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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:07 AM Original message |
Bernanke: "We have lost control. We cannot stabilize the dollar." |
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featherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. "...cannot stabilize the dollar..." scariest thing I've heard all day of many scary things |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Agree. I've been saying this for a long time, but was kind of thinking/hoping |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Guess we'll need to learn to barter again. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. He said it "several months ago", you know, back when the people that matter were |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Is this similar to what happened in Germany before the Nazis took over? |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I think its zimbabwe that has 11 trillion % inflation. 3 cents = 30 trillion dollars |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. absolutely |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. I know. That phrase just freaked me out. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. "We have lost control." Rudderless and without a clue, the rethugs just don't get it. Deregulation |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes, they're totally responsible, but there's nothing they can do either, I don't |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. That's the way it seems, it's like a runaway train at this point.. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. And they'll personally be unscathed. I am so angry. nt |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. We don't have to let them go |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 02:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. But they will go to the Gates of Hell |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Slight correction |
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JFKfanforever (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
5. The Plunge Protection Team - Where is it when we need it most? |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The PPT are alive and well |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:52 PM Original message |
They'll just print some more of that "pixie dust" |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. Commodity prices are artificialy inflated by speculation on futures exchange markets. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Phil and Wendy personally delivered the electric grid chaos in California. |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. Feces, meet impeller |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 02:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The sequel is never as good as the original. nt |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 02:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yep, the Great Depression 2 is just about upon us. OMFG. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. That actually made my stomach drop. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
15. You sons of bitches were out of control long before now. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. OMFG! |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. No sh*t!! As the price of oil falls, the dollar is supposed to go back up! It ain't. |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. "this country still pretends there is a free market in energy when, in fact, there is not" |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. the biggest ponzi |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Can't buy or sell. We be fucked. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. No, we do not have to be fucked |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Ok. And the mortgage, how do I barter that into my tent? |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. if the banks fail the mortgage fails |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. And they give control of $1 trillion to this jackass??? |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
32. Where are the fat cats and super rich putting their $$$? |
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