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Old 03-31-2008, 11:36 PM
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...on-803095.html

I love The Independent. It always uses scandalous headlines about a year before the situation actually becomes true.

They were talking in a tone similar to this about a year before the dot-bomb actually started to be called the dot-bomb (late 1999, early 2000).
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Best April Fools Day cover story so far...
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Old 04-01-2008, 02:19 AM
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I love not only how the cover touts a Macbook, but that the guy in front of the "welfare line" is listening to his iPod.
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Old 04-05-2008, 06:16 PM
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UK Paper DECLARES USA IN RECESSION

What, are you kidding?...do you still have a job?...then good for you...we have been in a recession for quite a while now, and it is only going to get worse...I work in the insurance industry, and at least for independent agents, we have seen a drop-off in new policies for the past six-months, and renewals are down too, thanks to monopoly companies like Geico, which have unlimited billions to spend on adverising, where they sell the 'Lizard' to the
dumbed-down public...what they don't tell first time customer is that rates will go up on renewal...and new cars sales/leases are down drastically, too...this information comes from salesman that we deal with...in my local newsrag, the last couple of issues have had 3 or 4 whole pages devoted to Sheriff's Sale properties...this is the first time I have ever seen this...now if you believe our Government or the boys at the FED, God help you...maybe you still
believe we went into Iraq to 'spread democracy'!...the 'recession news' has already appeared in the WSJ, the Economist and other
elitist controlled publications...as far as food stamps, I get them and am very happy I do, not just so I can eat regular meals, but because they are one form of 'currency' that for the most part re-circulates into the local economy...you know what they say: a recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a depression is when you lose your job.
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What, are you kidding?...do you still have a job?...then good for you...we have been in a recession for quite a while now, and it is only going to get worse...I work in the insurance industry, and at least for independent agents, we have seen a drop-off in new policies for the past six-months, and renewals are down too, thanks to monopoly companies like Geico, which have unlimited billions to spend on adverising, where they sell the 'Lizard' to the dumbed-down public...you know what they say: a recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a depression is when you lose your job.
No Frank.
We are not in a recession. A recession is when you have two or more successive quarters of negative growth in the country's GDP. We haven't had that, nor are we likely to.
You claim you read The Economist and the WSJ? Also not likely.
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..as far as food stamps, I get them and am very happy I do, not just so I can eat regular meals, but because they are one form of 'currency' that for the most part re-circulates into the local economy...you know what they say: a recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a depression is when you lose your job.
Why not cancel the high speed internet and get away from your hobbies of Jew-hating and conspiracy-theorizing so that you can afford food yourself? And yes, there are plenty of jobs in Philly.
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We are not in a recession. A recession is when you have two or more successive quarters of negative growth in the country's GDP. We haven't had that, nor are we likely to.
You claim you read The Economist and the WSJ? Also not likely.



As I said, if you believe the government statistics, God help you...But then we're still #1, right?...OK...the WSJ & Economist have already announced the recession.
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Why not cancel the high speed internet and get away from your hobbies of Jew-hating and conspiracy-theorizing so that you can afford food yourself? And yes, there are plenty of jobs in Philly.
Hey, Jiz, I already have a job, and I work for a Jew, Lou Blum, the towing guy...he cut my hours, that's why I need food stamps...I'll tell you what happened: An older Black lady came down to get her car off the impoundment lot...she owed $379.50 for the storage, I sold her a new insurance policy, $185 down, and she had the registration restoration fee of $95...that equals what, $659.50...the old woman only had $650 on her...so I felt bad, and let her have her car back for the $650...well, Lou got hot, and chewed me out over the $9.50...but, hell, I paid him out of my own pocket...but then, next week, he told me my hours were cut, and the next day he had a Mexican woman working...I found out later he was paying her $3 an hour less...but, hell, a bucks a buck...times are gettin' tough!
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As I said, if you believe the government statistics, God help you...But then we're still #1, right?...OK...the WSJ & Economist have already announced the recession.
Yeah Frank, it's just a massive conspiracy, the Gov. is faking the numbers for the economy and no one has ever let slip about it. We can't keep a program like Swift secret, but stats on our own economy are faked.
Brilliant.

Okay, so the Dirty Jew fired you and replaced you with a semi-literate mexican.
That still doesn't explain why you don't cancel your internet service and spend time currently devoted to digging up conspiracies of dubious credibility and jew-hating.
Don't you think that money would be better spent on paying for your own food?
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Okay, so the Dirty Jew fired you and replaced you with a semi-literate mexican.
That still doesn't explain why you don't cancel your internet service and spend time currently devoted to digging up conspiracies of dubious credibility and jew-hating.
Don't you think that money would be better spent on paying for your own food?
Tann, I'm eatin' OK...three squares...but thanks for your concern...and I don't have to pay for any internet service...I just hack into a ComCast DSL line!...and just remember, the ultimate question is: conspiracy or just coincidence!
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