I took Economics - and scored well. I've also spent many years in the 'C' suite with an IBM subsidiary, so I've been around the block a few times.
EDIT: I forgot to mention I also spent 6 years on the Board of the local Chamber of Commerce.
Perhaps less ideology and more pragmatism, eh?
Chamber of Commerce in SK ? That's kind of like the best hockey team in Bolivia......Eh?
P.S. As far as the happines scale stuff......you don't need to convince us here but you might want to try the 1/2 the population that lives in Quebec that's been trying to leave for the last 30 years.
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And there was an Aussie on this thread too. SOB's all of them.
Err... You missed one
and NO! we aren't all Sexy Old Buggers... some of us are just plain ugly.
I speak of/for myself, of course.
Further and more importantly - can some genius please explain to me how anyone can justify spending considerably more to get a job, than they would ever earn in that job?
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I took Economics - and scored well. I've also spent many years in the 'C' suite with an IBM subsidiary, so I've been around the block a few times.
EDIT: I forgot to mention I also spent 6 years on the Board of the local Chamber of Commerce.
Not sure what that means... Ben Bernanke was chairman of the FED for 8 years or so... Maybe even studied Economics once or twice... Yet from a far and in hindsight, it's evident he knew little...
,,, Further and more importantly - can some genius please explain to me how anyone can justify spending considerably more to get a job, than they would ever earn in that job? ,,,
It doesn't take a genius, just someone a little more knowledgeable than you, which quite frankly, is nothing to write home about. After 8 years max you have this for life. (Not to mention the millions made at public speaking venues).
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Err... You missed one
and NO! we aren't all Sexy Old Buggers... some of us are just plain ugly.
I speak of/for myself, of course.
Further and more importantly - can some genius please explain to me how anyone can justify spending considerably more to get a job, than they would ever earn in that job?
Not sure what that means... Ben Bernanke was chairman of the FED for 8 years or so... Maybe even studied Economics once or twice... Yet from a far and in hindsight, it's evident he knew little...
Aussies are easy to miss. Don't they all hide in the bush? Well, at least rare BBF intakes do.
BTW, presidential candidates for the most part spend other people's money. Not much of their own.
I appreciate the fact that all parties here have not resorted to name calling or foul language. There will always be a gap between us but this is the Arizona Cobras forum, so why so much attention from a Canadian who has no vote in our politics?
AZ Bob
a) I frequently vacation in Arizona
b) I also vacation in other U.S. locations, including Texas and Hawaii.
c) I have significant investments in U.S. stocks
d) I have a number of friends with real estate investments - most are in Arizona, but many have property in Texas, California, Nevada and Florida.
e) The U.S. is Canada's largest trading partner, and our economies are tightly linked.
f) Pure altruism - my MBTI type is INTP
Chamber of Commerce in SK ? That's kind of like the best hockey team in Bolivia......Eh?
You might want to check recent economic data before taking shots at Saskatchewan. We have a small population (~1.1 million) but here are some tidbits you may not know:
a) Saskatchewan is the world's leading supplier of potash and uranium. Other minerals include gold, coal, salt, silica sands, kaolin, sodium and potassium sulphate, as well as clays.
b) The discovery of the world's largest field of diamond-bearing kimberlite pipes has led to extensive exploration, drilling and discoveries for diamonds. The province also has endowments of copper, zinc, nickel, rare earth minerals and platinum group elements.
c) Lowest unemployment rate (5.2%) in Canada for 22 consecutive months.
d) #1 in Canada for oil and gas investment in the Fraser Institute’s 2014 Global Petroleum Survey.
e) Canada’s second-largest oil producer
f) third-largest natural gas producing province in Canada
g) world’s first and largest commercial-scale Carbon Capture and Storage installation (Boundary Dam Carbon Capture Project)
h) 100,000 (not a misprint) lakes for water sports and fishing
i) White-tailed deer: produce more huge bucks than any other jurisdiction, including the World Record White-Tail ("The Hanson Buck" - shot November 23, 1993, on a farm near Biggar, SK)
j) Big game: antelope, mule deer, elk, moose and black bear
k) Game birds: Abundant waterfowl, sharp-tailed grouse, pheasants, Hungarian partridge, and Ruffed grouse
Nasty winters but great summers. People are wonderful and very friendly, so it's a great place to live, work and raise a family, but also to visit - particularly for those who enjoy the great outdoors (in the summer!!).
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Perhaps you missed the post by Tim7139 suggesting I take Economics 101, or do you suffer from selective comprehension?
Yes Sir, I had read it.
But you misinterpreted the comment - I know what it "is", but not what it "means" - as in: the relevance of listing titles & flashing badges.
Again, I'll try this example - George Bush was president - He can put that on his CV. It doesn't impress me much. Einstein, on the other hand, flunked out of pretty much everything.
Oh yes... and apart from English not being my first language, I DO suffer from selective comprehension - I choose to NOT even bother comprehending what's fed to the sheeple.
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BTW, presidential candidates for the most part spend other people's money.
Ahhh RK, thank you. I knew I could rely on you... I was hoping someone would go there... So do you not find this both inherently problematic and concerning?
Look at his record in Iraq. He pulled the US Military out...
“I remind everybody that us leaving at the end of 2011 was negotiated in 2008 by the Bush administration. That was always the plan, we had promised them that we would respect their sovereignty.” - U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno, August 12th, 2015.
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." - John Adams
“I remind everybody that us leaving at the end of 2011 was negotiated in 2008 by the Bush administration. That was always the plan, we had promised them that we would respect their sovereignty.” - U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno, August 12th, 2015.
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." - John Adams
Thank you. I was going to point that out, but I was having such a good time with all the nonsense being said in this thread. Why you "hushing my buzz"?
Ahhh RK, thank you. I knew I could rely on you... I was hoping someone would go there... So do you not find this both inherently problematic and concerning?
I find alot of things inherently problematic and concerning. So? Time to get "your Zen on."
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Ben Bernanke was chairman of the FED for 8 years or so... Maybe even studied Economics once or twice... Yet from a far and in hindsight, it's evident he knew little...
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