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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:13 AM Original message |
People posting celebratory threads about the dow reaching 10,000 |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. Umm ... A fair number of the "celebratory threads" were purest snark.. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. The positive response to the DOW going over 10K is because it's good for US. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Why does it seem like some DUers want the economy to crash? |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Interesting and troublesome question, indeed. eom |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I think you are misinterpreting people's words.. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. +1 |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I don't want to see the ecomomy crash. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. So, you do hope it crashes? |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. +1 on that one Bob. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
51. The retirement pension I receive for my wife and I to survive on is invested in the stock market |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. They don't care. They don't have anything invested. They don't |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I think we are infiltrated with Beck loving lunatics around here |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I don't know. The left has its own group of folks who have |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. You may be right but I really don't know any personally |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. see, that's just crazy talk |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. "I don't want to see the ecomomy crash." "So F**K Wall Street I hope the hell it does crash..." |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Wall St. crashed the economy and so far, no one has been |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Some people question |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Don't they understand this is on OUR watch? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Exactly. The Dow going up isn't everything, but it's something. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Can you imagine if it had fallen to 3000, as some were predicting in March? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. You think it's not at 20% now? The unemployment numbers only count |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Utter nonsense. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. I hope you don't suffocate yourself with your head buried in the sand. n/t |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. Yours is buried in a much darker, danker place. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Not bloody likely. I doubt there are many people who have their head |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. its because they are nuts, they think that if the US economy crashes then they will see others suffe |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Stop it. Just stop. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I will stop arguing against your proclamations when you |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
61. its not our economy, its theirs, taken off our backs |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. You are wrong unemployment rates to do NOT decline as the market improves. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Your straw man has no bearing on my statement, which is correct. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. So, since I have no 401K or any money in the stock market |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Do you understand how stock markets work? It sure doesn't sound |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. You still benefit from a returning stock market. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. So we are supposed to hope that Wall St. would go down, that it would lose money? |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. It isn't sustainable. What are you going to do when it crashes again, in a couple years time? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. OK...you're making some strong categorical statements here. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. So, we're unhappy when the Dow goes down and unhappy when it goes up. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Some folks are just plain unhappy, no matter what happens. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Right. There are a lot of doom & gloom, everybody go in the backyard and eat worms types |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Plus, there are a number of people on DU making broad |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. At DU, having an opinion is generally all the expertise you need for anything. n/t |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Ahhh, that old Republicon talking point a rising tide floats all boats. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Nope. The effects are still there. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. Here is the thing. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Those folks in the stock market own those companies. That's what |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
64. Well, here is the thing, those financial corporations that are driving the market |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think we should only celebrate when people lose money. nt |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I am beginning to believe that is not an uncommon attitude here. Strange. n/t |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. What trillions? |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Printing dollars to float the banks tends to increase inflation |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Meh how about you read before you poutrage. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I was not talking about setting interest rates. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. What do you think would have happened without Fed lowering interest rates? |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. The Dow goes up signifying that those lazy fuckers are continuing to steal from you |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. A movement to do what, exactly? |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Remove the Wall Street leaches from sucking on my teet |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Well, I can see that you've given that a lot of thought... |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. So you think there nothing wrong with these Wall Street mooches |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. No, I don't think that at all. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. The dow is not an indicator of well being for Working Class people |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
48. When it reached high points under bush, it was evil/bad. Now though, it is good |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. The dow has declined 28% in the last 2 years how is that a "high point". |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
62. Not to worry. It's bound to "trickle down" someday. Well, maybe..if the bankers approve.. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. When we force it from their greedy little fingers. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
66. Why do you hate America? |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
67. kick |
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