> RoMunn wrote: > We've been pre-occupied with Al Qaeda, Iraq, and Afghanistan. I think it's > rather amazing that the country has countinued to function so well given all > of our pre-occupations. >
Yeah, that's a good point. As everyone here probably knows I'm as surprised as anyone. However all of this has the "new economy" feel. Remember during the boom how just when you thought stocks had gone as high as they could go, they'd go higher? And the contrarians were cast as purveyors of doom and gloom who didn't understand the "new economy"? Well, I kind of feel like that now. I feel like we're waiting for the other shoe to drop which could be oil, another US terrorism strike (although I think we'd be ok), dollar fears or punishment (the Arabs boycott the dollar), etc. I think the biggest shoe, however, is the baby boomers retiring and the amount of debt they've left us all saddled with. I can't help but feel that the children of the Greatest Generation have screwed us all by spending all of their money and our's too. They were always spoiled, but it's us who'll pay the price. Literally. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201063 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
