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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:02 AM Original message |
"The Worst Is Yet to Come": If You're Not Petrified, You're Not Paying Attention |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. "The bailout money is in the sewer and gone" |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. SHHHHHH |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. We have been sorely fucked, but don't blame Obama or his inchargeness! |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. There are some on here |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, he makes sense. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The Auto-Industry would be a better investment than the banks |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Agreed...and "handing out money" was the first (and greatest) mistake. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Even with conditions |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Oh, I agree...but they would never let that happen. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Should have just let them fail |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Their attempt to engineer a "soft landing" is making things worse. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Oh sure, investing in poor people bad! Theft by the rich good. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Depends on what you mean by bailout |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. You can force whatever vehicles you want on the public. What you can't do is force them to buy. n/t |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. No one has any money to buy right now |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That's the sad fact in all of this mess. No one is going to be buying. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. We had this guy in the 30s |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Does history repeat or are we merely 80 years overdue for what FDR staved off? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. All depends on one guy |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. That is true. This is why any changes we make have to be industry-wide. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. We should have bought GM and Chrysler and broken them up into smaller companies |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. It's more complex than that. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Having been in one, I ain't so keen on unions anymore either. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. Working without a contract for the last 3 years, I'm glad I have one. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. People keep saying, "It's got to get better." |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. Again? If I promise to be so afraid that I pee myself, will you stop? |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'M SCARED!!!!!!!!!!! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
44. Sweartagawwd, the WorldIsEnding-ers are so tedious. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
17. Probably. |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
19. Doomsayers come out of the woodwork...... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Except the ones that aren't |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I wish people would stop saying there's a problem and start doing. Something. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. This is one of those problems like the Great Depression |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. The "boom" after 1929 took five years to arrive...and was short-lived. |
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phaseolus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Oh, it's just Davidowitz. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. I liken our current economy to a melting snowball, rolling downhill but getting smaller. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I've written to Obama several times about the need for a National high speed |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I think using existing right of ways is the best way to go. There is already a web of highways |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Lower cost from what I understand |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Proves my point. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. Maybe |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
31. We spent how many trillion and the economy dropped 6% last quarter? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
38. who the fuck wants to go through life petrified? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. "Living standards will never be the same" as overpriced, outsourced, conspicuous consumption crap |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
45. We've been like a lobster |
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