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Wed Mar-14-07 07:19 AM
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| -Are we headed for a second Great Depression? |
meldroc |
Mar-12-07 05:45 PM |
#0 |
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As a cusp GenX/Yer, YES |
MindBoggles |
Mar-12-07 05:49 PM |
#1 |
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Sounds just like me in '73 |
IADEMO2004 |
Mar-12-07 06:05 PM |
#9 |
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The World Problematique |
GliderGuider |
Mar-12-07 07:42 PM |
#37 |
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Exactly. It will be worse for so many reasons. |
brokensymmetry |
Mar-12-07 08:03 PM |
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Forgive me, but this amazes me |
melody |
Mar-12-07 08:22 PM |
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cause there is a chance that it might NOT happen |
MindBoggles |
Mar-12-07 09:47 PM |
#52 |
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Not obviously |
melody |
Mar-12-07 11:55 PM |
#54 |
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There are a number of very god reasons not to crawl off into a cave |
GliderGuider |
Mar-13-07 05:50 AM |
#57 |
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Good points, all.. |
Tellurian |
Mar-13-07 09:15 AM |
#63 |
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Again, it's a choice in perspective |
melody |
Mar-13-07 01:21 PM |
#76 |
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Well, sarcasm or no.. |
Tellurian |
Mar-13-07 02:02 PM |
#82 |
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I'm beginning to think y'all must have a much better standard of living than I do lol |
melody |
Mar-13-07 02:11 PM |
#84 |
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Resilience is the key for the resilient |
melody |
Mar-13-07 01:10 PM |
#74 |
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Be in denial if you like and ignore the people of Katrina & Michigan & |
TheGoldenRule |
Mar-13-07 01:41 PM |
#78 |
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I am looking reality in the face |
melody |
Mar-13-07 01:47 PM |
#79 |
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I read all your posts-all your posts that have totally hijacked this thread. |
TheGoldenRule |
Mar-13-07 02:10 PM |
#83 |
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Hijacking? Not in the least |
melody |
Mar-13-07 02:20 PM |
#85 |
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What's happening is hardly "drama" but actually cold hard REALITY. |
TheGoldenRule |
Mar-13-07 02:46 PM |
#86 |
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Hijacking = Discussion rather than multiple post agreeing with |
pampango |
Mar-14-07 06:50 AM |
#101 |
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yup lol n/t |
melody |
Mar-14-07 07:04 AM |
#102 |
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I don't see what you're seeing |
buddyhollysghost |
Mar-14-07 07:52 AM |
#105 |
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boy, that comment really got to you |
melody |
Mar-14-07 01:21 PM |
#112 |
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Huh? |
buddyhollysghost |
Mar-14-07 09:36 PM |
#114 |
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Actually, don't bother reading any of it |
melody |
Mar-14-07 10:07 PM |
#116 |
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Okay. Suit yourself. : ) |
buddyhollysghost |
Mar-14-07 11:29 PM |
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My only comment is, America can't just keep coming off "even bigger and stronger than before" |
Leopolds Ghost |
Mar-13-07 10:54 PM |
#93 |
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I said"even bigger, even better", while using my own meaning for those words, not yours |
melody |
Mar-14-07 01:45 AM |
#97 |
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I am an atheist |
MindBoggles |
Mar-13-07 10:22 AM |
#68 |
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If you don't believe in fairy tales, why do you believe in continued exponential progress/growth? |
Leopolds Ghost |
Mar-13-07 10:49 PM |
#91 |
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Now there's a massive leap without context |
melody |
Mar-14-07 01:33 AM |
#96 |
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Kind of like this leap? |
buddyhollysghost |
Mar-14-07 08:13 AM |
#106 |
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Hmmmm I hear crickets |
buddyhollysghost |
Mar-14-07 11:39 AM |
#110 |
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If the comment doesn't apply to you, it doesn't apply to you |
melody |
Mar-14-07 01:15 PM |
#111 |
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Seriously considering it, |
ceile |
Mar-13-07 01:51 PM |
#81 |
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There are plenty of cheap places to buy land |
melody |
Mar-13-07 04:47 PM |
#88 |
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So, here's an answer: |
brokensymmetry |
Mar-13-07 09:52 PM |
#89 |
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Of course it's a solution |
melody |
Mar-14-07 01:58 AM |
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"Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply" |
loindelrio |
Mar-14-07 07:35 AM |
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Nevermind |
donheld |
Mar-14-07 07:19 AM |
#103 |
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And just in time we get this great post too! |
Gentle Giant |
Mar-12-07 05:49 PM |
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I'd say worse than the 70's not as bad as the 30's |
PerfectSage |
Mar-12-07 05:52 PM |
#3 |
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In Michigan, we're already there. n/t |
spoony |
Mar-12-07 05:54 PM |
#4 |
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Same Here in OH. n/t |
OhioChick |
Mar-12-07 06:39 PM |
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I'll second that ... |
etherealtruth |
Mar-12-07 06:45 PM |
#29 |
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I have no idea, but it's already pretty bad... |
porphyrian |
Mar-12-07 05:55 PM |
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Yes and no. |
Selatius |
Mar-12-07 05:57 PM |
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I don't think depression is even the word for it |
pbca |
Mar-12-07 05:57 PM |
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The poll results are frightening! |
meldroc |
Mar-12-07 06:03 PM |
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And how many people right now |
tbyg52 |
Mar-12-07 06:09 PM |
#12 |
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Try 33% unemployment |
ayeshahaqqiqa |
Mar-12-07 06:11 PM |
#15 |
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*nods* |
BluePatriot |
Mar-13-07 08:58 AM |
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The U6 unemployment rate is 8.3% for Jan 2007... |
roamer65 |
Mar-13-07 10:27 AM |
#69 |
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And the indicators tell me |
nadinbrzezinski |
Mar-12-07 07:46 PM |
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can you specifically outline what those "indicators" are? |
melody |
Mar-12-07 08:16 PM |
#44 |
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maybe NM is the anomaly, |
Firepit 462 |
Mar-13-07 09:27 AM |
#64 |
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End days! EEEENNNNDDDD DDDDAAAAAYYYYYSSSS!!!! |
BlooInBloo |
Mar-12-07 06:06 PM |
#10 |
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lol - no kidding |
melody |
Mar-12-07 07:40 PM |
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"The end is near" most horrendous prediction competition has |
pampango |
Mar-13-07 10:02 AM |
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good post |
melody |
Mar-13-07 01:18 PM |
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The rest of the world CAN'T get richer without depressing US buying power. Steel, oil, etc. |
Leopolds Ghost |
Mar-13-07 11:07 PM |
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You are right that if the rest of the world gets richer, the price |
pampango |
Mar-14-07 06:38 AM |
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False. The size of the whole enchilada can increase. Economics is NOT zero-sum. |
BlooInBloo |
Mar-14-07 10:27 PM |
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70s recession |
melody |
Mar-12-07 06:07 PM |
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I don't think that |
pbca |
Mar-12-07 06:10 PM |
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It's never worse than I think, believe me lol |
melody |
Mar-12-07 06:35 PM |
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How about |
pbca |
Mar-12-07 06:40 PM |
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We see what we wish to see n/t |
melody |
Mar-12-07 06:43 PM |
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If you say so..it's not what I wish to see |
pbca |
Mar-12-07 06:51 PM |
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It applies to everyone, me included |
melody |
Mar-12-07 07:27 PM |
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As in any depression, the rich do not end up with nothing - in fact |
rman |
Mar-14-07 04:20 AM |
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It won't be the same as the GD.. |
sendero |
Mar-12-07 06:10 PM |
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Great Depression a Cakewalk |
southerncrone |
Mar-12-07 06:16 PM |
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The only people who will be screwed by the housing market are speculators |
slackmaster |
Mar-12-07 06:18 PM |
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Large prophets? |
ProgressiveFool |
Mar-12-07 06:28 PM |
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Sorry, it's the painkillers I'm taking |
slackmaster |
Mar-13-07 11:23 AM |
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Lots of others will be screwed. |
meldroc |
Mar-12-07 06:32 PM |
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How about those who will lose their jobs? |
diamidue |
Mar-12-07 07:55 PM |
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Yes, it's a cycle I'm painfully familiar with |
slackmaster |
Mar-13-07 11:26 AM |
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Deep Breath.......and out.... There. never. was. a. bubble. |
MrsGrumpy |
Mar-12-07 06:30 PM |
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Could you elaborate? |
leeroysphits |
Mar-12-07 07:44 PM |
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It's already as bad as the 80's right now |
blues90 |
Mar-12-07 06:30 PM |
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Well, let's all just kill ourselves right now |
melody |
Mar-12-07 06:41 PM |
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during the Depression we still had a manufactoring base to build |
AZDemDist6 |
Mar-12-07 06:42 PM |
#26 |
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We have more potential than many countries |
melody |
Mar-12-07 07:29 PM |
#34 |
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Oh, I SO like you! |
Labors of Hercules |
Mar-12-07 08:20 PM |
#46 |
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That I believe, depression or no depression. |
raccoon |
Mar-13-07 08:54 AM |
#60 |
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Picture This |
ThomWV |
Mar-12-07 06:45 PM |
#28 |
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Our global economic system |
Karenina |
Mar-12-07 07:11 PM |
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Fall the mighty oaks of American Finance! Destroy the vapid waste of Wall Street! |
Labors of Hercules |
Mar-12-07 08:23 PM |
#48 |
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I believe that it is happening but,.,, |
butterfly77 |
Mar-12-07 07:17 PM |
#32 |
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A recession, not a depression. |
WI_DEM |
Mar-12-07 07:33 PM |
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People are missing an important fact: it isn't just about our ability to willfully recover |
ends_dont_justify |
Mar-12-07 07:42 PM |
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what you're missing is the neocon/Scoop Jackson crowd are in big trouble |
melody |
Mar-12-07 08:14 PM |
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This will make the Great Depression forgotten |
WannaJumpMyScooter |
Mar-12-07 08:18 PM |
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oh, man. too funny. -nt- |
DerBeppo |
Mar-13-07 10:02 AM |
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Too funny as in you don't think it could |
WannaJumpMyScooter |
Mar-13-07 11:25 AM |
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Short Answer? Nope. Long Answer? |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Mar-12-07 08:25 PM |
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200 years? |
Warren Stupidity |
Mar-12-07 08:58 PM |
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For The Record, The 200 Years Was Just A Thrown Out Number With No Intended Significance. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Mar-12-07 09:04 PM |
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So your solution to the lack of cheap energy? |
depakid |
Mar-13-07 12:03 AM |
#56 |
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Look a Cheney's investments |
IChing |
Mar-12-07 09:51 PM |
#53 |
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He's broadening his portfolio |
melody |
Mar-13-07 01:27 PM |
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Without cheap energy and with the depletion of natural capital |
depakid |
Mar-13-07 12:00 AM |
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Worse then the 70's, not as bad as the 30's |
Odin2005 |
Mar-13-07 08:15 AM |
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During the great depression... |
wildbilln864 |
Mar-13-07 08:20 AM |
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People are capable of walking to the job today... they just don't realize it. n/t |
Leopolds Ghost |
Mar-13-07 11:18 PM |
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If there is a depression, it will be much worse than in the 30's, |
raccoon |
Mar-13-07 08:58 AM |
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Nope |
gravity |
Mar-13-07 09:38 AM |
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Oh, now there you go being reasonable |
melody |
Mar-13-07 01:51 PM |
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You sure seem eager to see an "attack" |
buddyhollysghost |
Mar-14-07 08:28 AM |
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Are you reading ANY of my posts? |
melody |
Mar-14-07 01:27 PM |
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I've read them all and I must say |
buddyhollysghost |
Mar-14-07 09:40 PM |
#115 |
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Yes. Now people can't get loans to get houses.. |
Xenotime |
Mar-13-07 11:37 AM |
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Why doesn't anyone put their money where their mouth is |
gravity |
Mar-13-07 03:12 PM |
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Some of us have, I'm in vested in oil(have been since 6/04) |
newportdadde |
Mar-14-07 08:37 AM |
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The Great Depression was a worldwide event |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
Mar-13-07 10:10 PM |
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Guaranteed bad conditions if we engage in an unwarranted |
mmonk |
Mar-13-07 10:53 PM |
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I'm seeing it more as a slow generational bleed and a general lowering of living standards. |
newportdadde |
Mar-14-07 08:35 AM |
#108 |
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Geeezus. Sometimes I think I've wandered onto Rapture Ready, by mistake. |
impeachdubya |
Mar-14-07 10:23 PM |
#117 |
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Why don't we focus on solutions instead of wringing our hands and claiming the sky's falling? |
AZBlue |
Mar-14-07 11:59 PM |
#120 |
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