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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:24 PM Original message |
Depressing realization: Geithner is actually worse than Paulson |
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David Dunham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. The stock market went up 500 points. And you say Geitner's plan stinks? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. If he announced a $1 billion gift to each corporation, the stock market would also go up |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Geitner is stuck in the past. He is a sunk-cost thinker |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Sorry, double dribble. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. If you went on a rampage and destroyed thousands of dollars of property and found out you weren't |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. that's practically PROOF his plan stinks. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Anyone who sets any store by bear market rallies is a credulous sap |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Another opinion from an arm chair critic... No end of them here. n/t |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Bingo. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. What's the difference between an arm chair critic and an arm chair cheer leader? |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. NICE. |
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merbex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:34 AM Response to Reply #43 |
58. NICE Squared |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
60. Bingo |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. what does that even mean? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. We'll see what happens with the economy due to what the administration is doing |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Does that make Bush better than Obama? n/t |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
54. Are you incapable of anything but the most cartoonish black and white thinking? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. Are you capable of toning down the hysterics because not everyone agrees with you? |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. And your qualifications? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I did |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No you did not |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I used to design asset backed securities |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Class must run in your family huh? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I would have guessed a 14 year old in your Mom's basement based on your rhetoric |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
55. Ahhh isn't that original |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. gee |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Thanks. That's true. I was accused of being knee-jerk pro-Obama. Now I criticize Geithner ... |
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empyreanisles (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. If it helps the economy and makes banks less afraid -- WHO CARES? |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Absolutely. I hope these investors do make money. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
52. labor creates wealth |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. We want to get the economy going again. What is it then, who we're trying to finesse? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. Deleted message |
AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Alot of people aren't going anywhere |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Hey, know what's really easy? Saying things suck. |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hey Paul! Is that you???...n/t |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. I respectively disagree. |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. Ben Stein tells Wolf taxpayers get the risk, Wall Streets gets the reward--guaranteed. |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. You really don't know what is a good or bad plan. Considering no one has had to deal with such |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. You are consistently wrong about all things financial. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Uh, nope |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Uh, yep. And you said it would save the stock market. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Everyone is not entitled to their own facts |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. You were the biggest cheerleader of the bailout bill last fall. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. The biggest? I don't know but I certainly supported it, not for the reasons you give |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
53. that should give you pause |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I would just add it's a different course |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. If / when the economy improves, the same voices will claim Obama had nothing to do with it |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. Everybody thinks they are a fucking genius right now when they aren't. |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. Geithner should resign |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
31. i don't see any content or substance in your post explaining "why" the plan is so bad |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
33. You need some substance on those bones! |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. OK, look here |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
34. The hyperbole around here lately is amusing |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
40. There's not an economist alive with a perfect track record .. not even Krugman. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
41. Wow. A Paulson shill on DU. Amazing. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Hardly- just someone who recognizes that there's little difference between the two on a policy level |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. *shrug* Hamden supported Paulsen at the time. |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
44. Sorry, I believe you are wrong! |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Well said. |
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Median Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
46. I Give You The Overly Dramatic Post Of The Day Award |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
59. Your post worries me because you are usually right. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
61. Can we give the guy more than 23 days?!?!?! |
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