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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (83057)8/12/2008 6:50:18 PM
From: Riskmgmt  Respond to of 116555
 
And that sums up the whole subject of politics and politicians.

" America has the best politicians money can buy." Will Rogers , ...



To: Broken_Clock who wrote (83057)8/12/2008 7:14:36 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 116555
 
?

Some men and women have a desire to help people. That trait is what made the human species so succesful. The ability to work together and share.

Our ancestors hunted together and shared the kill with the tribe. Males would quickly sacrifice themselves to save the tribe from lions or other tribes.

The human species has heroic traits as well as venel traits.

The secret is knowing who has which-lol.

Americans suck at knowing the difference-lol. Except after 30 or 50 years like with Kennedy and Lincoln.



To: Broken_Clock who wrote (83057)8/12/2008 10:05:12 PM
From: mishedlo  Respond to of 116555
 
$500 billion down and $1.5 trillion to go
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
Bloomberg is reporting Banks' Subprime Losses Top $500 Billion on Writedowns. Bloomberg (and others) keep referring to this as if it was a "subprime" problem. The reality is this was an unsustainable worldwide credit boom of epic proportion.
Mish