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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:13 PM Original message |
This game is over......... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. We could sell Vermont to Canada. |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I'd rather sell Texas to Mexico.... |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. We have oil and gas.... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
44. And Canada has money |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
65. Well, the Fed has plenty... |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. We could sell Hawaii to Japan. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Lordy, like that wouldn't start up the whole birth certificate crap again |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Oh hell, let's sell Alaska to Russian |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Wrong. ALaska has oil. Now we might sell it to the Canadians so we can actually pump it. |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Okay, but can we give Palin to Russia? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. That would be seen as an act of aggression |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. What Alfredo said |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
67. I can be thrown in with the deal. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Who was the guy, and why would you trust anything anyone on |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. He was a bond trader. I have no reason the believe him except it rang true. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. A guy on CNBC????? |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Oh Frenchie... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Wait....let me get out from under my desk! |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Tough financial times, but I will forge through and keep my |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Looting America for sure. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I should have posted Looting of America. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Thanks. I love David's stuff. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Yeah I know but they tell the truth sometimes. I wouldn't have believed it except |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. The Germans didn't bomb Pearl Harbour! |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. I'm sure the poster knows that... it was a Animal House quote |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Forget it, he's rolling. |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Damn, beat me to it!! |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Great minds! |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
54. "Forget it, he's rolling" |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
66. You're funny! |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. We need to start circling the wagons regardless. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. They'll just print $2 trillion and pay the bondholders. It's just a little paper and ink. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. How can they do that without causing inflation? |
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katanalori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. It is understood |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Deflation is better for the workers. Inflation drives prices up while wages are going down. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. deflation is 10 times worse than inflation |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Um, every year |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. They just sold new ones this week. How many is that now? Does anybody know? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. Look up the Unemployed Councils of the 1930's |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. But look at us now. We aren't helping people getting throwout of their homes. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. There was just as much of that back then |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. Talk to friends and family - PLAN AHEAD |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. And there are probably still around $10 trillion of liquidated investments looking for a safe haven |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Nobodies buying long term bonds. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. If they aren't, they should be. n/t |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
62. Nobody? That's odd, because that hasn't been reported at all. Only that long bond interest rates .. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. That's the Fed and quantitative easing ..... |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. My mother was a true fiscal (not social) conservative, |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. The Tuesday and Wednesday sales went well but I don't know. I'm smelling something funny. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. I'm not into the social science of economics, but I do know one |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. The days of buy and hold are over. I'm not trying to be a B but you got to |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. The days of buy and hold are over? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
63. So your evidence that "nobodies buying" the long term t-bond is what you smell? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. Step back from the ledge, Joanne... |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Oh come on. Does anybody even know how much they've spent? |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. We need to come up with a list of our own cuts. Have them ready to go |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. I like all of these ideas... |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Obama isn't going to do it. Washington is captured by Wall Street. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Actually, the more frugally you are living, the better off you |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. Just in case. It doesn't hurt to be prepared for the worse. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
43. We need a time machine to go back to Katrina NOLA and realize that could be ANY of us..... |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. ... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I replied to the OP. If you'd like to elaborate to make your point, it would help. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Now I see the connection. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Arnold went straight for the "jugulah" in CA. Gutting programs for the weakest. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
51. OH NOES OH NOES. Wait we have $1T - $3T due EVERY year. |
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TheMachineWins (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
60. There more up for sale too and the gov't/we'll just buy them up |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
68. Motley Fool wrote an article today.. The Death of Bonds? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
70. If you haven't already cashed out and moved to The Woods.... |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
71. Here's more about what happened yesterday. Quantitative easing is failing. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
72. Here's Mish from today...... Mortgage market locks up. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
73. Treasuries Massacred; Yield Curve Steepest On Record |
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