Posts tagged with the economy

The Financial Crisis Comes Home

Posted on November 8, 2008 by

Alright.  So we hear things are bad, getting worse, but what does that actually mean?  What it means is that the poison that was released into the international financial system this September, when things got really crazy, when our brave leaders finally took the time to look into what was really happening, is now traversing [...]

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In the news and history (“What’s going on?” -Marvin Gaye)

Posted on October 13, 2008 by

So I’m sure that many of you have heard about this and that about this financial crisis.  I’m sure you smell a vague scent of despair and fear.  You must.  I feel it and smell it.  And what’s scary is that the closer I get to the epicenter of this debacle (through my research) the [...]

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