2 Louisville BBall players arrested

[KillerB]

I guess we both find it as a problem in our society but we differ on how it should be handled. My experiences tend to be a bit more on the side of putting it out there in a controlled environment for young adults, so their habits can be controlled. Yours is more of managing the substance so they cannot legally use it but we all know they will anyway. This tends to take the problem away from the vigilance of adults who possibly can council them to be responsible. Cultural differences is all we have here. I do understand your view point and respect it but just not going to agree that it is the best way to solve the issue. Probably a high-bred approach would be best!

I completely agree.. you cannot stress the family enough.

[Braves4Life]

Say it is not so! I believe we can get back to the values that made this country great!

I'm sorry SFP but I think it is highly unlikely that we can get back to the strong family, two parent system that built this country into the greatest nation on earth. There are now too many people and groups of people who are locked into the US system of slavery known as welfare and entitlements. Do you really think that they will ever vote to allow the government to reduce or take away their handouts? That voting block is just too strong and organized by special interests. I'm afraid we have already gone too far down the slippery slope of socialism.

I think the only way we can get back to a system of strong family values and a stable family unit/environment is if the government lets "the system" fix itself. That is the true Libertarian approach (which I happen to believe in). I think the government should have (they didn't) and should allow weak, over-leveraged companies and over-extended individuals to fail. This won't happen since it would lead to Great Depression II..... And we all know that politicians (who are dependent on keeping voters, PACs, and Corporations fat and happy) will NEVER allow this to happen. This country needs a Revolution -- an Awakening -- that can only be brought on by a Total Collapse of the System. The strong MUST rise up and take charge and the weak MUST be allowed to die!

[Da Coach]

The 2 Louisville players who were arrested will face one charge each, despite the recommendation by the police that multiple charges be filed. I guess the Clark County prosecutor wants to go easy on the players.
Also, Coach Pitino apparently wants to go easy on them, too.
Pitino says neither one of the players will face any loss of playing time.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4561956

[Braves4Life]

I guess the Clark County prosecutor wants to go easy on the players.
Also, Coach Pitino apparently wants to go easy on them, too.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4561956

That, or the prosecutor wants to minimize the chance of a lawsuit. It's possible he just wants this case to go away as quickly as possible...... And Pitino may know of a different version of events as well.

[tornado]

Pitino has a long history of going soft with discipline...
this was well documented in how soft he was with Derrick Caracter despiute repeated violations...but then what do you expect...?
Many of the top coaches like Calipari, Huggins, Floyd, Pearl, Self, etc..recruit thugs, don't enforce discipline,
even get some help from sympathetic local law enforcement and prosecutors to make sure the kids stay out of jail and stay eligible,
then they go out and make it to the Sweet Sixteen or Final Four -
proving that doing things the WRONG still pays off if you're willing to wear the reputation of recuiting thugs and criminals.
Sure - some programs implode with the thuggery (Binghamton just did, Baylor did, and Kansas & Tennessee are coming desperately close)
but just like pros who use steroids, they appear willing to take the risks because of the huge payoffs!

[Braves4Life]

For me, I have to stay in for the next 24 hours - big earnings report coming out tomorrow at 8:00 EST (C) I'm long the stock, it could move either way, wish me luck.


BTW, Citigroup is one of the banks that the government put billions of dollars in to bailout. It is my understanding that the government owns billions of shares of Citigroup at about $3.25/share, the price right now is $4.95/share. So at least for now, we the taxpayers are not doing too bad. The government could come out really looking good after the bailouts, only time will tell, from what I read money is being paid back.

I hope you've put a downside stop on this stock Rick. It's down 8% since your post and I'm afraid will go lower. According to this article (C) may not be as well off as you suggest....... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/bu...r=yahoofinance

[BU RICK]

I'm only down 8 cents per share on my averaged in position, if it had been up that day I would have sold it and made about $2000. I always sell when I'm up and that's no lie. About a 90% winning percentage doing that, which I wish the Braves had. And I'm not a big time investor. Something I do during the day to supplement SS.

If your intention in posting that was to make me feel bad, I don't. You could research other articles too. CAT reports tomorrow and I hope they do great, they've certainly been great for Bradley.

[Braves4Life]

If your intention in posting that was to make me feel bad, I don't. You could research other articles too. CAT reports tomorrow and I hope they do great, they've certainly been great for Bradley.

Nope. Just to inform . I hope you make enough extra "side money" to do all the fun things you enjoy. And CAT? That's a stock I like. Up big today which means earnings should be good

[amckillip]

Nope. Just to inform . I hope you make enough extra "side money" to do all the fun things you enjoy. And CAT? That's a stock I like. Up big today which means earnings should be good

I like CAT too, but what I really like is the market... Historically few people outperform the market, even professional stock brokers, because they have costs and tend to average out... so the costs pull down their returns. Index Funds all the way. But that's a discussion for another board...