Dow futures are already down 263. It's going to be ugly again tomorrow. On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Douglas Roberts <[email protected]>wrote:
> I'm staying at the Chico Hot Springs Hotel in Montana tonight, where the > wireless access is iffy, at best. > > My take: we're fucked globally, for a while. Think the 2008 recession and > I suspect we'll be in the ballpark. > > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Victoria Hughes > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Strong opinions stated twice. I did not vote for the Tea Party. >> What's your take on this as a global situation? >> >> >> >> Tory Hughes >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> On Aug 8, 2011, at 7:10 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: >> >> My nickel: we're fucked. Incompetents are running the country, because >> the system encourages incompetent ass-kissing, yes-men to rise to the top: >> we get what e voted for. Enjoy. >> >> --Doug >> >> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Victoria Hughes >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Like many of us, I have been reading a wide range of opinions online >>> about this, and had been looking forward to the discussion here. >>> >>> So what's the sense here? >>> >>> My nickel: despite the gloom and doom, the prophecies of the final demise >>> of the middle class, the unbelievable behaviour by the Tea Party folks- >>> petulant, arrogant and childish behaviour- overall I am heartened by the >>> necessity that we attempt to think like a global culture in order to resolve >>> and upgrade how we operate. >>> Similarly to the weather: we finally have to confront that this is all >>> one planet, like it or not: there is nowhere else to go. >>> >>> Our engagement now with these two situations - global economics, global >>> weather - I think will be seen as our watershed moment in a couple hundred >>> years. I am a designated optimist, so there's that. However, the demand >>> right now that we work together requires accountability from everyone to >>> everyone, no one left out anymore. We are overdue for this. I wish it >>> weren't happening while I was around, but I am around. >>> Keeping the big picture in mind, not yielding to panic, and reminding >>> people we've been through difficult times before. >>> >>> Stronger opinions re China and the US/West's addiction to their cheaply >>> made merchandise and to consumerism (especially after Sarbajit's comments re >>> cell phones), and the Tea Party will wait until I see if anyone picks this >>> thread up. >>> Yes, I read Tom Friedman. >>> >>> Victoria >>> >>> ==============================**============================== >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Doug Roberts >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins >> <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> >> 505-455-7333 - Office >> 505-670-8195 - Cell >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > > -- > Doug Roberts > [email protected] > [email protected] > http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins > <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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