I imagine that you would be concerned with the potential effects your writings may have on others. I am speaking in particular about your comments regarding investments, i.e.: spiraling asset deflation, DOW at 1500 etc. While I don’t completely dismiss the possibilities presented by you on any of these subjects, I do believe that a bit of restraint is in order. I agree … the buy guys are playing their own game too, and CNBC’s Squawk Box is the Three Stooges of economic reporting. I guess I don’t bother challenging any of them because I know that would be a waste of time.
– Bob
I think it’s worth noting that while I’m willing to defend my assertions and reject them when they are demonstrably wrong, you’ll never hear the financial media do anything but declare that now is the time to buy stocks. If equity prices are high, it’s time to buy since momentum is with the markets. If they’re low, then it’s time to buy since the markets are cheap. I’ll freely admit that stocks are proving more resilient than I expected, but, a) the Fed pumping money during a short week almost always provides a five percent lift, and b) the previous bear market rally rose 24 percent in 37 days to peak. On day 56 of the current rally, we’re at 20.36 percent. Time is running very short and some important indicators have already turned south.
As a woman myself, age 61, I have been fed up for years of hearing the feminist garbage and the male bashing. Today’s women are aggressive and whiney. The true feminine qualities and attributes are mostly lost on this new generation. They don’t have that inner womanly beauty that used to come from the softness and dignity that used to make woman so attractive.
– Barbara
Though I shouldn’t be, I’m always surprised by how many women write to tell me of their support for my supposedly misogynistic stance. Women of my generation are often whiney and aggressive, simultaneously convinced of their own superiority attendant with a right to a complete lack of self-responsibility. This dichotomy is a lethal combination which is a massive turn-off for the vast majority of men. It is certainly one factor in the preference of many black and white men for Asian women, whose upbringings still tend to reflect more of the traditional values held by their immigrant parents and grandparents.
Feminism is a sorry excuse for addressing real issues that many women had to face in the old days. Now, since the ’60s, it’s run amuck and makes me ashamed. I wonder what the world would be like if women were still denied the vote? I can’t help think it might be a more normal world still.
– Dianne
Since the infamous Gender Gap is, statistically, less a Republican problem with women than a Democratic problem with men, I don’t believe that any Democratic presidential candidate since FDR would have won without the women’s vote. While the blame for the ills of modern welfare state Big-Brotherism lies solely with the men who conceived it, the system could not have been implemented were it not for the collectively gullible nature of women, who still buy into the charade to a much greater degree than men.
Switzerland is an interesting example of this, as its greater emphasis on individual liberty and responsibility compared to its European neighbors is a direct result of women only receiving the right to vote in 1972.
Women are killing men in the education field. They have a much better GPA, SAT and intelligence scores than the men. More bachelors, masters, and Ph.D.s than men. And more females attending law and medical schools than men. What is your reaction to this?
– Bernie
First, this illustrates the silliness of the glass-ceiling notion. The reason that women don’t tend to reach the top of the corporate ladder, just as they don’t tend to inhabit the extremes of the IQ bell curve, is that most don’t value that particular form of success as much as men. No one reaches the top without making incredible sacrifices of opportunity cost with regards to personal relationships with both friends and family – foolish sacrifices, for the most part, in my opinion. Money is an absolute necessity of life in today’s society, but it is certainly not the most important thing.
However, this does make me wonder about the women who are determined to have their own success, but also demand an even more successful mate. There’s a fundamental contradiction there, as the higher one climbs, the stiffer one’s competition and the worse one’s odds. This shouldn’t be news, it’s just simple logic.
What does “down with Madden” mean? I’m new to WND and your column, so if you have explained it before I missed out.
– Josh
As one reader who did manage to wheedle an answer out of me on the subject concurred with my original notion that the not-knowing was preferable to the knowing, I shall refrain from adding to your store of knowledge.
