FOUNDER'S STATEMENT, PART II

EDUCATION HELPS A SOCIETY LEVERAGE EVERY OTHER INVESTMENT IT MAKES, BE IT IN MEDICINE, TRANSPORTATION, OR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. IT APPEARS TO BE THE SINGLE BEST BET THAT A SOCIETY CAN MAKE.

THE NY TIMES MAGAZINE, 2/01/09

OK PEOPLE- WE SHOULD ALL BE PREPARED TO MOVE THE CLUB ALONG. LETS DISSECT WHAT IS GOING ON SO FAR. FIRST A CLUB NEEDS INVOLVEMENT. I HAVE HEARD BACK FROM ONLY THREE MEMBERS SO FAR AND WE NEED 100 PERCENT PARTICIPATION. SO I WILL GIVE AN ASSIGNMENT FOR THE NEXT WEEK- BUT BEFORE THAT LETS LOOK AT SOME OF THE INPUT.

ANDY MADE MANY LITERARY BRIDGES IN HIS COMMENTARY AND USED MANY GOOD WORD AND EXPRESSIONS. PART OF THE PARTICIPATION WILL BE "GOOD WORDS", "GOOD EXPRESSIONS" AND WHEN YOU CAN USE ONE OR POINT ONE OUT, WE ALL APPRECIATE IT. HIS REFERENCE TO THE "HOARY CHESTNUT" I LIKED AS IT WAS TIED IN NICELY WITH THE NETWORK SCRIPT. ANY HOW, OTHER POINTS TO WRITE ABOUT ARE "PEARLS OF WISDOM" AND "PICKS AND PANS".

UNFORTUNATELY ANDY WENT OFF TRACK WHEN HE CHOSE THE THEME. HE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN THE PATH OF "QUESTIONS TO PONDER" WHICH WILL BE ANOTHER GOOD DEPARTMENT. I PERSONALLY WILL HAVE TO GO WITH NAPOLEON DYNAMITE BECAUSE OF HIS ARROGANCE-LARGELY FOUNDED IN HIS IGNORANCE WHICH IS GENERALLY THE BASES OF MOST ARROGANCE. WITHOUT THAT IGNORANCE WE HAVE TOO MUCH RESPECT FOR OUR OWN MORTALITY AND SHORTCOMINGS.

PATTY FRANCIS GAVE SOME VALUABLE INPUT AS TO A BOOK THAT WAS IN HER LAZY SUSAN LAST WEEK-"THE SHACK." NOW THAT BOOK MAY HAVE QUALIFIED FOR A BROAD THEME SUCH AS "HABITATS" OR PERHAPS ONE NOT SO BROAD AS "BOOKS ABOUT GREAT NBA CENTERS THAT PLAYED SHAZAMM." OTHER IDEAS ON THEMES ARE- SHAKESPEARE, MYSTERIES, POEMS, WAR, BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES TO US HISTORY, ETC. SO PATTY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PICK THE BALL UP AND CHOOSE THE THEME FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. WE CAN THAN ALL GO AND PICK A BOOK THAT FITS.

EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD COME UP AND SHARE WITH EVERYONE WHAT BOOKS ARE ALSO IN THEIR LAZY SUSAN. THOMAS JEFFERSON INVENTED THE LAZY SUSAN SO HE COULD OPEN AND READ SEVERAL BOOKS AT THE SAME TIME WITHOUT HAVING TO REOPEN HIS BOOKS OR GET UP OUT OF HIS CHAIR. YOU CAN HAVE ONE BOOK IN YOUR LAZY SUSAN OR AS MANY AS YOU WANT AND ONE THAT FITS THE THEME. WE JUST NEED YOU TO READ 10 PAGES PER DAY.

JUSTIN SHARED WITH ME THAT HE LOVES DR. SEUSS AND HE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE BOOKS IN HIS LAZY SUSAN. I WILL HAVE TWO. THE FIRST IS BY STEVEN SELENGUT CALLED "THE BRAIN WASHING OF THE AMERICAN INVESTOR." THE SECOND ON IS BY JEFF AUGEN CALL "THE VOLATILITY EDGE IN OPTIONS TRADING." MY LIGHTER READING WILL HOPEFULLY BE PART OF.