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 have a choice to either patronize on not patronize the
establishment. Your decision can be based upon service, food, smoking
policy, friendliness of the staff.

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.

A little over the top? How about way over the top and down the other side.

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.

A tad?