Something can be done, but it may be ugly.
Depends on the value of liberty. We used to know, instinctively, what it’s worth. Now we tend to stand around with our thumb up our butt waiting for a “leader” to remind us. Waiting until it all goes to hell and then stepping up to claim the mantle won’t cut it.
Praying for that leader to show up soon. My butt’s starting to hurt and I’d like to have use of both hands again.

Once the banks start lending, the economy will recover

Why do we need a central banking system in the first place? People would save more in a free market. We have a debt backed currency. The ride will eventually end, why not have some foresight on the issue, for once?

Get out now while that dead kitty is up in the air.

I just bought a new toaster.

johnnyU on March 23, 2009 at 9:09 PM

getalife is posting under another name…

Funny strange, not funny ha ha.

Yes very.

He is off to a great start and has 8 years to reform government, complete his agenda and cut the deficit.

getalife on March 23, 2009 at 9:49 PM

Unfortunately, I think it is more likely that Obama’s reign is the “Bobby Bragan presidency”

http://books.google.com/books?id=8UwcKmWx128C&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=birdie+tebbetts+prepare+two+more+letters&source=bl&ots=TAEpxHOwSU&sig=j8TCdEUC-ZC11WqaFtEIQpX8JUQ&hl=en&ei=SUXISY-GMZPWMP3IvdwD&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA79,M1

Pretty soon I’m going to start the “Prepare two more letters” pool.

I am now convinced getalife is a plant by hotair staff. Even the lowliest of trolls isn’t that obtuse.

angryed on March 23, 2009 at 10:13 PM

I agree. Might even be a brand spanking new iPhone in Mr/Ms “getalife” future huh?

Yes very.

He is off to a great start and has 8 years to reform government, complete his agenda and cut the deficit.

getalife on March 23, 2009 at 9:49 PM

He’s already committed the nation to 4 trillion dollars in new debt. And that was on week #6.

Don’t forget another trillion today he gave to Wall Street.

Geithner is a quack, and even worse, a hack. This is a gaming of Wall Street for purely political reasons; it makes the the biggest rumor-mongering, short-seller look positively quaint.

Obviously the slow but steady drip drip of the poll numbers sinking, combined with the increasing criticism coming from formerly supportive center-left pundits started to freak out Mr. Obama.

Hell, he certainly looked freaked-out with his silly giggling on 60 Minutes-that was a putrid display of leadership. Yes, it’s fine to have a sense of humor in dire times, but you laugh at yourself, not at other people problems. What an arrogant ass.

So yeah, let the investment banks gamble on securities with the house’s money. Fun fun fun. That will pull the Dow up (for a while), and will cool off the mob that is starting to form (but not for long). But Obama is gambling that it will give him enough breathing space to enact at least some of his agenda. Slight-of-hand. How totally cynical and short-sighted.

I am now convinced getalife is a plant by hotair staff. Even the lowliest of trolls isn’t that obtuse.

angryed on March 23, 2009 at 10:13 PM

Nope.

And the Blodget article is right on. There is no problem getting a mortgage or car loan if you have a credit rating in the range of 750 to 810.

Geithner is a

considering Barrys only been on the job 2 months is pretty impressive.

Chuck Schick on March 23, 2009 at 9:35 PM

Yes very.

He is off to a great start and has 8 years to reform government, complete his agenda and cut the deficit.

Add to that

-Obamas 2 spending bills alone will add as much to the debt that Bush did in 8 years
-today gave a trillion more in borrowed money to wall st
-will leave the next president trillion $ deficits even after 8 years

…considering Barrys only been on the job 2 months is pretty impressive.

In real life I live in the town known as the ice fishing capitol of New Hampshire. But the typical ice fisher-person cannot afford a lakefront home here anymore. Even with the real estate woes, you need at least a million bucks to get something decent on the big lakes here.

That’s why the ice fisherpeople use bobhouses, which are shacks they drag out on the ice to shelter them from the wind and cold while they try to catch a trout or salmon. I’ve even seen them with DirecTV dishes bolted to the outside.

Del Dolemonte on March 23, 2009 at 9:07 PM

I livr in the Rockies and the wind was blowing 40 to 50 mph last night and snowing. Woke up to 3 ft. drifts in the driveway. There’s a lake about 35 miles away that the ice fishers drive out onto. Never quite got their fever for fresh fish in the winter. But it takes all kinds.