Grab Your Gun, Hunker Down, It's A Civil War!

[Pete Incaviglia]

Yes. A Havard economist predicts civil war and more before this recession is over.

Enjoy the read a friend sent me tonight:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090223.wferguson0223/EmailBNStory/crashandrecovery/home

 

[pallister]

Some men ya just can't reach ...

 

[Armchair_QB]

I got this...


WOLVERINES!!!!!!!!

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

I got this...


WOLVERINES!!!!!!!!

COMMISSIONER RICE: With the first pick in the Civil War Draft, the West selects, from Dirty Dancing, Patrick Swayze.

MEL KIPER: I tell you what, Boomer, I really like this pick. Swayze is the type of grizzled contributor who will step in and lead from the get-go. He's not going to need any of Coach Sheen's rah-rah speeches. Let's look at the clip.... Here, you'll see his efforts in Black Dog. It's clear he's not going to do everything he's told. He'll run guns... drugs... whatever it takes to get the job done.

CHRIS BERMAN: Good points, Mel. And how do you have such nice hair? By the way, the Northeast is now on the clock.

 

[DanOregon]

Swayze? Are you kidding me?

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

Swayze? Are you kidding me?

You prefer General, er, Jennifer Gray?

 

[zeke12]

It feeds the rich while it buries the poooooooor!

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

 

[pallister]

And I don't like it anymore than you men.

 

[Smallpotatoes]

Can't. Happen. Here.

 

[RickStain]

The actual quote they based their big, stupid headline on:

There will be blood, in the sense that a crisis of this magnitude is bound to increase political as well as economic [conflict]. It is bound to destabilize some countries. It will cause civil wars to break out, that have been dormant. It will topple governments that were moderate and bring in governments that are extreme. These things are pretty predictable. The question is whether the general destabilization, the return of, if you like, political risk, ultimately leads to something really big in the realm of geopolitics. That seems a less certain outcome

He actually predicts the U.S. comes out of it in decent shape.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

The actual quote they based their big, stupid headline on:

There will be blood, in the sense that a crisis of this magnitude is bound to increase political as well as economic [conflict]. It is bound to destabilize some countries. It will cause civil wars to break out, that have been dormant. It will topple governments that were moderate and bring in governments that are extreme. These things are pretty predictable. The question is whether the general destabilization, the return of, if you like, political risk, ultimately leads to something really big in the realm of geopolitics. That seems a less certain outcome

He actually predicts the U.S. comes out of it in decent shape.

Yeah. I laughed at that, too. It's why I named the thread what I did.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

 

[slappy4428]

It. Can't. Happen. Here.
Sinclair Lewis

 

[Starman]

WAR!! HUNNHHHH!! What is it good for!???

 

[HejiraHenry]

WAR!! HUNNHHHH!! What is it good for!???

Um, liberating the oppressed.
And, say, getting folks out of death camps.
And, you know, dumb stuff like that.

 

[SockPuppet]

I just wanna be on the side that drinks the other side's milkshake.

 

[BYH]

I got this...


WOLVERINES!!!!!!!!

AVENGE ME!!! AND MY PORTFOLIO!!!!

 

[Bubbler]

I got this...


WOLVERINES!!!!!!!!

AVENGE ME!!! AND MY PORTFOLIO!!!!

BYH in action ...

All that hate kept him warm inside.

 

[Stoney]

For what its worth, I thought that interview was a damn interesting read. This guy does not sound like some looney wingnut, in fact I thought he sounded pretty damn smart.