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[quote=Rich Toscano]Krugman lost credibility in 2004 when he chastised Greenspam for raising rates too soon. (Actually he probably lost credibility before that; I don’t read his column, but I happened to hear him an an interview in 04).

He is the standard-bearer for analysts who think there is no consequence to massive indebtedness and money printing.

Rich[/quote]
Yeah?
See I did not see that in what he has written.
Though it is true I have not read all of it.

It seems more like he has said that consequences are more complicated than much of the contemporary hype.

Specifically, he seems to not be averse to a dollar that is internationally weaker and unconcerned about inflation when money supply increase is coupled with a stagnant per capita GDP and increasing unemployment (and thus less effective demand).

While I have mixed feelings about the first assertion, I don’t see anything terribly non-credible about saying that inflation is more dependent upon spending than printing.

Increasing one’s monetary base is of dubious relevance if all the new base is doing is sitting in reserve accounts.

Maybe I am wrong but I don’t see loads of extra cash (a la 2005) floating around and doing a demand-pull on prices.

Still not sure about the international component.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=Rich Toscano]Krugman lost credibility in 2004 when he chastised Greenspam for raising rates too soon. (Actually he probably lost credibility before that; I don’t read his column, but I happened to hear him an an interview in 04).

He is the standard-bearer for analysts who think there is no consequence to massive indebtedness and money printing.

Rich[/quote]
Yeah?
See I did not see that in what he has written.
Though it is true I have not read all of it.

It seems more like he has said that consequences are more complicated than much of the contemporary hype.

Specifically, he seems to not be averse to a dollar that is internationally weaker and unconcerned about inflation when money supply increase is coupled with a stagnant per capita GDP and increasing unemployment (and thus less effective demand).

While I have mixed feelings about the first assertion, I don’t see anything terribly non-credible about saying that inflation is more dependent upon spending than printing.

Increasing one’s monetary base is of dubious relevance if all the new base is doing is sitting in reserve accounts.

Maybe I am wrong but I don’t see loads of extra cash (a la 2005) floating around and doing a demand-pull on prices.

Still not sure about the international component.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=sd_matt]”The military is a bunch of cry babies who always complain of if-this and if-that.”

That’s a messed up thing to say.

So you blame the sword for the hand that wields it.[/quote]
Agree.
Similar shit could be said about a lot of people who have a lot more choice.

Military does its job pretty well.
Thats why we don’t generally lose territory or install a military dictatorship.

When military really does suck, you know it well.

EG: France in the 30’s versus Britain in the 30’s.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=sd_matt]”The military is a bunch of cry babies who always complain of if-this and if-that.”

That’s a messed up thing to say.

So you blame the sword for the hand that wields it.[/quote]
Agree.
Similar shit could be said about a lot of people who have a lot more choice.

Military does its job pretty well.
Thats why we don’t generally lose territory or install a military dictatorship.

When military really does suck, you know it well.

EG: France in the 30’s versus Britain in the 30’s.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=sd_matt]”The military is a bunch of cry babies who always complain of if-this and if-that.”

That’s a messed up thing to say.

So you blame the sword for the hand that wields it.[/quote]
Agree.
Similar shit could be said about a lot of people who have a lot more choice.

Military does its job pretty well.
Thats why we don’t generally lose territory or install a military dictatorship.

When military really does suck, you know it well.

EG: France in the 30’s versus Britain in the 30’s.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=sd_matt]”The military is a bunch of cry babies who always complain of if-this and if-that.”

That’s a messed up thing to say.

So you blame the sword for the hand that wields it.[/quote]
Agree.
Similar shit could be said about a lot of people who have a lot more choice.

Military does its job pretty well.
Thats why we don’t generally lose territory or install a military dictatorship.

When military really does suck, you know it well.

EG: France in the 30’s versus Britain in the 30’s.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=sd_matt]”The military is a bunch of cry babies who always complain of if-this and if-that.”

That’s a messed up thing to say.

So you blame the sword for the hand that wields it.[/quote]
Agree.
Similar shit could be said about a lot of people who have a lot more choice.

Military does its job pretty well.
Thats why we don’t generally lose territory or install a military dictatorship.

When military really does suck, you know it well.

EG: France in the 30’s versus Britain in the 30’s.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=paramount]This past Friday morning at about 1AM I was awakened in my house by police sirens that were obviously very close by – a little to close in fact.

The next day I asked my neighbors if they knew what had gone on – they had no idea. Finally a blurb in the Press Enterprise appeared on Saturday: a man was attacked and stabbed (attempted murder?)*very* close to my house. He should recover thankfully. Isolated incident? Nope.

Last year there was a shooting in the same general area.

A list of other crimes in my area:

*(2) rapes in the last approx. 2-3 years
*Open air drug dealing
*Gang fights
*Public drunkenness
*Used condoms laying around our park bench areas
*Constant vandalism

and a long list of petty crimes.

I’m just trying to figure out – should I stay or should I go? I don’t want my kids growing up around this crap; and yet these type of things could happen anywhere…[/quote]

Sorry about all this.
It was a boring month and I had to spice it up.
I guess you were right about us Realtors.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=paramount]This past Friday morning at about 1AM I was awakened in my house by police sirens that were obviously very close by – a little to close in fact.

The next day I asked my neighbors if they knew what had gone on – they had no idea. Finally a blurb in the Press Enterprise appeared on Saturday: a man was attacked and stabbed (attempted murder?)*very* close to my house. He should recover thankfully. Isolated incident? Nope.

Last year there was a shooting in the same general area.

A list of other crimes in my area:

*(2) rapes in the last approx. 2-3 years
*Open air drug dealing
*Gang fights
*Public drunkenness
*Used condoms laying around our park bench areas
*Constant vandalism

and a long list of petty crimes.

I’m just trying to figure out – should I stay or should I go? I don’t want my kids growing up around this crap; and yet these type of things could happen anywhere…[/quote]

Sorry about all this.
It was a boring month and I had to spice it up.
I guess you were right about us Realtors.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=paramount]This past Friday morning at about 1AM I was awakened in my house by police sirens that were obviously very close by – a little to close in fact.

The next day I asked my neighbors if they knew what had gone on – they had no idea. Finally a blurb in the Press Enterprise appeared on Saturday: a man was attacked and stabbed (attempted murder?)*very* close to my house. He should recover thankfully. Isolated incident? Nope.

Last year there was a shooting in the same general area.

A list of other crimes in my area:

*(2) rapes in the last approx. 2-3 years
*Open air drug dealing
*Gang fights
*Public drunkenness
*Used condoms laying around our park bench areas
*Constant vandalism

and a long list of petty crimes.

I’m just trying to figure out – should I stay or should I go? I don’t want my kids growing up around this crap; and yet these type of things could happen anywhere…[/quote]

Sorry about all this.
It was a boring month and I had to spice it up.
I guess you were right about us Realtors.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=paramount]This past Friday morning at about 1AM I was awakened in my house by police sirens that were obviously very close by – a little to close in fact.

The next day I asked my neighbors if they knew what had gone on – they had no idea. Finally a blurb in the Press Enterprise appeared on Saturday: a man was attacked and stabbed (attempted murder?)*very* close to my house. He should recover thankfully. Isolated incident? Nope.

Last year there was a shooting in the same general area.

A list of other crimes in my area:

*(2) rapes in the last approx. 2-3 years
*Open air drug dealing
*Gang fights
*Public drunkenness
*Used condoms laying around our park bench areas
*Constant vandalism

and a long list of petty crimes.

I’m just trying to figure out – should I stay or should I go? I don’t want my kids growing up around this crap; and yet these type of things could happen anywhere…[/quote]

Sorry about all this.
It was a boring month and I had to spice it up.
I guess you were right about us Realtors.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=paramount]This past Friday morning at about 1AM I was awakened in my house by police sirens that were obviously very close by – a little to close in fact.

The next day I asked my neighbors if they knew what had gone on – they had no idea. Finally a blurb in the Press Enterprise appeared on Saturday: a man was attacked and stabbed (attempted murder?)*very* close to my house. He should recover thankfully. Isolated incident? Nope.

Last year there was a shooting in the same general area.

A list of other crimes in my area:

*(2) rapes in the last approx. 2-3 years
*Open air drug dealing
*Gang fights
*Public drunkenness
*Used condoms laying around our park bench areas
*Constant vandalism

and a long list of petty crimes.

I’m just trying to figure out – should I stay or should I go? I don’t want my kids growing up around this crap; and yet these type of things could happen anywhere…[/quote]

Sorry about all this.
It was a boring month and I had to spice it up.
I guess you were right about us Realtors.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=Arraya]Yeah, Afghanistan such a worthy cause… See, the funny thing about ME democracies is they always elect people that “we” don’t like. So we re-democratize them in the name of freedom.[/quote]

Yeah like the Palestinian elections.

That would be the inherent problem with democracy.

Another would be their instability if done wrong (eg: France, Chile, Mexico, Russia, Thailand).

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=Arraya]Yeah, Afghanistan such a worthy cause… See, the funny thing about ME democracies is they always elect people that “we” don’t like. So we re-democratize them in the name of freedom.[/quote]

Yeah like the Palestinian elections.

That would be the inherent problem with democracy.

Another would be their instability if done wrong (eg: France, Chile, Mexico, Russia, Thailand).

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=Arraya]Yeah, Afghanistan such a worthy cause… See, the funny thing about ME democracies is they always elect people that “we” don’t like. So we re-democratize them in the name of freedom.[/quote]

Yeah like the Palestinian elections.

That would be the inherent problem with democracy.

Another would be their instability if done wrong (eg: France, Chile, Mexico, Russia, Thailand).

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