The Crash is past. Comes now Inflation. | 60 comments (60 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: The Crash is past. Comes now Inflation. (4.00 / 2)

And the people in charge have decided that the priority is to save the financial system.

since the people in charge own the financial system, and wax fat from its teat, was there ever any serious doubt that they would take this course?

bernanke is as painful to watch as alberto gonzales is.

good brains gone ba-a-a-a-d.

the heist's been a success, (dubai's booming), now for damage control.

captain carnage is holding the bridge so the getaway car can make tracks...

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Mon Mar 3rd, 2008 at 06:05:39 AM EST

Minot nitpick (4.00 / 2)

The people in charge are owned by the financial system.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Mar 3rd, 2008 at 06:19:26 AM EST
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Re: Minor nitpick (none / 1)

yeah you're right, but then there is that revolving door that was in your old sig...the one between 'mere' and 'pogo'.

one's the lipstick, one's the pig- i had the terminals reversed.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Mon Mar 3rd, 2008 at 09:17:39 PM EST
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Re: Minor nitpick (none / 1)

You mean Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn off the lights?

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Mar 5th, 2008 at 06:29:10 AM EST
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Re: Minor nitpick (none / 0)

yup, i love them all.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Mar 5th, 2008 at 07:31:04 AM EST
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