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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 10:29 PM
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53. Might be?
It absolutely is.

The rich will be well insulated from the coming catastrophe. And, if worse comes to worse, they can hire private security guards to protect their gated communities.

If this plan comes to fruition, we'll be leaving the country. We're already planning on retiring elsewhere.
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  -I think the US economy is in really, really bad shape. REALLY bad shape. FormerRepublican  Mar-25-06 11:47 AM   #0 
  - I agree---it's a very scary time.  GrumpyGreg   Mar-25-06 11:52 AM   #1 
  - But the damn media NEVER tells us the GOOD news!!!!!  BrklynLiberal   Mar-25-06 11:53 AM   #2 
  - Not likely. As long as there are gays and reproductive choice,  EST   Mar-25-06 12:00 PM   #5 
     - I'm not so sure..  sendero   Mar-25-06 06:29 PM   #49 
        - It's a testament to the sorry state of affairs  EST   Mar-25-06 10:39 PM   #54 
  - I am no economist and I too have this great foreboding.  niallmac   Mar-25-06 11:56 AM   #3 
  - The flags on those coffins  JeffR   Mar-25-06 12:02 PM   #7 
  - GREAT bumpersticker/poster concept  ldf   Mar-25-06 12:38 PM   #17 
     - Effective but grim  JeffR   Mar-25-06 12:49 PM   #19 
  - I'm not an economist either,  Delphinus   Mar-25-06 12:15 PM   #12 
  - You hit the Nail on the Head!!  capi888   Mar-25-06 12:00 PM   #4 
  - Yup, the Repugs' plan is working  Lindsay   Mar-25-06 12:02 PM   #6 
  - Might be on purpose...  MrPrax   Mar-25-06 12:04 PM   #8 
  - I think you're spot on, and here's why...  converted_democrat   Mar-25-06 03:43 PM   #43 
  - Might be?  prolesunited   Mar-25-06 10:29 PM   #53 
  - Time to buy SILVER and GOLD  APPLE314   Mar-25-06 12:06 PM   #9 
  - I agree. I also agree with you that  cliss   Mar-25-06 12:59 PM   #25 
  - time to sell silver and gold, they're at 25 yr highs  pitohui   Mar-25-06 03:03 PM   #40 
  - Yeah..  sendero   Mar-25-06 06:33 PM   #51 
  - Time to buy lead, powder and bladed steel  Porcupine   Mar-26-06 01:34 AM   #60 
  - K & R  tom_paine   Mar-25-06 12:09 PM   #10 
  - Tha was a great post, Former.  cliss   Mar-25-06 12:10 PM   #11 
  - A bankrupt nation is easier to Control when WH addiction is Power& Greed.  KAT119   Mar-25-06 12:30 PM   #15 
  - Don't forget that the American people have been lobotomized into  CLW   Mar-25-06 12:27 PM   #13 
  - Social unrest is part of the IMF plan  Jose Diablo   Mar-25-06 12:29 PM   #14 
  - Oh, you haven't seen anything yet.  brokensymmetry   Mar-25-06 12:36 PM   #16 
  - Ya think? You connect the dots and the only picture you see is violent?  omega minimo   Mar-25-06 12:47 PM   #18 
  - Human behavior in stress situations is predictable.  FormerRepublican   Mar-25-06 12:57 PM   #22 
     - "Stressful"= connecting the dots & inferring violence ="inevitable result"  omega minimo   Mar-25-06 01:22 PM   #30 
     - In my post I said:  FormerRepublican   Mar-25-06 02:33 PM   #37 
        - Yep. I think some DUers have too flowery a perception of human nature.  Ladyhawk   Mar-26-06 02:26 AM   #64 
           - "Some DUers" "human nature" tends to cynical dejection, waiting for some  omega minimo   Mar-26-06 11:14 AM   #77 
              - The first step of activism is education.  FormerRepublican   Mar-26-06 11:43 AM   #78 
                 - My only bias  omega minimo   Mar-26-06 12:35 PM   #80 
     - You are right, Dems need to band together. You should see the  kayice   Mar-26-06 10:35 AM   #74 
  - Which is exactly why Bush wants power to declare Marshall Law. nt  cyberpj   Mar-25-06 12:52 PM   #20 
  - That Would Be Martial Law  Binka   Mar-26-06 10:44 AM   #76 
     - Thank you Binka.  cyberpj   Mar-27-06 09:57 AM   #81 
  - If you want to know how the economy is doing  TheFarseer   Mar-25-06 12:56 PM   #21 
  - Been looking since January  FatDave   Mar-25-06 03:28 PM   #42 
  - Dear God! Is that our future?  TheFarseer   Mar-25-06 04:13 PM   #45 
     - Official numbers  FatDave   Mar-25-06 06:16 PM   #46 
  - "If you want to know how the economy is doing ... look for a job."  area51   Mar-26-06 09:40 AM   #66 
  - Bush's Capital Repatriation Program is the only thing bringing $ in  EVDebs   Mar-25-06 12:57 PM   #23 
  - "I know the end is coming soon."  file83   Mar-25-06 12:59 PM   #24 
  - This may seem naive....  Nictuku   Mar-25-06 01:01 PM   #26 
  - Well, here are links to two recent threads  Mind_your_head   Mar-25-06 01:25 PM   #31 
  - If we get to the point that we look like we will default, the first things  converted_democrat   Mar-25-06 03:52 PM   #44 
  - They don't really see it as "their" country.  bezdomny   Mar-25-06 11:38 PM   #56 
  - I wonder sometimes, if we'll suffer the same fate as the Soviet Union  JohnnyRingo   Mar-25-06 01:04 PM   #27 
  - What I wonder..  sendero   Mar-25-06 06:31 PM   #50 
  - It is scary  DemReadingDU   Mar-25-06 01:08 PM   #28 
  - Numbers, please  AngryAmish   Mar-25-06 01:10 PM   #29 
  - Here's some info on the War of 1812  FormerRepublican   Mar-25-06 02:23 PM   #35 
     - Thank you!  AngryAmish   Mar-25-06 02:31 PM   #36 
  - According to Neil Cavuto, anyone who is worried  Maccagirl   Mar-25-06 01:32 PM   #32 
  - And it's ALL deliberate.  TheGoldenRule   Mar-25-06 01:41 PM   #33 
  - Energy is the defining issue  Lostnote06   Mar-25-06 02:08 PM   #34 
  - I own a small business  JulieRB   Mar-25-06 02:36 PM   #38 
  - profitable businesses are squeezed out by chains  pitohui   Mar-25-06 03:06 PM   #41 
  - Economics 101 When over 80% of a country's assets  lovuian   Mar-26-06 01:39 AM   #61 
  - violence won't work, not if the BFEE is as far along in the space  AZDemDist6   Mar-25-06 02:40 PM   #39 
  - Yikes!  sheelz   Mar-25-06 06:21 PM   #47 
     - yeah, the documentary is terrifying n/t  AZDemDist6   Mar-25-06 11:45 PM   #57 
  - And the price of gasoline is taking money out of the economy....  kentuck   Mar-25-06 06:23 PM   #48 
  - Question  AuntiBush   Mar-25-06 10:15 PM   #52 
  - No, Anti  Trailrider1951   Mar-26-06 10:15 AM   #70 
  - I'm scared too....  unkachuck   Mar-25-06 11:20 PM   #55 
  - Has anyone noticed that  burrowowl   Mar-26-06 12:04 AM   #58 
  - Food prices are definitely going up up up  lovuian   Mar-26-06 01:57 AM   #63 
  - If you ask me, that's why we're having the "immigration debate" this year  catzies   Mar-26-06 01:17 AM   #59 
  - And war is a lousy investment deal  Canuckistanian   Mar-26-06 01:55 AM   #62 
  - It's worse than you think - And there is a reason the M3 index isn't being  Pachamama   Mar-26-06 03:18 AM   #65 
  - I am not sure we can survive 3 more years of these policies  mandyky   Mar-26-06 09:46 AM   #67 
  - We've been thinking of this a lot lately  spinbaby   Mar-26-06 10:09 AM   #68 
  - not really in case of hyperinflation  pitohui   Mar-26-06 10:19 AM   #71 
     - Thanks  spinbaby   Mar-26-06 10:22 AM   #72 
  - not if you are a member of the investor, Babs/Neil Bush class...  bridgit   Mar-26-06 10:13 AM   #69 
  - Bush never says anything the people who lost their jobs after  kayice   Mar-26-06 10:29 AM   #73 
  - But the Dow is at 11K.  Jack Rabbit   Mar-26-06 10:41 AM   #75 
  - It's all just perspective. We've been living pretty high in this country,  lectrobyte   Mar-26-06 12:03 PM   #79 
 

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