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But, someone who thought each injection of ... (4.00 / 2)

... liquidity filling the books of the Federal Reserve Banks with crap was the solution to the problem should have no problem believing that this time prosperity is just around the corner (after a small inventory recession to clean out the pipes, of course).

Utsukushikereba sore de ii

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 08:10:02 PM EST
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Re: But, someone who thought each injection of ... (4.00 / 3)

He no longer believes. He's crapping his pants. I think his testimony before congress was the reflexive defense of an arrogant and powerful man caught in water too deep for him.
His world is falling apart. But, he deserves to be recognized as at least aware of that. Most of the rest are still looking for a goat in any closet.

Grabbing what you can, as John Ruskin said, isn't any less wicked when you grab it with the power of your brains than with the power of your fists.

by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Wed Nov 19th, 2008 at 10:32:06 AM EST
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