I have a recurring nightmare in which I go to America and get trapped in an elevator with jgilder and IRtrad....then the lights go outfeadogin wrote:I think the author of this thread was looking for responses from people outside the U.S. Obviously as Americans we can't reliably comment on how non-Americans feel about our country, or on the reasons that foreign tourists are not coming. I'd like to hear their reasons from them, not from Americans.
Anyone? Anyone?
J.
People who report the day's financial news usually don't provide citations to satisfy people who suspect the paper might be wrong or lying. If Intel's Q3 revenue does not meet expectations, they'll just tell you. They won't provide you with any means to independently verify this.IRTradRU? wrote: And the projections are exactly the point - what were they, and why not include that information?
This is something I never liked about financial news: people are always quick to slap an "obvious" cause on any number. If stocks go down, they'll tell you it's because of Intel's announcement or IBM's layoffs or anything else they read about that happened that day. But how do they know that's the cause?And given that, how does the reporter come to the conclusion that it must be "bad image" and not just soft economic conditions?
Hmmm...Maybe that's why I hardly ever read these threads....susnfx wrote:There are few non-Americans who will post to these threads any more, I'm afraid. In the past there have been instances of some folks feeling they were being pelted with Americrap if they dared to post anything seen as critical of the U.S. and its policies.
Susan
A brother-in-law works as a bond trader in Chicago. He tells me that on the slow trading days, or even on busy days at the local watering hole that he & his fellow traders get good laughs (therapeutic?) from reading some of the reasons given for the day's results - either up or down.Caj wrote:This is something I never liked about financial news: people are always quick to slap an "obvious" cause on any number. If stocks go down, they'll tell you it's because of Intel's announcement or IBM's layoffs or anything else they read about that happened that day. But how do they know that's the cause?
For obvious reason, I have no personal experience from this - are they that bureaucratic? I've heard about it, but that's about it.Caj wrote:I think the reduced tourism revenue is less about "image" and more about the insane visa problems that people encounter coming to the US.
Because we don't want to destroy Mexico.IRTradRU? wrote: I do recall reading a few years' back about a small group of Irish women who were arrested and immediately deported back to Ireland while waiting for a train to take them back to Boston from Chicago... it made me wonder why we can't do the same for all the illegal aliens (9,000,000 + ?) in country, if they're able to find a dozen Irish folks.
The reporter doesn't come to that conclusion. He is quoting the CEO of the TIAA, who has come to that conclusion. And he is reporting numbers as provided by the industry.IRTradRU? wrote: And given that, how does the reporter come to the conclusion that it must be "bad image" and not just soft economic conditions?
I have listened to Jack and the band on their website and he is a fine player - no doubt about that.feadogin wrote:If you could get them to stop arguing you might hear some nice tunes from Jack Gilder.dubhlinn wrote: I have a recurring nightmare in which I go to America and get trapped in an elevator with jgilder and IRtrad....then the lights go out
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I, for one, do not harbor ill-will... ahem... harbour... toward Canadians. The Canadians I know around here seem to have suffered no special ill-treatment because of their nationality. Nevertheless I know how awkward it is to feel unwelcome in a country. I once traveled across Oklahoma in a car with a Texas inspection sticker.OnTheMoor wrote:Well Canadians are a little more familiar with Americans than the Japanese I would hope. I've only really noticed these reports since after Canada refused to go to Iraq, seems like it is a pretty new thing this hatred of Canada (how anyone could have the time to hate Canada is beyond me, you have to be pretty miserable, "bloody Belgians..."). Anyways, the end result is that I have a feeling that I would not be welcomed anywhere other than the most Liberal of the American states.
Walden wrote:...Nevertheless I know how awkward it is to feel unwelcome in a country. I once traveled across Oklahoma in a car with a Texas inspection sticker.
Spittin wrote:This was during the Terry Schiavo episode. She said that in France, the media is much less free than it is here, and people don't express their views as readily to a TV camera because they can be put in prison for inciting unrest. So, when they see extreme opinions being delivered to French TV reporters in Florida, they think that everything that is said is officially sanctioned by the U.S. government. This is in fact not usually the case, as all opinions are expressed here, and the most extreme ones are the most likely to catch air time, because they are the most sensationalistic. Americans generally realize this, but the French don't. So, they think Americans are a bunch of whackos, and that our government supports it. In addition to that, in the Schiavo case (which I'm not trying to start a debate about, but am just citing an example), the French couldn't understand why anyone would question witholding life support. It was never broadcast that this was simply witholding food, and when my friend told her friends this, they then understood the whole debate more clearly. Never was this mentioned in the media, what all the ruckus was about. The point being, anyways, that she feels that the French media will report on American events in a way that invariably is designed to make Americans look unreasonable or crazy, this being just one example.