re: #29 Pianobuff

True story…. Had dinner with a group a month ago and a Chinese woman was telling me that her grandmother (who has no political beliefs) did a full blown Chinese horoscope on Obama some time back last year.

Her reading?

2008 - Unbelievably lucky year!
2009-2010 - Bad fortune coming……

Yes, there’s a whole thing with the number of his presidency, 44. Ask any Chinese about what 4 means, and you’ll hear nothing but bad things. Doubling it, as in 44, just makes it worse.