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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:38 AM Original message |
Will the DUers looking forward to the crash tell me what's good about it? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Do you refer to the economic crash? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Correct. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. for cynical reasons, or not |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:55 AM Original message |
Kill the beast or else... |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
71. Do you plan to retire? Do you have parents or grandparents who |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. There's nothing cynical about wanting change. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I would |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Jumping for fear of the flames is a horror and a tragedy . |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Poverty or death |
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I_Make_Mistakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Can't jump from most windows in lower Manhattan anymore, |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Not surprising... |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Somehow I don't think that person believes |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Saw that. Before you guys really got into it, it so bummed me out |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. Good thoughts to you, Ladyhawk. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. LOL...normally that's just what I'd do. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I warm 'em up every day with Karaoke Revolution. |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
58. Of course the uber wealthy will get lynched the minute the rest of the |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. Soylent Green is People! nt |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. lol |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 02:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
59. I'm an old gal, but have never forgotten Soylent Green. n/t |
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Tace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's Odd That Warning Of A Crash Can Be Perceived As Wanting A Crash |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. This planet cannot sustain the current rate of population growth.. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 02:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
72. cannot sustain the current rate of hoarding of wealth |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I'm with you. Don't want a crash, in fact, it scares me that it is |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Good point |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. Absolutely nothing good will come of a crash... |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Humanity often shows its greatest qualities in the face of adversity. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. And how the partnered/married/whatever will react. |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. Are you implying that married/partnered people care less about this? |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. exactly, and how ironic that their own hubris will bring down giants |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 05:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
74. But look what happened in New Orleans. The "innocents" will suffer |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. There are people who actually would rather be right |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. What? |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 08:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
61. If you say you want to see the system collapse |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. A fan of the the New Deal? |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 08:39 AM Original message |
I won't argue capitalism with you |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 05:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
75. Exactly. The poorest will suffer the most. |
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oneold1-4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Lets ask those who are there already! |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. The world is too integrated for America to crash. Could be the stock |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. what crash...? |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. 30 year Bear market more likely. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
22. Hell yeah, as Paul Simon sang "God bless our standard of living... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. The bosses that run the world economy don't give a rip what we think. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. I have been told that many people would benefit from a crash |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. I was born in 1925 and grew up during the depression. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #37 |
67. Having grown up with parents who lived through depression I worry we've |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 12:56 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Frugality is looked on as being out of touch which is sad. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Depression was horrible for everyone. That will not happen. There |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 12:57 AM Response to Reply #38 |
57. Depression wasn't horrible for everyone |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 08:42 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. My dad's family lived through the Depression |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Sorry. It was horrible for anyone who was an adult. The suffering was |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. There Are DU'ers Looking Forward To The Crash? How Fucking Stupid. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Define economy. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
52. your economy only thrives |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 05:42 AM Response to Reply #52 |
76. And what is your background, Djinn? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 02:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
73. except that no evidence to that effect is presented. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. Can't say I "cheer" such a thing. However, it really does impact,... |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. Well there are different ways of looking at it |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
34. crash will help dump the republicans if it comes in time.... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
35. Who have you seen here on DU Promoting a Market Crash as Good? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Nobody consistently. Not many either. |
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Wrinkle_In_Time (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. That's a very weak basis for your OP |
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starstuff (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
39. gotta link? |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 05:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. welcome to DU! |
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wizdum (531 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. Just because some of us KNOW that the system is going to crash... |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
43. Most low level investors are just suckers . |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
44. I don't look forward to it |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Be prepared, that's all I'm sayin'. Agreed -it's inevitable. n/t |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. It's a little like riding the school bus... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. Ever heard of "creative destruction".. |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
50. My life long dream of living life like "The Road Warrior" will come true. |
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MikeNY (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
55. The Bush appointed Treasury Secretary is for a weak dollar |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
60. U assume millions, if not billions, are not dying already from status quo |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
62. Yeah, I love losing money...have you checked your IRAs recently? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. The worst of the bad stock market years are now behind us. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
64. A repeat of the Great Depression is neither likely nor probable. |
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draft (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
66. i don't look forward to it - it means our corporate masters will have to |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
70. I read alot of DU. |
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