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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:25 PM Original message |
"Days away from complete financial meltdown." |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. So Schumer and Dodd have the election cycle rhetoric cranked up as well. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. can you explain what you mean by this remark? |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. clarify: what do you mean by major financial? |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I was asking rgbolen |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
74. Nobody really knows.. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. oh, and that should have read "major financial blow out" |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. The only "emergency" here is that they have only about 90 more days to rape and pillage |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. No matter how you slice it, its a hack. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Oh BS. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. That depends on how you define rich. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. A few lucky ones are, but many are going to loose a lot of $$$. |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. You're sadly deluded. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. The only people who are deluded are the conspiracy nuts that think most of the super rich... |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:16 AM Response to Reply #55 |
62. To whom has the debt/risk been transferred? |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #52 |
73. This the kind of shock that Naomi Klein has written about |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
75. Yep. Anyone who hasn't seen this has not been paying attention. |
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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
54. I believe Dodd and Schumer's account of it. Don't you? n/t |
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Yuugal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #54 |
77. No |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. a kick along with the rec would be good.... thanks recommenders... |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. so why do we get the bill? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Right now they need to stabilize the market |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. I say use this bail-out to force higher taxes on the have-mores. |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
64. Thats a teriffic idea. We must make the rich pay for their mistakes. |
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jkshaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. According to Bush in the Rose Garden, |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. He somehow always tells the truth in the core of his lies. Without fail. |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
76. He certainly does. He cloaks the truth with a variety of |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Which is why they handed the keys of the kingdom over to the Central Bank |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Now a few more of us know that we are. We have been since the 30s. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't know one way or the other which was the right route to take, |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Bingo |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
43. This sounds like "weapons of mass destruction" again. Don't believe them. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Meanwhile, McIdiot continues to act like a petulant child |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Don't You Just Hate The Sanctimonious Ayn Rand Republican Reagan Loving Bastards |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. McCain responds by saying he wants to do away with greed |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Surely he'll lead the way by giving all but one of his houses to the less fortunate? |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. OMG not the unwinable...WAR ON GREED! |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Nice. Greed Czar....n/t |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Nobody can say Phil Gramm isn't qualified. |
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Not Sure (334 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
60. LOL! Greed Czar. I think I just woke everyone in the house up (n/t) |
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sshan2525 (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. Um, it's AYN Rand.... |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Pissed off...fingers don't work... but, yes, you are correct n/t |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Ayn appears to be the poster person upon which to project |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. As someone on another thread said - Ayn Rand was a SCIENCE FICTION writer! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
58. thank you....I |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
63. She wrote amateur melodramas in which heroes were portrayed as |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
72. ....well, Atlas just shit ! |
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vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. I hated Ayn Rand. |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. Wow! |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. yes, wow |
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bentley (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. This reminds me of when |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. I always take Ayn Rand's books by the armful out of the philosophy section & put them in humor. |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
61. LOL! |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. I hate to be obtuse.. but could someone explain EXACTLY what "complete meltdown" |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. This might explain a little in an encylopedic style: |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. The "cause and snowball spiral" sections of that article are great.. which is pretty much |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Look at pictures of the Great Depression |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
69. You are days away from not being able to cash your paycheck or use an ATM. Read this thread--> |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
29. As usual, the politicians panic, then try to appear to be doing "something". |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. You mean like when Senators and House members were told |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Because they were not the only ones saying this crisis was that bad |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Well, anyone can see the problem but why would they go along with Bernake's "solution"? -nt- |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. We could do nothing, and let them fail... guess what was done in 1929-32? |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. I agree that we can't trust them, but if they are catapulting the propaganda... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Saving asses was part of the plan, didn't work |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
41. katrina economy......we have been robbed |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
46. wow, so we delayed it for a week. woo hoo... |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. why does this shit always happen on a weekend...and the bail out or sale always happen on |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. seriously, i agree.... n/t |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
51. I'm kinda thinking Dodd and Schumer can bite off for all I care. |
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judasdisney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 04:29 AM Response to Reply #51 |
66. But NO ONE could have FORESEEN planes crashing into buildings |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
57. It's Ayn. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
59. Do you really think Schumer, Dodd, and Frank have completely clean hands in all this? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #59 |
78. Oh no, we're all good, they're all bad. The Democrats are innocent, if a little naive, |
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judasdisney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
65. But SARAH PALIN blah blah blah blah. But this is "tinfoil." But things aren't that bad. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
67. Shock Doctrine or |
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Stockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
68. TalkingDog |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. What if, by Wednesday, you can't cash your paycheck or use an ATM? |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
71. Can Colin Powell, with cartoons of people in bread lines be far behind? |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
79. If it's that bad, 900 billion is only buying time until the election |
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