Ya know, it always comes back to hot tuna doesn't it?

Ya know what else? 700 billion would build a coast to coast pneumatic tube. I could be at your house in no time.

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Put me on wheels and I'll turn tricks.

Clever? Nah, I ran out of that years ago. But if you find this, let me know, k?
"The road goes ever on..." ~ Tolkien

In memory of my friend skip...
Go then, there are other worlds than these

You two will have to go to Canada, China or Russia to be further apart ......... (and keeping you apart is a good thing)

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PF do you know this chick??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S27yitK32ds

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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No I don't know her, but I think we both drink the same lake water.


(And you can be SURE no media around here reported on her. )

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That was definitely interesting. Don't think it will do much though. Pretty words are just that unless someone can put them into action. I agree. The greedy tycoons that put us in this mess should be the ones to suffer for it. However, the bail out is meant to give businesses the capitol so that they can start borrowing from banks again. Of course that makes it sound like 1929 again. At least it does to me.

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"BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Will he offer me his mouth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his teeth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his jaws? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Again, will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes! GIRL: Yes. BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Yes. BOY: I bet you say that to all the boys!" -Meatloaf

Again, and again, and again...

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On the kinkometer, my kink measures as a sine wave.

1929 Depression
Unemployment: 25%
U.S. Bank Failures: Thousands

2008 ‘Recession’
Unemployment: 6%
Global Bank Failures: Scores

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Eudaimonia

Why will congress not put the blame where it belongs, on those who changed the rules for banking in the 1990's - CONGRESS.

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jseal, please define scores. is that hundreds? dozens? that's kind of a nondescript term.

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"BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Will he offer me his mouth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his teeth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his jaws? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Again, will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes! GIRL: Yes. BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Yes. BOY: I bet you say that to all the boys!" -Meatloaf

A score is a group of 20.

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Eudaimonia

Okay.

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"BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Will he offer me his mouth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his teeth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his jaws? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Again, will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes! GIRL: Yes. BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Yes. BOY: I bet you say that to all the boys!" -Meatloaf

Comparison of 1929 numbers to 2008 numbers is pretty much apples to oranges. It's a much different world now, with more safety nets in place to prevent, or at slow down, the kind of failures that took place in the last century. Plus, the numbers from '29 are "final" figures, with the benefit of historical hindsight. We don't know what the final outcome of the "crash" of '08 will be...




...yet.

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If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

I agree. The US Depression of 1929 – 1933 was so enormously greater than the ‘recession’ of 2008 that they have little in common.

I also think that with sufficient ineptitude Congress can turn the latter into something approaching the former.

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Eudaimonia

LOL! I think their motto is, "If it ain't broke, we'll send it back to committee."

So where does the US Treasury go after committee?

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