By Jeff Clark, Guest Columnist.  Jeff Clark is an investment research guru who’s also arguably one of the world’s top traders and options specialists. Most recently, Jeff was President and Chief Executive Officer of an independent brokerage house in San Francisco. He’s also President and founder of Global Finance Institute, an investor education firm. Additionally, Clark has served as a consultant to one of the country’s largest options market-making firms, and he has also developed the curricula for an international Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program.
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"Last Wednesday was "Career Day" at the local high school. I was invited to
speak, just as I have for the past six years, on the opportunities in the
world of finance.

The room was filled with starry-eyed students – their heads swimming with
dreams of million-dollar opportunities working for Goldman Sachs, trading
crude oil futures, or taking over Ken Lewis' spot heading up Bank of
America.

It took me less than 30 seconds to crush those dreams.-"Every year, I'm
asked about how best to prepare for a career in finance," I started my
speech. '...for the past six years, I've suggested taking courses in
statistics, human psychology, behavioral finance, and demographics. Today,
however, I'm going to give you the same advice I've given my children, the
same advice I've given my friends, the same advice for which people pay me
thousands of dollars every year...'

I paused just long enough to notice the students were on the edge of their
seats. The faculty, standing in the back of the room, stopped whispering to
each other. The parents stopped texting on their Blackberries and sipping
their lattes, anticipating the wisdom I was about to provide."If you want to
be successful in life," I said, "learn to grow a frickin tomato."

I then explained to my audience how the government is devaluing the dollar,
how the politicians are catering to the lowest common denominator of the
population, how the "let's get everything I can for myself right now"
society is leading to the destruction of this once-great country, and how if
you want to take care of yourself and your family in the future... you need
to learn to grow a tomato.'Take care of yourself,' I said...Take
responsibility for the welfare of your family and of your close friends.
Don't count on the government. The Constitution of the United States of
America does not guarantee health care. It doesn't guarantee home ownership.
And it doesn't guarantee cash for clunkers.You are not entitled to a
prosperous life. You are not guaranteed to live better than your parents. In
fact, yours is the first generation ever in the history of this great
republic that will not do so.

You are, however, entitled to opportunity. But that opportunity diminishes
when the government takes from the hardest working and most industrious
citizens and gives to the folks who sleep in until 10:00 in the morning.

Your road to riches in life isn't going to be traveling to Wall Street and
constructing some new way to raise money for an unprofitable business. It
isn't going to be creating a new type of adjustable-rate mortgage. And it
isn't going to be negotiating stock option pricing for you and your
cronies.The path to riches for the next generation is going to be providing
for your family. Forget about building a better mousetrap. The mice are more
prosperous now than ever.Instead, grow a better tomato.

Take responsibility for yourself and your family. Take a step backward to
ensure your kids can take two steps forward.

The high school students erupted in applause. I received the only standing
ovation of the day.

My hope, and what I will be praying for when I say grace at the family
dinner this Thanksgiving, is that the rest of our country realizes what a
small group of 17-year-old students understood  

Nothing is free. There is a cost for every benefit the government provides.
The future of our great country lies in the ability of the population to
understand that wealth doesn't come from borrowing money to buy a big-screen
TV. Instead, it comes from the industrious and hardworking citizens who
strive to grow a better tomato.

The youth of our country understand this concept. I only hope our elected
officials do, too."

Once again Barack Hussein Obama is showing his willingness to appease the Muslims by ignoring the basic rules of war.   By putting these 911 criminals on trial in a civil court, he is wanting to show his Islamic buddies that he really doesn't consider the September 11th event an act of terrorism, rather one of a simple murder of lots of people.   He is afraid that a proper military court trial will send the wrong message to the middle east, and wishes to soft-pedal any talk of war retribution.  Once a Muslim...always a Muslim - he can no longer deny it.

Even the most uneducated Liberal who voted for him must surely be saying to themselves:  "I made a horrible mistake!"

We will have an opportunity to kick this anti-American out of office in 2012, if we survive until then.

The Ft. Hood shootings we now know were an act of Islamic terrorism.  Pure and simple and we also now know they could have been prevented.   If you don't agree with this you haven't listened to all the news reports, even those of the mainstream liberal media who can no longer deny this is true in spite of the Whitehouse's control over news media.

Of course Barack Hussein Obama has excused these deaths as an unfortunate tragedy, thereby not stepping on the toes of the Islamic religion that he has supported throughout his life, from his birth in Kenya to his present job.

Did you expect anything else from this royal assenkisser?

Got this anonymous email.....just too good not to share. IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR. IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY. IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED. IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN. IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED. IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT. IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET A JOB, A DRIVERS LICENSE, SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, WELFARE, FOOD STAMPS, CREDIT CARDS, SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE, FREE EDUCATION, FREE HEALTH CARE, A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON AND IN MANY INSTANCES YOU CAN VOTE!

Unaware isn't flying anymore! Mr. President, you are a liar! I remember my mom telling me if you tell a lie, you have to lie again to cover the first lie, and then all of a sudden you tell so many lies you can't cover them up anymore. My mom was always right. Barack Obama , through his spokesman, claimed that he was unaware of the tax day tea parties. Granted, the main stream media has done a good job in suppressing any sort of coverage ahead of time (and the little coverage they did provide was derisive at best)… but how out of touch is the Community Organizer in Chief, really? This much. He was unaware that he was attending a church (for 20 years) with a racist pastor who hates America . He was unaware that he was family friends with, and started his political career in the living room of, a domestic terrorist. He was unaware that he had invested in two speculative companies backed by some of his top donors right after taking office in 2005. He was unaware that his own aunt was living in the US illegally. He was unaware that his own brother lives on pennies a day in a hut in Kenya . He was unaware of the AIG bonuses that he and his administration approved and signed into a bill. He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of Commerce was under investigation in a bribery scandal. He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services was a tax cheat. He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of the Treasury was a tax cheat. He was unaware that the man he nominated to be the U.S. Trade Representative was a tax cheat. He was unaware that the woman he nominated to be his Chief Performance Officer was a tax cheat. He was unaware that the man he nominated to be #2 at the Environmental Protection Agency was under investigation for mismanaging $25 million in EPA grants..  For the love of Mike, there are people in comas that are more aware of world affairs than this smooth talking, village idiot.

Guest Columnist, Howard Galganov.

Barack Hussein Obama
When Obama won the Presidency with the help of the LEFTIST Media, Hollywood and Entertainment Liberals, Ethnic Socialists (ACORN), Stupid Non-Business Professionals and Bush Haters, I wrote:

It won’t take 6 months until the people figure this guy out and realize how horrible a mistake they’ve made. And when they come to that realization, the damage to the United States of America will be so great, that it will take a generation or more to repair - IF EVER.

The IDIOTS who not only voted for the Messiah, but also worked their sorry "as--es off to promote his Lordship, are now left holding the bag.

Here are two things they will NEVER do:

1 – They will NEVER admit to making a blunder out of all proportion by electing a snake-oil salesman with no positive social history or management experience of any kind.

2 – They will NEVER take responsibility for the curse they’ve imposed upon the immediate and long-term future of their country.

In essence, the people responsible for putting this horror-show in power are in themselves responsible for every cataclysmic decision he makes and the consequences thereof.

In just 6 (SIX) months, the Messiah’s polls are showing the following:

On Healthcare Reform - He’s going under for the third time with polling well under 50%, even within his own Party.

Even though he might be able to muscle a Healthcare Reform Bill by using Chicago BULLY tactics against his fellow Democrats, it will just make things worse.

On Cap And Trade (Cap & Tax) – The Fat-Lady is already singing.

On the Stimulus Package (Tax and Spend) - His popularity is in FREE-FALL.

On the TARP package he took and ran with from President Bush - It’s all but Good-Night Irene.

On the closing of GITMO and “HIS” war on what he no longer wants called the War On Terrorism - He’s standing in quicksand with his head just about to go under.

On a comparison between himself and George W Bush at the same 6 months into their respective first term Presidencies - Bush is ahead of him in the Polls.

On a comparison between He Who Walks On Water and the 12 preceding Presidents between WW II and now - Obama ranks 10th.

On a Poll just conducted, that asks who would you vote for today between Obama and Mitt Romney - It’s a dead heat.

Between Obama and Palin - Obama’s ONLY ahead by 8 points and she hasn’t even begun to campaign.

It seems to me that Obama wants to be everywhere where he shouldn’t be.

He’s personally invested in screwing-over America’s ONLY REAL Middle Eastern ally (Israel) in favor of Palestinian Despots and Murderers.

He’s traveling the world apologizing for the USA while lecturing others on how to do it right, when in fact and truth, he has no experience at doing anything other than getting elected.

He went to the Moslem world in Egypt to declare that America IS NOT A CHRISTIAN NATION while he heaped praises on Islam, where he compared the “plight” of the Palestinians to the Holocaust.

The Russians think he’s a Putz. The French think he’s rude. The Germans want him to stop spending. The Indians want him to mix his nose out of their environmental business. The North Koreans think he’s a joke. The Iranians won’t acknowledge his calls. And the British can’t even come up with a comprehensive opinion of him.

As for the Chinese, he’s too frightened to even glance their way.

Maybe, if America’s first Emperor would stay home more and travel less, and work a little bit instead of being on television just about everyday, or forget about his Wednesday Date Nights with his Amazon Wife, or stop running to “papered” Town Hall Meetings, perhaps he would have a little bit of time to do the work of the nation.

In all fairness, it wasn’t HARD to be RIGHT in my prediction concerning Obama’s Presidency, even in its first 6 months, so I’m going to make yet another prediction:

OBAMA WILL PROBABLY NOT FINISH HIS 4-YEAR TERM, at least not in a conventional way.

He is such a political HORROR-SHOW, and so detrimental to the USA and his own Democratic Party, that the Democrats themselves will either FORCE him to resign or figure out a way to have him thrown out.

Who knows, maybe he really isn’t a BORN US Citizen and that’s a way the Democrats will be able to get rid of him.

Or – MORE LIKELY THAN NOT, the Democrats will make Obama THEIR OWN LAME DUCK PRESIDENT.

I don’t believe the Democrats have nearly as much love for their country as they do for their own political fortunes. And with Obama, their fortunes are rapidly becoming toast.

The Democrats can keep on blaming Bush for EVERYTHING. But, that game’s already begun to wear real thin.

Their mantra was “WE DON’T WANT 4 MORE YEARS”, which the STUPID people bought, since McCain was nothing at all like George W Bush.

The new mantra will soon become: WE DON’T WANT 6 MORE MONTHS.

Best Regards . . . Howard Galganov

The British Military writes EPRs and officer fitness reports. The form used for Royal Navy and Marines fitness
reports is the S206.   The following are ACTUAL EXCERPTS taken from people's "206's"....

Just keep Obama & Pelosi in mind while reading these....

- His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of curiosity.
- I would not breed from this Officer.
- This Officer is really not so much of a has-been, but more of a definitely won't-be.
- When she opens her mouth, it seems that this is only to change whichever foot was previously in there.
- He has carried out each and every one of his duties to his entire satisfaction.
- He would be out of his depth in a car park puddle.
- This Officer reminds me very much of a gyroscope - always spinning around at a frantic pace, but not really going anywhere.
- This lady has delusions of adequacy.
- When he joined my ship, this Officer was something of a granny; since then he has aged considerably.
- Since my last report he has reached rock bottom, and has started to dig.
- She sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them.
- He has the wisdom of youth, and the energy of old age.
- This Officer should go far - and the sooner he starts, the better.
- Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap!
......and my personal favorite:
- This man is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.

 

If... George W. Bush had been the first President to need

 a TelePrompter installed to be able to get through

 a press conference, would you have laughed

 and said this is more proof of how inept he

 is on his own and is really controlled by smarter

 men behind the scenes?

     

 If... George W. Bush had

 spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take

 Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would

 you have approved?

           

 If... George W. Bush had

 reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM

 stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake

 in GM, would you have approved?

            

 If... George W. Bush had

 made a joke at the expense of the

 Special Olympics, would you

 have approved? 

     

 If... George W. Bush had given

 Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly

 formatted DVD's, when Gordon Brown had given him a

 thoughtful and historically significant gift, would

 you have approved?

      

 If... George W. Bush had given

 the Queen of England an iPod containing

 videos of his speeches, would you have thought

 this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

       

 If... George W. Bush had bowed

 to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have

 approved?

      

 If... George W. Bush had

 visited Austria and made reference to

 the non-existent "Austrian language," would

 you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

      

 If... George W. Bush had

 filled his cabinet and circle of advisers

 with people who cannot seem to keep current in their

 income taxes, would you have approved?

      

 If... George W. Bush had

 been so Spanish illiterate as to refer  to

 "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican

 ambassador when  it was the 5th of

 May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it

 when he tried again, would you have winced

 in embarrassment?

      

 If... George W. Bush

 had misspelled the word "advice" would you

 have hammered him for it for years like Dan

 Quayle and potato as proof of what a

 dunce he is?

        

 If... George W. Bush had

 burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a

 single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded

 he's a  hypocrite?

        

 If... George W. Bush's administration

 had ok'd Air Force One

 flying low over millions of people

 followed by a jet fighter in downtown

 Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have

 wondered whether they actually get

 what happened on 9-11?

         

 If... George W. Bush had

 failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the

 Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than

 in New Orleans, would you want it made into a major

 ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence? 

     

 If... George W. Bush had

 ordered the firing of the CEO of a

 major corporation, even though he had no constitutional

 authority to do so, would you

 have approved?

      

 If... George W Bush

 had proposed to double the national debt,

 which had taken more than two centuries to

 accumulate, in one year, would

 you have approved?

      

 If... George W. Bush had then

 proposed to double the debt again within 10

 years, would you have approved?

     

So, tell me, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive?

Can't think of anything off the top of your head?  Well, don't worry.

He's done all this in just 9 months -- so you have another three years and three months to come up with an answer.

Kipling's If Poem