Does Anyone feel like Bailing

[ZenGum]

Weeeellll, back in the, in the, uhh, depression, we called it then, not like the depression you get today which is just some kid with no guts in a sulky mood wantin' medicine for free, good for nothing freeloaders, anyway, we knew that we were all just pawns bein' moved about on some giant chessboard, ya see, it was all run by the foreign banks that were run by certain groups which we ain't supposed to say nowadays, and there was an international conspiracy and stuff, and you didn't know who was who or what was what, except that you knew if someone was wearin' pants then they was a man, not like nowadays, and I tell you, the DOW was minus ten thousand, and then it went further down, I remember one time it was minus twelve thousand or so, no twelve million it was, yes thats right, twelve thousand, and all I had to eat for a week was an onion (which I had tied to my belt)...

[kerosene]

Some of this feels a bit familiar.

[glatt]

McCain was around for that one too. And was not one of the good guys.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by case

Some of this feels a bit familiar.

thats exactly what I was thinking - and how was that treated thru the media? Boy it sure seems different this time - no?

[tw]

What a week. Somali pirates have captured a Ukraninian ship carrying ammunition and tanks to Kenya, stayed inside Somalia's 12 mile limit, keeping the US Navy (and soon, the Russian Navy) at bay.

Tourists and their Egyptian guides were kidnapped and taken for a 10 day ride into Chad. European commandos raided and rescued the prisoners.

Hubble Space Telescope suffered a nearly catastrophic failure causing a 14 Oct rescue mission to be (temporarily) canceled.

The Cern supercollider suffered a failure during testing - but no black holes.

N Korea, in exasperation with international cooperation, has driven out international inspectors and said they are restarting the plutonium reactor.

Thousands of people are still unaccounted for in Galveston.

Instead, we ignore all this to worry about silly money games and Congressman who cannot take their vacation. Some people were so concerned as to even listen to George Jr speeches every morning. What is this world coming to? Winter.

Fear not. It is no longer a bail out. Now it is a rescue plan. I'll take winter over spin anyday.

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by tw

... N Korea, in exasperation with international cooperation, has driven out international inspectors and said they are restarting the plutonium reactor.

Yabbut, did you know the average N. Korean is three inches shorter than the average South Korean? It's true! Not everything is bad news! Cheer up! Wall Street, the "market", all that stuff is made up anyway.

[dar512]

Please take your bailout

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Weeeellll, back in the, in the, uhh, depression, we called it then, not like the depression you get today which is just some kid with no guts in a sulky mood wantin' medicine for free, good for nothing freeloaders, anyway, we knew that we were all just pawns bein' moved about on some giant chessboard, ya see, it was all run by the foreign banks that were run by certain groups which we ain't supposed to say nowadays, and there was an international conspiracy and stuff, and you didn't know who was who or what was what, except that you knew if someone was wearin' pants then they was a man, not like nowadays, and I tell you, the DOW was minus ten thousand, and then it went further down, I remember one time it was minus twelve thousand or so, no twelve million it was, yes thats right, twelve thousand, and all I had to eat for a week was an onion (which I had tied to my belt)...

Grandpa Simpson! You're home!

[Flint]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

...and all I had to eat for a week was an onion (which I had tied to my belt)...

I miss the old onion-belt days. [/SteveBsjb]

[jinx]

Someone on some news showed summed it up very well today I thought, "We're privatizing profit and nationalizing debt".

It sucks.

[ZenGum]

Seriously, folks, building a stockpile of long life food right now might not be a bad idea.

Most cities have only a few days worth of food in them, thanks to the brilliance of "just in time" inventory. Our economy is so interdependent that if one thing seizes up - say, fuel supplies - everything else will jam up behind it very quickly. Coal supply goes down - no electricity. Fuel pumps don't work - refinery doesn't work - transport becomes very hard to arrange - food becomes scarce... etc.
It could take a few weeks before things start trickling through again.

Most disaster agencies recommend everyone have at least one week worth of essentials on standby. Food, water, and don't forget the toilet paper *.

I am NOT forecasting the end of civilisation as we know it. Maybe nothing like the above will happen. But I reckon that for the next 1 or 2 years, there is a higher than usual chance of things going a bit haywire.

* and ammo, for those that require.
* and tinfoil hats.

[Trilby]

2012. That's what the Mayans said and I've never known a Mayan (to be wrong)...wait. Does this mean I can drink now?

[xoxoxoBruce]

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[ZenGum]

at the fact that they took two tries to spell "fuckers".

[Kitsune]