United States Heading towards a Depression?

Discussion in 'Politics & Religion' started by decoyjames, Dec 27, 2007.

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  1. bogart

    bogart Notable Member

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    #1381
    The California Q1 default notices are unbelievable.

    So more Schumer politics. He was bitching about the price of gas in New York hitting a $1.50 a few years back. Schumer gave up on that one.

    Prices should fall substanially after the 2008 presidental election in November.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080423/ap_on_bi_ge/economy;_ylt=AvRe0fe_g4SO4nDh.M1MT_6yBhIF
     
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    #1382
    Schumer is great at grandstanding. However, his votes have caused this crisis. And now, he wants more government power to fix it.

    Must be nice to get a carte blanche to f**k up and then more power and prestige to fix your f**k ups. Explains how Bush lasted two terms, and now people want to elect McCain so that someone continues to manage a bad war, rather than doing the right thing, and ending it.
     
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    smatts9 Active Member

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    #1383
    Ambac (ABK) reported a -$6.93 EPS, hahahaha, have fun at $0 you criminals.
     
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  4. Lexiseek

    Lexiseek Banned

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    #1384
    Your posts have degraded to the point of being caricatures of what you intend. You manage to mention George Bush in every post you make, no matter how irrelevant to the discussion at hand it might be. Obsess much?
     
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  5. guerilla

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    #1385
    Guerilla Total Post Count = 6,467

    Guerilla posts with "GWB" = 63

    Guerilla posts with "George" = 85

    Guerilla posts with "Bush" = 354

    Guerilla posts with "george bush" = 390

    So even if we add them all up, and there is overlap, that's 892 out of nearly 6,500 posts. Not even 14%.

    Now in school, I learned that "every post you make" should be 100%, not 14%.

    But let's just look at the last month. I have 754 posts. 129 mentions of the above 4 search terms, again probably some overlap between "george", "bush" and "george bush".

    17.1%.

    Still well shy of 100%.

    Your post should have read, for the sake of accuracy,

     
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    #1386
    LMAO!!! Very funny!
     
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  7. Lexiseek

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    #1387
    Excellent. Even at 17%, that means the average DP reader has an almost one in 5 chance of reading a post where you inject an opinion concerning George Bush. :D

    Still quite a bit considering this 1) A politics and religion forum and 2) there's an international audience here.
     
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    guerilla Notable Member

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    #1388
    Actually, 1in 5 is 20%. There is actually a smaller chance of reading a post where I MENTION GWB. And that's not even accounting for the overlap in the search results.

    It would really be a lot on a mountain biking forum.
     
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  9. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    #1389
    Not all the posts contain a direct mention of Bush, that is why the percentages are skewed. You need to also include the posts that either elude to or imply...

    Overall, 17 posts/day does seem like a heck of a lot for any one forum... Of course it's nothing compared to the 17 posts/second AC makes on his own spammy forum.
     
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    guerilla Notable Member

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    #1390
    But then you would have to subtract the ones were there was overlap from my searches, such as a search for bush, and a search for george, and a search for george+bush.

    I believe GTech runs around 13 or 14 posts per day. And that's over several years. I doubt I will be much interested in politics once the race is over.
     
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  11. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    #1391
    Seems Wade is almost as popular as that there Fox News.. Seems when in doubt, shift blame to Fox or Gtech..

    Classic...

    It really does not look like you have much interest in politics now, so what would be the difference? You seem more interested in globing onto the notion that the world is going to come to an end if the USA is allowed to prosper....
     
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    #1392
    I'm not shifting blame, merely pointing out that if you want to use my average daily posts against me, the same argument can be used against GTech.

    While it's a classic tactic for you to make false claims, it is tiresome and ineffective. Maybe try for some new skills?

    It doesn't seem you have been reading or comprehending my posts.

    I want the USA to prosper. I'd like to see it be the wealthiest, freest and friendliest nation on the planet. Reagan's "Shining City on the Hill".

    But war, terror cover-ups, divisive politics, debt and gestapo tactics are not the way to do it.

    I think we can all agree that we need a sound monetary system, low or no taxes, reduced government spending and waste, an end to the entitlement state, more individual freedom, less regulation on small business, and transparency/honesty from government.

    Care to disagree with any of that?
     
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  13. Lexiseek

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    #1393
    The Forum Posters Union? LOL. Great website.

    You aren't telling me that Guerilla is AC, are you? I knew "Guru-SEO" was, but the new revelation comes as a bit of a surprise.
     
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    #1394
    Oh god, I don't have half the lunacy of AC.
     
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    #1395
    I can't argue that point.

    I can also tell you're younger than him. You still have your life ahead of you. He has nothing but broken dreams and an empty crack pipe to look forward to :)
     
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    #1396
    Newsflash: MBIA and Ambac have been upgraded to "godly". No need to panic, snort coke and buy stocks.
     
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    #1397
    I don't think he smokes crack, just weed. You know the stuff that doesn't affect the brain at all....

    I knew way too many people in Santa Cruz (the pot capitol of the USA) that thought weed didn't affect them at all... most are probably now on welfare or ssi, living in mom's house.
     
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    #1398
    So the bond insurers are broke, the banks have no reserves, commodities are reaching new highs daily, the dollar is reaching new lows. Oh, and there might not be enough rice.

    But thank God its not a recession.
     
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    #1400
    Yes, doom and gloom abound, yet I still keep getting offers for re-fi's loans, credit cards.. So much for that philosophy.
     
    Mia, Apr 23, 2008 IP
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