Can you spell?

[NonEntity]

To quote the man with the double D's...

Quote:sigh...

- NonE


(although I must admit my analogy WAS pretty lame, after I got to looking at it...)

[Darren Dirt]

Well, no matter how bad things are gonna get...

it could be worse...
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O_O

[eye2i2hear]

and there's Argentina...

and there's Germany...

and there's Rome...  ___o_O___

and then there's us... (not to necessarily be confused with U.S.)

peculiar thing, this "us" and this "individual"... as a state of mind and a state of reality

[eye2i2hear]

Quote:Paper loses for the year add up to a staggering $8.3 trillion, according to figures measured by the Dow Jones Wilshare 5000 Composite Index.

"We aren't dealing with a fundamental economic issue any longer," said James Paulsen, chief investment strategist for Wells Capital Management, "We are dealing with fear."

[right]---Associate Press articles, Oct. 10, 2008[/right]

One of the arguably three greatest fears-- the other two being death (pain) and taxes (The State/statists-- but perhaps I repeat myself?! see "pain/death").

(and sadly, when it comes to "paper loses" this doesn't even touch the really "staggering" wealth loses per paper FRNs)

[eye2i2hear]

NonEntity Wrote:Can you spell...

[center]option #2

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[right]option #3:

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(options 2 & 3 are presently the majority rule, of course, since NonE asked about a spell specific)

[Darren Dirt]

Alan Greenspan concedes "free-market needs regulation"...

Quote:...his "free-market ideology shunning regulation was flawed".

Former Treasury Secretary John Snow also appeared at the House committee hearing.

Snow said the economy is headed down a ``bad, bad path'' and he endorsed consideration of more fiscal stimulus. For the longer term, Snow said the global financial system should be reorganized by focusing on increasing transparency of ``excessive'' leverage to prevent institutions from creating too much risk.

The U.S. needs ``one strong national regulator'' to oversee firms and fix what Snow called ``a fragmented approach'' to regulation. ``Steps to restore transparency and responsibility in the marketplace will go a long way towards restoring stability and confidence,'' he said.

I just love words like "strong" in the context of "centralized", "oversee", etc. Makes me think of 1930s Germany...

PS: Doesn't the Fed basically act as a REGULATOR on the economics of the "nation"? How can a free-market be ABSENT of "regulation" if the money supply is regulated? :brain asplode:

[3rdear]

Darren Dirt Wrote:How can a free-market be ABSENT of "regulation" if the money supply is regulated? [highlight=yellow]:brain asplode:[/highlight]

[Darren Dirt]

check out this map ...

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... hover over most "western" countries and you'll notice a recurring them: government "rescuing", and often essentially "taking over" the private banking sector.

Hearing nazi-esque perspectives on occasion over the last few months is one thing, but seeing this MAP and taking a moment to think about how world-wide this relatively sudden sequence of events is happening, it actually gave me pause... are we really heading into a new path that has never before been treaded? Is all the globalization, the interconnectedness of everyone, and the stupidity of unpayable debt, all combining into a "perfect storm" of devestation that will result in ... who knows what possibly-planned-the-whole-time future for this world?

(will Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future soon come to pass? )

[eye2i2hear]

Darren Dirt Wrote:... hover over most "western" countries and you'll notice a recurring [highlight=yellow]them[/highlight]: government "rescuing", and often essentially "taking over" the private banking sector.

did that need an additional "e"... or a captialized "T"...?!?
(I'm leaning towards The Capitol "Them"...)

[NonEntity]

I used to laugh and make fun of all the conspiracy nutjobs always talking about the Bilderbergers, the Tri-Lateral Commission and so on. Lately I'm beginning to think that even though a lot of those people really were nutjobs, that doesn't mean that there was no reality behind some of their issues.

- NonE

[Darren Dirt]

eye2i2hear Wrote:

Darren Dirt Wrote:... hover over most "western" countries and you'll notice a recurring [highlight=yellow]them[/highlight]: government "rescuing", and often essentially "taking over" the private banking sector.

did that need an additional "e"... or a captialized "T"...?!?
(I'm leaning towards The Capitol "Them"...)

Oops... Um... "Them" comes from the word "They" as in "They Live". So, actually, NOT ACCIDENTAL. :eekeek:





Oh, and NonEntity, search online for "Albert Pike World Wars" and you'll be chilled to the bone (Halloween season and all that) re. some 1870 predictions...

[Darren Dirt]

will the economic crisis result in a new currency? Alex Jones talks with his guest...
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[Darren Dirt]

"That’s it folks, the puppet has been rotated." <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://ignoranceisfutile.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/will-obama-" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://ignoranceisfutile.wordpress.com/ ... ill-obama-</a><!-- m -->“change”-the-bush-police-state-or-expand-it/ (food for thought)

(also, Ron Paul talked with Alex Jones today, apparently he worries about Biden's prediction of an "international incident"... <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://ignoranceisfutile.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/ron-paul-warns-of-great-shift-toward-global-government-under-obama/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://ignoranceisfutile.wordpress.com/ ... der-obama/</a><!-- m --> )

[Darren Dirt]

also, check out this even more challenging article:
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Quote:Nobody can possibly subdue the masses like Obama can. That’s why he’s the Ruling Establishment’s man. After 8 years of BushCo. over half the population aren’t just pissed, they’re in complete dustrust of the government in general. The control scheme to keep us ignorant and asleep is falling apart at the seams. And even more important than just having a pissed off political party the nations youth are waking up at an ‘alarming’ rate. The youth are the ones who protest.

Only Obama can can get the bulk Democrat’s, The Youth and Minorities under his wing, while at the same time not having too much of the GOP base pissed to all whits end.

To maintain a hegemonic system of never ending perpetual war -bent on global domination- you need a subdued and dumbed down citizenry. In particular, you need the youth not only ignorant to the hard truth, but you also need them to believe in your government. Therefore, the more cult-like you can get them the better.

Wow, I have to admit that is exactly something I suspected from the very first speech I saw Obama give -- it's like Kennedyesque, the way this relatively young man can mesmerize a crowd... and that is what kinda scares those of us who aren't asleep anymore -- what will They do through Obama that They wouldn't have been able to get away with through John "My Friends..." McCain, or for that matter (at his "peak") George "Drinking Buddy" Bush?

Quote:The solution to maintaining your policy goals is not to actually strip away the policies, but rather send in the perfect man to convince the masses that the policies will "change" and therefore they can go back to bed. You need the perfect oratory hitman, from your own ranks, of course. And the masses need him, because after most of a lifetime of deep-concerns revolving around ballgames, TV commercials and power-shopping they are a strained citizenry in light of the painful truth of modern years.

Ouch. Maybe we should be hoping for non-change -- if the "change" is ambiguous and at the hands of such an inspiring larger-than-life figure -- he may not have the interest in doing so, but I fear he would be CAPABLE of bringing forth a modernized "Obama Youth", who knows? Then again, all is well, I am sure... This kind of fearmongering, or even fact-observing by the likes of Ron Paul, is premature and over-reacting at the very least. I "hope".

[Darren Dirt]

PS: out of curiosity, on this video I posted the following comment... happy to know that the MMS changes to a hyperlink, normally.

Quote:Hmmm... @ 15:23 -- is he hinting at a modern Stasi, or (dare I say it) "Obama Youth"?

Then after submitting I noticed which YT user posted the video. Needless to say the comments are not auto-posted, they need to get approved.

Who wants to bet my comment will never appear? (And I'm not the only one who was worried by that ambiguous yet signficiant section of the speech.)