Re: Underwater mortgages and the economy

2010-11-04 Thread Charlie Bell
On 04/11/2010, at 8:32 AM, Dan Minette wrote: It is quite possible that we falter over the next two years, sliding back into depression. One of the most depressing figures is that the average GDP growth rate for the last 30 years will result in unemployment increasing, since we need

Re: Underwater mortgages and the economy

2010-11-04 Thread Charlie Bell
On 04/11/2010, at 2:15 PM, Dan Minette wrote: Sure, if they invaded Europe in '79 and Carter wasn't willing to start Armageddon. But, the military was a drain on their GDP, rising to 45% of it at the end. ...and judging by GDP figures, the USA is still fighting the Cold War. Charlie.

RE: Underwater mortgages and the economy

2010-11-04 Thread Pat Mathews
I'm trying to imagine us as being in shape for any large enterprises in 1979, and I was there and 40 years old at the time. Everything we'd started either in the lush postwar years or in the wake of the Fourth Great Awakening had fizzled out, the young people were moving into middle age, the

Comet Hartley 2 close-up

2010-11-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
From this morning's fly-by: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/495296main_epoxi-1-full_full.jpg http://tinyurl.com/2bkv3jv ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

RE: Underwater mortgages and the economy

2010-11-04 Thread Dan Minette
Charlie wrote: ...and judging by GDP figures, the USA is still fighting the Cold War. Hmmm, I looked it up, and military outlays under GWB as a % of GDP were less than they were under Carter, around 4% or a bit less. vs. Carter's 5%+. And he said that the US was going to have to increase

Re: Comet Hartley 2 close-up

2010-11-04 Thread Wayne Eddy
How much better Armageddon would have been if they tried to blow up something that actually looked a bit like a comet. On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote: From this morning's fly-by:

Re: Underwater mortgages and the economy

2010-11-04 Thread Charlie Bell
On 05/11/2010, at 5:32 AM, Dan Minette wrote: Charlie wrote: ...and judging by GDP figures, the USA is still fighting the Cold War. Hmmm, I looked it up, and military outlays under GWB as a % of GDP were less than they were under Carter, around 4% or a bit less. vs. Carter's 5%+. And