Yesterday was a banner day on the market; however, I got out of it a few weeks ago when it was clearly on a downward spiral, and settled for a fixed savings at 3%. As of yesterday, therefore, I found my "portfolio" to be about $1800 ahead of the market. Speaking of the market, I call your attention to the blog of November 2nd, 2007 where I mention that gold had reached $800 an ounce! I bought it when it was $400. Wow. But as of today, it is now $1003 an ounce. How 'bout that? Now if you had 100 ounces, you would have gained $20,000 in four months. But you don't have 100 ounces, do you? Guys...you only have 1 measly ounce. So sorry.
I didn't hear Barack's speech yesterday, but I did read the entire manuscript online. I was absolutely intrigued by how Lincolnesque it was. Go ahead and guffaw if you wish, but I prophesied the market and gold. The speech pulled no punches, but was cool and forthright about race relations in this country.
I found the following from today's NY TIMES:
Mr. Obama’s Profile in Courage
NY Times Editorial
There are moments — increasingly rare in risk-abhorrent modern campaigns — when politicians are called upon to bare their fundamental beliefs. In the best of these moments, the speaker does not just salve the current political wound, but also illuminates larger, troubling issues that the nation is wrestling with.
Inaugural addresses by Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt come to mind, as does John F. Kennedy’s 1960 speech on religion, with its enduring vision of the separation between church and state. Senator Barack Obama, who has not faced such tests of character this year, faced one on Tuesday. It is hard to imagine how he could have handled it better.
NY Times Editorial
There are moments — increasingly rare in risk-abhorrent modern campaigns — when politicians are called upon to bare their fundamental beliefs. In the best of these moments, the speaker does not just salve the current political wound, but also illuminates larger, troubling issues that the nation is wrestling with.
Inaugural addresses by Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt come to mind, as does John F. Kennedy’s 1960 speech on religion, with its enduring vision of the separation between church and state. Senator Barack Obama, who has not faced such tests of character this year, faced one on Tuesday. It is hard to imagine how he could have handled it better.
I've seen and heard many Presidents since 1924, and I have no doubt that this man is the one who can accomplish great things in the White House. I did lean toward Hillary until I read this speech. Obama oozes charisma and leadership from every pore. He is definitely the best speaker since FDR. If he receives the Democatic nomination, don't vote for him at America's peril...and yours.
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