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"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." —President John Adams, second President of the United States addressing the U.S. military, October 11, 1798

"We have no government armed ... capable"

That won't prevent Statists from attempting it though.

"...Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people."

That's why witting and unwitting agents of Statism try so hard to break down each individual's moral fiber. Their temptations assault us on many fronts at once. The more who behave outside the bounds of decency the greater the apparent need to crack down on everybody. As a result "innocent until proven guilty" has been in the cross-hairs for some time now. How much remains?

You've obviously compiled, as have I, evidence demonstrating the malthusian driven megalomaniacal intentions of the world elite.
What surer way to kill off large chunks of population than to let it enslave itself with its own unbridled passions? A corralled herd is more easily culled than free men who can still fight back.

Is your screenname somehow connected with attempts to awaken what manhood remains in men who've permitted themselves to be morphed into sheeple?

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The folks on Wall Street say this time will be different. That this rally will last. If history doesn't provide the proper context for that pipedream, maybe valuations will.

America's 500 biggest stocks are selling for anywhere between 25 and 40 times one year's earnings, depending on how one accounts for nonrecurring charges. Even at the cheap end of that range, the S&P 500 ($SPX: news, chart, profile) is still selling for more than twice the historical average for a bear-market low.

The highest price-earnings ratio seen at a major market bottom during the past 60 years is approximately 12.5, technician Paul F. Desmond at Lowry's Reports tells me. That was in June 1962. (Read more about tops and bottoms.)

Next time a guy tells you this time will be different, ask if he or she works for a brokerage, investment bank, pension fund or mutual fund manager. If the answer is no, ask when was the last time they made money in this market of sick stocks.

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Has scandal taught big business a lesson?

a. Yes, they've learned the hard way--------(25%)

b. No, they'll get off easy and do it again-------------------------(60%)

c. I'm not sure------(15%)

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