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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 11:22 PM Original message |
"The Market", the Economy, and Real Life |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. not so much |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. "Hey girl, can I hit you back?" |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I live on social security. Will you stake me a hundred grand |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. no |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. See post 29 |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. no |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. You use the word "trade" ..... |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. in some ways it's the same |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Tulip mania |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Hahahaha |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. You consider yourself a player. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. One of my points, exactly |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. the point is |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Sure you do |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. i know plenty of people |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Well, my grandfather also taught me abt markets at a very young age |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Meh. Casino for rich people. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Exactly. The housing market was up 2% but jobless rates climbing exponentially: Wall Street SURGES! |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. "..it's got damned little to do with capitalism - in the sense of actually capitalizing enterprises" |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Thaat's right - they speculate on how much cancer is going to cost, |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Parasites. (nt) |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
6. Looking back on growing up in the 50s |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That's pretty much my story |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Yes, I recall that era fondly.. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Same here, grew up in the 50s -- the stock market was a rich man's game, it had nothing do with our |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. You forgot to say that the Stock Market is nothing more than an exploitative ponzi scheme. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Agree with you except the last line. This whole Republican- |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Please reread the OP .... it actually agrees with you |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Okay |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
24. Pursuing another angle... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Yep. There's always a "Business" section, never a "Labor" section. (nt) |
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