was 12.50 x 8

tres` True re: Winnie’s point: S-O-L-V-E-N-C-Y. Something that, in effect, we will not recover until we understand that ‘Solvents’ are, as well, a valuable Feedstock..
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/solvents/index.html

re:GOOG, seeing that they’re reporting ~U$D 16/sh., the move from ~725 to ~250 was the EZ part..
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=Goog

going fwd: if We break for Freedom, part of which would entail understanding what these guys:
http://www.icerocket.com/search?tab=blog&fr=h&q=SCROOGLE.ORG , along with EFF y EPIC (not ticker symbols) are talking about..if not, and we keep on our headlong rush toward a Society that looks, ever more, like the PROC’s, low-Triple digit quotes may prove to be the lower-bound. (e.g. 12.50 x
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Winnie ,

Your point was, indeed, a Good one. With that, I am glad that I was able to pick up on it. Though, of course, if there is anything that you wanted to add–to my divination, certainly, please do so..

and, lb,

this: “I am so, with you, on this, Brother. Great company, GOOG, mind you, but, seriously, the P/E must tumble during Bonfire of the Vanities, Part DEUX. This, punctuation, obsession, Mark, can be contagious.

Best, lb.”

is, to the consternation of, too, many, well punctuated. : )

Brilliant. Thanks for this simple point. Citi, AIG, and many many Americans are all BROKE.

I am so, with you, on this, Brother. Great company, GOOG, mind you, but, seriously, the P/E must tumble during Bonfire of the Vanities, Part DEUX. This, punctuation, obsession, Mark, can be contagious.

Best, lb.

The difference this time is, IMHO, that the game is over. Whatever Washington throws at this, it is going to take time to heal. And during that time there will be pain and an inevitable adjustment in standards on all sides. Unless America can start to produce something that the world wants to buy, living standards are going down. This, of course, was always the less pubicised part of globalisation?
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Right now, America is producing something that the whole world wants to buy…. US treasuries and
bonds. So America is still doing something productive after the subprime collapse.

Re above, can I suggest again that a “Quote” facility be introduced like on most boards?

Please read again. I was quoting someone else. I’m with you buddy.

Actually, it’s about $1,000? And they don’t BUY $20 Tshirts, they just make them and generate a 95% margin for Nike, who now can’t sell them to anyone back home because nobody has a job?

If rebalancing is the answer as suggested by another poster then, well, good luck. That’s not what I was suggesting. My point was that there needs to be a pragmatic balance between profit margins and not having a consumer to consume. This is especially so in an economy 65% dependent on consumption?

Yes. Well summarized. Thank you.