DISQUS

AMERICAblog: Asian markets take a dive in early trading

  • cowboyneok · 1 year ago
    Here in Oklahoma Andrew Rice is SMACKING Jim Inhofe for the economic disaster:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FjTTejtbZ8

    http://www.andrewforoklahoma.com/
  • Fireblazes(cheetohsandcatfood) · 1 year ago
    The only market I care about, sales to restaurants is tanking even faster.
  • HereinDC · 1 year ago
    What's that mean?
  • Fireblazes(cheetohsandcatfood) · 1 year ago
    I make my living by delivering food to restaurants. People are not eating out near as much as they did preapocalypse. So basically America's NEW ECONOMY, the service sector is collapsing. Think of it, no manufacturing or service jobs to be had.
  • HereinDC · 1 year ago
    I can here Bette Davis right now.... "............................Night"
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    I thought that was Charles Pierce talking.
  • reelactor · 1 year ago
    When it is all over, I'd bet money that as this story unravels, its about George Bush and his determination to build a better economy than Clinton as his great legacy. This is the kind of thing that could have redeemed him as a savior to Republicans and I think time will show us how he completely mangled it. So, while they run around trying to pin this collapse on Democrats, just remember its George Bush's final gift to you.
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    I want a friggin' apology from every person who voted for that asshole.
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    What do you call an American who brings down the economies of America and the world?
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    Well????
  • houstonray · 1 year ago
    George W McCain?
    John Sidney Bush?
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    I guess you were looking for us to make up an answer so I'll say -- a weasel.
  • An_American_Karol · 1 year ago
    I am no longer afraid; I am reconciled. My house isn't worth what it was a few years ago, and I refuse to look at my 401K and 403b.
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    You shouldn't be afraid. Wednesday night Suze Orman was on AC 360. She said this won't be like the depression. There won't be bread lines. Its just that some of us will be living in our cars. Some already are.

    I felt better after hearing that. She's a good financial analyst.
  • An_American_Karol · 1 year ago
    You put it in perspective. I have a roof over my head and a secure job. I live less than two blocks from the college where I teach, so I don't have to drive.
    I just won't ever be able to retire.
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    don't feel too bad. what would you do if you found yourself already retired? out of work here for the past 7 years on a disability (at 57)with a partner with a disability. looking forward too . . . ????? planning for . . . ????
  • An_American_Karol · 1 year ago
    I am so sorry. The best I can do is vote for someone who might help.
    This SUCKS.
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    Please. Don't be sorry. We are fine. Creative. Able to care for ourselves and others. We volunteer. Others have it much worse than us. We are happy and are very fortunate. Really. I could use a hundred cliches, but I won't. We will all get through it together.
  • jescot · 1 year ago
    Next up in the slime slide ....http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/10/obama-sought-to-sway-iraqis-on-bush-deal/
    It smells lie nothing if you read the article as everything is disputed and there is no there there but the same could be said about Ayers....oy.
    While reading remember Iran-Contra when the Reagan agreed to sell the radical Iranian terrorist weapons in return for keeping the American hostages until the Carter-Reagan election was over…
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    got it

    btw, Drudge broke the story.
  • BillP · 1 year ago
    Let's see, they missed the biggest attack on the American mainland, and then wrecked our military. They trashed the Constitution, committed War Crimes. Illegally wiretapped us. Tortured our enemies in off-shore "black sites". Enron, WorldCom, Aurthur Anderson. Watched as Katrina destroyed a major city. Stole an election or two. Staffed all the agencies with lobbyists. Repealed Habeas Corpus. Ruined America's world position as a defender of freedom. Record oil profits during a recession.

    Now they have managed to ruin the world economy, and at the same time they are getting bailed out.

    Figures.

    BP
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    Sweet success!!!!
  • houstonray · 1 year ago
    Wow, that Bush Presidential Library is gonna be something else huh? LOL!
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    Rachel Maddow is with Leno right now EDT.
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    George Bush tops brother Neil Bush in causing financial disaster for American taxpayers.

    (how's that 401-K doing? you betcha!)
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    Ronald Reagan's wet dream.
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    We don't expect to take medicines unless they have been proven safe through medical trials (although Republicans have cut FDA funding to the point where testing is slow unless paid for . . . . by the same pharmaceutical companies the FDA is checking on.

    We expect that the food we eat has been inspected and proven safe to eat (although the Republicans have shrunk the federal food inspection processes)

    Why don't we expect that exotic financial products that could have the potential to melt down the entire planet are not certified safe for investors/consumers?
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    We're all going to be working until we're 95 years old.
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    Hey, as long as the Cayman Islands are solvent, the Wall Street crooks still have a place to park their loot, park and register their yachts.