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To: Bill who wrote (136997)9/16/2008 12:56:49 PM
From: Land Shark  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 173976
 
ROTFLMAO! Funniest thing I've ever read! You guys are pathetic. Just wait until the unemployment nos. start rocketing. Denial, it's not a river in Africa.



To: Bill who wrote (136997)9/16/2008 2:35:45 PM
From: Kevin Rose  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 173976
 
Sounds like Bush's 'adjustments' line.

The economic growth of the last eight years has been fueled by the housing bubble. Now just as a market segment, but as a means for consumers to stimulate the economy. Problem is, that money is now gone - it was phoney to begin with - and it is time to pay the piper.

Anyone who says that these are 'normal market adjustments' is at odds with the architect of this mess - Greenspan, who said this was the worst financial crisis since the Depression...



To: Bill who wrote (136997)9/16/2008 2:40:01 PM
From: Kevin Rose  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 173976
 
Here are today's top stories on Yahoo Financials:

Goldman posts worst quarter since going public

Stocks Volatile Amid Report of Government Aid for AIG

Dell sees further signs of weak tech spending

Oil plunges to $92 in Asia on US credit fears

Barclays confirms interest in Lehman Bros. assets

Fed may cut interest rates again after all

Fed pumps $70B into nation's financial system

Merrill Faces 'Calamity' If Deal with 'Fragile' Bank of America Collapses


Hmmm, and these are just TODAYS stories - each of which would have been a HUGE story in a normal economy. Now, each is just a drop in the deluge.