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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 20. September | 175 comments (175 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Stunned by the warnings??? (4.00 / 3)

On what planet are they living? How stupid are they?

Systemic rik has been discussed here on ET - on the basis of newspaper reports - for the past 3+ years.

So - how stupid do they think we are??

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sat Sep 20th, 2008 at 06:11:54 AM EST
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Re: Stunned by the warnings??? (none / 0)

On what planet are they living? How stupid are they?Given how the Beltway people behaved before and during the Iraq War, how can you be surprised?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sat Sep 20th, 2008 at 06:20:44 AM EST
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Re: Stunned by the warnings??? (none / 0)

So - how stupid do they think we are??

At least for the purposes of their own reelection, they seem to have a pretty accurate estimate of the stupidity of the general population, sadly.

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 Sat Sep 20th, 2008 at 09:57:38 AM EST
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