Protests against Wall St bailout starts

baby_boomer

lotto-dreamer wrote: »

as soon as the rich squeal $700 billion is magically found. America needs a second revolution.

As I said on another thread, when McCain had just taken a poll lead, Obama will win because ordinary Americans have real hopes and fears about the economy and their personal futures.

Yet it's complicated in America because it seems to have been some Republicans who were most opposed to the bail-out and in tune with Main Street anger, so Obama has to tread carefully.

lotto-dreamer

baby_boomer wrote: »

As I said on another thread, when McCain had just taken a poll lead, Obama will win because ordinary Americans have real hopes and fears about the economy and their personal futures.

Yet it's complicated in America because it seems to have been some Republicans who were most opposed to the bail-out and in tune with Main Street anger, so Obama has to tread carefully.

With all this financial drama now playing out in the background the American elections have certainly taken an interesting turn.

neverdespairgirl

baby_boomer wrote: »

so don't put her too high on that pedestal. She'd obviously grown attached to !!!!'s Viking cohorts, while her son was in Normandy 1018-40.


Oh dear. I see that ndg and I have both fallen foul of the MSE thought police spell checker which doesn't allow the correct spelling of Canute i.e. C n u t.

I said interesting - I don't think I made any moral judgment (-:

I tried to spell it the correct way, but noticed it got bleeped out.

neverdespairgirl

jamescredmond wrote: »

'sweyn' is one spelling.

I hope this helps.

thank you!

baby_boomer

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I said interesting - I don't think I made any moral judgment (-:

I noticed that you just said fascinating. But all those facts, accurately recalled "from memory" suggested to me that you were well into her!

Emma never despaired. She always moved on, to the next husband, the next country or the next plot. What a girl!

StevieJ

lotto-dreamer wrote: »

moanymoany wrote: »

Not sure if the following is accurate in terms of figures, but the most read/popular comment on BBC News "Have Your Say" comments thus:

Forty million Americans can't afford health insurance; the minimum wage hasn't been raised in 10 years and the country has one of the worst poverty levels in the developed world. Yet as soon as the rich squeal $700 billion is magically found. America needs a second revolution.
colin craig, Stratford

But they have nice teeth.

lotto-dreamer

StevieJ wrote: »

lotto-dreamer wrote: »

But they have nice teeth.

Those will be the ones with the health insurance


There's a great little poem "King Canute" by WM Thackeray

".........If a frown his face contracted, straight the courtiers dropped their
jaws; If to laugh the king was minded, out they burst in loud hee-haws"...........

"......King Canute is dead and gone: Parasites exist alway"

neverdespairgirl

baby_boomer wrote: »

I noticed that you just said fascinating. But all those facts, accurately recalled "from memory" suggested to me that you were well into her!

Emma never despaired. She always moved on, to the next husband, the next country or the next plot. What a girl!

I read a very interesting biography of her recently, which I would recommend.

She was certainly good at being pro-active - no wilting violet!

penguine

baby_boomer wrote: »

As I said on another thread, when McCain had just taken a poll lead, Obama will win because ordinary Americans have real hopes and fears about the economy and their personal futures.

Yet it's complicated in America because it seems to have been some Republicans who were most opposed to the bail-out and in tune with Main Street anger, so Obama has to tread carefully.

Republicans seem to be opposed to the bail-out because they want it to come with more deregulation!

forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1183133

One of the strange things about the US is that many people vote Republican, even if it goes against their own personal interests, because the Republicans are seen to uphold the religious values that they deem most important. So much for separation of church and state...

penguine

baby_boomer wrote: »

Watch out for Black Monday to help sway a few Congressman - most of whom, but only 2/3 of the Senate, face their electorate in November.

1/3rd actually -- Senate terms are 6 years long and staggered. But all members of the House of Representatives are up for re-election as their terms are 2 years.