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One exporter of oil and that will mean an awful look at for our economy moving forward. you say the goal of energy independence is sort of fool's gold that we will never get there. >> the reason, joe, is that our transportation secretary 90% dependent on oil. price goes up for oil because of things having nothing to do with the united states and consumers pay and customers pay and we knock points off the gdp. the oil nexus of transportation. a long-term solution is the diversified fuel and the transportation secretary off of oil, natural gas, electricity, other forms. but in the meantime, ther...

Storm. think about occupy, the tea party. we are in 2014 but there was a lot of violence at the end of 2013 that hurt both parties. it makes me wonder, did they use that ammo too soon? and they can't go into straight obstruction mode again because it cost both already. >> that's a great, important point. the republicans definitely feel the scars of that shutdown strategy. they were dragged into by the activist groups pumping basically a fool's gold saying we can shut down the government benefit politically. 16-day shutdown hurt republicans, they know that. that's one of the things that drove...

It's the most fair and balanced way to make money on tv. our gang's best and worst calls of 2013 and how you can still profit from them right now in the scoreboard. we do the bad and good here, saving the best for last and starting with the best of the worst or something like that. jonas, you're up first. in september you said go long with vanguard extended treasury index. since then, it's down 4%, just a bump before the boom? >> yeah. especially the 2% or so dividend. that's my worst pick. i would say buy more of this. my clients own it. it's a great insurance policy against crash. >> on to n...

We're going to repeat that. thank you very much, christiane. sunday, 7:00, you can see the bravest girl in the world, right here on cnn. 7:00 eastern. make sure to tune in. our thanks to christiane amanpour. >> coming up, as wall street reacts to a potential deal on the debt ceiling, the ceo of starbucks said this so-called deal is fool's gold. >> plus, any moment, the white house expected to hold its press briefing. keep in mind, the president's meeting with republicans just ended a short time ago. are we any closer to a deal? we shall see. we went out and asked people a simple question:

It will not accomplish anything over the long-term, and any confidence that is provided into the american economy and to the american consumer and our standing in the world will just come right back and be fractured again. >> back to some comments you made in november 2012 around the election. you supported the president, and you said, what i wanted from the president was an ability to work closely with republicans in congress to be able to get things done. do you think he is doing that right now? >> i think there's enough blame, poppy, to go around on both sides. i'm not here to place blame. ...