Made me wishing for more Dido. Or PJ Harvey, who I just read has a great new album out.

As far as which economists (blogging or otherwise) are credible, ask yourself, “How many of them predicted this Depression?” I think it’s somewhere like 0.00001%. That’s all ye need to know.

I think the “throwing popcorn at the screen” comment has much merit, but from a different perspective. When the TARP was initially put before Congress, calls to our Reps were up to 300:1 against from their constituents. Despite that, Congress passed the TARP, and less than 2 months later most of the incumbents were voted back into office. This just tells me the American people don’t care enough about what the Government does. And if anything has been made abundantly clear through this economic crisis, it’s that our Government is in the back pocket of Wall Street, and will do almost anything they say needs done, even if it destroys the rest of the country.

Without a radical change to the 2 party system, and the corporate favoritism it foments through their lobbyists and large campaign contributions, the average American will have no voice. Our republic has been corrupted, and until the voters get off their couches and do something about, it will continue to be corrupt. We’ve seen massive fraud through fraudulent loans, and our government regulators have done little to stop it, or prosecute those involved. We have thus far seen no action from them to stop the systemic risk. Too big to fail should be too big to exist, but nothing has been done to break up the large financial institutions into smaller entities. All the Governemnt does is keep throwing money at Wall Street.

use GOOG, much?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JFK+Jr.+Mena&aq=f&oq=
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389×2806116

this is flippin’ G*rbage that you’re using to base your point on?

Edited on Fri Feb-01-08 10:20 PM by RedEarth
On the January 31 broadcast of The Savage Nation, host Michael Savage asserted, “Look, Obama’s not getting the nomination. If he does, I wouldn’t — well, let me just stop right there. Think John F. Kennedy Jr. and the Hyannis — and the airplane. Think the Mena airport.”

http://mediam atters.o rg/items/200802010010?f=h_latest

How in the world does someone get away with this crap?
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that poster’s Question, is fitting, in more ways than one..

you should remember that ‘echo-chambers’ are bad for your vision..

Thanks all,

Economics 101

Seriously, this is like someone saying that only text printed on linotype can be “trusted.” And all that stuff on “post script” and “pagemaker” is the hand of the devil.

I await our Betamax future, Franklin …

Just tell me which Salvation Army is selling the player.

I’m going to repost this as I view it as important. Furthermore, I noticed that a blogger in here was wondering how a market could be going up and ignoring a “depression”. You might find your answer here………(look at the date of the post).

Economics 101 Says:

March 16th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Hello all,

It has been some time since my last post. Well, let us get on with it. First off…..GP it is not very nice to call people names. I enjoy that you are a bull. It is good to have many different views of the world (System). Right now, I am also bullish. I mean why not? Mark-to-Model sounds great to me (Or we can just call it “I will price my assets as I like and you give me money”…. I’ll gladly take the money. This methodology does have the ability to bring the market back along with some other shams. However, the real question is for how long? In fact, the system is and has always been a game….. no matter what type of system is being used. What matters is ones ability to understand the game and exploit opportunities faster and better than the next player. Up or down does not matter…… as long as we understand which way it will go and why. I suggest reading up on Developement Economics, WTO, IMF, Washington Consensus, International Economics, Middle Eastern History, Monetary Policy History of the U.S. (The Fed etc..), Accounting (FASB, SEC, Emerging Issues Task Force, etc..), Finance (Net Capital Rule, Leverage, etc..), and most importantly, Political Economy (Adam Smith, and the rest (Too many to list). I am no tight ass my friend…..I just know my stuff.

Thanks all,

Economics 101
(Still a student at a public school (University). Business Finance (Major), International Economics (Minor), Political Economy (Minor), Middle Eastern Studies (Upper Cluster),…..but of course I have read many of the works from fancy schools like Harvard, Yale, Cambridge, Chicago, etc..)