Please, this is an endorsement by one of the same class of people that has bought and paid for Obama. Take a look at OpenSecrets.Org. Obama's top donor is Goldman Sachs! And in case you haven't noticed, Obama himself claims even to this day on his own web site that we owe everything to the power of free markets. He also said in his interview with Chris Wallace on Faux Newz that one of the things that Republicans got right was deregulation.

Obama is change? No, he's just the new boss. Same as the old boss. Screw that.

Did you see me say anything good about John McCain? Did I even mention him? That's right. I did not. So why did you? Just dim? Caught up in the Cult of No Change? What?

Regardless, you ought to compare lists. Tell me which candidate got more money from these companies? Tell me which candidate has fricking Goldman Sachs at the top of the list?

OpenSecrets.org top contributors to Obama with amounts:

Goldman Sachs $739,521

University of California $697,506

Harvard University $501,489

Citigroup Inc $492,548

Google Inc $487,355

JPMorgan Chase & Co $475,112

National Amusements Inc $432,169

Microsoft Corp $429,656

UBS AG $419,550

Lehman Brothers $391,774

Wilmerhale Llp $383,024

Time Warner $375,063

Sidley Austin LLP $370,916

Skadden, Arps et al $360,409

Stanford University $341,399

Morgan Stanley $341,380

Latham & Watkins $328,879

Jones Day $309,960

University of Chicago $294,237

General Electric $290,58490,584

You really think there is some huge difference between the clowns at the top of the tickets this year? There isn't. Obama helped Bush get his FISA, effectively gutting the 4th amendment and immunizing the Bush admin felons. And he sure as heck came running when Goldman Sachs called on this bogus (and it is bogus) bailout bill.

Sorry, but if you believe in this guy (or the other guy for that matter), you're just none too bright.

Next!

Yes.

(This has been an edition of simple answers to stupid questions.)

How about using your brain instead of putting some cult-like trust in The Steve? PC users stuck with USB covet Firewire (and eSATA) because USB is S-L-O-W in comparison. Do a direct comparison between the best implementation of USB 2.0 and Firewire 400 on an external hard drive or when transferring digital video files. You will quickly (or slowly as the case may be) see what I mean.

There's no good reason that I can see for Apple to go away from a technically superior standard to one that sucks (and is on the way to being replaced because of it) by comparison. If they wanted to ADD a few USB ports, that would be one thing. But ditching Firewire to save 3 to 5 bucks per machine in manufacturing costs strikes me as just dumb.

The woman said "You have come to our county and asked us to trust you", not "You have come to our countRy and asked us to trust you".

If your so stupid you still believe Obama was born in another country AND don't know that he wouldn't be qualified to run for president even if he were**, your too dumb to be at an Obama rally. Probably too dumb to be voting, period. It's time to start being a lot more picky about who we let near the voting booth.

The irony is delicious. Have some.

**John McCain was born outside the US. You know this, yes?

Sen. Corker suggested "that we should just take our medicine and get the country moving again." By which he appeared to mean that we just pony up the cash necessary to fix the system...

Actually, what he seemed to mean (at least to me) by "take our medicine" is that we should allow insolvent banks to fail. And you know what? I agree.

It is absolutely indefensible that we are propping up insolvent banks to protect equity (stocka) and bond holders. We are pumping more into these institutions than their entire market cap. And all we are accomplishing here is protecting the wealthy and the powerful and delaying the inevitable.

Shut 'em down! Let the FDIC do its thing. It will be far cheaper and it will have a far better result in the long run.

Mr. Leonard, please do not add to the legions of the deluded who pay attention to what Jim Cramer has to say. If you follow Cramer's advice, you will get a bad outcome...and deserve it.

Cramer/CNBC and the rest of them can go jump. The best thing anyone can do is turn off the business news channels and the clueless market cheerleaders who make up their slate of talent.

Want to see someone that deserves some attention? Try Chris Martenson. Take his free online seminar, The Crash Course: http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse (Link in signature as well.)

Martenson appeared recently on WGBY/PBS as part of their fund drive -- see http://www.chrismartenson.com/blog/pbs-streaming-video/13217 -- where he delivered a 30 minute version of The Crash Course.

I don't know that Martenson is 100 percent right (although I think he is very close to the mark in most respects), but I do know that what Jim Cramer says today has no bearing on what he will say tomorrow. Remember, Cramer is the "Bear Stearns is fine!" fellow. (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUkbdjetlY8)

On Obama winning the presidency, I was clearly wrong. I didn't anticipate the utter meltdown of the McCain campaign (and perhaps McCain himself), the 4 dollar+ gas or the accelerated downturn in the financial markets/economy, all of which were part of the puzzle which came together to give us the electoral result we saw in November. Dunno what any of that has to do with this particular discussion, but there ya go!