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 Sep 30 2008, 12:35 PM
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 Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4  |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Sep 30 2008, 09:16 AM)  Nah. I like Impala and have had some good discussions with him. We don't agree most of the time, but at least he keeps things feisty around here. He brings up some good points, though I think the lack of new members is due to a lack of advertising rather than intimidation by the current member base. Whatever happened to getting some Facebook ads up? Would like to know this as well. -------------------- |
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Sep 30 2008, 06:14 PM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Oct 1 2008, 07:35 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 20 |
well, it just passed.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081001/financial_meltdown.html QUOTE After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition softened.
Senators loaded the economic rescue bill with tax breaks and other sweeteners before passing it by a wide margin, 74-25, a month before the presidential and congressional elections. In the House, leaders were working feverishly to convert enough opponents of the bill to push it through by Friday, just days after lawmakers there stunningly rejected an earlier version and sent markets plunging around the globe. -------------------- Beers that I have had, updated July 5th, 2009: 1,548
My Beer List "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel" - Samuel Johnson "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ" - Mahatma Gandhi |
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Oct 1 2008, 07:39 PM
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Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
Hopefully the members of the house will do the right thing again and vote against this measure.
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
-Philip K. Dick |
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Oct 1 2008, 07:59 PM
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 START THE REACTOR! Group: Members Posts: 874 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 52 |
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Oct 1 2008, 08:06 PM
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QUOTE (The Fanatic @ Oct 1 2008, 08:39 PM) Hopefully the members of the house will do the right thing again and vote against this measure. Generally, allowing your financial system to collapse is a bad idea. --------------------  QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Nov 16 2007, 09:22 PM) |
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Oct 1 2008, 08:32 PM
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QUOTE (Billy @ Oct 1 2008, 09:06 PM) Generally, allowing your financial system to collapse is a bad idea. japan had a bailout and their economy suffered for decades russia didn't allow a bailout and now they have one of the strongest world economies it helps to study history so you don't repeat the same mistakes, obviously no one in the senate has |
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Oct 1 2008, 09:14 PM
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Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
QUOTE (Billy @ Oct 1 2008, 09:06 PM) Generally, allowing your financial system to collapse is a bad idea. Generally writing henry Paulson a blank check for money Americans don't have is a bad idea. Throwing money at a broken system does not solve the problem, it only prolongs and delays the inevitable collapse. This post has been edited by The Fanatic: Oct 1 2008, 09:17 PM -------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
-Philip K. Dick |
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Oct 1 2008, 09:36 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 20 |
QUOTE (Watchman @ Oct 1 2008, 08:32 PM) japan had a bailout and their economy suffered for decades russia didn't allow a bailout and now they have one of the strongest world economies it helps to study history so you don't repeat the same mistakes, obviously no one in the senate has Japan's economic meltdown took a decade to correct, but they didn't do anything until their financial system and the whole economy was in smoking ruins. This bill would be stepping in before something like this may happen(it still could suffer a total meltdown), but yes, it did take two decades to dig themselves out, but look at them now, Japan has one of the highest per capita savings rates in the world. -------------------- Beers that I have had, updated July 5th, 2009: 1,548
My Beer List "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel" - Samuel Johnson "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ" - Mahatma Gandhi |
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Oct 1 2008, 09:58 PM
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We need to hurry up and kick this next world war off...
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Oct 1 2008, 10:09 PM
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Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
Last time it ended the depression...
this time it will end civilization 
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
-Philip K. Dick |
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Oct 2 2008, 12:21 AM
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QUOTE (The Fanatic @ Oct 1 2008, 11:09 PM) Last time it ended the depression... this time it will end civilization Civilization but not humanity... we're like cockroaches. -------------------- |
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Oct 2 2008, 01:10 AM
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Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
Source: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/09/you_a..._to_choose.html
QUOTE Has anyone done any reporting on how the collapse of Wall Street has affected the city's cocaine market? Report By DaveHuge on 09/29/2008 at 2:49pm QUOTE Cocaine prices have decoupled from general commodity markets and the security continues to maintain a strong credit rating from the street, as demand has continued to be strong
Report By ComfortablySmug on 09/29/2008 at 2:52pm This post has been edited by The Fanatic: Oct 2 2008, 01:11 AM -------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
-Philip K. Dick |
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Oct 2 2008, 02:08 AM
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 GORILLA FLUFFER  Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE (THECHICKEN @ Oct 2 2008, 01:21 AM) Civilization but not humanity... we're like cockroaches. I'M LOCKED AND LOADED, LETS DO THIS! --------------------  QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM) but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Oct 2 2008, 05:14 AM
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I was raised on the dairy, BITCH! Group: Members Posts: 3,080 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Cedar Park Member No.: 49 |
yes ww3 is now inevitable...
-------------------- "Ah, y'know it's funny, these people they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good. They wake up the next day and they're on fire."
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