The Stephen Hawking bit is extra fun for us since Jonathan was amused as hell when he read that days ago, for the same reasons as the author of the post.
"The Dow Jones index in New York closes well below 9,000 points -- the lowest close since 2003."
editAlthough...isn't that just before everything went through the roof what with the real estate market? Maybe this is just things getting back to normal...
That bailout did WONDERS for our economy. That was such an awesome use of our time and money. Thank you federal government for that brilliant fucking action.
Things will eventually pick up, but I have my doubts about how much it will have to do with any action this government takes on the subject.
Jonathan and I were discussing this some time ago (the big: terrorist?? wtf?? hello, your husband bitch...?? And the whole witchcraft issue she has
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One thing I have yet to see anyone mention on the subject (not that I've done tons of reading on it, but I've done a bit).
A bailout sets a bad precedent.
This government is telling American businesses, "Run your industry into the ground! We'll put the country further into debt to cover your lying, cheating, totally unethical, clearly amoral