On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:19:02 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:56:16 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:20:58 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:37:58 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

Just what everybody is demanding.
A Wall Street Multi-Billionaire President.

He's a self made man, starting off as a computer programmer working
with an old friend of mine at Merrill Lynch. He devised an electronic
system for trading and quoting bonds which was vastly superior to
anything else at the time. Merrill gave him the right to sell the
system to others and he turned that into a financial empire.

Sounds like intelligence and leadership ability to me.

I agree. And to tell the truth, that's a positive. I'd like to see a
pure business man take over for a while.

However, based on his nanny type personality, I'm not sure he's any
different from anybody else running.

Are you talking about banning smoking in bars and restaurants? That's
a good thing. No one should have to tolerate smoking in a public
place. It's offensive and the risks are well documented.

You know, believe it or not being a cigar smoker, I agree with you on
that one.

However, banning smoking in bars that are smoking bars goes a little
too far. Private clubs should be allowed to make their own rules or
areas for smokers. You don't want to breathe the smoke, don't go
there.

Pretty simple to me.

Trans fats in restaurants? That might be a little over the top but if
it encourages healthier food with no decrease in perceived quality
that might be OK also.

What else?

Of course we have to remember that his NYC constituency leans a tad to
the left on average, and he has to play to what sells.

It's the do as I say, not as I do thing that makes me nervous.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ne...,5002672.story

I've seen other reports from news sources about his various
proclivities including cigar smoking in public.