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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:22 AM Original message |
OK - Lets say the worst case economic scenario happens |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. People who have lost their homes |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It's so hard to get an accurate picture of what is going on. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. i don't think that's exactly inflating the stats. If I'm living with my mom without income, I have |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Part of the problem with ethnic-Americans is that we don't work together as families. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. i'd have no objections to your model of togetherness if it didn't involve impoverishment |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. right exactly |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Not stupidity; just living in a hyperprivileged bubble |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think it will happen, but it could be an interesting study. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Not ignorant realistic |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. According to whom? |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You are making the false assumption |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Chinatown did not start life as an affinity group or tourist trap. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. That is great material. Thanks for posting. n/t |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
49. I think the poster has a point. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Which American City holds the record.... |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. What difference does it make? Which state holds the record for most witches killed? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. It makes a difference when someone sanctimonously... |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. As a southerner |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. What state is Baucus from? How about Pelosi, Reid, and Feinstein? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. WORST case? Think Middle Ages. |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. toss in a plague or two |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Hey, it might help with the unemployment. :sarcasm: nt |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. Had it not been for the Great Depression, FDR probably would not have won office or been heard of. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The unknown is not that unknown |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Sing it. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. Your comment minds me of Trotsky's darkly ironic saying: "You may not |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Ah yes, stop loss |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Time to tell 4 eyes to take off his eyeglasses |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. This too will pass. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
15. in this city cops are closing precincts and cutting services |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
18. I don't think anyone is accounting for the sheer number of people we have today. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
19. america can't even get the concept of 'empire' right. as an empire, the riches should be flowing |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. That's what I said for eight years. Yes, conquer is bad, but as long as you are there... |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
22. I'll have to think about this ... |
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Mister Ed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
24. We've already seen "a HUGE increase in crime. Particularly theft and fraud"... |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
25. It will get ugly |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 07:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. If The Economy Really Crashed Peak Oil Would Be Delayed Decades If Not A Century |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. except for the military |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. "how will we heat our homes and turn on lights when the electric companies are also bankrupt?" |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. that's what my spouse says too, n/t |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
26. This country of brainwashed, pacified ding-a-lings? Absolutely nothing. Docile sheep obey. |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
27. Food will be the new currency - because most aren't in a place or have |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
30. See "Children of Men" |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
32. We have a major war developing. Afghanistan and Pakistan, the latter an illegal foray ala Cambodia. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Mission creep. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
34. I don't think you've actually described the worst-case scenario. |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
41. Well it might have been a fun thread |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. "Less work, more leisure". |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. communal living. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
44. If you really want to know, |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
46. We have always been at war with Eurasia. Chocolate rations are UP!!! |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
52. I've Had The Same Thoughts & Think We Are Headed Dow This Path!! |
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MattSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
53. Don't blame Russia or China if the $ loses it's reserve status. |
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