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"With Wall Street in turmoil, more turn to religion for solace"

randomuser
edited September 2008 in General
Funny story, but I have to ask, why didn't god prevent this from happening :confused:

Wall Street Troubles

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  • primexx
    edited September 2008
    because god feeds on the suffering of its creation?

    where were you for the last 6000 years?

    geez, don't you know that you can only be saved if you're suffering the most miserable life humanly possible?
  • randomuser
    edited September 2008
    god must be a woman then ;)
  • Student0667
    edited September 2008
    Ignorant lots. Turning toward an invisible figure for guidence and relief will not solve the current economic crisis that plagued America. Instead the American MUST be proactive and identify the source of their woes. For example, instead of spending $600,000,000,000 on the Iraq War and $700 billion to rescue dying firms, the Americans should balance their budget. Instead of forming all these new agencies to monitor and govern the market, the government should instead withdraw themselves from the market immediately.
  • lazyGUY
    edited September 2008
    Student0667;37371 said:
    Ignorant lots. Turning toward an invisible figure for guidence and relief will not solve the current economic crisis that plagued America. Instead the American MUST be proactive and identify the source of their woes. For example, instead of spending $600,000,000,000 on the Iraq War and $700 million to rescue dying firms, the Americans should balance their budget. Instead of forming all these new agencies to monitor and govern the market, the government should instead withdraw themselves from the market immediately.
    lol dude, the government withdrawing from the economy at this point would equal the collapse of the entire worlds economy...no one is happy that the government is nationalizing so many banks/companies....but it has to be done in order to fight off a second depression.... they have a veeeery slim chance of preventing a total collapse but its not looking too good...
  • IVTIVT
    edited September 2008
    randomuser;37367 said:
    Funny story, but I have to ask, why didn't god prevent this from happening :confused:

    Wall Street Troubles
    because He wants us to turn to Him, not money. But I know you will think i'm stupid for saying that. You are too thick to tolerate people's religious views.
  • Student0667
    edited September 2008
    lazyGUY;37382 said:
    lol dude, the government withdrawing from the economy at this point would equal the collapse of the entire worlds economy...no one is happy that the government is nationalizing so many banks/companies....but it has to be done in order to fight off a second depression.... they have a veeeery slim chance of preventing a total collapse but its not looking too good...
    But lazyGUY, what the Americans are doing right now is instant gratification, or in another word, short term gain for long term pain. Let's raise some questions...

    The American government CAN NOT continue to bailout these dying firms like this, especially if they are in a $9 trillion deficit. Where will the Americans get their money from? They either 1.) continue to borrow from other countries or 1.) they print more money. Both routes will be deterimental to the American economy because in option 1.) The debt will continue to accumulate and in option 2.) It will greatly devalue the American dollar. Either way, this will come back to hurt the average Americans by 1.) higher taxes and/ or cut in social services and 2.) devalue the American dollar and wiping out people's savings.

    If government intervention is really the solution, then the government should have made provisions for this a long time ago.
  • Broken Lizard
    edited September 2008
    IVT;37384 said:
    because He wants us to turn to Him, not money.
    Alright, let's make people kill themselves and have people starve to turn to him!

    It's not working in Africa, yet they are still trying to convert them there, lol

    I think a better response would have been

    LUCIFER IS DOING IT!!!!!!
  • Morro
    edited September 2008
    Maybe it's this impulse to look to an invisible sky-man for answers that got them into this situation in the first place?

    ...actually, I wasn't that at all. I was just being catty. :D
  • Morro
    edited September 2008
    Also, I think this guy is awesome:
    Chinese-Man-Pierces-2008-Needles-in-Head
  • randomuser
    edited September 2008
    Triple;37389 said:
    Alright, let's make people kill themselves and have people starve to turn to him!

    It's not working in Africa, yet they are still trying to convert them there, lol

    I think a better response would have been

    LUCIFER IS DOING IT!!!!!!
    You know...I normally just pass over your comments, but this one was actually logically sound. :teeth:

    And IVT, I won't even bother responding to your comments unless you want to say something I can actually respond to, instead of calling names.
  • Broken Lizard
    edited September 2008
    pass over my comments?
    ouch, i love you too
  • primexx
    edited September 2008
    IVT;37384 said:
    because He wants us to turn to Him, not money. But I know you will think i'm stupid for saying that. You are too thick to tolerate people's religious views.
    "...and the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do, and if you do any of these ten things he has a special place full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry, forever and ever, till the end of time...but he loves you! He loves you, and he needs your money!"
  • randomuser
    edited September 2008
    Triple;37407 said:
    pass over my comments?
    ouch, i love you too
    Well all your comments are about your affection of magnificent_bastard and oral, you show no e-interest in the ladies :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: ?

    now jaydub is trying to be triple minus the homoerotocism
  • Broken Lizard
    edited September 2008
    psht fine!

    i want oral with randomuser


    haha there
  • Steven
    edited September 2008
    Student0667;37388 said:
    But lazyGUY, what the Americans are doing right now is instant gratification, or in another word, short term gain for long term pain. Let's raise some questions...

    The American government CAN NOT continue to bailout these dying firms like this, especially if they are in a $9 trillion deficit. Where will the Americans get their money from? They either 1.) continue to borrow from other countries or 1.) they print more money. Both routes will be deterimental to the American economy because in option 1.) The debt will continue to accumulate and in option 2.) It will greatly devalue the American dollar. Either way, this will come back to hurt the average Americans by 1.) higher taxes and/ or cut in social services and 2.) devalue the American dollar and wiping out people's savings.

    If government intervention is really the solution, then the government should have made provisions for this a long time ago.
    You have good points and its raised by the Congress through this bailing out process right now; however, the government has to intervene in this kind of situation as it will effect so many within the US economy and outside of it. We are already on the verge of a worldwide depression as markets fall around the world on a daily basis. Investors are scared, major companies are performing below expectations, unemployment is increasing, and inflation is high. If the US just let huge firms like AIG fall, the situation would not get better. And from the looks of it, the rate at which economies are going down, we would not be far from Great Depression throughout the world. Plus, this isn't the first time the U.S. government has intervened, they have intervened in the past many times to prevent the collapse of the economy.

    Finally, when they "bailout" these companies, it doesn't fully mean that the tax payers are going to pay for this head on. These securities they are buying are little to no value right now; however, its not for certain for years to come. Same goes with bailing out AIG, its too early to tell if the Feds will lose money or not because AIG still has the potential to make a comeback.

    However, I'm certain that the financial sector has learn their lesson. New rules and enforcement procedures will definitely be put in place. Investment firms like Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are changing as we speak into the commercial banking sector where rules are alot tighter as compared to independent investment banks (what Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs were).
  • siuying
    edited September 2008
    cause karma's a bitch that's why.. american ssuuuccckkkaaasss.. =P

    and i still hold the view that god must be a man.. every month for the certain week i loathe him even more.. and every time i see some imitation of a pregnant woman screaming her lungs out i feel like slapping the daylights out of her.. ^_____________^
  • IVTIVT
    edited September 2008
    primexx;37408 said:
    "...and the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do
    epic_fail.jpg

    one of the things on that list is "honour your mother and your father"

    i think he wants us to do that...
  • primexx
    edited September 2008
    IVT;37437 said:
    epic_fail.jpg

    one of the things on that list is "honour your mother and your father"

    i think he wants us to do that...
    rofl nice catch.
  • Insatiable
    edited September 2008
    IVT;37384 said:
    because He wants us to turn to Him with our money.
    You got that right, Bible pusher!

    AMEN!
  • Ether
    edited September 2008
    I thought it was a list of eight things, not ten..
  • Polveredistella
    edited September 2008
    randomuser;37369 said:
    god must be a woman then ;)
    Nice one!:teeth:
  • mansonm
    edited September 2008
    Why not punks? Are you going to pay for the bills other than the Fed?

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