tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379721916247238211.post8436352104398600745..comments2023-08-09T11:34:21.386-04:00Comments on Errant Thoughts- Ruminations of a Crazy Man: Corporate collusions for what ails us?Mattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02783018991508984363noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379721916247238211.post-64397251602413189702007-05-18T20:28:00.000-04:002007-05-18T20:28:00.000-04:00So where is John?Why hasn't he linked you to his b...So where is John?<BR/>Why hasn't he linked you to his blog?<BR/>I say six extra laps for him in the pool...Kananihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317494343177263398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379721916247238211.post-16520383639674971392007-05-18T13:10:00.000-04:002007-05-18T13:10:00.000-04:00Trust me...I find those pictures kind of scary as ...Trust me...I find those pictures kind of scary as well. It was nearly 20 years ago so I should be afforded the benefit of the doubt. I will put up some Triathlon photos from presnt to see what I have changed to.<BR/><BR/>I agree with your assesments on investing. That being said we could all turn over more rocks to 'steer' the corporate world more toward a socially responsible attitude.Mattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783018991508984363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379721916247238211.post-53409478123889415252007-05-18T02:06:00.000-04:002007-05-18T02:06:00.000-04:00I don't know how to tell you this, but I find thos...I don't know how to tell you this, but I find those photos from your younger years slightly scary.<BR/><BR/>They remind me of these little plastic see-thru dolls we had in grade school of the human body, where the muscles were all there.... you remember.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, it's difficult to imagine you going from that to a Panerian. <BR/>Really, I don't know what to think anymore.<BR/><BR/>As for my own investments....<BR/>There's no guarantee on anything. I think you have to do what you feel is reasonable and right for your circumstances.<BR/>Being that in the US we literally have no safety net, investing is incredibly important (that, and managing money for the long haul). So I look at the rate of return and the risk. I read the annual reports, I look at the companies as well.<BR/><BR/>I actually have stock B shares in Berkshire Hathaway, who was lambasted for staying vested in a Chinese Oil company who did business in the Sudan. Warren Buffett wrote a wonderful article.. it's on their site: <A HREF="http://berkshirehathaway.com" REL="nofollow">Berkshire-Hathaway</A>.<BR/>I look at his staying the course this way: he's done an incredible amount of good with taking small businesses into a larger arena and letting their CEO's steer the way, rather than doing drastic slash and cut techniques that many other companies do.<BR/><BR/>He's also given the most amount anyone ever has to charity in the last year. <BR/><BR/>So perhaps it balances out... I can only hope.Kananihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317494343177263398noreply@blogger.com