Poiuyt
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:10 PM
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Was anyone here on DU smart enough to invest in oil stocks in 2000? |
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We should have seen this coming when Bush first took office. Oh well.
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:12 PM
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1. Now is the time to get into alternative energy stocks. |
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Even the Bushies are doing that.
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:13 PM
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Is that why we always see * on a bike? |
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:15 PM
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He can't afford gas, either.
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:17 PM
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8. Now you KNOW that's bad when JR Ewing can't get a fill-up! |
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:12 PM
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:12 PM
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3. not in 2000, but I bought an energy fund |
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a few years ago that's really doing well. Should I feel guilty profiting off of *? I'd rather the fund did badly & * was impeached, but we are where we are.
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:13 PM
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4. Dumped my entire 401k in energy heavy stocks right after 9/11... |
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But diversified last year. Couldn't take the guilt anymore.
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:16 PM
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I had money in oil for awhile. However, with the increasing deaths in Iraq, etc. I found I could barely look myself in the mirror. So, I sold at a slight profit and walked away completely from the stock market. I'm now in CDs and I-bonds and money market savings account, all insured investments.
At least I don't feel like I am contributing to it now, which is fine with me.
GREED SUCKS!
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:14 PM
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5. I bought because the Bush slime kept vomiting that if Kerry was elected |
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The price of gas would SKYROCKET. DUH!!! i guess they forgot about that...
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:20 PM
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9. They were right. Kerry WAS elected and the price DID skyrocket. |
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:21 PM
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:24 PM
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11. No. How could I carry a "No Blood for Oil" sign at protests -- |
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-- and then log on to see how my oil stocks were doing.
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:32 PM
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12. Teehee, teehee, I'm retired now |
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I know some will say it is blood money, but I participated in the capitalist system by selling my labor, and that got me nowhere! So I decided to try a different form of participation.
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Tue Aug-23-05 01:01 PM
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13. HAL/KBR was on the verge of bankruptcy before their top salesman |
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appointed himself VP of the US.
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