Re: Platform Change!

2008-09-25 Thread Judah McAuley
If we were restricting the government to buying real assets, I might be inclined to go along. From what I've read, current mortgage values nation wide come in around 11 trillion dollars. A little over 1% are currently in default, they figure that up to 2% might be in default by the end of this year

Re: Bruce Sorge, please reply

2008-09-25 Thread Beth In Alaska
Adam, you are a very sweet guy. Can I paypal you some $$, since I'll never get anythign together myself and I'd love to be a part of such a great project? - Original Message - From: "Adam Churvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "cf-community" Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 5:20 PM Subject:

Re: Bruce Sorge, please reply

2008-09-25 Thread Jerry Johnson
yep. i have a box started with wipes (baby wipe boxes, one lysol wipe "can", big box of foil packs), dvds, magazines, fiction paperbacks, rubber bands and zip ties, 5 $10 calling cards, ziplock freezer bags, and sharpies. any changes i would love to hear about (I've sent similar packs through the

Re: Platform Change!

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
Yeah, I'm not convinced about that part of the plan. Here is a good analysis of the problem: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092503070.html I like the idea of buying assets at fire sale prices and then forcing the banks to limit dividends to preserve capital.

RE: Bruce Sorge, please reply

2008-09-25 Thread Adam Churvis
Very kind of you, my friend, but it's all taken care of. Why don't we just wait until Bruce gives us feedback on what he likes best and least, then someone else send him his next care package containing a more refined collection of what he likes best, plus maybe a couple of extra new things you th

Re: Bruce Sorge, please reply

2008-09-25 Thread Tony
adam, are you taking donations towards that ? if so, gimme ur paypal info. -- tony Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bruce, > > > > I forgot to copy your email add

Bruce Sorge, please reply

2008-09-25 Thread Adam Churvis
Bruce, I forgot to copy your email address before I purged old email today, so I'm posting this to the list. I need to know if there are any size or weight restrictions (or number of packages) on the care packages you receive. I saw some mentions in various soldier-family-related forum pos

Re: The Paulson plan is dead, apparently

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
Ding! On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Cameron wrote: > More like become a specialist in whatever SOX compliance equivilant > comes of this... It's gonna be a whole new industry... > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the m

Re: The Paulson plan is dead, apparently

2008-09-25 Thread Cameron Childress
More like become a specialist in whatever SOX compliance equivilant comes of this... It's gonna be a whole new industry... On Sep 25, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah you can try and get contracts with all the new regulatory > agencies > this is sure to spawn. > > Ro

Re: The Paulson plan is dead, apparently

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
lol, there is plenty of opportunity in the private sector On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Loathe wrote: > Yeah you can try and get contracts with all the new regulatory agencies > this is sure to spawn. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8

Re: The Paulson plan is dead, apparently

2008-09-25 Thread Loathe
Yeah you can try and get contracts with all the new regulatory agencies this is sure to spawn. Robert Munn wrote: > Hell of an opportunity if you can ride out the storm that's coming. > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Cameron wrote: > >> Great time to start a company eh? >> > > > ~~

Re: The Paulson plan is dead, apparently

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
Hell of an opportunity if you can ride out the storm that's coming. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Cameron wrote: > Great time to start a company eh? > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic re

Re: The Paulson plan is dead, apparently

2008-09-25 Thread Cameron Childress
Great time to start a company eh? On Sep 25, 2008, at 7:57 PM, "Robert Munn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you say 15% unemployment? > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Dana wrote: > >> yeah that is what I just heard on all things considered also. And >> fuck >> the markets is what I say. C

Re: The Paulson plan is dead, apparently

2008-09-25 Thread Loathe
Shit happens. Maybe people will stop asking for insane wages, maybe it will break the unions in the U.S., maybe it will convince us not to send so many jobs overseas, maybe we will open back up some factories at home to save on shipping costs. Robert Munn wrote: > Can you say 15% unemployment?

Re: The Paulson plan is dead, apparently

2008-09-25 Thread Cameron Childress
Geez - I took some cash outta my ira to use for a downpay about a month ago. I could drop that back into the market right about tomorrow... On Sep 25, 2008, at 7:51 PM, "Robert Munn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just heard reports saying that the meeting at the White House was a > complete

Re: Platform Change!

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
Reagan was a pragmatic guy. I think he would have understood that we are on the edge of a cliff and if we fall off there is going to be severe, long-lasting pain all around the country. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Loathe wrote: > When the government becomes involved it's a bail out of an in

Re: The Paulson plan is dead, apparently

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
Can you say 15% unemployment? On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Dana wrote: > yeah that is what I just heard on all things considered also. And fuck > the markets is what I say. Can you say shakeout? ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 soft

Re: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
I don't have the numbers; the numbers don't exist. The "plan" is a three-page document. I base my statement on Bernanke's statement to Congress the day before yesterday. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Show me the math. You can't because you are wrong abou

Re: Platform Change!

2008-09-25 Thread Loathe
When the government becomes involved it's a bail out of an industry man, come on, christ you're a republican man. What would Regan do? Robert Munn wrote: > This is not a bailout. It is what is known in finance circles as vulture > capitalism. You buy up distressed assets at a steep discount, wai

Re: The Paulson plan is dead, apparently

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
yeah that is what I just heard on all things considered also. And fuck the markets is what I say. Can you say shakeout? On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just heard reports saying that the meeting at the White House was a > complete disaster and there is n

Re: Platform Change!

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
yeah except they are not going to pay market value for the assets. They are going to pay more, on purpose. It is to weep :) Seriously. Check it out. Dana On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is not a bailout. It is what is known in finance circles as vul

The Paulson plan is dead, apparently

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
I just heard reports saying that the meeting at the White House was a complete disaster and there is no consensus on any plan. Hold on to your hats, there is going to be hell to pay tomorrow morning when the markets open. ~| Adob

Re: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
Show me the math. You can't because you are wrong about the basic math behind the plan. The only gain for firms that take up this plan is that they get to stay in business. They are going to lose their shirts on this deal- having to sell assets at ten or twenty cents on the dollar because they are

Re: Platform Change!

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
This is not a bailout. It is what is known in finance circles as vulture capitalism. You buy up distressed assets at a steep discount, wait until the market for those assets improves, and sell them at a handsome profit. Don't take my word for it, ask Warren Buffett. The guy is the best investor of

Re: We just wanted to choose a really large number...

2008-09-25 Thread Loathe
We were told multiple rates, times and months payment amounts. I asked what I thought the plain question of how much our monthly payment was to be told $1900, I could and can afford that. A few months later we make our first payment, and the next one comes for $3700. The $1900 was an interes

Re: Platform Change!

2008-09-25 Thread Loathe
700 billion to bail out private industry? How could anyone that thinks of themselves as fiscally conservative, libertarian, or my god even AMERICAN consider this is beyond my ken. This is the opposite of what our government should be doing. People make investments, they don't pay attention, pe

RE: We just wanted to choose a really large number...

2008-09-25 Thread Jacob
My sister worked for a very large, now defunct, mortgage company back in 2003/2004. When she did underwriting, she came across loans that had the borrows income stated at $30,000 and trying to purchase a $500,000 house. When she rejected them, she was told it was be best for her to allow them thro

Re: We just wanted to choose a really large number...

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
it still prevents you from borrowing again any time soon, so really there is little incentive for anyone who can see past the next five minutes to bail on a house if they can avoid it. As you say, blame is pointless, but there is more afoot here than a few irresponsible borrowers. Keynes: http://e

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread Sam
Oh yes they did. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Reinvestment_Act http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=16&artnum=1&issue=20080924 On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Democrats passed no legislation to force FM/FM to loan money to any

Re: We just wanted to choose a really large number...

2008-09-25 Thread Maureen
I would say that most people who can afford to pay their housing cost will pay, but there is always a group of bogus borrowers who will take advantage of easy credit to either live free . No money down and no equity in the house - walking away is easy. Not really sure what your point is about Key

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread Maureen
Democrats passed no legislation to force FM/FM to loan money to anyone who could not afford to borrow. Republicans passed no legislation to stop it. Neither warnings of risk or wishing for public policy has any force of law, and is in reality nothing more than public relations rhetoric. Blame i

Warning: Sarah Palin virus!

2008-09-25 Thread Adam Churvis
If any of you receive an email message that has the subject line "Nude pictures of Sarah Palin" then don't open it because it contains a virus. On a related note, if you receive an email message that has the subject line "Nude pictures of Hillary Clinton" then don't open it because it contains

Re: Suggestions on selling a car

2008-09-25 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>If it was me, I would just hang onto the vehicle. You might be able to find >a private party to buy it - the low mileage is a big plus. I wouldn't even >bother taking it to a dealer. Well, I've had another interested party call me today, so I guess I just finally got the vehicle down to the righ

Re: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
pfft. I wish. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If this bailout is a failure, can I write off my share as some type of > capital gains loss on my taxes? ;-) > > -Original Message- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2

RE: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Jacob
If this bailout is a failure, can I write off my share as some type of capital gains loss on my taxes? ;-) -Original Message- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 2:17 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: ru$h on da bank a bailout in which the taxpayer has

Re: We just wanted to choose a really large number...

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
bottom line though, they cannot afford the payments? If people can afford to pay their housing costs usually they will, yes? If you agree with that statement, then ask yourself what Keynes would say. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem in the mortgage

Re: Platform Change!

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
You do? Wow. Seiously folks, We two don't agree on much does this not say perhaps the proposal genuinely fails the sniff test? Not to mention the giggle test. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Agreed. > > Dana wrote: >> yeah but I had a good hard look at

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
Prediction -- no. No you will not and no the treasury will not. It will turn out to be regrettably impossible. Can't have transfer payments you know. That would be socialism :) On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:43 PM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Robert Munn <[EMA

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
I saw that was proposed. Did it make the final document? On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:28 PM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right, and one of the conditions that the dems have gotten written into this > deal, if what I'm reading is correct, is that WE, the taxpayers, would get > to somehow rea

Re: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
a bailout in which the taxpayer has all the risk and Wall Street has all the gain? I really don't think so bub. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That smell is the Bush Derangement Kool-Aid. Get past your own partisan > beliefs and look at the big picture.

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread Sam
Bush Called For Reform of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac 17 Times in 2008 Alone... Dems Ignored Warnings http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/09/20080919-15.html On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Democrats actively pushed for the conditions that allowed

Re: 45 million year old beer (sorta)

2008-09-25 Thread William Bowen
> The beer will become sentient and take over the world in 2012. > 0_0 I, for one, welcome our Hoppy overlords! -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~|

Re: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
You must not have read the article. Buffet likes the move from a purely financial gain perspective FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. He thinks the Fed will come out way, way ahead. As he said, he would make the play himself if he had $700 billion in spare cash. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Gruss

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
Democrats actively pushed for the conditions that allowed Fannie and Freddie to become the giant failures that they are today. Republicans, including John McCain, warned of serious risks to the economy if something was not done to rein in Fannie and Freddie's lending practices. Nothing was done, an

Re: Germany slams US over credit crisis

2008-09-25 Thread William Bowen
> Sounds like *someone* needs a back rub.! LOL -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dr

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread William Bowen
> Are you not paying attention? Clinton and gang caused this mess. and you sir, are delusional. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~| Adobe® ColdFu

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread Sam
Are you not paying attention? Clinton and gang caused this mess. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:29 PM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > positively Clintonian. > > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important a

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread William Bowen
> Maybe they'll actually pay down > the debt some, that would be a novel idea. positively Clintonian. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~| Adobe® C

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > as good as gold. He thinks the government will make a lot of money on this > deal. > WOW! If only the Republicans could just be slightly more incompetent at governance we might REALLY get rich! Oops. I guess they can't get more incompetent. ah, well.

RE: Suggestions on selling a car

2008-09-25 Thread Billy Cox
If it was me, I would just hang onto the vehicle. You might be able to find a private party to buy it - the low mileage is a big plus. I wouldn't even bother taking it to a dealer. -Original Message- From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:2

Re: Buffett on the bailout

2008-09-25 Thread Gruss Gott
> gMoney wrote: > So your boy, Warren Buffett, came out in support of the government bailout > today.that make anyone rethink their positions > > Gruss? > I already freaked out on Robert on another thread, but I'll just add this: Both Mr. Buffet and myself support tax payer dollars that s

Re: Platform Change!

2008-09-25 Thread Loathe
Agreed. Dana wrote: > yeah but I had a good hard look at the water before we got in the > boat, and I know how to swim. Seriously, I say let those banks fail. > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 7:25 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
I can answer that for you- no, you will not get any of that money, at least not directly. The money will go to the US Treasury, and Congress will get their hands on it and spend it on something. Maybe they'll actually pay down the debt some, that would be a novel idea. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:

Re: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > Warren Buffet likes Paulson's plan: > Duh. Gee, I wonder what an investor would think of using tax payer dollars to save the economy that investor is invested in ... ? H...? OF COURSE HE LIKES A TAX PAYER BAILOUT! ~

Re: Lindsay Lohan and Clay Aiken

2008-09-25 Thread Loathe
Check out gods girls Judah McAuley wrote: > Suicide Girls used to be awesome. I let my subscription lapse some time ago > and they've continued to go downhill. The management moved to LA from > Portland, some of the original people got forced out, it became much more > corporate and they did a fin

Financilal meltdown not limited to US

2008-09-25 Thread mamamaureen
http://www.scotsman.com/latestnews/Double-blow-as-big-guns.4520604.jp PLANS for a £12 billion takeover of Halifax Bank of Scotland suffered two huge blows last night as an influential Scots financier called for a complete rethink of the deal and a leading analyst warned shareholders' interests wou

Re: Buffett on the bailout

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
You mean Buffett? With his Goldman Sachs investment, he just staked $5 billion on the bailout deal going through. I don't call that half-hearted support. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Tony wrote: > i feel like its kinda like a cheerleader for a team she knows isnt > REALLY the winner > but k

Re: Buffett on the bailout

2008-09-25 Thread Maureen
Yep. I'm a huge fan of Buffett, both Warren and Jimmy. Seriously, I've modeled my portfolio on Buffett''s investment strategy for years. He's rarely wrong. On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:18 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So your boy, Warren Buffett, came out in support of the government bailout >

Re: Buffett on the bailout

2008-09-25 Thread Tony
i feel like its kinda like a cheerleader for a team she knows isnt REALLY the winner but knows that if she doesnt rah rah, the home crowd might revolt. -- tony Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:18 AM, <[EMAIL

Re: We just wanted to choose a really large number...

2008-09-25 Thread Maureen
The problem in the mortgage industry is that people applied for loans with an adjustable rate interest that had low initial rates, but now the higher rate and higher payments are kicking in and they can't afford the payments. Credit has tightened and they cannot no longer qualify for refinancing.

Re: Lindsay Lohan and Clay Aiken

2008-09-25 Thread Loathe
To commercial. Casey Dougall wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> HOTTEST chicks on the internet. >> by far! >> >> -- tony >> > > > Narni Shakers are next on my list! And they LOVE Drum n Bass > > http://www.myspace.com/thenarnishakers > > > ~~

RE: Lindsay Lohan and Clay Aiken

2008-09-25 Thread Kelly Matthews
Ok, Simma down nah, boys! lol -Original Message- From: Casey Dougall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 2:50 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Lindsay Lohan and Clay Aiken On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HOTTEST chicks on the i

Re: Lindsay Lohan and Clay Aiken

2008-09-25 Thread Casey Dougall
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HOTTEST chicks on the internet. > by far! > > -- tony > Narni Shakers are next on my list! And they LOVE Drum n Bass http://www.myspace.com/thenarnishakers ~~

Re: Lindsay Lohan and Clay Aiken

2008-09-25 Thread Tony
im into the tat scene, not so much the hardcore or punk scene, but im such a chameleon i can do anything, anywhere, and be cool... but, i must say, it has started to trascend all genres... in fact... most of the COOL GIRLS these days, are totally into it... chicks that is :) -- tony Better than a

Re: Lindsay Lohan and Clay Aiken

2008-09-25 Thread Tony
HOTTEST chicks on the internet. by far! -- tony Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Casey Dougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I think

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread G Money
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a genius move. As Buffett said, if he had $700 billion on the > government's terms, he would be buying up these distressed assets himself. > Now, I may not agree with Buffett on politics, but on investing, the guy is >

Re: Lindsay Lohan and Clay Aiken

2008-09-25 Thread Judah McAuley
Suicide Girls used to be awesome. I let my subscription lapse some time ago and they've continued to go downhill. The management moved to LA from Portland, some of the original people got forced out, it became much more corporate and they did a fine job screwing over some of the girls and trying to

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
It's a genius move. As Buffett said, if he had $700 billion on the government's terms, he would be buying up these distressed assets himself. Now, I may not agree with Buffett on politics, but on investing, the guy is as good as gold. He thinks the government will make a lot of money on this deal.

Buffett on the bailout

2008-09-25 Thread gm0n3y06
So your boy, Warren Buffett, came out in support of the government bailout today.that make anyone rethink their positions Gruss? -- Can money pay for all the days I've lived awake, but half asleep? ~| Adobe® ColdFusion

Re: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
That smell is the Bush Derangement Kool-Aid. Get past your own partisan beliefs and look at the big picture. Without a bailout, lending between financial institutions goes to zero and the economy grinds to a halt. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Dana wrote: > I smell a last looting of the tre

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread G Money
Right, and one of the conditions that the dems have gotten written into this deal, if what I'm reading is correct, is that WE, the taxpayers, would get to somehow reap that profit, should it come. No idea how that works, but that's what I've read. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PRO

Re: Platform Change!

2008-09-25 Thread G Money
That's one approach. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yeah but I had a good hard look at the water before we got in the > boat, and I know how to swim. Seriously, I say let those banks fail. > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 7:25 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Lindsay Lohan and Clay Aiken

2008-09-25 Thread Casey Dougall
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it depends too, I figure we both know a lot of girls in the > tattoo and body mod scene, and hardcore and punk and clubs and so forth. > Now I want me a Suicide Girl!!! ~

Re: Lindsay Lohan and Clay Aiken

2008-09-25 Thread Loathe
I think it depends too, I figure we both know a lot of girls in the tattoo and body mod scene, and hardcore and punk and clubs and so forth. Tony wrote: > lots of personal experiences... lots of friends and friends that are girls > that ive talked to, hung with... im tellin you there is a line th

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
indefinitely may I add. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > no, because he will be engaged in a buy and hold strategy. The whole > point is that a quarter-million-dollar house if currently not worth a > quarter-million, merely because of the current climate. So if y

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
no, because he will be engaged in a buy and hold strategy. The whole point is that a quarter-million-dollar house if currently not worth a quarter-million, merely because of the current climate. So if you buy and seel when the market has recovered, you make a profit. Theoretically. So even if the m

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread G Money
Isn't that specifically what the proposal in question is talking about? How to spend the $700 billion? It says that whatever the treasury secretary wants to buy, he gets to decide...without a court or committee or anything else getting any say-so. I mean, that's not a good thing, in my opinion

Re: I beleive some members of the list will enjoy this...

2008-09-25 Thread Larry Lyons
>http://news.cnet.com/2300-1040_3-6246695-1.html?tag=mncol > >Now how many of us have $8,000 to spend on a big toy? I'd rather build my own. As fast (if not faster) for a whole lot less. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the

Re: 45 million year old beer (sorta)

2008-09-25 Thread Larry Lyons
Beer is the reason why we have civilization. People stopped being nomadic hunter gatherer types in order to brew beer. If it were not for beer there would be no agricultural revolution in the neolithic period. Without that agricultural revolution, no civilization. So beer is responsible for civ

Re: Platform Change!

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
yeah but I had a good hard look at the water before we got in the boat, and I know how to swim. Seriously, I say let those banks fail. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 7:25 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I am, and I'm against

Re: We just wanted to choose a really large number...

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
what's the actual problem? When you strip off the rhetoric and conventional wisdom, it seems to me that the root of the problem is that people do not have money to spend, which has sent the economy into a cashflow crisis. Seems to me that people are defaulting on their mortgages because they can't

Re: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
I smell a last looting of the treasury before the current junta leaves power. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think it is also possible that the >> regulatory environment should be revised (not necessarily >> strengthened). > > Yes, you're right, of c

RE: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Adam Churvis
> I think it is also possible that the > regulatory environment should be revised (not necessarily > strengthened). Yes, you're right, of course. I meant complete inaction within the scope of the bailout itself: we don't need it. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhan

We just wanted to choose a really large number...

2008-09-25 Thread Judah McAuley
Money quote from the Treasury in Forbes: "It's not based on any particular data point," a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. "We just wanted to choose a really large number." http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/09/23/bailout-paulson-congress-biz-beltway-cx_jz_bw_0923bailout.html This is a

Re: Suggestions on selling a car

2008-09-25 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
Ha, well no sooner did I post this thread, then a guy called me who is interested enough in buying my SUV to fly in from Michigan to get it. I'll have to see how things pan out with another buyer coming this weekend first, but fairly hopeful that I have it sold. ~

Re: McCain postpones campaign

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
orange last time I flew. On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:49 PM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Measures from the >> Patriot Act were instrumental in preventing at least one very serious >> terrorist attack against the country. > > and the "Millennium Plot" > (http://www.globalsecurity.org/

Re: Ho. Ly. Fnuk.

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
are you sure of that? I am not. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:20 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "his decisions" > > No, only his decisions on what assets to buy etc. with the bailout money. I > don't agree with it, but it's MUCH more benign than "The Treasury Secretary > becomes a dictator!"

Re: AWS Expands Options for Hosting Databases in the Cloud

2008-09-25 Thread Erika L. Walker
no. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:35 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this limited to applications that interact with the Amazon webstore? > > 2008/9/23 Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > New options for those who need big ticket database access/support but > > don't have the big tick

Re: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
I could be convinced of this. I think it is also possible that the regulatory environment should be revised (not necessarily strengthened). A bailout followed by an expectation that more of the same will lead to different results would be STOOPID. We have already been there, done that. RTC anyone?

RE: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Adam Churvis
> he is trying to stampede us the same way he stampeded us into the > patriot act and the war in iraq. No more stampedes I say. Whenever a salesman pushes you to act immediately and warns of grave consequences if you don't, you can always always ALWAYS just completely ignore him because he's lyin

Re: McCain postpones campaign

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
CNN just flashed a breaking news banner on their web site that both parties in both houses have a agreed to a bill and are taking it to Paulson. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Casey Dougall wrote: > > And this target Target House Adjournment of Friday don't help... They > better > run till the

Re: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As for Cam's "there's nothing to worry about", well, I think Adam > articulately described exactly why there is. I am so not worried that I am going to go ahead and mark this thread. Creating an "I told you so" label in gm

Re: McCain postpones campaign

2008-09-25 Thread Casey Dougall
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It isn't so much financial issues as legislative ones. Republicans in the > House in particular hate this bill, so McCain is going to DC to try and > persuade them to get on board and vote for it. Democrats are saying they >

Re: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
Warren Buffet likes Paulson's plan: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aRef_DUx6AcU&refer=worldwide ``I think the Treasury will pay back the $700 billion and make a considerable amount of money,'' Buffett said, adding that if he had $700 billion on the government's terms to buy d

Re: McCain postpones campaign

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
this issue is bullshit. Wag the dog. See the pretty crisis. On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The voting record in the last year is irrelevant. This is a crisis, a very > real, very serious crisis. > > In fact, it is so much of a crisis that President Bush

RE: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Adam Churvis
> If you're worried about not getting dollars for your dollars, then > Adam is right. I'm right. Scroll down when you go here, and take a good, long, careful look at those numbers: http://www.fdic.gov/about/financial/letters/08Q2_stake.html#1 Looks like a house of cards undergoing rapid constru

Re: McCain postpones campaign

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Munn
It isn't so much financial issues as legislative ones. Republicans in the House in particular hate this bill, so McCain is going to DC to try and persuade them to get on board and vote for it. Democrats are saying they will not pass the bill unless a majority of Republicans vote for it, so it's up

Re: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Dana
he is trying to stampede us the same way he stampeded us into the patriot act and the war in iraq. No more stampedes I say. Fool me twice was bad enough. Action is required but buying bad debt from Wall Street is not the correct action. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 7:20 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RE: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Adam Churvis
> But here's the thing - if one person pulls out one Jinga block, there > probably won't be a problem. If everyone pulls out their Jinga blocks > problem. Here is exactly what's going to happen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdckdCY-LHg Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Produ

Re: ru$h on da bank

2008-09-25 Thread Gruss Gott
> gMoney wrote: > So, ideally, you want $99,999 dollars in your account..? > For me, it's $0 (as "savings"), since there are better places to get a return. As for Cam's "there's nothing to worry about", well, I think Adam articulately described exactly why there is. In fact, this exact type

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