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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:42 PM Original message |
Christ, could we have a little bit MORE fearmongering here tonight? Chicken Littles, |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think you overestimate our influence. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Is your first name Sumner? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thank you. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. You mean like... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Pensions and government agencies avoid those investments |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. You sure? n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. for example: |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Elites us OPM: other people's money. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 04:06 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. "hedge funds have become the dominant... |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. Might be peachie for you |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. tell that to the poor suckers who own Bear Sterns stock |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Run Away! Run Away! n/t |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. The recession is aleady here, my friend... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The recession is here if people WANT it to be here. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Er, no... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. Yes Oprah. "The Secret" for economics. n/t |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 04:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
58. This is Rovian logic. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 06:20 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. ...or, Orwellian "logic." {Newspeak} |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Price Of Gold Has Risen $30 in the Last Four Hours |
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Maggie_May (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. gold at 1028 oil at 111.06 |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. If we had that kind of influence |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
50. Bingo. |
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Maggie_May (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Well with the dollar dropping like a ton of bricks |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thank Goodness |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Deleted message |
Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. I admit.... I did all of this with the price of gold, oil, prime rate, |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. Hey!!1!1 For the record: I had NOTHING to do with this! |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. Don't worry, the DU community is way too tiny to matter. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. Hey, at least we're not getting 5 threads a day about the IMMINENT WAR WITH IRAN!!!1111!!!! anymore. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Buy gold! Buy guns! Buy ammo! |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. DU can neither start nor stop an economic crisis. People are right to be alarmed, |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. They've beyond alarmed |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:18 PM Original message |
This affects all of us |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. Who knows what it looks like? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Who knows what it looks like? |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. Krugman predicted this two years but noone listened to him. n/t |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. The critical element is whether there will be a selloff in foreign investment |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I predict the market will go up or down tomorrow n/t |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. If enough people start thinking like that... |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
63. I was predicting it 4-5 years ago |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. damn, so i run in to hubby nad he turns to cnn... no they arent worried |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I'm watching the John Adams series again |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. cnbc is talking about it and excitedly. desperation moves by the feds.... |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. We have so much influence yet |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm not making the numbers in my 401k balance red |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. Pick up a fucking paper and read what's happening around you!? |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. "ball of confusion" |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
51. You forgot . . . |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. DU isn't that significant. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
33. Not me, nope, too poor to affect the markets |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
34. I knew being broke would pay off. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. DU is going to make a recession happen? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
38. That's it, blame the victims. If a crisis happens it is because we discussed it here. This crisis |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
39. I think folks are missing the OPs point. Panic never does anyone good. |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. I think we at DU just wanna be ahead of the curve. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. No too long ago . . . |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Love your post! |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 05:56 AM Response to Reply #39 |
60. Exactly. Panic never does anyone any good. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
47. Redstone. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
52. I'm not worried, what will be will be. I'll survive. |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
53. Buy bread and freeze it....it is going up 4 percent..... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
54. We have accurately predicted ten of the last five market crashes around here. |
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Asia Expat (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 04:33 AM Response to Original message |
59. Should I add the economy to my ignore list? nt |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
61. is the sky blue on your planet? must be well insulated there. but i work for a residential builder |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
64. Pffffffft. The sun always rises and a new day begins. |
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