Why the long face? Have you not heard? According to CNN.com... The Fortune 500 are thriving as a group. Unlike the U.S. economy, they've shown quicksilver agility, rapidly shifting their product mix and producing more goods at little new cost. Did you catch that? They’re not just thriving as individuals, they're thriving as an entire group! The Fortune 500’s swashbuckling captains of enterprise and industry managed to rake more cash than they did in 2006, before minorities forced banks to lend them money and OBAMA and his COMMUNIST POLICIES ruined the economy for everyone. USA! USA! USA! Before we go any further, let’s pause to
That was a post-Bear Stearns high, not an all-time high. The all-time high at closing was 14,164 in 2007.
It&#039;s always instructive looking back at the financial indicators over the 2006-2008 period and remembering that the economy was showing signs of recession <em>before</em> Bear Stearns collapsed - and remembering that the financial crisis was <em>caused by</em> the housing bubble starting to burst, not the other way round.
Case in point, <a href="http:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/sec_accuses_goldman_sachs_of_selling_mortgage_investment_designed_to_fail\/" target="_blank">Abacus</a> - was some smartass prick thinking &quot;yeah, as in, you do math huh huh huh SUCKERZ!&quot;?
That&#039;s the real &quot;oh boo fucking hoo&quot; line.
&quot;We&#039;ve screwed the masses so hard so long, we&#039;re actually gonna have to throw them a frickin&#039; bone for once to keep them alive so we can keep sucking their blood.&quot;
Yes, just like he was also to blame for that all-time peak (both absolute value and inflation-adjusted) in July of 2008, <em>and</em> the crash that brought prices all the way below $2 on inauguration day.
Today I&#039;m not feeling so stabby. Today I&#039;m feeling more clubby.
I&#039;m sure Mitt&#039;s <em>also</em> somehow responsible for the uptick in the French and German stock exchanges when the Socialist won the French election.
That was a post-Bear Stearns high, not an all-time high. The all-time high at closing was 14,164 in 2007.
It&#039;s always instructive looking back at the financial indicators over the 2006-2008 period and remembering that the economy was showing signs of recession <em>before</em> Bear Stearns collapsed - and remembering that the financial crisis was <em>caused by</em> the housing bubble starting to burst, not the other way round.
I thought it was being replied to, not fisted up, that perpetuated your mistakes.
Case in point, <a href="http:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/sec_accuses_goldman_sachs_of_selling_mortgage_investment_designed_to_fail\/" target="_blank">Abacus</a> - was some smartass prick thinking &quot;yeah, as in, you do math huh huh huh SUCKERZ!&quot;?
That&#039;s the real &quot;oh boo fucking hoo&quot; line.
&quot;We&#039;ve screwed the masses so hard so long, we&#039;re actually gonna have to throw them a frickin&#039; bone for once to keep them alive so we can keep sucking their blood.&quot;
Sounds like a good way to get skulls to fuck.
Yes, just like he was also to blame for that all-time peak (both absolute value and inflation-adjusted) in July of 2008, <em>and</em> the crash that brought prices all the way below $2 on inauguration day.
Today I&#039;m not feeling so stabby. Today I&#039;m feeling more clubby.
I&#039;m sure Mitt&#039;s <em>also</em> somehow responsible for the uptick in the French and German stock exchanges when the Socialist won the French election.