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Occupation/Title: Existentialist, past State director of the offices of Emergency Medical Services, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and coordinating the Valdez oil spill for H&SS and the Governor's office. Wrote all three State plans.
Age: winter of my life
Location: northwest
College: Contra Costa community college, San Jose State & the University of Washington
Degree: Experimental Psychology, Philosophy, Administration and did graduate thesis on Systems theory.
Favorite Stocks: resource stocks
Investment Style: In down markets one looks for good exploration stocks. They stand out and are the only stocks which will move. In a rising metals market, I use options and warrants on large companies. I also look for good drill results and area plays.
Investment Experience: 30 years
Interests and Hobbies: learning, seeing and understanding
Quote: For every complex problem there is a simple answer - and it is usually wrong. H.L.Mencken
Additional Info: don't take any advice from someone named koanhead
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I have degrees in the social sciences and public administration and spent 20 yeaMainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 09:03:27 PM
Well, however they can make it work, but as you well know the only solution is tView from the Center and Left  05/18/2013 08:06:40 PM
Paul, you are fighting the wrong fight.Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 08:04:07 PM
Do you really care? You care nothing about what is fair. The top 7% of the richeMainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 07:40:38 PM
Come on Paul! First you say one thing, find out it isn't true and so try anotMainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 07:29:14 PM
:Nonsense! Libby had the best lawyers. So you want to go so far as to say theMainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 07:25:33 PM
Bill Clinton lied about a BJ. Libby lied about outing a CIA agent which is trMainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 06:19:43 PM
More facts: Bloomberg: Goldman Sachs to Fund Romney Over Obama [url=http:/Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 06:18:26 PM
You need to check your facts Paul. Goldman Sachs gave 1.5 million to Republican'Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 06:16:12 PM
You have no compassion and are like a figure in a Charles Dickens novel.Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 06:10:23 PM
The constitution was written 250 years ago and allowed slavery and did not allowMainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 06:08:31 PM
I mean the top corporations like Exxon, and the billionaires like Koch Brothers Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 06:02:27 PM
Show what Romney got and from whom compared to Obama! Look at super pac moneMainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 05:57:37 PM
Why are you using John Mccain, how about using Romney?Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 05:55:19 PM
We have known this concept for 50 years. It has been clear as a bell that we neeView from the Center and Left  05/18/2013 05:53:46 PM
Why did he lie and what was he obstructing? Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 05:43:45 PM
<<[i]Fitzgerald, charged Libby with lying to the grand jury and obstructing the Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 12:50:25 PM
Why was libby sentenced to jail for lying and obstructing justice. What was he lMainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 12:13:44 PM
You are accusing the wrong people. The thugs are the rich and corporations. The Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 12:04:26 PM
Those so called give away programs, as you call them, are to help the poor and nMainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 11:49:08 AM
To the RWer, it is a simple street fight and they will say anything to win it. Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 11:13:12 AM
Seat belts requires complex sane thinking and I have never seen any of that amonSioux Nation 05/18/2013 11:04:05 AM
Come on. Gansta government. Obama is a pussy cat next to Cheney.Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 10:58:28 AM
Thank you. It is amazing he got away with it for so long. I remember when he wasView from the Center and Left  05/18/2013 03:13:32 AM
You operate right at the nub of your spinal cord. You do not understand the Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 02:45:50 AM
Did your air bag go off? Saved me years back when I got rear ended.Sioux Nation 05/18/2013 02:43:10 AM
Heritage letter to Republicans on Capitol Hill: don’t legislate, just scandaMainstream Politics and Economics  05/18/2013 02:42:03 AM
thnx, I am watching a national geographic nature program and am always amuseSioux Nation 05/17/2013 11:38:06 PM
<<Perjury and obstruction of justice.>> For what crime? Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/17/2013 11:36:22 PM
How many did bush kill?Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/17/2013 11:35:48 PM
linkMainstream Politics and Economics  05/17/2013 11:35:08 PM
And how about Bush? Valarie Plames husband went against them and she was outed!!Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/17/2013 09:19:06 PM
??? NEWSWEEK: Bob Woodward Is A 'Myth' And Shouldn't Be A Journalistic IconMainstream Politics and Economics  05/17/2013 08:55:46 PM
THNXView from the Center and Left  05/17/2013 08:54:57 PM
Why was Libby sentenced to go to jail?Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/17/2013 08:32:40 PM
I am wondering if Woodward is becoming senile?View from the Center and Left  05/17/2013 08:32:04 PM
I agree with Glenn.Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/17/2013 05:35:33 PM
Yeah, I also expect a person to know the earth is round. Everyone who went beyonMainstream Politics and Economics  05/17/2013 05:35:00 PM
Looks like Woodward is getting senile. [url=http://www.nationalreview.com/cSioux Nation 05/17/2013 05:31:32 PM
What does everyone think about this? [url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corView from the Center and Left  05/17/2013 05:30:56 PM
I cannot explain what Woodward is talking about. Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/17/2013 05:29:09 PM
[table width="100%" class="std" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"][tr][Mainstream Politics and Economics  05/17/2013 05:07:41 PM
I am so sick of listening to those right wingers lambast the dems through the IRView from the Center and Left  05/17/2013 05:04:04 PM
I trust Carl Bernstein.View from the Center and Left  05/17/2013 02:45:50 PM
He was leasing them at bargain basement prices. It was a give away to the oil coMainstream Politics and Economics  05/17/2013 02:44:23 PM
[url=http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/jeremy-scahill-and-noam-chomsky-tView from the Center and Left  05/17/2013 02:41:17 PM
And why are you not concerned about Bush's give away to the oil companies? AnMainstream Politics and Economics  05/17/2013 01:48:49 PM
Yeah, it looks like they lived around the sea, but they were also ambush huntersSioux Nation 05/17/2013 01:41:23 PM
A certain minimum level of intelligence and knowledge would be nice. << [bMainstream Politics and Economics  05/17/2013 01:28:58 PM
So what is the problem? I thought that was what they didn't do? Guess I don'tView from the Center and Left  05/17/2013 01:21:31 PM

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