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Re: Betting on the Engineers

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Post by jbooth »

mapleoin wrote: post #20
jbooth wrote: post #11

Note to self : don't take anyone who makes throwaway comments about the "liberal media" seriously. It didn't add to his argument at all, and subtracted by implying that he's doing this more as an "f you" to liberals than out of any rational thought process. EDIT: /me watches the downvotes prove his point about how some people's thought process can be entirely hijacked. Yes guys, the apparent devastation of the Gulf i…

Yes guys, the apparent devastation of the Gulf is entirely a product of liberal propaganda -- things are actually perfectly fine. Is the Dodo bird also still alive and well?

I dunno, I just know that the liberal media is really screwing up the "drill baby drill" rhetoric with their incessant propaganda about a minor accident.

They're talking like there's hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil in the Gulf or something.

Re: Betting on the Engineers

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Post by stingraycharles »

brown9-2 wrote: post #5
sbierwagen wrote: post #3

Christ, Scott actually bought BP stock after the oil spill? I can see how his "buy stock of evil companies" strategy might work, but typically you do that when the company is actually doing well, and not, say, when they're about to be curb stomped by the US government. Also, his complaint about the "liberal media" is somewhat disingenuous, seeing as how he is part of the liberal media, what with the anti-corporate co…

Up until today their stock price was down 25% from a month ago. He's pretty clearly betting that the short-term damage to the stock from the media coverage is just a blip in the long-term outlook of a pretty successful company.

Exactly. It's not like BP suddenly is a different company; they're just experiencing some bad publicity, and have some costs for cleaning up an oil leak. Sure, that should make their company less valuable, but there's no way BP has suddenly shrunk 25%. So either they were overvalued before, are currently undervalued, or a combination of both.

Re: Betting on the Engineers

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Post by jbooth »

chrislo wrote: post #12
nrj wrote: post #6

Damnit. When I click on Dilbert links, I want to be entertained. The world is too depressing to read a serious blog entry from such a comedic genius.

I thought "I admire them in the same way I admire the work ethic of serial killers" was pretty funny. That probably says more about me than the article though ...

That part was disgusting.

If they stop all of the oil immediately, they've already done damage that we'll be cleaning up for decades. They've probably destroyed about 100 billion worth of revenue in the fishing business alone over the next 10 years.

And will they be held liable? For causing 100s of billions of economic damage over the medium-long term, let alone the environmental damage? Of course not, because they have good lobbyists and 65% of congress is either corrupt or an idiot who thinks "drill baby drill" is all you need to know about energy policy.

Yeah, that's admirable. It used to be we cared about justice in this country, and now we just admire those who evade it the best while they're screwing us.

Re: Betting on the Engineers

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Post by ube »

jbooth wrote: post #24
chrislo wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought "I admire them in the same way I admire the work ethic of serial killers" was pretty funny. That probably says more about me than the article though ...

That part was disgusting. If they stop all of the oil immediately, they've already done damage that we'll be cleaning up for decades. They've probably destroyed about 100 billion worth of revenue in the fishing business alone over the next 10 years. And will they be held liable? For causing 100s of billions of economic damage over the medium-long term, let alone the environmental damage? Of course not, because they h…

Come on - you haven't seen Dexter? That's an ethical serial killer show.

Your points are all well stated but he is quite funny ("nerdgasm"...come on). Otherwise - just add healthcare reform and Wallstreet debacle to your list and then build a bunker and never come out.

Re: Betting on the Engineers

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Post by jbooth »

ube wrote: post #25
jbooth wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That part was disgusting. If they stop all of the oil immediately, they've already done damage that we'll be cleaning up for decades. They've probably destroyed about 100 billion worth of revenue in the fishing business alone over the next 10 years. And will they be held liable? For causing 100s of billions of economic damage over the medium-long term, let alone the environmental damage? Of course not, because they h…

Come on - you haven't seen Dexter? That's an ethical serial killer show. Your points are all well stated but he is quite funny ("nerdgasm"...come on). Otherwise - just add healthcare reform and Wallstreet debacle to your list and then build a bunker and never come out.

He's cheering for someone who's ripping us all off. That is just plain messed up.

Also, you're totally missing the point of Dexter - it's about addiction and powerlessness.

Re: Betting on the Engineers

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Post by blehn »

...my theory that you should buy stocks in the companies that you hate the most

Wow, that's a pretty sad statement. No wonder our economic system is so fucked up. We've got people out there investing in companies they'd otherwise prefer never existed. Then, of course, there are machines making billions of transactions a day in an effort to game the system. Unless people start investing in companies that they truly believe in, I don't see how this system can do anything but fail in the long run.

Re: Betting on the Engineers

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Post by scott_s »

jbooth wrote: post #26
ube wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Come on - you haven't seen Dexter? That's an ethical serial killer show. Your points are all well stated but he is quite funny ("nerdgasm"...come on). Otherwise - just add healthcare reform and Wallstreet debacle to your list and then build a bunker and never come out.

He's cheering for someone who's ripping us all off. That is just plain messed up. Also, you're totally missing the point of Dexter - it's about addiction and powerlessness.

It's rude to make assumptions about someone's political views, and then hold those assumed views against them.

Re: Betting on the Engineers

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Post by [deleted] »

scott_s wrote: post #29
jbooth wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's cheering for someone who's ripping us all off. That is just plain messed up. Also, you're totally missing the point of Dexter - it's about addiction and powerlessness.

It's rude to make assumptions about someone's political views, and then hold those assumed views against them.

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