with evil ... so I will be short CRM as long as I can tap a keyboard.

Fed Maintains the Emergency Rate While Saying 'All is Well'

yes, great piece.

GDP Is 'Better'

Karl: THANK YOU for a great analysis. Maybe I am not crazy after all.
Maybe the Market is crazy, like yesterday.
HH: I am ! (see my assumed name)
Moon: Always great to read your opinions. I find it hard to disagree with your logic (so I don't even try)...... keep writing.

Why Apple Is Worth $80

enjoyed your writing, wish it was with half as many words, but I agree that the next move for AAPL is down and I just may take appropriate action (see my name).

We're Living Through the Best of Times

catchy title but as you say "we are all drinking information through a fire hose" so if your next submission has a few less paragraphs I might read all of it. but I will buy that book, thanks.

Goldman Bonuses Based on Socialist Policies, Not Capitalism

awesome writing. on the mark. only 28 followers? now 29

California: Leveraged to Gasoline Prices and Nearing the Breaking Point

ron paulite - - great name (after all, he was the only candidate that actually cared more about the country than about his own betterment)

GREAT COMMENT and points for conciseness - - we are all bombarded with information !

Goldman Sachs: This Is an Investment Bank?

To author, JSG & Wildhawk - - exactly correct but can we Americans work together to stop them??? I am increasingly skeptical.
Ferdinand - - I'm sure they pay you well to continue the deception.