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anil [12.22.08 10:42 AM]

2009 recession will get over in end nov and then hope we live in peace

Chris [12.23.08 02:20 PM]

Blah Blah Blah, people please be positive you are all programming youselfs into a depression.

Kevin [01.04.09 08:50 PM]

Morons do not deserve a free country. Most US men are clueless, movie watching, video game playing ID 10 Ts that could not care less about anything, except if their favorite sport team wins. The West in general is about to collapse. Who cares right?

Fifth Horseman [01.11.09 09:19 PM]

Pestilence, War, Famine, Death and nifty WEB 2.O ;-) !!! Here come the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, I wonder if one of them has an iphone I can borrow?

This article and most of the comments posted here are a great example of how the U.S. and the rest of the world are going to be in for a serious wake up call.

It's real, real hard to get "online" in a third world country. Without any "jobs" you wont be able to afford things like "food", "medicine", "electricity" which will make your "blackberry" and "ipod" seriously hard to use. "Couldn't happen here in the good ol' U.S. of A" you say. Go outside and take a look around. Half of Mexico now occupy half of the U.S. They have no problem working for 3 bucks an hour on whatever kinds of service jobs are left here. As far as the manufacturing jobs, well... we send THOSE silly jobs to well... Mexico and China. Americans don't want to pay their rent, bills, healthcare (HA HA HA), or eat.

It is a fact that there are WAY too many people here and not enough resources to go around for everyone. There is a solution though... WAR. Kill off the useless eaters and consumers. Destroy the disposable buildings that make up the U.S. so that we can spend years rebuilding them. Plenty of work and food for everyone who was smart and lucky enough to survive. That is basically what happened in WWI and again in WWII. Maybe this time around we can show certain groups of people how to use condoms so that we don't have to go through this again in another few decades. Saint Obama used the word "Change" in every sentence he spoke. I don't think that his idea of "Change" is what the rest of the world had in mind.

P.S. Any grammar Nazis out there, be sure to meticulously scan this post for any typographical errors or misspellings. It is always the next step in retaliation to somebody who states the obvious. When you are through proof reading and bringing any punctuation errors to my attention, please explain how the U.S. will spring back from a situation like this (i.e. a country literally overflowing with cheap labor and no jobs). Thanks.

Retired at 24 [01.13.09 12:06 PM]

The big problem is for years many people in Usa lived beyond their means. They never saved any money and used credit cards to buy stuff they could not afford. They assmumed that their homes would forevever appreciate. We have boom and bust cyclical cycles. Most have no clue how to save or live within their means they only know how to spend more than they make I know this after travelling to 30 countries and 41 Us states. Good luck to all in 2009 you will need to use your survival skills.

Cassadra Richards [01.20.09 11:00 AM]

Local computer repair shop saved my big Fry's computer when Frys's told me it could not be fixed and I needed to by a new one. I paid Fry's sixty dollars for the diagnosis. I was gonna throw the computr out. But when I was at the strip mall I noticed a small eletonic shop. This guy fixed it. Still can't believe it's fixed and that Fry's lied! Big irresponsible corporations need to go bellyup.

Stacey Weller [01.21.09 06:27 PM]

I haven't read all of the comments above and maybe someone has already stated this but maybe a Depression 2009 would humble us enough as a nation that we take a step backwards, look at our priorities, re-learn to love and forgive family and friends, build and mend bridges, and execute some service muscles towards others. I could see this as a very hard time but a blessing we can look back on and think that maybe we are having labor pains of an evolving, growing, and changing nation. Stacey Weller. Washington State.

Alan Unknown [01.22.09 10:17 AM]

Does anyone remember the 1987 series Max Headroom?

It showed a world in a Depression just like what everyone here is describing.

It is funny that someone thought it up back in 1987 and we are about to live through it now.

jenny [01.24.09 04:05 PM]

F!$# the recession or depression. As long as I have my t.v, couch and oreos with milk its all mother F@#!$% good!

Victoria Webb [01.25.09 12:13 PM]

Local small farmers with whom I've been working are the best prepared to weather a depression. Heck they've been 'weathering' (sorry) Depression their whole lives.
Michael Pollan has the right idea. It's just plain stupid to grow shrimp here, process it in SE Asia, and then send it back again.

We should be more worried about climate change and future impacts to agriculture. That's going to create a real problem across the globe. So buy locally from farmers markets, lobby your legislators to cut back on coal and ramp up the solar & wind.

ps there's an interesting article in this week's New Yorker; The Dystopians, by Ben McGrath. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/01/26/090126fa_fact_mcgrath


jinny fumes [02.01.09 06:34 AM]

Men are kissing in the streets,no death penalty for child rapists ,illegals marching with their Mexican flags in the streets,people can't afford medical care,already over 10000 murders here a year,in this economic time Obama alloying money for abortions over seas ,wallstreet CEOs and politicians raping us,our dumb war overseas,bush's war overseas,no jobs,unemployment-people better wake up!!We are a nation of m*o*o*ns,the poor breed like bunnies and that's part of the problem,we manage over populated animals-why don't we do that here ?we need religion or some good teachers,give your kid an ass kicking when he's playing video games for hours,toughin him up.All this computer talk?It makes some sense but when hunger and crime take hold,people will be human survelance cameras in their neighborhoods,we will be kicking mexicans out of food lines.I wouldn't say apocolypse but something close.Store food,I am.Just like in the last depression a world war will spring up-Watch.We are a nation of fat spoiled m*o*o*ns,already tried Roget into Canada,it's tough.

singledad1234 [02.03.09 07:41 PM]

youtube Peter Shiff Gerald Celente

and Alex Jones and wake up

the bilderburgs control everything
and thats what they want

The Red Brahmin [02.05.09 10:59 AM]

I was born in 1942. Went to a state college for $100 a year, and a private for $1000 a year, and got my MA for free. Worked in a state job for 33 years and got out at 59.6 years of aged with 80% pension. Also, 27 in the military and got a pension at age 60. i have never owned a shrare of stock and therefore did not loose a penny in the current market. I studied history and could see a long time ago that the rich at the top of our society did not want a middle class emulating their lifestyles and would prefere aristocracy of the rich over democracy of the masses. my own portfolio is three beautiful children, three lovely grandchildren, a lovely wife and a decent home.
I also wrote that our commonality is our humanity,
that everyone is a human being with a mind and a history
That i respect you because you are.
That a man is not measured by the thickness of his portfolio but by the weight of his social conscience.
My parents lived through the Depression and never recovered from the trauma. I have always bought day old bread, looked for sales and cook at home.
to describe the feelings of so many in this society, i wrote

A storm is raging in my head
filling me with fear and dread
my thoughts I cannot put in speech
Those who hear me do not heed
Who i am or what I need
My hand extended does not reach

The Red Brahmin [02.05.09 11:00 AM]

I was born in 1942. Went to a state college for $100 a year, and a private for $1000 a year, and got my MA for free. Worked in a state job for 33 years and got out at 59.6 years of aged with 80% pension. Also, 27 in the military and got a pension at age 60. i have never owned a shrare of stock and therefore did not loose a penny in the current market. I studied history and could see a long time ago that the rich at the top of our society did not want a middle class emulating their lifestyles and would prefere aristocracy of the rich over democracy of the masses. my own portfolio is three beautiful children, three lovely grandchildren, a lovely wife and a decent home.
I also wrote that our commonality is our humanity,
that everyone is a human being with a mind and a history
That i respect you because you are.
That a man is not measured by the thickness of his portfolio but by the weight of his social conscience.
My parents lived through the Depression and never recovered from the trauma. I have always bought day old bread, looked for sales and cook at home.
to describe the feelings of so many in this society, i wrote

A storm is raging in my head
filling me with fear and dread
my thoughts I cannot put in speech
Those who hear me do not heed
Who i am or what I need
My hand extended does not reach

Lisaw [02.06.09 05:45 PM]

The real economy in the US is going to come to a complete standstill within the next 5 years.

When it does, companies will have to ask workers to work for the sake of work, with delayed compensation.

I'm sad to see it come to this, but greed topples economies.

And disease too. Watch out for the bird flu, I predict it within 7 years time.

Store food and water.

Lisaw [02.06.09 06:00 PM]

The real economy in the US is going to come to a complete standstill within the next 5 years.

When it does, companies will have to ask workers to work for the sake of work, with delayed compensation.

I'm sad to see it come to this, but greed topples economies.

And disease too. Watch out for the bird flu, I predict it within 7 years time.

Mark Castro [02.07.09 06:26 PM]

This is my strong opinion on today's current econonmic condition. The country's U.S. economic situation is not any different than a large company that has gone out of business. Look.....how many people really understand business? I believe I do! I invented, operated, and ran a successful business. I would be willing to bet that 60-75% of business today are a ticking time bomb!!! We are going to see many more companies drop like a swatted fly!! I don't want to be pessimistic, but I guess when people sit around and think "oh... the economy will bounce back" they are clueless. If you could pick 30 companies and take a look at their profit and loss, balance sheet, etc., within 6 months 20 out of those 30 will be in a BK....gone. We will see the economy blow up and crash on the ground in 6 months. 1000 billion dollars delays the crash, it's a parachute, you eventually hit the ground. Sorry to be so negative, but after understanding how business works and knowing for a fact that companies are so upside down,(you can stay in business and lose money for years at a slow rate)when the CFO's of this country look at their financials and sit in their chairs they stare out the window and know the impending doom is lurking for the company, people, vendors, customers, and ultimately our country. Any wagers on when we will hit the ground on fire?!
I believe in Capitalism and the freedom to make as much money as legally as possible, but with that freedom comes risk and sometimes consequences. People became obsessed and crazy over home equity and spent it quickly. We are the loud, big, and agressive American people. The people of this country will all pay for other peoples crazy decisions on mortgages. A depression in the U.S is not a big deal for the rest of the world emotionally and psycholgically. Tijuana isn't so bad as long as you know who and where to avoid........people get ready to be forced how to be street smart and vigilant!!