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Post by pcups on Sept 29, 2008 17:21:15 GMT -4
777 points. Damn. I sure hope something exciting happens at the end of the world. Like zombies or something, at least make it interesting. I'm glad they didn't pass it though. Maybe people will learn a lesson
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Post by d on Sept 29, 2008 19:56:51 GMT -4
If you are young, you don't want the debt. If you're old, you don't want your retirement and property values to tank. If this were done properly, the you would not see any debt. There are worse things than dying. This could keep going and getting worse. What a creerful thought!
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Post by boorules60 on Sept 29, 2008 20:52:32 GMT -4
Hey Ben, are we going to die? Yes. 777 points. Damn. I sure hope something exciting happens at the end of the world. Like zombies or something, at least make it interesting. I'm glad they didn't pass it though. Maybe people will learn a lesson I'd be a happy man if the world ended in a huge boxhead zombie 2 game. Time to load up those double damage shotguns. If you are young, you don't want the debt. If you're old, you don't want your retirement and property values to tank. If this were done properly, the you would not see any debt. There are worse things than dying. This could keep going and getting worse. What a creerful thought! Speaking of retirement, that's another $7000 of your retirement that didn't go the way of the dodo, D! Seriously though, this is not good. The Dow has now lost almost 40% since this time last year (when it was around 14,100). Yikes!
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Post by boorules60 on Sept 29, 2008 21:06:48 GMT -4
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Post by d on Sept 29, 2008 22:02:17 GMT -4
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Post by boorules60 on Oct 1, 2008 15:56:10 GMT -4
Random aside... anyone up for a game tonight?
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Post by pcups on Oct 2, 2008 12:52:36 GMT -4
Damn, I cleaned my temp files on this laptop and all the cookies went with it. So when I kept checking the website to see if anyone had posted, it showed nothing because I wasn't auto logged in
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Post by boorules60 on Oct 3, 2008 16:04:54 GMT -4
More good news; 160,000 jobs were lost in September, the biggest month-to-month drop in 5 years. Most were in manufacturing, retail, and financials, a pretty strong indicator that the economy is in recession (for those of us that weren't convinced already).
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Post by pcups on Oct 5, 2008 22:06:25 GMT -4
Lucky for us McCain haters, if the election were today, Obama would win 260 elctoral votes with McCain only winning 200. Several states who were once republican are now SWING states. Very good news for Obama!
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Post by boorules60 on Oct 5, 2008 22:12:38 GMT -4
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Post by pcups on Oct 5, 2008 23:02:35 GMT -4
Thats one of the Maps we are using in our political participation class. I actually have to make a judgment on which way New Mexico will vote. At the time it was a swing state
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Post by pcups on Oct 6, 2008 11:16:29 GMT -4
Wow, I'm glad America just spent 700 billion dollars on nothing. Thanks congress, judging by the stocks today you did a good job.
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Post by d on Oct 6, 2008 15:00:03 GMT -4
Back in February, B told me to get out of the market. I left about 10% in the market. Now that the market is nearly 1/2 of what it was then, I only have about 5% in the market. Soon I won't have to worry about the market at all!
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Post by pcups on Oct 6, 2008 15:43:04 GMT -4
Lol. My sister and me were lucky because we started college at the time we did. Our mutual funds would be shit right now.
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Post by boorules60 on Oct 7, 2008 20:26:10 GMT -4
Yeah, and the dow closed at 9,400 today... Fucked.
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