On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:01:18 -0800, Jan Flora <snowshoe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> bookburn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> When do Alaskans get updated on how our Congressmen vote? All these
>> issues voted on and we never hear how they plan to vote or why they
>> voted as they did; as if it's something they are too busy to explain.
>> I'll bet 9 out of 10 Alaskans don't even know what assignments our
>> reps have in Congress, what committees they're on.
>>
>> I'm disgusted with the local television news coverage we get, which
>> seems to be very petty stuff about personalities in state government,
>> before they get to the s****ts and weather. Local radio is infected
>> with the CLEAR broadcast company slate of increasingly fast-talking
>> shock-jock hosts of phony talk programs with an ideological agenda. So
>> much for the FCC and Congress's oversight accountability.
>>
>> Seems to be a conspiracy between media monopolies and the two-party
>> system of government we call representative democracy. Not sure how
>> to interpret Obama's refusal of $120 million from government campaign
>> financing. I think McCain believes his acceptance of it is a form of
>> campaign finance reform. Probably the party leaders cook up deals
>> with nominees regarding paybacks.
>>
>> Question really gets down to whether people will stomach much more of
>> this sleaze as economic conditions worsen and the ****p of state runs
>> amuck. Alaska will probably become a haven for hundreds of thousands
>> of refugees, and cruise ****ps will cater to large numbers of families
>> in steerage. bookburn
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>What are you smoking?
Oh, oh, time for a reality check.
>If you want to follow our Congress-critters, read their websites.
>Subscribe to their newsletters. (Keep a barf bag handy when you read
>DY's newsletter. He's got a higher opinion of himself than just about
>anyone else except Lu has.)
You're the first one I've talked to who thinks the congers come out of
their holes in the DC reef to do anything but dissemble. At least the
ADN refers to the money DY is spending for legal fees these days. No
comment at all about party bosses and the unelected gray government.
>Alaska will not become a haven for any sort of refugees, simply because
>we can't feed hordes of refugees. We're at the end of the global food
>chain. When the price of fuel gets so high that the truckers all park
>their trucks and quit hauling groceries, you'd better hope that you have
>some spuds in the root cellar and some dry fish and moose put up.
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>The end of the world isn't here yet, but we can almost see it from here.
>Stock up on food. We may have a really long winter ahead of us.
Here's a quote I happen to have at hand that seems more sobering.
From TimesOnLine British newspaper,
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/william_rees_mogg/article4326794.ece
(quote)
From The TimesJuly 14, 2008
This recession could easily tip into a depression
The experience of the 1930s makes me think that the present downturn
will be relatively long and difficult
William Rees-Mogg
(snip)
The present recession has some characteristics which make me think
that it will be a relatively long one. The recession is centred on
banking and property. In an ordinary recession, one has to wait for
consumers to regain their confidence, which, in turn restores the
confidence of business. Now one has to wait for the bankers as well.
At present, banks are too anxious even to lend to each other, let
alone to expand consumer credit or business loans.
This recession has produced a succession of nasty surprises. Things
are always proving to be worse than anyone had expected. Last week the
crisis spread to the American mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac, created by President Roosevelt in 1938.
These are far bigger than the investment bank Bear Stearns and
Northern Rock put together. They have brought the crisis from the
level of billions of dollars, to the level of trillions. No doubt they
will be saved because the US would be bust if they went down. But you
cannot save six- trillion-dollar institutions without suffering on a
large scale.
The debt crisis, the banking crisis, the property crisis, the oil
crisis, the ****ft to Asia, the bear market in stocks, are huge global
adjustments that have all come together at the same time.
(snip)
(unquote)
>I'm predicting the largest exodus out of Alaska this year since 1986.
>Save some cash so you can hit the garage sales.
Well, you must know something I don't to predict that. Can't be
mortages or social services that are worse here than elsewhere. If it
turns out you're right, I must be wrong. bookburn
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> Jan
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