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stevew

resident influencer
Sep 21, 2001
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I heard baracks plan is the rainbow that leads to a pot of gold.
 

valve bouncer

Master Dildoist
Feb 11, 2002
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1,000,000,000,000? Wow. That's like.....a lot of money. Imagine you had that much in one cent pieces. That'd reach all the way to Iraq.
 

Spero

ass rainbow
Jul 12, 2005
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1,000,000,000,000? Wow. That's like.....a lot of money. Imagine you had that much in one cent pieces. That'd reach all the way to Iraq.
Set next to each other, they would circle the earth about 32000 times.
 
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valve bouncer

Master Dildoist
Feb 11, 2002
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Set next to each other, they would circle the earth about 47000 times.
If you used some of them to fill the coffins of all the GI's that didn't come back then I'm sure it'd only reach the moon and back, well maybe not all the way but possibly to the Van Allen Belt.
 

dante

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Feb 13, 2004
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http://www.minyanville.com/articles/gold-lehman-GE-america-djia-capitalism/index/a/19081

Where were you when the fun stopped? I was in the back of a New York city taxi about 11 last night, barreling down 7th Avenue toward my apartment in the Seaport when it ended.

I leaned my head through the divider separating me and the driver and shouted, "Do you take American dollars? It's all I have." It's a little inside joke I have with the drivers in this city. Usually, we share a similar sense of humor and a mutual distaste for poor directions and strong perfumes. But not tonight. Not anymore.

"No!" the driver screamed, yanking the wheel hard to the left and sending me crashing hard against the right side passenger door. He slammed on the brakes in a bus lane, threw the cab into park, "Gold! Only gold! No dollars!"
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valve bouncer

Master Dildoist
Feb 11, 2002
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It would cost like 2,000,000,000,000 to mint that many pennies.
Not if you made them out of Hummers it wouldn't.

I realise it's your point Westy and I'm begging to be Snopes'd here but doesn't the copper value of 1 cent bits actually exceed their real value now?
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
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Not if you made them out of Hummers it wouldn't.

I realise it's your point Westy and I'm begging to be Snopes'd here but doesn't the copper value of 1 cent bits actually exceed their real value now?
**** yeah. Actually a copper penny would probably cost more than a dollar in copper. Pennies are now mainly made of zinc and contain more than one cent worth of zinc.
:bonk:
 

valve bouncer

Master Dildoist
Feb 11, 2002
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"What's the colour of a 2 cent piece?
Copper, copper
What's the colour of a 2 cent pice?
All coppers are cunts"

We had 1 and 2 cent pieces in Australia up until the mid 90's, we also had $1 and $2 notes. One of the cleverest things we ever did was change the notes to coins and get rid of the 1c and 2c pieces completely. My old girl has a huge big jar of 1 and 2 cent pieces at home somewhere, should melt the bastards down. Imagine you'd changed all your $ into copper coins back then, you'd probably have made out like a bandit.
 

X3pilot

Texans fan - LOL
Aug 13, 2007
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It's probably been said or written here a dozen times today somewhere else, but how can anyone seriously look at McCain as a viable candidate now after:

1. "The basis of our economy is strong" statement earlier this week

2. He is a big supporter of deregulation and has one of those former Senator turned lobbyist working for him on the campaign

3. Noting the above, how can he be the big maverick of change when he helped create most of this mess (free market advocate)

I'm not the brightest poster on PAWN, but the events of today have overwhelmed me and I am about as pissed at my government and leadership as I have ever been.

Fvck both of them, I wish we had a no kidding leader that we could elect to lead this country without a power trip and selling out to special interest.

And the first one to post Ron Goddamn Paul can have a turd sandwich.

rant over:rant::rant:
 

X3pilot

Texans fan - LOL
Aug 13, 2007
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Partially, for signing the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which led to this mess in the first place.
And the 'other' Clinton ain't so clean in all this either...

Bloomberg.com story

Now that the collapse has occurred, the roadblock built by Senate Democrats in 2005 is unforgivable. Many who opposed the bill doubtlessly did so for honorable reasons. Fannie and Freddie provided mounds of materials defending their practices. Perhaps some found their propaganda convincing.
But we now know that many of the senators who protected Fannie and Freddie, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd, have received mind-boggling levels of financial support from them over the years.

Throughout his political career, Obama has gotten more than $125,000 in campaign contributions from employees and political action committees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, second only to Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee chairman, who received more than $165,000.

Clinton, the 12th-ranked recipient of Fannie and Freddie PAC and employee contributions, has received more than $75,000 from the two enterprises and their employees. The private profit found its way back to the senators who killed the fix.
 

X3pilot

Texans fan - LOL
Aug 13, 2007
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McCain is tied in as well, because Gramm was his campaign's main economic adviser and co-chair for a year.
Oh, don't I know that as well. You read my other rants, not starting another one here. I emailed Kay Bailey hutchinson this morning to express my displeasure, let's see if it matters.

On another note, I am a goddamn idiot for not reading ALL the way to the bottom of the story I quoted. No credibility for me, I'm afraid. I'll shut up and let the adults talk..

(Kevin Hassett, director of economic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, is a Bloomberg News columnist. He is an adviser to Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona in the 2008 presidential election. The opinions expressed are his own.)

To contact the writer of this column: Kevin Hassett at khassett@aei.org
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Samirol

Turbo Monkey
Jun 23, 2008
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Oh, don't I know that as well. You read my other rants, not starting another one here. I emailed Kay Bailey hutchinson this morning to express my displeasure, let's see if it matters.

On another note, I am a goddamn idiot for not reading ALL the way to the bottom of the story I quoted. No credibility for me, I'm afraid. I'll shut up and let the adults talk..



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Don't worry about it, they put that little tidbit at the bottom so people are less likely to notice it
 

Inclag

Turbo Monkey
Sep 9, 2001
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McCain is tied in as well, because Gramm was his campaign's main economic adviser and co-chair for a year.
The fact of the matter is that Wall Street has long had a vested interest in manipulating politics/politicians. Since the Dems have taken control of Congress, they have received majority of donations from Wall Street, and before when it was the Republicans, it was the other way around. To point at parties and individuals and cry wolf is nonsense in my eyes, but points more towards a flaw in the political/economic/free market system we've made bed with.
 

Samirol

Turbo Monkey
Jun 23, 2008
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The fact of the matter is that Wall Street has long had a vested interest in manipulating politics/politicians. Since the Dems have taken control of Congress, they have received majority of donations from Wall Street, and before when it was the Republicans, it was the other way around. To point at parties and individuals and cry wolf is nonsense in my eyes, but points more towards a flaw in the political/economic/free market system we've made bed with.
Gramm actually wrote the bill, which is more significant in my eyes than just getting money. The whole system is a ****ed plutocracy, and it probably won't change.