The only LOSERS in the blame game, are the ones that don't do anything to effect change. -WaV!
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:53 PM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: > I see people and cavers are finally talking about the economy. > > I don't see any political candidate talking about anything specific > or detailed issue. > > I don't see either candidate, especially their vice presidents as > being good president's, nor being able to turn the financial situation > around in 4 or 8 years. > > I think people are not looking at the big picture and trying to only blame > the bad loans for the crisis. The loans went bad because the > borrowers failed to plan for the potential of inflation, the rising > cost of living etc. > > But the rising cost of living is due to dozens of factors. > > I believe Alan Greenspan purposely lied to everybody the entire > time he was in office. He knew what was really going on in > the world, but it would have wrecked havoc had he told everybody > about it. > > I believe the Baby Boomer Generation is partly to blame. As far back > as the early 60's they were already setting the forces into motion. > > Too many people in our economy are generating money without > actually creating anything. Baseball players, sports announcers, > racecar drivers, tele-evangelist, crack dealers, prostitutes, bank > robbers, tow-truck drivers, lawyers, doctors, politicians, judges, > and even good minded non-profit workers, and the list goes on. > Our economy is interwoven with all of these careers. > > Many americans like myself, have never purchased anything in > their life that was ever made in the U.S.A. All of my disposable > income, goes to Chinese made LED lights and foreign made > gas-sipping cars. I am to blame. > > Bill Gates is to blame. He has put a stranglehold on the > computer industry with his methodology. How can an old > version of Windows in a box sell for $ 299. When a new > version of Linux is practically free? > > Globalization and the war on Globalization has been a negative > effect on the U.S. Economy. How can a factory worker > in the U.S. working under OSHA and EPA, and paying for > health care, compete with a sandal wearing rice-farmer working > in a factory in Yong-Bong-Doh? > > The relentless controversery over abortion is holding America > back like a ball and chain. This is a very inefficient use > of our money. > > The Big 3 are to blame. 30 years of producing crappy > cars and finally the big gas guzzling SUV's. That drove > at least one nail into our coffins if not 2 or 3. > > The media portrayal of George Bush. I heard a person who is unknown ( > at least to > me ) pretending to be a celebrity on the Dave Letterman show, > this week call Bush a "Jackass," or something to that effect. The > media > has never assaulted a president's moral like they have with Bush. This > doesn't help our situation. > > George Bush. He has had a rough presidency. You can't blame > him for 911, or Katrina, or Hurricane Ike. However, he doesn't seem > very presidential now, does he? But I think we can blame him for > not coming out on day one of the war in Iraq, and telling us that this > would cost us billions of dollars, and the loss of 5,000 young americans. > I think if he did, we would have impeached him then just for suggesting > the crazy idea. > > Harley-Davidson is to blame. They have been building expensive, > crappy, noisy, gas guzzling death machines for years, so serious > bikers have > had to turn to Suzuki to get a real road machine - The Suzuki Bergman 650, > or to even BMW. > > Bill Clinton is too blame. Instead of focusing his attention on > helping > americans, he was sliding his penis in and out of the mouth a young intern. > > The terrorist are to blame. They are clearly costing lots of money to > spy on them, and kill them. > > Ronald Reagan is to blame. He told Gorbachev to tear down the wall. > Now all of America wants to spend billions of dollars building our own > wall. > Can't our leaders see that these kind of events are like dominoes in a > domino chain? > > The relationship with industry and unions is to blame. This constant > battle just wrecks havoc on our economy. A person with no skills > on an assembly line does not need to be making $ 30 an hour, nor do > the bosses need to be treating them like slaves. > > The high CEO' packages. This has clearly been a major factor > in he destruction of the free-market economy, which will soon be considered > a theory that didn't work very well. At least one nail in our coffin. > > There are dozens if not hundreds of other factors. > > > I would like to add that my grandparents when they were living in their > house > in the 70's, had no air-conditioning in the heat of Dallas. They never > envisioned > a cell phone, or a fax machine or the internet. How much does the > average > american spend per month on cell phone expenses ( not just the bill ), the > internet, > their graphic intense computer, their Nike air shoes, their foreign made > LCD TV, > foreign made car parts for their car, etc.? > > I think many people are going to have to soon suffer the lifestyle that my > grandparents > seemed to think was perfectly fine. > > I am certain of one thing. Hear me out. > > Domestic car dealers are going to have a serious problem unloading 2009 and > 2010 models. > That part of this crisis is going to be a huge disaster. > > David Locklear >
