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Re: Freddie and Fannie: it's the Anglo Disease (4.00 / 8)

UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain

You forgot Poland...

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jul 14th, 2008 at 05:07:26 AM EST
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Re: Freddie and Fannie: it's the Anglo Disease (4.00 / 3)

Recc'd because I haven't heard a "You forgot Poland" joke in too long.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Jul 14th, 2008 at 05:53:58 AM EST
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Re: Freddie and Fannie: it's the Anglo Disease (none / 1)

Where's the joke in that? These guys have (too damn many) seats in our Parliament.

It may be funny for you, though, in the same way that Rick Santorum is funny for Europeans :-P

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Mon Jul 14th, 2008 at 05:59:43 AM EST
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Re: Freddie and Fannie: it's the Anglo Disease (4.00 / 3)

You didn't see the first debate between Bush and Kerry in 2004. Kerry basically said that our coalition in Iraq was a joke -- a few thousand Brits and an Aussie Jeep-driver. Bush angrily protested, "Well, you forgot Poland!"

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Jul 14th, 2008 at 06:21:50 AM EST
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Re: Freddie and Fannie: it's the Anglo Disease (4.00 / 2)

No, I didn't follow that campaign except through a couple of editorial cartoonists. I guess I really couldn't be bothered - I don't have a vote in that show anyway, and I'd be really, seriously surprised if anyone short of Vlad the Impaler could have topped Bush/Cheney for sheer nastiness.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Mon Jul 14th, 2008 at 06:48:25 AM EST
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Re: Freddie and Fannie: it's the Anglo Disease (4.00 / 5)

You missed a great show that night. It was the one glorious moment of the campaign. Five minutes into the debate, Junior was reduced to saying, "It's hard work," over and over and over again in reference to Iraq. And Kerry, for the first and only time, didn't seem completely useless.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Jul 14th, 2008 at 06:58:23 AM EST
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The joke was accidental.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 17th, 2008 at 04:43:48 AM EST
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Oh, yes. Sorry. How could I forget with Mr. Tusk. A lot of the rest I really was afraid to characterize. I didn't want to include anyone who didn't really belong and wondered about Spain.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Jul 14th, 2008 at 10:32:18 AM EST
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