[NotMyBlood]

After the first 3-4 months of this year I was convinced that something "big" was going to happen and soon. Maybe more than just one "Big" event. Now, the housing debacle is just get starting and that "Big" event which may have ramifications that we havent even considered yet, but the "predictions" of just about everything are falling short. I really thought the chances of a broader War in the Middle East were pretty high(now, im not so sure), the Hurricane season would surley produce a few cat 5's - so far nothing, Gas prices would rise close to 4 dollars a gallon - I paid 2.79 today, a terrorist attack in the US? - nope - looks like our government is doing a pretty good job of containing terrorist activities, A Dollar Crash coupled with a recession? - not yet, but thats inching closer and closer......etc etc etc...

All those pundants predicting this, that and the other even in the MSM. Nothing. (except Housing - which again is pretty significant)

Are these the normal dog days of August? The Calm before the Storm? Or is it just like the conservative experts predict - like kunstler. Its a Long emergency. A housing bubble here, bridge collapse there, a war in iraq, a little inflation....that never seems to get any better. And in 5 years , these events will increase but it will all become normal in a slowly paced emergency. One day, you wake up and your nephew is at War, your wife is pregnant with no health insurance, the car needs repair from running over a massive pothole, you have 100 bucks in your checking account and the county is asking for more tax revenue......

[Ferretlover]

So, up for a little conspiracy theory?

Wonder why R-Sen. Trent Lott wants Congress to extend the one week vacation until after 11 Sep??

[mmasters]

There really isn't any precedant for what's coming, it's new territory and will be bizzare, irrational, chaotic and perplexing for nearly everyone. Critical thinking is the only thing that's particularly useful from here on out. People that rely on experience, trends and such will get royally screwed.

[Jack]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NotMyBlood', 'O')r is it just like the conservative experts predict - like kunstler. Its a Long emergency...

[NotMyBlood]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'S')o, up for a little conspiracy theory?
Wonder why R-Sen. Trent Lott wants Congress to extend the one week vacation until after 11 Sep??

[NotMyBlood]

Jack, thats whay I think A fast crash would be much better. Like jumping into a cold pool or ocean. Just go ahead and get it over with. quicky. :) But thats never going to happen, at least not in a planned way.

[FoxV]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NotMyBlood', 'A')ll those pundants predicting this, that and the other even in the MSM. Nothing. (except Housing - which again is pretty significant)

[NotMyBlood]

Patience 'Blood, the interesting times are coming
lol, I know, I know......

Isnt it usual to have a slowdown in the mraket during August? Also, I just heard that the Fed will most likely lower rates next week to show that they are doing something to contain the housing scare. I know, Im posting alot, but its a really slow, slow day.

[NotMyBlood]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gideon', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'l')ooks like our government is doing a pretty good job of containing terrorist activities

[Ferretlover]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NotMyBlood', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'S')o, up for a little conspiracy theory?
Wonder why R-Sen. Trent Lott wants Congress to extend the one week vacation until after 11 Sep??

[jbrovont]

Looks like you guys are already on it a few posts back, but I drove past a ticker on the way home and at that moment the dow was down something like 280 pts.

[NotMyBlood]

Gideon, you're telling me Bush/Cheney went to all the trouble to involve 3 commericial Airliners , the WTC, thousand of NYFD/NYPD and countless government officials/commands all to have an excuse to invade Afghanistan? you really , truly believe that? - Look, I know how passionate you 9/11 truth movement believers and Rosie Odonnell get, so I really don't want to flame. I'll just say , "No freaking Way". I'll discuss it with you though, maybe in a different thread.

[billp]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hile Mr Zoubin did not respond to our suggestion, nothing unfortunate has happened yet.

[Armageddon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NotMyBlood', 'G')ideon, you're telling me Bush/Cheney went to all the trouble to involve 3 commericial Airliners , the WTC, thousand of NYFD/NYPD and countless government officials/commands all to have an excuse to invade Afghanistan? you really , truly believe that? - Look, I know how passionate you 9/11 truth movement believers and Rosie Odonnell get, so I really don't want to flame. I'll just say , "No freaking Way". I'll discuss it with you though, maybe in a different thread.

[NotMyBlood]

So, it was just Bush,Cheney, a few others, and 19 Saudi Arabians. Instead of just letting people believe that the buildings were bombed by some terrorist organization, they had to make it look good for the camera's. So they also hijacked a few commercial 747s and in addition to bombing the buildings , because according to the theory the 747's couldn't of brought down the building by themselves, they also crashed some planes into the buildings.

And what was the purpose for all of this? To invade Afghan and Iraq. But instead of creating the false flag to have direct evidence linking Saddam Hussien, they leave that out...........

again, why did they go to all this trouble? 5 years after invading Iraw, what did this conspiracy accomplish? Ohh yeah, Haliburton , i suppose , has got a few more contracts....

wow!!!

[Armageddon]

alot of those hijackers have been seen since 911

[IrrationalExuberanceMonky]

To the OP, things take time to play out. Take the subprime mess, that's gonna be a/the big issue in the economy for AT LEAST a year. As for oil, well think of it this way, when we hit $78 things carry on much the same in the US but somewhere in the developing world someone just said "fuck it" and dumped their car. Doom may come in a beautiful spontaneous conflagration , or it may slowly drip, drip, drip, drip.

But fear not DOOM is upon us!

[IrrationalExuberanceMonky]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Armageddon', 'a')lot of those hijackers have been seen since 911

[NotMyBlood]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('IrrationalExuberanceMonky', 'T')o the OP, things take time to play out. Take the subprime mess, that's gonna be a/the big issue in the economy for AT LEAST a year. As for oil, well think of it this way, when we hit $78 things carry on much the same in the US but somewhere in the developing world someone just said "fuck it" and dumped their car. Doom may come in a beautiful spontaneous conflagration , or it may slowly drip, drip, drip, drip.

But fear not DOOM is upon us!

[BastardSquad]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NotMyBlood', ' ') One day, you wake up and your nephew is at War, your wife is pregnant with no health insurance, the car needs repair from running over a massive pothole, you have 100 bucks in your checking account and the county is asking for more tax revenue......