OT: Countdown: Three Weeks to Chaos

[sd_bear]

[quote=partypup]”I guess that means I should stop contributing to my retirement.

Also, does this apply to my dog as well? Or should I leave a lot of food and water out for him when I make the transition and leave him behind?”

If you are still on the fence about continuing to contribute to your *retirement*, in the face of all that is going on around us, then my guess is that your dog is much more equipped to make the transition than you are.

You may very well be the one who is left behind.[/quote]

I can still contribute without putting it into stocks. As I stopped doing long ago.

[nostradamus]

[quote=arraya]Well, jeez, Nos. You assertion the partypup is advocating panic is ridiculous. If you feel that way from reading this thread maybe you should re-examine your own life. This is the old “I’m not going to live in fear” thing I hear so frequently.

Like… um… wouldn’t the only reason to actually “live in fear” be if there were something in our lives that was ongoingly frightening and threatening?[/quote]No offense, but have you been drinking this evening? I didn’t say anything about living in fear, but you had a whole conversation with yourself about it.
[quote=arraya]This is like watching a slow moving ever morphing category 5 hurricane making landfall that nobody but a few people are watching. Constant updates and honest discussion are needed.

Maybe you are well prepared and that’s great but many people are not. So if you really feel this thread is detrimental to you mental health which you have alluded, go back to your de-sensitized bubble and pretend everything will blow over.
[/quote]Like… uhm… did I mention or even allude detrimental to mental health? Again it’s the wine talking I think.

[quote=arraya]However, when we begin to look closely at the situation in it’s totality, it becomes very clear, very quickly, that de-sensitizing and wishin’ and hopin’ are about to go the way of the Yangtze River Dolphin in terms of effective life strategies. Which is where most Americans dwell.[/quote]
I’m sure in 2004 there were many REAs who could convince people that they had better be prepared to “act now or be priced out forever”. Look where that got us.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t have healthy discussions but I do find these threads to be quite alarmist and many times wrong. I can say “something really really bad is going to happen tomorrow…” and then the day after tomorrow add “…in Somalia”. What’s going to happen with the economy is anyone’s guess. I have “insiders” as well but wouldn’t etch their words in stone.

If you’re alarmed, scared, or anything more than entertained about what you’re reading on a blog, you are the one who needs to re-assess your life.
[quote=arraya]I’m embarrassed to have to write this… if there’s something ongoingly frightening and threatening in our lives, don’t we actually want to know about it, discuss it and maybe, the gods forbid, respond? Isn’t that what fear is for? And this thread for that matter.
[/quote]I too would be embarrassed if I wrote that. Uh-oh, something scary is threatening me… better run to the BLOG for help!

Anyway, I’m not trying to derail the panic train so go on with it if you like. Sell your stocks, liquidate your assets, buy into gold, hurry hurry hurry.

[nostradamus]

[quote=arraya]Well, jeez, Nos. You assertion the partypup is advocating panic is ridiculous. If you feel that way from reading this thread maybe you should re-examine your own life. This is the old “I’m not going to live in fear” thing I hear so frequently.

Like… um… wouldn’t the only reason to actually “live in fear” be if there were something in our lives that was ongoingly frightening and threatening?[/quote]No offense, but have you been drinking this evening? I didn’t say anything about living in fear, but you had a whole conversation with yourself about it.
[quote=arraya]This is like watching a slow moving ever morphing category 5 hurricane making landfall that nobody but a few people are watching. Constant updates and honest discussion are needed.

Maybe you are well prepared and that’s great but many people are not. So if you really feel this thread is detrimental to you mental health which you have alluded, go back to your de-sensitized bubble and pretend everything will blow over.
[/quote]Like… uhm… did I mention or even allude detrimental to mental health? Again it’s the wine talking I think.

[quote=arraya]However, when we begin to look closely at the situation in it’s totality, it becomes very clear, very quickly, that de-sensitizing and wishin’ and hopin’ are about to go the way of the Yangtze River Dolphin in terms of effective life strategies. Which is where most Americans dwell.[/quote]
I’m sure in 2004 there were many REAs who could convince people that they had better be prepared to “act now or be priced out forever”. Look where that got us.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t have healthy discussions but I do find these threads to be quite alarmist and many times wrong. I can say “something really really bad is going to happen tomorrow…” and then the day after tomorrow add “…in Somalia”. What’s going to happen with the economy is anyone’s guess. I have “insiders” as well but wouldn’t etch their words in stone.

If you’re alarmed, scared, or anything more than entertained about what you’re reading on a blog, you are the one who needs to re-assess your life.
[quote=arraya]I’m embarrassed to have to write this… if there’s something ongoingly frightening and threatening in our lives, don’t we actually want to know about it, discuss it and maybe, the gods forbid, respond? Isn’t that what fear is for? And this thread for that matter.
[/quote]I too would be embarrassed if I wrote that. Uh-oh, something scary is threatening me… better run to the BLOG for help!

Anyway, I’m not trying to derail the panic train so go on with it if you like. Sell your stocks, liquidate your assets, buy into gold, hurry hurry hurry.

[nostradamus]

[quote=arraya]Well, jeez, Nos. You assertion the partypup is advocating panic is ridiculous. If you feel that way from reading this thread maybe you should re-examine your own life. This is the old “I’m not going to live in fear” thing I hear so frequently.

Like… um… wouldn’t the only reason to actually “live in fear” be if there were something in our lives that was ongoingly frightening and threatening?[/quote]No offense, but have you been drinking this evening? I didn’t say anything about living in fear, but you had a whole conversation with yourself about it.
[quote=arraya]This is like watching a slow moving ever morphing category 5 hurricane making landfall that nobody but a few people are watching. Constant updates and honest discussion are needed.

Maybe you are well prepared and that’s great but many people are not. So if you really feel this thread is detrimental to you mental health which you have alluded, go back to your de-sensitized bubble and pretend everything will blow over.
[/quote]Like… uhm… did I mention or even allude detrimental to mental health? Again it’s the wine talking I think.

[quote=arraya]However, when we begin to look closely at the situation in it’s totality, it becomes very clear, very quickly, that de-sensitizing and wishin’ and hopin’ are about to go the way of the Yangtze River Dolphin in terms of effective life strategies. Which is where most Americans dwell.[/quote]
I’m sure in 2004 there were many REAs who could convince people that they had better be prepared to “act now or be priced out forever”. Look where that got us.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t have healthy discussions but I do find these threads to be quite alarmist and many times wrong. I can say “something really really bad is going to happen tomorrow…” and then the day after tomorrow add “…in Somalia”. What’s going to happen with the economy is anyone’s guess. I have “insiders” as well but wouldn’t etch their words in stone.

If you’re alarmed, scared, or anything more than entertained about what you’re reading on a blog, you are the one who needs to re-assess your life.
[quote=arraya]I’m embarrassed to have to write this… if there’s something ongoingly frightening and threatening in our lives, don’t we actually want to know about it, discuss it and maybe, the gods forbid, respond? Isn’t that what fear is for? And this thread for that matter.
[/quote]I too would be embarrassed if I wrote that. Uh-oh, something scary is threatening me… better run to the BLOG for help!

Anyway, I’m not trying to derail the panic train so go on with it if you like. Sell your stocks, liquidate your assets, buy into gold, hurry hurry hurry.

[nostradamus]

[quote=arraya]Well, jeez, Nos. You assertion the partypup is advocating panic is ridiculous. If you feel that way from reading this thread maybe you should re-examine your own life. This is the old “I’m not going to live in fear” thing I hear so frequently.

Like… um… wouldn’t the only reason to actually “live in fear” be if there were something in our lives that was ongoingly frightening and threatening?[/quote]No offense, but have you been drinking this evening? I didn’t say anything about living in fear, but you had a whole conversation with yourself about it.
[quote=arraya]This is like watching a slow moving ever morphing category 5 hurricane making landfall that nobody but a few people are watching. Constant updates and honest discussion are needed.

Maybe you are well prepared and that’s great but many people are not. So if you really feel this thread is detrimental to you mental health which you have alluded, go back to your de-sensitized bubble and pretend everything will blow over.
[/quote]Like… uhm… did I mention or even allude detrimental to mental health? Again it’s the wine talking I think.

[quote=arraya]However, when we begin to look closely at the situation in it’s totality, it becomes very clear, very quickly, that de-sensitizing and wishin’ and hopin’ are about to go the way of the Yangtze River Dolphin in terms of effective life strategies. Which is where most Americans dwell.[/quote]
I’m sure in 2004 there were many REAs who could convince people that they had better be prepared to “act now or be priced out forever”. Look where that got us.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t have healthy discussions but I do find these threads to be quite alarmist and many times wrong. I can say “something really really bad is going to happen tomorrow…” and then the day after tomorrow add “…in Somalia”. What’s going to happen with the economy is anyone’s guess. I have “insiders” as well but wouldn’t etch their words in stone.

If you’re alarmed, scared, or anything more than entertained about what you’re reading on a blog, you are the one who needs to re-assess your life.
[quote=arraya]I’m embarrassed to have to write this… if there’s something ongoingly frightening and threatening in our lives, don’t we actually want to know about it, discuss it and maybe, the gods forbid, respond? Isn’t that what fear is for? And this thread for that matter.
[/quote]I too would be embarrassed if I wrote that. Uh-oh, something scary is threatening me… better run to the BLOG for help!

Anyway, I’m not trying to derail the panic train so go on with it if you like. Sell your stocks, liquidate your assets, buy into gold, hurry hurry hurry.

[nostradamus]

[quote=arraya]Well, jeez, Nos. You assertion the partypup is advocating panic is ridiculous. If you feel that way from reading this thread maybe you should re-examine your own life. This is the old “I’m not going to live in fear” thing I hear so frequently.

Like… um… wouldn’t the only reason to actually “live in fear” be if there were something in our lives that was ongoingly frightening and threatening?[/quote]No offense, but have you been drinking this evening? I didn’t say anything about living in fear, but you had a whole conversation with yourself about it.
[quote=arraya]This is like watching a slow moving ever morphing category 5 hurricane making landfall that nobody but a few people are watching. Constant updates and honest discussion are needed.

Maybe you are well prepared and that’s great but many people are not. So if you really feel this thread is detrimental to you mental health which you have alluded, go back to your de-sensitized bubble and pretend everything will blow over.
[/quote]Like… uhm… did I mention or even allude detrimental to mental health? Again it’s the wine talking I think.

[quote=arraya]However, when we begin to look closely at the situation in it’s totality, it becomes very clear, very quickly, that de-sensitizing and wishin’ and hopin’ are about to go the way of the Yangtze River Dolphin in terms of effective life strategies. Which is where most Americans dwell.[/quote]
I’m sure in 2004 there were many REAs who could convince people that they had better be prepared to “act now or be priced out forever”. Look where that got us.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t have healthy discussions but I do find these threads to be quite alarmist and many times wrong. I can say “something really really bad is going to happen tomorrow…” and then the day after tomorrow add “…in Somalia”. What’s going to happen with the economy is anyone’s guess. I have “insiders” as well but wouldn’t etch their words in stone.

If you’re alarmed, scared, or anything more than entertained about what you’re reading on a blog, you are the one who needs to re-assess your life.
[quote=arraya]I’m embarrassed to have to write this… if there’s something ongoingly frightening and threatening in our lives, don’t we actually want to know about it, discuss it and maybe, the gods forbid, respond? Isn’t that what fear is for? And this thread for that matter.
[/quote]I too would be embarrassed if I wrote that. Uh-oh, something scary is threatening me… better run to the BLOG for help!

Anyway, I’m not trying to derail the panic train so go on with it if you like. Sell your stocks, liquidate your assets, buy into gold, hurry hurry hurry.

[nostradamus]

[quote=fat_lazy_union_worker]
In the short term/middle term, the world economy is too intertwined with U.S. consumers to severe ties with USD or the US economy right now. What the US brings to the table is a pool of consumers that often spend $2 for every $1 they have, and there is no other pool of consumers in the rest of the world that can substitute that in the short term. [/quote]Funny I was listening to NPR and you’re right: they will never find a consumer group as big as ours that spends more than it earns; however, they said Americans spend $1.27 for every dollar earned while Brits spend $1.65 for every dollar earned… It will be interesting to see how things pan out in England.

[nostradamus]

[quote=fat_lazy_union_worker]
In the short term/middle term, the world economy is too intertwined with U.S. consumers to severe ties with USD or the US economy right now. What the US brings to the table is a pool of consumers that often spend $2 for every $1 they have, and there is no other pool of consumers in the rest of the world that can substitute that in the short term. [/quote]Funny I was listening to NPR and you’re right: they will never find a consumer group as big as ours that spends more than it earns; however, they said Americans spend $1.27 for every dollar earned while Brits spend $1.65 for every dollar earned… It will be interesting to see how things pan out in England.

[nostradamus]

[quote=fat_lazy_union_worker]
In the short term/middle term, the world economy is too intertwined with U.S. consumers to severe ties with USD or the US economy right now. What the US brings to the table is a pool of consumers that often spend $2 for every $1 they have, and there is no other pool of consumers in the rest of the world that can substitute that in the short term. [/quote]Funny I was listening to NPR and you’re right: they will never find a consumer group as big as ours that spends more than it earns; however, they said Americans spend $1.27 for every dollar earned while Brits spend $1.65 for every dollar earned… It will be interesting to see how things pan out in England.

[nostradamus]

[quote=fat_lazy_union_worker]
In the short term/middle term, the world economy is too intertwined with U.S. consumers to severe ties with USD or the US economy right now. What the US brings to the table is a pool of consumers that often spend $2 for every $1 they have, and there is no other pool of consumers in the rest of the world that can substitute that in the short term. [/quote]Funny I was listening to NPR and you’re right: they will never find a consumer group as big as ours that spends more than it earns; however, they said Americans spend $1.27 for every dollar earned while Brits spend $1.65 for every dollar earned… It will be interesting to see how things pan out in England.

[nostradamus]

[quote=fat_lazy_union_worker]
In the short term/middle term, the world economy is too intertwined with U.S. consumers to severe ties with USD or the US economy right now. What the US brings to the table is a pool of consumers that often spend $2 for every $1 they have, and there is no other pool of consumers in the rest of the world that can substitute that in the short term. [/quote]Funny I was listening to NPR and you’re right: they will never find a consumer group as big as ours that spends more than it earns; however, they said Americans spend $1.27 for every dollar earned while Brits spend $1.65 for every dollar earned… It will be interesting to see how things pan out in England.

[Arraya]

No offense, but have you been drinking this evening? I didn’t say anything about living in fear, but you had a whole conversation with yourself about it.

You said “de-sensitize”. Well maybe I don’t know what that means.

Let’s see sensitive means

(1): easily hurt or damaged ; especially : easily hurt emotionally

So what would de-sensitize mean. I took it as withdrawing from information that disturbs or scares. So in essence what you said was “not being scared” Am I wrong?

If you’re alarmed, scared, or anything more than entertained about what you’re reading on a blog, you are the one who needs to re-assess your life.

HAHA..I’m not the one that wants to be de-sensitized. On another level, where do you get your information about economics, government etc… MSNBC, NYT, CNN? Come on you’re here, that pretty says what your faith level is in the 4th estate.

So are you saying that there is nothing to be alarmed or cause need for a change of plans or anything that would affect your life on the internet? Interesting.

I too would be embarrassed if I wrote that. Uh-oh, something scary is threatening me… better run to the BLOG for help!

OK, this makes no sense. I go to the internet for information, information that has served me well and think sharing information with people can benefit their lives and sometimes that information is disturbing but awareness is key IMO.

Anyway, I’m not trying to derail the panic train so go on with it if you like. Sell your stocks, liquidate your assets, buy into gold, hurry hurry hurry.

I already made preparations and watching the storm waiting to dump my dollars at the right time before the world dumps it sometime next year.

Admittedly I’m not a savvy trader or a guru in economics but I have a pretty good big picture of things. I Forest Gumped may way into some bubble money from California RE and bailed at the right time because I found this site. Have to say, what I learned on here was alarming and I adjusted my life and it worked out pretty well. Hmmm, being alarmed helped me. From there I found peak oil and all the great blogs that cover that subject. So back in 06 when I knew energy was going through the roof before the whole economy would explode in flames I bought some energy stocks and gold. That worked out pretty well too. Also, I dumped oil about a week from the top because I paid close attention by reading blogs. So you might say I have become quite found of the internet.

But your right I’m sure there is nothing of value on here for you. Nothing to be alarmed about. Just a bunch of sick fearmongerers out there scaring people because that need attention and get off on it.

[Arraya]

No offense, but have you been drinking this evening? I didn’t say anything about living in fear, but you had a whole conversation with yourself about it.

You said “de-sensitize”. Well maybe I don’t know what that means.

Let’s see sensitive means

(1): easily hurt or damaged ; especially : easily hurt emotionally

So what would de-sensitize mean. I took it as withdrawing from information that disturbs or scares. So in essence what you said was “not being scared” Am I wrong?

If you’re alarmed, scared, or anything more than entertained about what you’re reading on a blog, you are the one who needs to re-assess your life.

HAHA..I’m not the one that wants to be de-sensitized. On another level, where do you get your information about economics, government etc… MSNBC, NYT, CNN? Come on you’re here, that pretty says what your faith level is in the 4th estate.

So are you saying that there is nothing to be alarmed or cause need for a change of plans or anything that would affect your life on the internet? Interesting.

I too would be embarrassed if I wrote that. Uh-oh, something scary is threatening me… better run to the BLOG for help!

OK, this makes no sense. I go to the internet for information, information that has served me well and think sharing information with people can benefit their lives and sometimes that information is disturbing but awareness is key IMO.

Anyway, I’m not trying to derail the panic train so go on with it if you like. Sell your stocks, liquidate your assets, buy into gold, hurry hurry hurry.

I already made preparations and watching the storm waiting to dump my dollars at the right time before the world dumps it sometime next year.

Admittedly I’m not a savvy trader or a guru in economics but I have a pretty good big picture of things. I Forest Gumped may way into some bubble money from California RE and bailed at the right time because I found this site. Have to say, what I learned on here was alarming and I adjusted my life and it worked out pretty well. Hmmm, being alarmed helped me. From there I found peak oil and all the great blogs that cover that subject. So back in 06 when I knew energy was going through the roof before the whole economy would explode in flames I bought some energy stocks and gold. That worked out pretty well too. Also, I dumped oil about a week from the top because I paid close attention by reading blogs. So you might say I have become quite found of the internet.

But your right I’m sure there is nothing of value on here for you. Nothing to be alarmed about. Just a bunch of sick fearmongerers out there scaring people because that need attention and get off on it.

[Arraya]

No offense, but have you been drinking this evening? I didn’t say anything about living in fear, but you had a whole conversation with yourself about it.

You said “de-sensitize”. Well maybe I don’t know what that means.

Let’s see sensitive means

(1): easily hurt or damaged ; especially : easily hurt emotionally

So what would de-sensitize mean. I took it as withdrawing from information that disturbs or scares. So in essence what you said was “not being scared” Am I wrong?

If you’re alarmed, scared, or anything more than entertained about what you’re reading on a blog, you are the one who needs to re-assess your life.

HAHA..I’m not the one that wants to be de-sensitized. On another level, where do you get your information about economics, government etc… MSNBC, NYT, CNN? Come on you’re here, that pretty says what your faith level is in the 4th estate.

So are you saying that there is nothing to be alarmed or cause need for a change of plans or anything that would affect your life on the internet? Interesting.

I too would be embarrassed if I wrote that. Uh-oh, something scary is threatening me… better run to the BLOG for help!

OK, this makes no sense. I go to the internet for information, information that has served me well and think sharing information with people can benefit their lives and sometimes that information is disturbing but awareness is key IMO.

Anyway, I’m not trying to derail the panic train so go on with it if you like. Sell your stocks, liquidate your assets, buy into gold, hurry hurry hurry.

I already made preparations and watching the storm waiting to dump my dollars at the right time before the world dumps it sometime next year.

Admittedly I’m not a savvy trader or a guru in economics but I have a pretty good big picture of things. I Forest Gumped may way into some bubble money from California RE and bailed at the right time because I found this site. Have to say, what I learned on here was alarming and I adjusted my life and it worked out pretty well. Hmmm, being alarmed helped me. From there I found peak oil and all the great blogs that cover that subject. So back in 06 when I knew energy was going through the roof before the whole economy would explode in flames I bought some energy stocks and gold. That worked out pretty well too. Also, I dumped oil about a week from the top because I paid close attention by reading blogs. So you might say I have become quite found of the internet.

But your right I’m sure there is nothing of value on here for you. Nothing to be alarmed about. Just a bunch of sick fearmongerers out there scaring people because that need attention and get off on it.

[Arraya]

No offense, but have you been drinking this evening? I didn’t say anything about living in fear, but you had a whole conversation with yourself about it.

You said “de-sensitize”. Well maybe I don’t know what that means.

Let’s see sensitive means

(1): easily hurt or damaged ; especially : easily hurt emotionally

So what would de-sensitize mean. I took it as withdrawing from information that disturbs or scares. So in essence what you said was “not being scared” Am I wrong?

If you’re alarmed, scared, or anything more than entertained about what you’re reading on a blog, you are the one who needs to re-assess your life.

HAHA..I’m not the one that wants to be de-sensitized. On another level, where do you get your information about economics, government etc… MSNBC, NYT, CNN? Come on you’re here, that pretty says what your faith level is in the 4th estate.

So are you saying that there is nothing to be alarmed or cause need for a change of plans or anything that would affect your life on the internet? Interesting.

I too would be embarrassed if I wrote that. Uh-oh, something scary is threatening me… better run to the BLOG for help!

OK, this makes no sense. I go to the internet for information, information that has served me well and think sharing information with people can benefit their lives and sometimes that information is disturbing but awareness is key IMO.

Anyway, I’m not trying to derail the panic train so go on with it if you like. Sell your stocks, liquidate your assets, buy into gold, hurry hurry hurry.

I already made preparations and watching the storm waiting to dump my dollars at the right time before the world dumps it sometime next year.

Admittedly I’m not a savvy trader or a guru in economics but I have a pretty good big picture of things. I Forest Gumped may way into some bubble money from California RE and bailed at the right time because I found this site. Have to say, what I learned on here was alarming and I adjusted my life and it worked out pretty well. Hmmm, being alarmed helped me. From there I found peak oil and all the great blogs that cover that subject. So back in 06 when I knew energy was going through the roof before the whole economy would explode in flames I bought some energy stocks and gold. That worked out pretty well too. Also, I dumped oil about a week from the top because I paid close attention by reading blogs. So you might say I have become quite found of the internet.

But your right I’m sure there is nothing of value on here for you. Nothing to be alarmed about. Just a bunch of sick fearmongerers out there scaring people because that need attention and get off on it.

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