Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-10-01 Thread R C Macaulay
Howdy Vorts, The use of the word bailout is not descriptive of the intent of the package of legislature that failed to win support in congress. An analogy to the plan offered by Paulson is more like who get's a seat in the lifeboat. Paulson suggests a 700 billion size lifeboat will handle all

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-30 Thread Remi Cornwall
Sure looks like hate speech to me. You sure you want these guys being leaders of the free world? I think the battle lines are clear; a battle between the good of freedom and the evil, lying, socialist control. When will they ever learn? Cash for Trash By Bill Bonner Bankruptcy of

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-30 Thread OrionWorks
Excerpt from recent TIME article: Let Risk-Taking Financial Institutions Fail http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1845209,00.html?cnn=yes The [currently proposed] bailout will involve a transfer of wealth — from the American people to financial institutions engaging in reckless

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-30 Thread OrionWorks
From Robin, In reply to OrionWorks's message of Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:42:04 -0500: Hi, [snip] $41T does sound a little high. A colleague at work got out his calculator and figured out that if you divided 40T by 400 million Americans, that would amount to a debt load of approximately $100,000,

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-30 Thread Edmund Storms
Actually, Bill Bonner shares your basic attitude toward government, except he is a better writer and has researched the issue in depth.. Ed On Sep 30, 2008, at 3:09 AM, Remi Cornwall wrote: Sure looks like hate speech to me… You sure you want these guys being leaders of the free world?

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-30 Thread Remi Cornwall
Mmmh, perhaps you should get him to research and write about CF. _ From: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 September 2008 14:58 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Actually, Bill Bonner shares your basic

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-30 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Jed Rothwell wrote: Maybe you despise Democrats Wilson and FDR for saving England's butt in WWI and WWII? Don't forget China's butt, too. One might argue that England would have survived WWII even if the United States hadn't directly entered the war, but it's hard to say that about China,

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-30 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Ron Wormus wrote: Jones, All true enough but big companies run on credit, and if they don't have it, it's going to cause big problems in relatively short order. The Depression, Japan's lost decade, the Russian currency crisis--all the biggest drops in GDP were finance related. When the

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-30 Thread Edmund Storms
Well, for those who are still interested, the market is recovering nicely. However, while the stocks that are most at risk from the immediate problems are going up, the stocks that are expected to suffer from a recession are continuing downward. In other words, the basic market does not

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-30 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
DJIA is up 232 points from the open, but it was down 750 points on Friday. According to the WSJ, Stocks staged a partial recovery Tuesday as investors hoped a revised financial rescue plan will emerge. In other words, the recovery, such as it has been so far, is apparently (as far as folks

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-30 Thread Edmund Storms
You may be right. However, the government is not the only source of funds nor is the bailout the only money being supplied by the government. The panic in the public was caused by an advertised effort to get this huge source of money available so that the financial companies would not

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-30 Thread Rick Monteverde
_ From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Jed - They should magically impose their will on the party if they honestly believe it is good

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: Did you see the word 'forced' in my post? Yes, I did. You wrote: The loss of reasonable returns on these havens forced people into the money market . . . You must have forgoten what you wrote! Probably a case of being absent minded because all you can think of is

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread OrionWorks
The Kiplinger Newsletter's take on the financial bailout: 10 Things That Will Change http://kiplinger.com/businessresource/forecast/archive/Ten_Things_That_Will_Be_Different_When_the_Financial_Smoke_Clears_080926.html http://tinyurl.com/3zrd39 Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Stockholders have just voted. The bailout was extremely important to the financial health of the country, or so they apparently believe. --- NEWS ALERT from The Wall Street Journal Sept. 29, 2008 The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 500 points as the the final votes

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Now down 700 points and dropping Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Stockholders have just voted. The bailout was extremely important to the financial health of the country, or so they apparently believe. --- NEWS ALERT from The Wall Street Journal Sept. 29, 2008 The Dow Jones

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Remi Cornwall
What's causing the drop Stephen? Is it banking shares or all shares? -Original Message- From: Stephen A. Lawrence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 September 2008 19:18 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Now down 700 points and dropping Stephen

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
The plunge stabilized and bounced back a bit after passing the -700 mark. IMHO it's too early to tell if this is Black Thursday all over again, or just the usual stock market shenanigans, behaving like a flighty horse and shying at shadows. __ NEWS ALERT from The

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Jones Beene
What's causing the drop Stephen? Is it banking shares or all shares? Well - in a larger sense of this being an historic day of judgment (starting at sunset), it is easier to understand what is going on. The wicked will be getting hit the hardest. It is written that on Rosh Hashanah the

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Remi Cornwall
Yes but what's causing the drop? I'm curious to know if after $700billion whether anything has changed. -Original Message- From: Jones Beene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 September 2008 19:42 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout What's causing

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Jones Beene wrote: What's causing the drop Stephen? Is it banking shares or all shares? Dunno, haven't looked closely (I'm too busy hiding under the table to keep pieces of the sky from hitting me on the head), but when the Dow barfs like that it's not usually just one sector which drags it

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Edmund Storms
On Sep 29, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Stockholders have just voted. The bailout was extremely important to the financial health of the country, or so they apparently believe. --- NEWS ALERT from The Wall Street Journal Sept. 29, 2008 The Dow Jones Industrial

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
News stories I'm seeing make it sound like it was the conservative Republicans who nuked the deal. With Barney Frank as lead representative on the bill, in the end it was apparently, in some sense, a Democratic initiative(?) or at any rate it was certainly bi-partisan.

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Dow down 750 by the close. Gold bugs won. So far everyone else is looking like a loser. Keep in mind that the deal that was killed was not the first deal on the table; there had been significant changes to it, or so I understand, and it was supposedly quite a bit less outrageous than the thing

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Remi Cornwall
: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout The people who nuked the deal are the people who do not trust the administration and who, in addition to listening to the voters, were able to hear what various economists are saying. Of course, it helps to be very conservative or very

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Remi Cornwall
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 September 2008 21:48 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Tell me something, is a president of the USA largely titular like a British monarch or do they have real power. Is it government by cabinet or leader-centric? -Original Message

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Jeff Fink
work. Jeff -Original Message- From: Stephen A. Lawrence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 3:30 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout News stories I'm seeing make it sound like it was the conservative Republicans who nuked

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Edmund Storms
PROTECTED] Sent: 29 September 2008 20:43 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout The people who nuked the deal are the people who do not trust the administration and who, in addition to listening to the voters, were able to hear what various

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
I do not understand economics, but Warren Buffett said this bailout is needed, and he is a smart cookie. So I worry that this, or something like it, is needed. Obama said: stay calm, because things are never smooth in Congress . . . There are going to be some bumps and trials and tribulations

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Edmund Storms
] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 3:30 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout News stories I'm seeing make it sound like it was the conservative Republicans who nuked the deal. With Barney Frank as lead representative on the bill, in the end it was apparently

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jeff Fink wrote: The dems control the house and senate. They don't need a single republican vote to get anything they want! That is not true. They have a small majority, and not much party unity. There are many conservative Democrats who will vote with Republicans on many issues. Many of

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Edmund Storms
Everyone agrees some kind of repair is needed. This is obvious. The issue is what form this repair should take. An increasing number of experts and ordinary people are realizing that the Paulson Plan is not form the repair should take. Unfortunately, the administration panicked and put

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
Remi Cornwall wrote (tongue-in-cheek no doubt): Tell me something, is a president of the USA largely titular like a British monarch or do they have real power. Is it government by cabinet or leader-centric? This president is one of weakest in history, because it is close to the end of his

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread OrionWorks
From Jed, ... This is an extraordinary moment in US history. The situation is a lot more critical than most people realize, according to friends of mine who understand something about economics. - Jed Taking the longer view, it does seem obvious to me that this mess will go down in the

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:36:53 -0400: Hi, I heard on TV last night that the level of private debt in the US is $41 trillion. Imagine what is going to happen if the banks start calling in *all* their loans. [snip] This is an extraordinary moment in US history.

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
://www.davidicke.com/index.php/ http://www.jimmarrs.com/ -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 2:37 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com; vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Remi Cornwall wrote (tongue-in-cheek

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: I heard on TV last night that the level of private debt in the US is $41 trillion. Imagine what is going to happen if the banks start calling in *all* their loans. Precisely. That's what people like Warren Buffett are worried about. They are not concerned about the

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread OrionWorks
From Robin, ... I have no idea if that $41 trillion figure is accurate or not. I have heard various estimates. I think a large part of the problem is that no one has any idea what the true number is, or who owes what to whom for what property. $41T does sound a little high. A colleague at

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Remi Cornwall
: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 September 2008 23:17 To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Robin van Spaandonk wrote: I heard on TV last night that the level of private debt in the US is $41 trillion. Imagine what is going to happen if the banks

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to OrionWorks's message of Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:42:04 -0500: Hi, [snip] $41T does sound a little high. A colleague at work got out his calculator and figured out that if you divided 40T by 400 million Americans, that would amount to a debt load of approximately $100,000, each. That seems

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Ron Wormus
Jed, The Utube link is hilarious! Sad that there is so much truth in it. I tend to agree with Paul Krugmen on this one--he hates Bush, doesn't like Wall Street, but thinks the bailout's necessary. analysis: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/ So what we now have is non-functional government in

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Jones Beene
Ron Wormus wrote: I tend to agree with Paul Krugmen on this one--he hates Bush, doesn't like Wall Street, but thinks the bailout's necessary. analysis: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/ Yes but maybe he is only half right. Of course it is necessary -- and it will pass towards the end of

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
Remi Cornwall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the democrats are shifting the blame. The law makers have a duty to make sure that people behave in a civilised manner. If you create an environment where people can panic in a crowded theatre The President is the one who cried fire, not the

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Nick Palmer
Remi Cornwall wrote: They are forever talking about the character of the republicans but one needs to look at the character of the left: a motley crew of the self-loathing, anarchists, vandals, control freaks, low standards, low achievement, anti-patriotic scumbags. More total crap from Remi -

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Rick Monteverde
Jed wrote Republicans thought it stank. The vote was: Democrats 140 Yea, 95 Nay Republicans 65 Yea, 133 Nay More to the point snip Even more to the point, voters are liking it about 10:1 against. So who's doing the representin' here? And Jeff is right, twice. Dems have the majority, no

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Ron Wormus
--On Monday, September 29, 2008 5:12 PM -0700 Jones Beene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ron Wormus wrote: I tend to agree with Paul Krugmen on this one--he hates Bush, doesn't like Wall Street, but thinks the bailout's necessary. analysis: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/ Yes but maybe he

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
Rick Monteverde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even more to the point, voters are liking it about 10:1 against. So who's doing the representin' here? As I mentioned, the U.S. system is not direct representation. Representatives are supposed to use their own judgment. Nothing in the Constitution

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-27 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
OrionWorks wrote: Leak sez: I seem to recall that it wasnt that a human wouldn't swat it, its that a human wouldnt know waht a bee was. I could be wrong. I have not read PKD's novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. However, in the film adaption Blade Runner it seemed obvious to

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-27 Thread Edmund Storms
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Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-27 Thread Terry Blanton
: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:25 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Actually, only the Supreme Court can answer this question and they show no interest in doing so. The cause of the problem

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-27 Thread Edmund Storms
Message- From: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:25 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Actually, only the Supreme Court can answer this question and they show no interest in doing so. The cause

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-27 Thread Terry Blanton
be it cash, stocks or bonds. Terry. On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Jeff Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:25 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-27 Thread Edmund Storms
, 2008 4:25 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Actually, only the Supreme Court can answer this question and they show no interest in doing so. The cause of the problem is obvious to anyone who has looked at reality. Many mistakes were

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-27 Thread Terry Blanton
PM, Jeff Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:25 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Actually, only the Supreme Court can answer

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-27 Thread Terry Blanton
Message- From: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:25 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Actually, only the Supreme Court can answer this question and they show no interest in doing so. The cause

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-27 Thread Edmund Storms
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:25 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Actually, only the Supreme Court can answer this question

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-27 Thread Edmund Storms
PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:25 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Actually, only the Supreme Court can answer this question and they show

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
$105,849 from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lobbyists. Would you acknowledge this and the above or are you too partisan? _ From: Remi Cornwall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 00:59 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Lots of good stuff

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Edmund Storms
this and the above or are you too partisan? From: Remi Cornwall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 00:59 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Lots of good stuff: http://www.capmag.com/ From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 September 2008 23

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Jones Beene
- Original Message From: Edmund Storms The choice is always the lesser of two evils. We never get perfection. Obama has less baggage than McCain, he is smarter, and he has a better plan. Far less baggage -- ... and speaking of the overloaded portmanteau almost too ponderous to

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Jones Beene
- Original Message ... apparently Remi does not remember the infamous Keating Five - ... from the net, a little refresher lesson in how recent political history has this nagging tendency to repeat itself every new generation: John McCain The Ghost of Keating Five posted last week

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
or are you too partisan? _ From: Remi Cornwall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 00:59 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Lots of good stuff: http://www.capmag.com/ _ From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout - Original Message ... apparently Remi does not remember the infamous Keating Five - ... from the net, a little refresher lesson in how recent political history has this nagging tendency to repeat itself every new generation: John McCain

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread OrionWorks
From Remi Cornwall The less government the better. Trust your constitution that's why it was written. Silly me to think this but less government would appear to have resulted in nobody minding the store, nor the constitution for that matter. And look where that got us. Regardless of whether

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
. New energy will empower people to self-reliance. -Original Message- From: Jones Beene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 16:08 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout - Original Message ... apparently Remi does not remember

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread leaking pen
why it was written. New energy will empower people to self-reliance. -Original Message- From: Jones Beene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 16:08 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout - Original Message ... apparently

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
constitution was forged in the light of the Enlightenment. -Original Message- From: leaking pen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 17:27 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Less government on the individual. MORE on the corporation

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread leaking pen
constitution was forged in the light of the Enlightenment. -Original Message- From: leaking pen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 17:27 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Less government on the individual. MORE on the corporation

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread OrionWorks
From Remi Cornwall: I'm not convinced about the need for more government. It attracts the Machiavellian type who don't deal in facts and distort truth (such as blaming the credit crunch on the free market when the demos vetoed reform). It attracts unproductive hangers-on to big public

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
the right. The American constitution was forged in the light of the Enlightenment. -Original Message- From: leaking pen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 17:27 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Less government on the individual

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Edmund Storms
? When do governments vote themselves less power? I'm in agreement about corporations. -Original Message- From: leaking pen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 18:08 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout The American constitution was formed

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Remi Cornwall wrote: How do you regulate government then? Who governs the governors? When do governments vote themselves less power? That's a odd question. Democratic governments never vote on anything. Only the voters do. US and British voters have repeatedly given our governments

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread leaking pen
@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout The American constitution was formed with the concept of freedom for people, and that coorporations would do their best to oppress people. And they were right. They had the East Indies Trading Company, they knew what evil could

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
forth) and many more I could find if I was a lawyer and constitutional expert. -Original Message- From: leaking pen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 18:58 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout What is a government? You treat it like some

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Edmund Storms
@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout The American constitution was formed with the concept of freedom for people, and that coorporations would do their best to oppress people. And they were right. They had the East Indies Trading Company, they knew what evil could be done

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Remi Cornwall wrote: Jed*: If you think they give back 'their' powers then I think you are living in cloud cuckoo land. I said the voters took power back. Please do not distort my words. Are you under the impression that tax rates in the U.S. are still 90%? Is rationing still imposed in the

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Edmund Storms
On Sep 26, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Edmund Storms wrote: The power of government always grows. Except when it shrinks. Of course some laws are repealed and some are no longer enforced unless you get caught doing something that threatens the government. Nevertheless, the

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Jeff Fink
-Original Message- From: Jones Beene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:08 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout - Original Message ... apparently Remi does not remember the infamous Keating Five - ... from

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 19:41 To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Edmund Storms wrote: The power of government always grows. Except when it shrinks. That's a rather silly thing to say, Ed. If it always grew then we would

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
I guess you'd make a great Chinese citizen. -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 19:48 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout On Sep 26, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Remi Cornwall wrote: Ed

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Remi Cornwall wrote: The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. I just want to stop this simplistic notion GOP/Tory = bad, Labour/Democrat = Good, more government = good. There are false prophets. I do not think anyone here has made such a simplistic assertion. We have all read history

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
Are you sure? From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Any law can be repealed. The public are infantilised, not talk how to think, how to have any dignity for themselves, putty infinitely mouldable in the hands of the elite. Jed, a lie's a lie. A pig with its nose in the trough

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Edmund Storms
:48 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout On Sep 26, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Remi Cornwall wrote: Ed: what you say sounds cynical and jaded. I suppose it does to someone who believes in the ideal function of government. However, if you examine

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread OrionWorks
From Remi: Was it Gene Hackman in a film I can't remember with this line You're either police or little people. I believe you are referring to a memorable quote from the famous film, Blad Runner with Harrison Ford as Deckard. See: Memorable quotes for Blade Runner:

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout On Sep 26, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Remi Cornwall wrote: Ed: what you say sounds cynical and jaded. I suppose it does to someone who believes in the ideal function of government. However, if you examine the actual

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Remi Cornwall wrote: Are you sure? Yes, I have read history, and lived through it, and I am sure things were much worse in the past. I am also sure they can get worse again. The public are infantilised, not talk how to think, how to have any dignity for themselves, putty infinitely

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Remi Cornwall wrote: Are you sure? Yes, I have read history, and lived through it, and I am sure things were much worse in the past. I am also sure they can get worse again. The public are infantilised, not talk how to think, how to have any

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread OrionWorks
From Remi: How does the liberal code of movie production run, like this? 1) Aim low then lower still. Hate you country, let the bad win, let the good suffer. Bamboozle, perplex. 2) Incorrect standards of life will be seen as thought provoking: man married to sister both marrying a sheep.

FW: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Jeff Fink
-Original Message- From: Jeff Fink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 3:17 PM To: 'vortex-l@eskimo.com' Subject: RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Could we say that most of the problems with the US government can be traced to areas where it extends beyond

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Remi Cornwall wrote: How does the liberal code of movie production run, like this? 1) Aim low then lower still. Hate you country, let the bad win, let the good suffer. Bamboozle, perplex. 2) Incorrect standards of life will be seen as thought provoking: man married to sister both marrying a

Re: FW: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread leaking pen
PM To: 'vortex-l@eskimo.com' Subject: RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Could we say that most of the problems with the US government can be traced to areas where it extends beyond its constitutional limits? Jeff

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
OrionWorks wrote: From Remi: Was it Gene Hackman in a film I can't remember with this line You're either police or little people. I believe you are referring to a memorable quote from the famous film, Blad Runner with Harrison Ford as Deckard. See: Memorable quotes for Blade Runner:

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Edmund Storms
@eskimo.com' Subject: RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Could we say that most of the problems with the US government can be traced to areas where it extends beyond its constitutional limits? Jeff

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread leaking pen
I seem to recall that it wasnt that a human wouldn't swat it, its that a human wouldnt know waht a bee was. I could be wrong. On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OrionWorks wrote: From Remi: Was it Gene Hackman in a film I can't remember with this

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
Wow! Team America on the TV. See ya. -Original Message- From: OrionWorks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 20:58 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout From Remi: How does the liberal code of movie production run, like this? 1) Aim

Re: FW: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jeff Fink wrote: Could we say that most of the problems with the US government can be traced to areas where it extends beyond its constitutional limits? I would go along with that. It is hard to say whether it is most or many or some of the most serious but that surely is a problem. The

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
leaking pen wrote: I seem to recall that it wasnt that a human wouldn't swat it, its that a human wouldnt know waht a bee was. That wasn't the point of the test, at least in the book -- in fact Deckard may even have explained to her what a bee was when the question came up; I'm no longer

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Jeff Fink
-Original Message- From: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:25 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Actually, only the Supreme Court can answer this question and they show no interest

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Edmund Storms
On Sep 26, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Jeff Fink wrote: -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:25 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Actually, only the Supreme Court can

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
Can't argue with that. I just want to know why when GOP representatives are on TV that they don't give more history about how this mess came about. Say it loud, say it proud, the democrats vetoed reform in 2003 and took money from lobbyists. They are like tamed pigs in the trough.

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