sspads, we sometimes lose track of the enemies of this thread, and they are the market makers and their rigged game.
Sometimes people vent their pent up frustrations here, whether they be market related or otherwise.
Our job is not get in the face of the people who post here for their politics, whether they are Democrats, Republicans, Independent, Libertarian, Green, Socialist, Communist, Fascist, Anarchist, Monarchist, Theocracist, Labor, Likud, Hammas, Tory, Christian Democrat, Free Tibet, Judean People's Front, or the People's Front of Judea. Our job is to work together in a collaborative effort to improve our money-making abilities while avoiding divisive issues, which includes the big two - religion and political discourse.
Paris Hilton, Brittney Spears, Barry Bonds, Alan Greenspan, Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, Amy Winehouse, and Batman do not typically fall under those two no-no's, so they're pretty much fair game.
I sometimes am a rule breaker myself, and I try to get things back on track when it does occur.
Thank you for your kind words, and I endeavor to keep things amicable here.