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OT - The Republican Prosperity
"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Mar 18, 2:57 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote: "Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... If the industry is willing to accept a government handout (and it has accepted many), then government regulation comes with it. There is no free lunch... TMT ========================================== Just make sure you don't kill the golden goose by putting him on a starvation diet, while the geese in London, Hong Kong, etc. are bulking up and are spoiling for a fight for control. -- Ed Huntress The Golden Goose is going to be placed on a strict diet whether he likes it or not. If for no other reason because the consumers cannot not feed it any more. Can you blame them? I am sure a conservative will. ============================================ There is no politician so much a fool that he'll kill off the financial markets. There are plenty of liberal voters who would do so, but, when they find that they can't buy anything but tortillas and beans, and that they can't get a job, they'll point to somebody else as the cause of their problems. This whole economy is a mobile, TMT. Watch what you shake. -- Ed Huntress |
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Ed Huntress wrote:
This whole economy is a mobile, TMT. Watch what you shake. |
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On Mar 18, 4:04*pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote:
"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Mar 18, 2:57 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote: "Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... If the industry is willing to accept a government handout (and it has accepted many), then government regulation comes with it. There is no free lunch... TMT ========================================== Just make sure you don't kill the golden goose by putting him on a starvation diet, while the geese in London, Hong Kong, etc. are bulking up and are spoiling for a fight for control. -- Ed Huntress The Golden Goose is going to be placed on a strict diet whether he likes it or not. If for no other reason because the consumers cannot not feed it any more. Can you blame them? I am sure a conservative will. ============================================ There is no politician so much a fool that he'll kill off the financial markets. There are plenty of liberal voters who would do so, but, when they find that they can't buy anything but tortillas and beans, and that they can't get a job, they'll point to somebody else as the cause of their problems. This whole economy is a mobile, TMT. Watch what you shake. -- Ed Huntress- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I guess that is why we are spending $12 billion in Iraq...to spend it "wisely". TMT |
OT - The Republican Prosperity
"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Mar 18, 4:04 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote: "Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Mar 18, 2:57 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote: "Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... If the industry is willing to accept a government handout (and it has accepted many), then government regulation comes with it. There is no free lunch... TMT ========================================== Just make sure you don't kill the golden goose by putting him on a starvation diet, while the geese in London, Hong Kong, etc. are bulking up and are spoiling for a fight for control. -- Ed Huntress The Golden Goose is going to be placed on a strict diet whether he likes it or not. If for no other reason because the consumers cannot not feed it any more. Can you blame them? I am sure a conservative will. ============================================ There is no politician so much a fool that he'll kill off the financial markets. There are plenty of liberal voters who would do so, but, when they find that they can't buy anything but tortillas and beans, and that they can't get a job, they'll point to somebody else as the cause of their problems. This whole economy is a mobile, TMT. Watch what you shake. -- Ed Huntress- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I guess that is why we are spending $12 billion in Iraq...to spend it "wisely". TMT ============================================ Trouble staying on topic today, TMT? d8-) -- Ed Huntress |
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On Mar 18, 5:25*pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote:
"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Mar 18, 4:04 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote: "Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Mar 18, 2:57 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote: "Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message .... If the industry is willing to accept a government handout (and it has accepted many), then government regulation comes with it. There is no free lunch... TMT ========================================== Just make sure you don't kill the golden goose by putting him on a starvation diet, while the geese in London, Hong Kong, etc. are bulking up and are spoiling for a fight for control. -- Ed Huntress The Golden Goose is going to be placed on a strict diet whether he likes it or not. If for no other reason because the consumers cannot not feed it any more. Can you blame them? I am sure a conservative will. ============================================ There is no politician so much a fool that he'll kill off the financial markets. There are plenty of liberal voters who would do so, but, when they find that they can't buy anything but tortillas and beans, and that they can't get a job, they'll point to somebody else as the cause of their problems. This whole economy is a mobile, TMT. Watch what you shake. -- Ed Huntress- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I guess that is why we are spending $12 billion in Iraq...to spend it "wisely". TMT ============================================ Trouble staying on topic today, TMT? d8-) -- Ed Huntress- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - So you are saying that all the money spent on the Iraq war was money well spent? TMT |
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"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Mar 18, 5:25 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote: "Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Mar 18, 4:04 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote: "Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Mar 18, 2:57 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote: "Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... If the industry is willing to accept a government handout (and it has accepted many), then government regulation comes with it. There is no free lunch... TMT ========================================== Just make sure you don't kill the golden goose by putting him on a starvation diet, while the geese in London, Hong Kong, etc. are bulking up and are spoiling for a fight for control. -- Ed Huntress The Golden Goose is going to be placed on a strict diet whether he likes it or not. If for no other reason because the consumers cannot not feed it any more. Can you blame them? I am sure a conservative will. ============================================ There is no politician so much a fool that he'll kill off the financial markets. There are plenty of liberal voters who would do so, but, when they find that they can't buy anything but tortillas and beans, and that they can't get a job, they'll point to somebody else as the cause of their problems. This whole economy is a mobile, TMT. Watch what you shake. -- Ed Huntress- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I guess that is why we are spending $12 billion in Iraq...to spend it "wisely". TMT ============================================ Trouble staying on topic today, TMT? d8-) -- Ed Huntress- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - So you are saying that all the money spent on the Iraq war was money well spent? TMT ============================================== Jeez, I said nothing of the kind. It sounds like you're holding an argument in your head with an imaginary Ed, and that you've jumped about four rounds ahead in the discussion. You're reminding me of Marigold, the Randy Mare Flailer. d8-) -- Ed Huntress |
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Too_Many_Tools wrote:
On Mar 18, 5:25 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote: "Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Mar 18, 4:04 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote: "Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Mar 18, 2:57 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote: "Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... If the industry is willing to accept a government handout (and it has accepted many), then government regulation comes with it. There is no free lunch... TMT ========================================== Just make sure you don't kill the golden goose by putting him on a starvation diet, while the geese in London, Hong Kong, etc. are bulking up and are spoiling for a fight for control. -- Ed Huntress The Golden Goose is going to be placed on a strict diet whether he likes it or not. If for no other reason because the consumers cannot not feed it any more. Can you blame them? I am sure a conservative will. ============================================ There is no politician so much a fool that he'll kill off the financial markets. There are plenty of liberal voters who would do so, but, when they find that they can't buy anything but tortillas and beans, and that they can't get a job, they'll point to somebody else as the cause of their problems. This whole economy is a mobile, TMT. Watch what you shake. -- Ed Huntress- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I guess that is why we are spending $12 billion in Iraq...to spend it "wisely". TMT ============================================ Trouble staying on topic today, TMT? d8-) -- Ed Huntress- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - So you are saying that all the money spent on the Iraq war was money well spent? TMT Mo betta described as a necessary evil... |
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Ed Huntress wrote: Trouble staying on topic today, TMT? d8-) Does he ever stay on topic? -- aioe.org is home to cowards and terrorists Add this line to your news proxy nfilter.dat file * drop Path:*aioe.org!not-for-mail to drop all aioe.org traffic. http://improve-usenet.org/index.html |
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On Mar 18, 8:23*pm, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: Ed Huntress wrote: Trouble staying on topic today, TMT? d8-) * *Does he ever stay on topic? -- aioe.org is home to cowards and terrorists Add this line to your news proxy nfilter.dat file * drop Path:*aioe.org!not-for-mail to drop all aioe.org traffic. http://improve-usenet.org/index.html That is really funny coming from you Mike. When you don't want to answer, you evade the question. Tell me...could you stand an extra $12 billion this month? How about your country? TMT |
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Too_Many_Tools wrote: On Mar 18, 8:23 pm, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: Ed Huntress wrote: Trouble staying on topic today, TMT? d8-) Does he ever stay on topic? -- aioe.org is home to cowards and terrorists Add this line to your news proxy nfilter.dat file * drop Path:*aioe.org!not-for-mail to drop all aioe.org traffic. http://improve-usenet.org/index.html That is really funny coming from you Mike. When you don't want to answer, you evade the question. Tell me...could you stand an extra $12 billion this month? Sure email me, and I'll tell you where to mail the check How about your country? It's a nice country. If you would open your eyes you would see more good than bad. OTOH, everyone here knows that is impossible, because all you do is start off topic threads to stir up trouble. -- aioe.org is home to cowards and terrorists Add this line to your news proxy nfilter.dat file * drop Path:*aioe.org!not-for-mail to drop all aioe.org traffic. http://improve-usenet.org/index.html |
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F. George McDuffee wrote:
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:38:39 -0700 (PDT), Too_Many_Tools wrote: snip I also consider that the Party that allowed this to happen...the Republicans...will pay dearly this November. snip =========== You give the Republicans too much credit. ==The current situation is not a sudden or unexpected event, but the simply the latest in a increasingly catastrophic series of events, apparently premised on the adage "more of the same only better." == Glass-Steagall was repealed in 1999, largely setting up this bubble, on Bill Clinton's watch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass-Steagall_Act True, but it passed a congress with Republican majorities in both houses. Oct.-Nov. 1999 Congress passes Financial Services Modernization Act After 12 attempts in 25 years, Congress finally repeals Glass-Steagall, |
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"Steve Ackman" wrote in message rg... In , on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:29:08 -0400, Ed Huntress, wrote: snip hard to follow quote nests http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#oequotefix should help. Thanks, Steve. I downloaded it and will try it tomorrow. Sorry about the mess. I never worried about it much because I figured that, once the quotes run to three-deep, nobody is reading the damned thing but me and the guy I'm talking with. d8-) -- Ed Huntress |
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Too_Many_Tools wrote:
JPMorgan to buy Bear for $2 a share By JOE BEL BRUNO and MADLEN READ, AP Business Writers Yep. And Thursday it closed at $5.96. Almost tripled my money in just a few days. :) -- Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com |
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Too_Many_Tools wrote:
JPMorgan to buy Bear for $2 a share By JOE BEL BRUNO and MADLEN READ, AP Business Writers Yep. And Thursday it closed at $5.96. Almost doubled my money in just a few days. Wasn't fast enough. :) -- Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com |
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Too_Many_Tools wrote:
One for the record books... The US taxpayer is paying for this one. How do you like being a part owner of a bankrupt bank? I like it a lot. JPMorgan to buy Bear for $2 a share By JOE BEL BRUNO and MADLEN READ, AP Business Writers Right now, March 24, 2008, 2:17 PM ET, Bear Stears (BSC) is at $12.27, up $632, That up a whopping 105.87%! What not to like about doubling your money in a few hours. Hey Gunner, are you paying attention? -- Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com |
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