http://blogs.twoplustwo.com/davidsklansky Just another Two Plus Two Blogs weblog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:21:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I understand the expensive sportscars with the tiny back seats and zero legroom. There is some tax reason to have them rather than have the car be strictly a two seater. Plus they can be used for storage and can even transport somebody in an emergency. But I see no ... http://blogs.twoplustwo.com/davidsklansky/2010/03/09/even-rolls-royce-has-cramped-back-seats/ I don't. Why- because I am not QUALIFIED to have them. These are complex subjects that require lots of knowledge and the ability to make several successive deductions regarding that knowledge. If even some of your knowledge is faulty or one step in your deductive trail is flawed you will ... http://blogs.twoplustwo.com/davidsklansky/2010/02/22/why-do-people-spout-opinions-on-warming-stimulus-bailouts/ Years ago I wrote that most of the super rich entrepreneurs would rather be baseball hall of famers or Oscar award winners or Nobel laureates. But their drive to "be somebody" was not matched by their talents. There are also many people (usually men) who have this same drive ... http://blogs.twoplustwo.com/davidsklansky/2010/02/14/the-winter-olympics-death/ DUCY is now available to the public and I have no idea how it will be received. The key is whether people will be pleased when twenty or thirty percent of the stories and ideas resonate with them even if the rest don't. Of course which twenty or thirty percent ... http://blogs.twoplustwo.com/davidsklansky/2010/02/10/our-new-book/ What's up with them? The print is usually too small to read and if not there is not nearly enough time to read them. There are those who argue that the government should not force advertisors to add these clarifications to commercials even if the information might change the buyer's decision. ... http://blogs.twoplustwo.com/davidsklansky/2010/01/29/those-fine-print-disclaimers-on-tv-commercials/ Its not that he cheated on his cancer sticken wife and had a baby with another woman. Or that he publicly denied it. Or that he was willing to become president knowing it might all be exposed. Those are all bad. But I would like to suggest something else. If ... http://blogs.twoplustwo.com/davidsklansky/2010/01/23/most-disturbing-aspect-to-john-edwards-saga/ What's been happening regarding Obamacare is simple to understand. The Democrats got confused by the fact that Joe Sixpack voted for them and that Joe Sixpack was obviously opposed to Wall Street fat cat types. To Joe, rich people are OK if they benefit him as well. But the minute that ... http://blogs.twoplustwo.com/davidsklansky/2010/01/22/redistribute-to-the-little-guy-but-not-the-tiny-one/ I believe he is eligible for life without parole. He probably won't get that due to cooperation with interrogators. But there is another reason to give him something less than the maximum that I have not seen mentioned. A reason similar to what I have written about twice before in ... http://blogs.twoplustwo.com/davidsklansky/2010/01/14/underwear-bomber-should-get-some-leniency/ It should have taken an hour but it took three. I had misplaced my drivers license. When I applied for a replacement they said mine had been suspended since 1977! No matter that I showed numerous documentation that I had been driving all this time and that they had been ... http://blogs.twoplustwo.com/davidsklansky/2010/01/08/my-morning-at-the-dmv/ I can no longer publicly comment on any new opinions I might have about City Center or MGM as far as buying or shorting the stock is concerned. Thats because various people are telling me about different projects they are involved in regarding MGM that may or may not come ... http://blogs.twoplustwo.com/davidsklansky/2010/01/08/will-be-giving-no-updates-on-my-mgm-stock-opinion/