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Corn Ethanol Is Like Making Nickels From Quarters

a: Corn ethanol ~
b: making nickels from quarters

What: "As it was explained to me quite eloquently one time, ethanol is like the govt. running out of nickels and saying, "we've got all these quarters.. lets start stamping nickels out of them." You have a product that has greater value in it's natural state and your gonna pay tons of money to manufacture it into a product of lesser value. "

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Writer: Zmcflog -
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Aug 8 2011 12:35 AM


Too Young

a: Western civilization ~
b: a young child

What: "Western civilization is like a young child jumping up and down not realising the (Spiritual) rest it needs. Hindu civilization does realise."

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Writer: sh
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Date: Dec 1 2012 10:54 AM



a: Agoraphobia ~
b: stalker

What: "Agoraphobia is like a stalker. With stalking, the victim of the stalking generally has no idea. With agoraphobia, you are always aware, and that's frightening, stressful and disturbing. You never feel completely free or happy. At this point, I should mention that I have no stalking experience whatsoever!"

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Writer: Giri Anantha
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 17 2013 4:54 PM



a: stock market ~
b: this statement

What:

"Selling high during a bull market, moving money in to cash or other assets in the meantime, and buying lower in the correction. Common sense but much easier said than done to try to time the market for individual investors. The big boys get more information on the health of the markets than general public."


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Writer: Human Lab Rat A Yahoo User
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jul 31 2014 11:08 AM



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