tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post114297546317481695..comments2023-11-03T06:08:34.011-06:00Comments on Third Level Digression: Yahmdallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486390319031344611noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1143646237169944062006-03-29T08:30:00.000-07:002006-03-29T08:30:00.000-07:00Sorry, dude.Sorry, dude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1143568408196576862006-03-28T10:53:00.000-07:002006-03-28T10:53:00.000-07:00Why do you assume that annonymous is a "sir"?Why do you assume that annonymous is a "sir"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1143239312733785822006-03-24T15:28:00.000-07:002006-03-24T15:28:00.000-07:00Sir, I sincerely hope you're correct. I would lov...Sir, I sincerely hope you're correct. I would love nothing better than to be completely wrong about the coming flop in the economy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1143158274171452862006-03-23T16:57:00.000-07:002006-03-23T16:57:00.000-07:00I, myself, have been unemployed unexpectedly. I k...I, myself, have been unemployed unexpectedly. I know what it is like.<BR/><BR/>I don't see a depression coming. If you do, you should cite evidence beyond "Bush sucks." He does suck, but the federal government does not control the economy. No one does. The economic growth of the past two decades had far more to do with gains in technology (primarily IT) and changes in society (more women Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1143137113213680172006-03-23T11:05:00.000-07:002006-03-23T11:05:00.000-07:00My point is not that we are headed for anything li...My point is not that we are headed for anything like the Great Depression, because we're not. We are headed for a severe recession/depression. It will come with layoffs, cancellation of Netflix accounts, and people not doing that fix up to the kitchen they've been planning. It will not involve starvation or sending kids to richer relatives (barring any medical bill complications).<BR/><BR/>No,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1143128873453851432006-03-23T08:47:00.000-07:002006-03-23T08:47:00.000-07:00Let me know when your friends stop buying essentia...Let me know when your friends stop buying essentials. Let me know when your friends can't feed their kids, and send their kids to live with better-off relatives, i.e. relatives who can still buy food. Let me know when their 17-year old son is skinny as a rail, takes a job with the CCC (which pays squat but provides three meals per day), and gains 20 pounds in the first three months in spite of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1143088944505523862006-03-22T21:42:00.000-07:002006-03-22T21:42:00.000-07:00With all due respect (and I mean that in the hones...With all due respect (and I mean that in the honest and not ironic sense), people I know are going through layoffs again, can't pay simple heating and energy bills, have to stop non-essentials, have stopped buying anything but necessities and so on. Yes, we are heading for another depression.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1143071443134509522006-03-22T16:50:00.000-07:002006-03-22T16:50:00.000-07:00" . . . we've had an actual depression while the S..." . . . we've had an actual depression while the Shrub has been in office . . . "<BR/><BR/>Oh for Pete's sake (no offense, Pete). Neither unemployment nor inflation ever got over 10%, life expectancy hasn't dropped, there were no bread lines, and tens of thousands of young men did not actually *gain* weight while working for the Civilian Conservation Corps.<BR/><BR/>I agree that Bush is lying, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1143068182383447162006-03-22T15:56:00.000-07:002006-03-22T15:56:00.000-07:00Exactly Pete. I had the exact same take on that, ...Exactly Pete. I had the exact same take on that, including the mention of the guy being fat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1143059317312519522006-03-22T13:28:00.000-07:002006-03-22T13:28:00.000-07:00I'm with you, Yahm. It is really as bad as that. R...I'm with you, Yahm. It is really as bad as that. <B>Really.</B><BR/><BR/>Regarding the tone of condescension in Grizzly, I agree that some seemed that way (the coroner, the ranger who noted how he asked for it.) I think it's Herzog's accent that does this, combined with the fact that those who spoke that way were locals. <BR/><BR/>It seemed Treadwell was waiting for an excuse to die. The narratorSleemothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006902739068295904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1142996035341341722006-03-21T19:53:00.000-07:002006-03-21T19:53:00.000-07:00Oh come on, Yahmdallah, it's not times aren't as b...Oh come on, Yahmdallah, it's not times aren't as bad as all of that! (In reference to your Cinderella Man comments) I'll refrain from reading your comments about Grizzly Man because it's coming up on our netflix list....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com