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  • O Oakman

    Reagan Conservative wrote:

    It seems that Pivate Equity Firms are the next hazard to our economic health

    It looks like they are on the horizon, but I expect hedge funds going belly up[^] to be next.

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    Dalek Dave
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    Some already have!

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    • O Oakman

      Reagan Conservative wrote:

      It seems that Pivate Equity Firms are the next hazard to our economic health

      It looks like they are on the horizon, but I expect hedge funds going belly up[^] to be next.

      Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

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      Lost User
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      From our discussions yesterday, some (most ?) are unregulated with minimal protection. Thus, expect further misery, but, will the Feds bail them out? but a better question "Why should they bail them out?"

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        From our discussions yesterday, some (most ?) are unregulated with minimal protection. Thus, expect further misery, but, will the Feds bail them out? but a better question "Why should they bail them out?"

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        Oakman
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        Richard A. Abbott wrote:

        will the Feds bail them out? but a better question "Why should they bail them out?"

        I truly hope not. The reason advanced by their managers for inordinate profits and inordinate salaries/bonuses was risk = reward. Well the risk chickens have come home to roost and they have brought their cousins, the vultures.

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        • O Oakman

          Reagan Conservative wrote:

          It seems that Pivate Equity Firms are the next hazard to our economic health

          It looks like they are on the horizon, but I expect hedge funds going belly up[^] to be next.

          Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

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          R Giskard Reventlov
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          Oh, I do hope not: I work in one!

          me, me, me

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            It seems that Pivate Equity Firms are the next hazard to our economic health http://www.moneymorning.com/2008/12/11/private-equity/[^]

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            Brady Kelly
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            Nebuchadnezzar's statue[^] is finally dust. My father's, Jehovah's Witness, interpretation is similar to Daniel's, except the feet, being the last world power to fall, is the US, before a new order is ushered in. "After telling the king what his dream was, Daniel then tells him what it means. Nebuchadnezzar himself, king of Babylonia, is the gold head of the statue. After Babylonia will come another empire that is of inferior quality to his, presumably represented by the chest and arms of silver. After that empire will come a third one of brass, followed in turn by the fourth empire of crushing iron, that crushes all others. This fourth empire will later be divided, however, and end up as the feet and toes that are partly clay and partly iron." Isn't the US an 'empire' divided in two?

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            • R R Giskard Reventlov

              Oh, I do hope not: I work in one!

              me, me, me

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              Oakman
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              digital man wrote:

              Oh, I do hope not: I work in one!

              For your sake, I hope I am dead wrong. Unless your last bonus was in excess of one million.

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              • B Brady Kelly

                Nebuchadnezzar's statue[^] is finally dust. My father's, Jehovah's Witness, interpretation is similar to Daniel's, except the feet, being the last world power to fall, is the US, before a new order is ushered in. "After telling the king what his dream was, Daniel then tells him what it means. Nebuchadnezzar himself, king of Babylonia, is the gold head of the statue. After Babylonia will come another empire that is of inferior quality to his, presumably represented by the chest and arms of silver. After that empire will come a third one of brass, followed in turn by the fourth empire of crushing iron, that crushes all others. This fourth empire will later be divided, however, and end up as the feet and toes that are partly clay and partly iron." Isn't the US an 'empire' divided in two?

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                Oakman
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                Brady Kelly wrote:

                Isn't the US an 'empire' divided in two?

                Nope. That was Britain. North America is the half of the iron empire that stayed iron.

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                • O Oakman

                  Brady Kelly wrote:

                  Isn't the US an 'empire' divided in two?

                  Nope. That was Britain. North America is the half of the iron empire that stayed iron.

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                  Brady Kelly
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                  Very recently the US was largely divided into two very distinct political camps, coinciding with the beginning of your meltdown.

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                  • B Brady Kelly

                    Very recently the US was largely divided into two very distinct political camps, coinciding with the beginning of your meltdown.

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                    Oakman
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                    Brady Kelly wrote:

                    Very recently the US was largely divided into two very distinct political camps

                    Actually, North America is divided into nine camps. If the economy gets bad enough you may see the map start looking like this[^] On the other hand, SA was definitely and legally divided into two camps until recently, juist?

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                    • O Oakman

                      Brady Kelly wrote:

                      Very recently the US was largely divided into two very distinct political camps

                      Actually, North America is divided into nine camps. If the economy gets bad enough you may see the map start looking like this[^] On the other hand, SA was definitely and legally divided into two camps until recently, juist?

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                      Brady Kelly
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                      Oakman wrote:

                      legally

                      :confused: You mean before '94, or before Zuma? :laugh:

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                      • O Oakman

                        Brady Kelly wrote:

                        Very recently the US was largely divided into two very distinct political camps

                        Actually, North America is divided into nine camps. If the economy gets bad enough you may see the map start looking like this[^] On the other hand, SA was definitely and legally divided into two camps until recently, juist?

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                        Dalek Dave
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                        Tick VG!

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                        • B Brady Kelly

                          Oakman wrote:

                          legally

                          :confused: You mean before '94, or before Zuma? :laugh:

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                          Dalek Dave
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                          I believe he meant #000000 and #FFFFFF!

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                          • B Brady Kelly

                            Nebuchadnezzar's statue[^] is finally dust. My father's, Jehovah's Witness, interpretation is similar to Daniel's, except the feet, being the last world power to fall, is the US, before a new order is ushered in. "After telling the king what his dream was, Daniel then tells him what it means. Nebuchadnezzar himself, king of Babylonia, is the gold head of the statue. After Babylonia will come another empire that is of inferior quality to his, presumably represented by the chest and arms of silver. After that empire will come a third one of brass, followed in turn by the fourth empire of crushing iron, that crushes all others. This fourth empire will later be divided, however, and end up as the feet and toes that are partly clay and partly iron." Isn't the US an 'empire' divided in two?

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                            Christian Graus
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                            Well, the thing with something like this is, you can try to interpret it any number of ways. The fact that the iron flows on, makes me lean towards interpretations where the final kingdom is derived from the previous, fully iron one. But, it's all speculation, really.

                            Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

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                            • O Oakman

                              Richard A. Abbott wrote:

                              will the Feds bail them out? but a better question "Why should they bail them out?"

                              I truly hope not. The reason advanced by their managers for inordinate profits and inordinate salaries/bonuses was risk = reward. Well the risk chickens have come home to roost and they have brought their cousins, the vultures.

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                              Roger Wright
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                              Well said! :-D

                              "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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