Originally Posted By ecdc Let's see... Our economy is sliding back into recession. Our country is under the control of an insane, fundamentalist zealotry known as the tea baggers. Our climate is on fire. Bees are dying off. Hackers are able to bring down whole companies from their mom's basement. Mystery millionaires are buying off elections. Jersey Shore is back for a fourth season. I have zero control over any of these things. And yet every time I fire up the news I want to tear out my own heart and beat myself to death with it because it sounds less painful than being a good citizen and following the news. It's time for a break from the news, says I. Things will get better, eventually...?
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Originally Posted By barboy2 ///Our economy is sliding back into recession./// don't care, much ///Our country is under the control of an insane, fundamentalist zealotry known as the tea baggers./// no biggie ///Our climate is on fire./// NOT GOOD ///Bees are dying off./// NOT GOOD ///Hackers are able to bring down whole companies from their mom's basement./// If it's firms like Chase, AT&T or Hali. then more power to the hackers. ///Mystery millionaires are buying off elections./// don't care
Originally Posted By mawnck Hey Barboy ... Stock market off over 3.5% since opening bell. How are you with that one?
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 I have been taking a break, of sorts. I skim the headlines everyday and read things I think I should know about, but I have cut way, way, way back. I have also broken out my West Wing DVDs..whenever I get particularly disgusted by the current political environment I turn on West Wing and wish that it was real. That way I get my politics fix without wanting to pull my hair out
Originally Posted By hopemax You've forgotten these... Italy may be the next to default Germany's growth is slowing so chance of the EU breaking up is above zero the Bank of Japan is desperately trying to devalue the yen (not sure that is going very well) Riots in Syria And Israel I don't watch TV news, but I skim international headlines. While the US has its own set of problems, I think the next set of bombs are going to be internationally based in nature. Our puppetmasters are busily scurrying around so that WE don't go first.
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Originally Posted By mawnck >>And the stock market still takes a major dump.<< Well, in defense of, I dunno, somebody? the major dump has little to do with the debt ceiling nonsense, and a lot to do with Europe running out of road to kick the can down. Amazingly, there WAS economic news going on outside of Washington, DC this past month. Not that our media, lamestream and otherwise, considered it worthy of significant airtime.
Originally Posted By barboy2 ///Stock market off over 3.5% since opening bell. How are you with that one?/// I don't have much of an opinion on the market. I don't play that game. I have NEVER played that game; I don't trust it. Buying and selling stocks/bonds just isn't tangible enough for me. I concern myself with other types of financial creatures----those that I can affect and control far more than some distant company. I gravitate toward things that have intrinsic value like real property, birds and boats.
Originally Posted By FaMulan barboy, if you have a 401K or an IRA, you're in the market. I don't want to see how big a hit my little IRA has taken this time.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper My 401K is heavy on stocks and I will see a hit. But, I'm in my early 40s and time is on my side. Now, for some of my peers who are in their 50s and older and are counting down to retirement yesterday was not pretty. I heard a lot of people give their opinion on what happened yesterday and I honestly don't know what to believe any more.
Originally Posted By tiggertoo <<It's time for a break from the news, says I. Things will get better, eventually...?>> Better? No. Acclimate. Yes. How many times in the past 30 years have we asked, "Can it get any worse?" Only to find out, yes it can. That's why I've retired from partisan debate for the most part. I hide in the ivory tower of academia and report my unbias findings. It's the only way I've found to stay marginally sane amongst this sea of fools.
Originally Posted By barboy2 ///barboy, if you have a 401K or an IRA, you're in the market./// ....correct; but I don't have accounts like those, nor have I ever had. I only trust financial creatures that have **INTRINSIC** value, that way if something catastrophic goes down I should still have some kind of means.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>///Our economy is sliding back into recession./// don't care, much<< Hopefully the gug who mugs you or breaks into your house feels the same way. >>///Our country is under the control of an insane, fundamentalist zealotry known as the tea baggers./// no biggie<< So the idea of Michele Bachmann with her finger on the button doesn't give you the heebie jeebies?
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Originally Posted By Dabob2 <So the idea of Michele Bachmann with her finger on the button doesn't give you the heebie jeebies?> <a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-120998-P-1.asp" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms...-P-1.asp</a>
Originally Posted By hopemax So, since this thread is as good as any. All the admins....we had a visit by Granny. But I don't think it was, only short snippets, not really poetry, and not funny at all. Granny drive-bys should have you LOL.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<Granny drive-bys should have you LOL.>> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygy7UDADXDg#t=0m42s" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...#t=0m42s</a> Python lives!
