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Date Joined Mar 13 1996 User Level
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Company: OSA, Inc
Occupation/Title: CEO
Age: 52
Location: Georgia
College: Georgia Tech
Degree: BSEE
Investment Style: Long term investor, usually long but will short obviously overpriced stocks
Investment Experience: 33 years
Interests and Hobbies: Computers Farming Carribean vacations
Quote: It's gonna get better!!
25 Most Recent SubjectsLast PostPosts
ZixIt Corporation (ZIXI)11/9/2004 107
THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS6/27/2004 1
Datek Brokerage $9.95 a trade10/21/2002 56
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH9/8/2002 68
Citrix Systems (CTXS)7/21/2002 596
Roger's Short Discussions7/10/2002 4
ARTHUR ANDERSON Client list7/8/2002 3
Coming Financial Collapse Moderated6/26/2002 2
Dynegy Inc.5/29/2002 3
Floorless Preferred Stock/Debenture3/30/2002 36
The California Energy Crisis - Information & Forum2/28/2002 8
The Amateur Traders Corner1/30/2002 299
ICCSA1/27/2002 6
Echelon Corporation (ELON)1/20/2002 29
The ENRON Scandal1/18/2002 6
CPN: Calpine Corporation12/13/2001 3
The Death of Silicon Investor11/13/2001 2
FirstWave Technologies (FSTW)10/23/2001 213
The 2001 Rally Thread10/11/2001 27
GENI: GenesisIntermedia.com Inc9/27/2001 1
Anthony @ Equity Investigations, Dear Anthony,9/13/2001 9
Trade Center Crash and other News Trading9/12/2001 1
Joe Copia's daytrades/investments and thoughts9/12/2001 1
The National Energy Crisis9/7/2001 40
Roger's 1997 Short Picks9/7/2001 1,277
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Please go back above $5 again! ZixIt Corporation (ZIXI)11/9/2004
GZ, here are some predictions for you: 1. Bush will be in for a second term. NoTHE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS6/27/2004
Datek is dead. Now I get Ameritek when I try to log in and they want to open a nDatek Brokerage $9.95 a trade10/21/2002
GZ, I agree with the goal of removing Saddam. I agreed in 1991 with that goal. BPRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH9/8/2002
GZ, The Japanese as an ethnic group did not attack Pearl Harbor, an evil governmPRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH9/8/2002
GZ, I am old enough to have heard this story many times over about some group plPRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH9/8/2002
Jeb, I do agree with your contention that Islam believers are being "used&qPRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH9/8/2002
GZ, just as your obvious prejudice against Islam is not representative of all AmPRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH9/8/2002
GZ, your same arguments were made 60 years ago, just replace "Islam" wPRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH9/8/2002
GZ, I don't disagree with your list of events. But I do disagree with layingPRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH9/8/2002
GZ, I could prepare a list of events just as bad where the perps were white ChriPRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH9/8/2002
TexasDude, it is so very easy to "categorize" folks by their race or rPRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH9/8/2002
GZ, we all came to America from somewhere else, we natives just made the trip a PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH9/8/2002
GZ, it is simply not true that all, or even a majority, of Islam believers or ArPRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH9/8/2002
Cyberken, I strongly disagree with your statement that Islam is our enemy and I PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH9/8/2002
GZ, I think the terrorists will refrain from any attacks until after the electioPRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH9/8/2002
Karen, there is a high probability that Cheney will resign before the November ePRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH7/21/2002
Allen, I gave up trying to predict exact tops and bottoms. It is dangerous to beCitrix Systems (CTXS)7/21/2002
Bill, I covered all of my short positions during the last five minutes of tradinCitrix Systems (CTXS)7/20/2002
John, I have been shorting CTXS, PWER, EXPE, MRK. Covered MACR, covered too earlRoger's Short Discussions7/10/2002
Bill, we on the short side tend not to post much in these gloomy days so as not Citrix Systems (CTXS)7/9/2002
Another Andersen client bites the dust today: MRK ARTHUR ANDERSON Client list7/8/2002
Based on Xerox news, maybe we should also look at some KPMG clients! ARTHUR ANDERSON Client list6/28/2002
Patricia, I read somewhere that Andersen had over 200 public companies as audit ARTHUR ANDERSON Client list6/27/2002
Irish, as someone suggested, maybe we should look at other Andersen clients. TheComing Financial Collapse Moderated6/26/2002
WCOM, wow! ENE, TYC, etc. wonder which company is next...... Coming Financial Collapse Moderated6/26/2002
El Paso about to take some lumps now...... Dynegy Inc.5/29/2002
Softy, if the round trip scams are not illegal in the deregulated market, then pDynegy Inc.5/27/2002
"Mills also said he viewed wash transactions, in which the same amount of eDynegy Inc.5/27/2002
Mechanic, I waited for two reasons: 1. Patriotic reasons. 2. I thought the markRoger's Short Discussions4/26/2002
Anyone have any thoughts on MACR ?? Roger's Short Discussions4/25/2002
Note: I covered all of my short positions and only traded from the longside fromRoger's Short Discussions4/25/2002
Hello Brad. Business activities prevent me from having time to post often on SI ZixIt Corporation (ZIXI)4/11/2002
Kevin, the market will eventually price ZIXI correctly as it eventually does allZixIt Corporation (ZIXI)4/5/2002
Kevin, I don't think you can blame the decline after 9/7 or Rick........ ZixIt Corporation (ZIXI)4/5/2002
Bob, I am happy to see the AES bounce and get a second opportunity to short it! Floorless Preferred Stock/Debenture3/30/2002
DavesM, of course California imports power from outside the state. I said that tThe California Energy Crisis - Information & Forum2/28/2002
DavesM, the power shortage was artificial. Most power systems can operate very nThe California Energy Crisis - Information & Forum2/28/2002
Bearcat, absolutely I agree that politics played a part. My claim is that it wasThe California Energy Crisis - Information & Forum2/26/2002
Bearcat, California taxpayers were subsidizing Enron and other energy providers,The California Energy Crisis - Information & Forum2/24/2002
Zeev, in years past we were able to easily spot floorless issues by watching theFloorless Preferred Stock/Debenture2/22/2002
Zeev, a recent AES news item said: "The terms of the two AES loans, known aFloorless Preferred Stock/Debenture2/22/2002
Zeev, we have now discovered that both Enron and AES had hidden floorless debt, Floorless Preferred Stock/Debenture2/22/2002
Raymond, you are unfortunately assuming a degree of sophistication among voters PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH2/20/2002
Exmed, I said that I liked the business areas of HOMS and OVER, not that I likedThe Amateur Traders Corner1/30/2002
Shawn, it would seem that there is very little barrier to entry for OVER competiThe Amateur Traders Corner1/30/2002
exmed, I think that HOMS had targeted a legitimate business area on the InternetThe Amateur Traders Corner1/30/2002
exmed, while OVER might be a bit pricey, I believe they have a valid business moThe Amateur Traders Corner1/29/2002
David, in repsonse to your "I suggest that this is all an assault from the PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH1/28/2002
Dale, ICCA insiders have been buying which is usually a good sign. I covered my ICCSA1/27/2002
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