Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-06 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Or NRA members! On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 10:51 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: What comes to my mind is more along the lines of the French Revolution and liberal use of Guillotine in public discharge of ruling class. Adjusted for present ruling class, of course, but by citizens not

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-06 Thread Scott Ritchey
If ever the SHTF for real, I think you'll find most NRA members much better prepared to survive and prevail, particularly compared to folks in major cities who depend on an elaborate infrastructure. Consider, for example, how long could NYC (or DC, or Chicago, or LA, etc.) survive if isolated

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-06 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Yeah, lots of good survival food with lead as a main ingredient.. On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote: If ever the SHTF for real, I think you'll find most NRA members much better prepared to survive and prevail, particularly compared to folks in major

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-06 Thread David Kristin Gilmore
On 4/6/2014 5:51 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Yeah, lots of good survival food with lead as a main ingredient.. On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote: If ever the SHTF for real, I think you'll find most NRA members much better prepared to survive and

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-05 Thread Dieselhead
I saw a news report saying that Vietnam has sentenced rogue bankers to death. They are hoping to deter further bad banking behavior. I wonder if that would work here? I've lost the source, sorry, can't quote it. It would be the same as 20,000 lawyers in concrete boots at the bottom of the

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-05 Thread Dieselhead
What comes to my mind is more along the lines of the French Revolution and liberal use of Guillotine in public discharge of ruling class. Adjusted for present ruling class, of course, but by citizens not government. community organizers should be included on that list.

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-04 Thread clay
Living was so much more jolly when we had public executions. Cathartic in seeing wrong doers being delivered from evil. Now we just have to read about how nothing of any moral value is being done to rectify the wrongs. clay On Apr 3, 2014, at 2:20 PM, OK Don wrote: I suspect that it's

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-04 Thread G Mann
What comes to my mind is more along the lines of the French Revolution and liberal use of Guillotine in public discharge of ruling class. Adjusted for present ruling class, of course, but by citizens not government. On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:04 PM, clay redgh...@comcast.net wrote: Living was

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-03 Thread clay
There are meddlings that people do engage in that are not really for the benefit of the whole. I think we should have allowed the whole financial mess to run its full path. Instead, it got massaged, which is only prolonging the troubles. The perpetrators of the mess are not suffering, and

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-03 Thread OK Don
I saw a news report saying that Vietnam has sentenced rogue bankers to death. They are hoping to deter further bad banking behavior. I wonder if that would work here? I've lost the source, sorry, can't quote it. On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 1:08 PM, clay redgh...@comcast.net wrote: There are

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-03 Thread clay
That is a very forward thinking manner of dealing with corruption. Maybe we should institute that here clay On Apr 3, 2014, at 2:10 PM, OK Don wrote: I saw a news report saying that Vietnam has sentenced rogue bankers to death. They are hoping to deter further bad banking behavior. I wonder

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-03 Thread OK Don
I suspect that it's really more a means to distract the public from the huge amount of government corruption, but every little bit helps - - - On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 4:16 PM, clay redgh...@comcast.net wrote: That is a very forward thinking manner of dealing with corruption. Maybe we should

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-03 Thread Curt Raymond
probably fix things pretty quick. Or caning like in Singapore. -Curt Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 16:10:36 -0500 From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy Message-ID:     CANZcij8AR42T8zg8FxcskX_HUuDtrrLh=jsoytjxc-h0jqr

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-03 Thread Mountain Man
clay wrote: There are meddlings that people do engage in that are not really for the benefit of the whole. This is not new in humanity. Not ever before and certainly not today either. Get real - there is never equality. These people know how to hide and have learned how to hide for

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-02 Thread Gary Hurst
carter is looking better every day. history will view him as the last real president and not just a stooge for wall street On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I would point out that Carter is the only president in current history to not have a shot fired during

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-02 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
I share Dan and Gary's characterization of Jimmy Carter's administration. The Camp David Accord has endured into a lasting peace between Egypt and Israel. Amen to that. His envoironmental record was also pretty stellar. On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 12:41 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-02 Thread Dan Penoff
I think what he has done since his presidency is even better than anything he did while in office. Dan On Apr 2, 2014, at 11:22 AM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: I share Dan and Gary's characterization of Jimmy Carter's administration. The Camp David Accord has endured

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-02 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Especially when compared to Republican exes Ford, Reagan, GW Bush and his idiot son. On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I think what he has done since his presidency is even better than anything he did while in office. Dan On Apr 2, 2014, at 11:22 AM, Andrew

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-02 Thread Mitch Haley
Dan Penoff wrote: I think what he has done since his presidency is even better than anything he did while in office. Aside from the utter hypocrisy of lecturing North Korea on the evils of boycotting an Olympiad, I'd agree with you that he's been better for the world as a former president

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-02 Thread Gary Hurst
a famous historian once asked a single question of naval officers who knew carter. you are staffing a submarine. jimmy carter is being considered for two jobs: captain and chief engineer. (i may have the second title wrong, but you get the gist of what i mean). which role do you want him in?

[MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-01 Thread Van Knutson
We need someone to bring our country back from the broken society / deathbed. Some may disagree, and personally I don't care, but Ronald Reagan brought us back from Jimmy Carter. Now we need someone to bring us back from this equally worthless Barack Obama. I don't know who it will be, but we

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-01 Thread Dan Penoff
I would point out that Carter is the only president in current history to not have a shot fired during his presidency. Watch him on Bill Maher this week, it's worth seeing. Dan On Apr 1, 2014, at 5:36 PM, Van Knutson wrote: The market always self corrects, with or

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-01 Thread Rick Knoble
Ford had some shots fired at him.

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-01 Thread G Mann
U... Iran Embassy takeover.. hostages held for the entire duration of Carters office? And no shots fired.. yes .. that was a success, wasn't it? {All Embassy holdings are considered by all nations as Sovereign Soil of the Nation Embassy} ... Sorry... I can't count that as a score for the

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-01 Thread Mountain Man
Grant wrote: ...perhaps we should argue religion... Again, holy... Yeah, lets do religion. Or, perhaps we hack okiebenz to broke and then bring it back after a month and we can all tell what wonderful things we are doing now that our benz is broke and thrown away. I bet my 3-pedal benz will

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-01 Thread clay
James Carter had lust in his heart and was afeared of swimming rabbits. There was not enough spine in that man to deal with world issues. He did have a nice gathering at Camp David that had no impact, other than good press. We had 440 days of very embarrassing cowardice under his watch.

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-01 Thread Dieselhead
The market always self corrects, with or without the intervention of the next president. Sometimes you have to correct hard, like in 1929, and then rebuild the country. One way or the other, we will see the solution to this. DBV THe french society in the late 1700s corrected after the

Re: [MBZ] Self correcting economy

2014-04-01 Thread Dieselhead
I would point out that Carter is the only president in current history to not have a shot fired during his presidency. Watch him on Bill Maher this week, it's worth seeing. Dan that doesn't save him from being the second worst president in history, and the second weakest president in