Recession? We don' need no steenkeen recession!

[paul_valaru]

And I just thought it was a nasty case of Tourette's syndrome.

Why would tourette's make you laugh?

 

[jimpeel]

you got me. i hate women. and i thought the surgery in denmark would clear all this up.

Just trying to get you to realize how you come across.

maybe pickaxe jim could also dig up all the vulgar references to men i've made. my 50 cent says that list would be far longer. i'm sure i've called al gore "prick," "fuckhead," "weenie" and several other things many times.

"Prick" and "weenie" might be male oriented insults, although I have heard women called "weenie", but "fuckhead" is quite generic.

Actually, you have used "prick" three times in reference to Al Gore and once in reference to John McCain.

"Weenie was used twice generically, once in reference to yourself, once in reference to Mukasey, and once in reference to Murtha. Hardly a list that is "far longer".

in fact, if one were to look at my discursive habits and pick a pattern out of the whole schlamola, the answer would be quite obvious: a preference for potty talk and other forms of vulgarity.

Then you would be the type who stands in the middle of the mall, outside the theaters with women and children gathered about, using vulgar terms. I see and hear your type every time I go there. Somehow they think this is cool.

and, then, there is the factual basis of all this:

• sarah palin IS being propped up as caribou barbie and a BREEDING VESSEL. "oh my and she's HOT" (forgive for not digging up your posts on this jim, i'm just not that obsessive.)
• hillary is a mega bitch. try disputing that. anyone? thought not...

both great stereotypes for little girls to aspire to, huh?

Yes, I said that she is "hot" HERE. Try to find another instance. As I recall, Tonsky agreed with me.

Then there was THIS

 

[jimpeel]

thanks, i do my best to be a potty mouth when at all possible.

hold on... got one here... yeah how about

ballsack

Wasn't he a playwrite?

 

[spike]

It seems The Onion employed some freakin' Prophets in 2001.

Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'

January 17, 2001 | Issue 37•01

WASHINGTON, DC–Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that "our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over."

Enlarge Image nation nightmare

President-elect Bush vows that "together, we can put the triumphs of the recent past behind us."

"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us."

Bush swore to do "everything in [his] power" to undo the damage wrought by Clinton's two terms in office, including selling off the national parks to developers, going into massive debt to develop expensive and impractical weapons technologies, and passing sweeping budget cuts that drive the mentally ill out of hospitals and onto the street.

During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years.

"You better believe we're going to mix it up with somebody at some point during my administration," said Bush, who plans a 250 percent boost in military spending. "Unlike my predecessor, I am fully committed to putting soldiers in battle situations. Otherwise, what is the point of even having a military?"

On the economic side, Bush vowed to bring back economic stagnation by implementing substantial tax cuts, which would lead to a recession, which would necessitate a tax hike, which would lead to a drop in consumer spending, which would lead to layoffs, which would deepen the recession even further.

Wall Street responded strongly to the Bush speech, with the Dow Jones industrial fluctuating wildly before closing at an 18-month low. The NASDAQ composite index, rattled by a gloomy outlook for tech stocks in 2001, also fell sharply, losing 4.4 percent of its total value between 3 p.m. and the closing bell.

Asked for comment about the cooling technology sector, Bush said: "That's hardly my area of expertise."

Turning to the subject of the environment, Bush said he will do whatever it takes to undo the tremendous damage not done by the Clinton Administration to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He assured citizens that he will follow through on his campaign promise to open the 1.5 million acre refuge's coastal plain to oil drilling. As a sign of his commitment to bringing about a change in the environment, he pointed to his choice of Gale Norton for Secretary of the Interior. Norton, Bush noted, has "extensive experience" fighting environmental causes, working as a lobbyist for lead-paint manufacturers and as an attorney for loggers and miners, in addition to suing the EPA to overturn clean-air standards.

Bush had equally high praise for Attorney General nominee John Ashcroft, whom he praised as "a tireless champion in the battle to protect a woman's right to give birth."

"Soon, with John Ashcroft's help, we will move out of the Dark Ages and into a more enlightened time when a woman will be free to think long and hard before trying to fight her way past throngs of protesters blocking her entrance to an abortion clinic," Bush said. "We as a nation can look forward to lots and lots of babies."

nation nightmare jump

Soldiers at Ft. Bragg march lockstep in preparation for America's return to aggression.

Continued Bush: "John Ashcroft will be invaluable in healing the terrible wedge President Clinton drove between church and state."

The speech was met with overwhelming approval from Republican leaders.

"Finally, the horrific misrule of the Democrats has been brought to a close," House Majority Leader Dennis Hastert (R-IL) told reporters. "Under Bush, we can all look forward to military aggression, deregulation of dangerous, greedy industries, and the defunding of vital domestic social-service programs upon which millions depend. Mercifully, we can now say goodbye to the awful nightmare that was Clinton's America."

"For years, I tirelessly preached the message that Clinton must be stopped," conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh said. "And yet, in 1996, the American public failed to heed my urgent warnings, re-electing Clinton despite the fact that the nation was prosperous and at peace under his regime. But now, thank God, that's all done with. Once again, we will enjoy mounting debt, jingoism, nuclear paranoia, mass deficit, and a massive military build-up."

An overwhelming 49.9 percent of Americans responded enthusiastically to the Bush speech.

"After eight years of relatively sane fiscal policy under the Democrats, we have reached a point where, just a few weeks ago, President Clinton said that the national debt could be paid off by as early as 2012," Rahway, NJ, machinist and father of three Bud Crandall said. "That's not the kind of world I want my children to grow up in."

"You have no idea what it's like to be black and enfranchised," said Marlon Hastings, one of thousands of Miami-Dade County residents whose votes were not counted in the 2000 presidential election. "George W. Bush understands the pain of enfranchisement, and ever since Election Day, he has fought tirelessly to make sure it never happens to my people again."

Bush concluded his speech on a note of healing and redemption.

"We as a people must stand united, banding together to tear this nation in two," Bush said. "Much work lies ahead of us: The gap between the rich and the poor may be wide, be there's much more widening left to do. We must squander our nation's hard-won budget surplus on tax breaks for the wealthiest 15 percent. And, on the foreign front, we must find an enemy and defeat it."

"The insanity is over," Bush said. "After a long, dark night of peace and stability, the sun is finally rising again over America. We look forward to a bright new dawn not seen since the glory days of my dad."

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784

Creepy.

 

[2minkey]

Just trying to get you to realize how you come across.

great. thanks. i'll take it under advisement.

and, um, jimmy, the archives only seem to go back 500 posts or so. that would seem to deprive me of a lot of the excretory insults i've hurled at dubya over th pastfew years. and, come to think of it, other than hillary and much more recently palin, there's hardly been many women that i've found all that objectionable. though i would be surprised if at some point i hadn't referred to paris hilton and/or pam anderson as some kinda skank-whore.

maybe you can figure out a way to troll, er, review all the other 3000 or so posts i've made?

 

[jimpeel]

great. thanks. i'll take it under advisement.

'nuf said. That works for me.

and, um, jimmy, the archives only seem to go back 500 posts or so. that would seem to deprive me of a lot of the excretory insults i've hurled at dubya over th pastfew years. and, come to think of it, other than hillary and much more recently palin, there's hardly been many women that i've found all that objectionable. though i would be surprised if at some point i hadn't referred to paris hilton and/or pam anderson as some kinda skank-whore.

maybe you can figure out a way to troll, er, review all the other 3000 or so posts i've made?

Of course there are more *.* posts beyond 6/09/07 that we just cannot see; but nine out of 500 (.018%) is not a list that is "far longer" than the nine specific searches I listed going back to 4/01/06. The limit on the number of HITS is 500 but I believe the searches go back to the beginning of the forums.

 

[Cerise]

Why would tourette's make you laugh?

It didn't---I just knew there was some reason for the sexual slurs.

Well OK. Actually, if you must know, the balls reference made me think of Butter's chin and the one where Cartman claimed he had Tourette's. Happy?

 

[Cerise]

 

[MrBishop]

Washington Mutual (largest Savings and Loan) goes bankrult and bought up in quick succession

 

[A.B.Normal]

Washington Mutual (largest Savings and Loan) goes bankrult and bought up in quick succession

Wish I was the CEO

 

[MrBishop]

SOme inside look at how the negotiations are going.

“If money isn’t loosened up, this sucker could go down,” President Bush declared Thursday as he watched the $700 billion bailout package fall apart before his eyes, according to one person in the room.

“I didn’t know I was going to be the referee for an internal G.O.P. ideological civil war,” Mr. Frank said, according to The A.P.Thursday, in the Roosevelt Room after the session, the Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., literally bent down on one knee as he pleaded with Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker, not to “blow it up” by withdrawing her party’s support for the package over what Ms. Pelosi derided as a Republican betrayal.
“I didn’t know you were Catholic,” Ms. Pelosi said, a wry reference to Mr. Paulson’s kneeling, according to someone who observed the exchange. She went on: “It’s not me blowing this up, it’s the Republicans.”
Mr. Paulson sighed. “I know. I know.”

Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut and chairman of the Senate banking committee, denounced the session as “a rescue plan for John McCain,” and proclaimed it a waste of precious hours that could have been spent negotiating.

“You can have all the meetings you want,” this Republican said, referring to the White House session with Mr. Bush, the presidential candidates and Congressional leaders, still hours away. “It comes to the floor and the votes aren’t there. It won’t pass.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/business/26bailout.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&hp

 

[Gonz]

Obama failed his first leadership role.

 

[catocom]

both have, if they don't vote on this big bill.

 

[MrBishop]

Neither have more to give than their one vote.
Neither should be sticking their noses in the council's deliberations.

All it does is slow down a process which is time-sensitive...and HAS to be done right the first time.

 

[MrBishop]

Tick tock..time's tickin'

DJIA -4.77%
NASDAQ -6.39%
S&P -6.13%

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks skidded Monday afternoon, with the Dow tumbling as much as 705 points, on worries that the House might not approve the government's $700 billion bank bailout plan.
Stocks had already tumbled in the morning on worries that the plan wouldn't be sufficient to restore liquidity to nearly frozen credit markets.
The frozen markets mean banks are hoarding cash, making it difficult for businesses and individuals to get much-needed loans. (Full story)

 

[chcr]

19 votes short at the moment.

 

[MrBishop]

DJIA -6.6%
NASDAQ -9.14%
S&P -8.14%

 

[catocom]

market above 10k, hey we're doing good.

Oil dropping like a rock...

10394.92-748.21 / -6.71% Sep 29
it's history making for sure.

nah, there'll be 1-2 more days adjustment.
The congress will come up with something to protect people's savings.
Personally IMO the 401k people should be able to at least get out what they paid in themselves...

There are many things, and I have confidence that the better minds will pull this together.
jsc

 

[MrBishop]

<coff><coff> - Toronto's not doing so hot either. Down almost as bad as the DJIA

 

[catocom]

Bob, Bob, Bob....