[wdvltalk-social] oh sh*t

[joseph harris]

[Yor other missives noted]

You will have noted that that view of the US was anticipated 
by some years with a SciFi in 1997!

Mark you my experience of many Americans is that anything to 
the left of Vlad is full bloodied communism, while they see 
Vlad himself as a Socialist. ;-)

On the actual situation vis-a-vis finance/economics, there 
was never an intelligent alternative to nationalising all 
retail banking in mid-2007 in the US and UK and leaving the 
rest of the financial casino to drown in its own gambling 
debts.

'Intelligent' meant there was no hope of it being followed, 
and we are now another £4-5trillion deep in the hole where 
Gordon the Unready and Barack the Voice are still digging. 
The bubble(s) became so inflated that we may well settle to 
a world GDP around 1/3 of the 2006 peak.

In light of the current political headless chickens flapping 
around it is instructive to re-read Alice in Wonderland and 
Through the Looking Glass.

Joseph
From: "michael ensor"
> It wasn't a joke when I first made the comment, it was
> a simile attempting to reinforce the dangers and
> ineffectiveness of government interventions of
> certain types......
>
> and as that got circulated to CNBC USA and the folk
> on Squawbox there got a wee bit upset with it I was a
> bit taken aback and dismayed when I heard the report
> of the jokes using that label....
>
> still I suppose some things can take on a life of their 
> own
> once they have flown the pen......... :)
>
> the relevant comment (snipped ) was:
>
> "Now that George W's administration is socialising America
> one can but hope that the USSA will at least be more 
> efficient
> than the Soviets............."
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "joseph harris"
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [wdvltalk-social] oh sh*t
>
>
>
> Just when you think you have a good joke....
>
> USSA may refer to:
>
>  a.. United States Ski and Snowboard Association
>  b.. United States Snooker Association
>  c.. United States Sports Academy
>  d.. United States Student Association
>  e.. United States Surfing Association - Replaced with the
> United States Surfing Federation
>  f.. University of Strathclyde Students Association
>  g.. Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction (see: Conversion
> therapy), a condition where one self-identifies as having 
> an
> unwanted homosexual orientation.
>  h.. U.S.S.A. - United States indie-rock band.
> Joseph Harris
>
> From: "joseph harris"
>
>
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