Vince Cable: Right wing nutters threaten financial markets

Started by Martinus, July 24, 2011, 02:10:41 PM

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derspiess

#15
July 25, 2011, 09:43:59 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 25, 2011, 08:05:59 AM
Quote from: Jacob on July 25, 2011, 12:38:40 AM
Quote from: derspiess on July 24, 2011, 10:52:09 PM
You know what you Euros ought to do?  Organize a letter-writing campaign to tell American voters how to vote next year.

No way that could backfire  :lol:

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Neil

#16
July 25, 2011, 09:52:57 AM
Quote from: Warspite on July 25, 2011, 09:41:31 AM
Quote from: Neil on July 24, 2011, 07:23:28 PM
Cable isn't exactly respected or credible.
He isn't?
No, he isn't.  His run as interim leader and his boasts about resignation have taken the lustre off of him.
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#17
July 25, 2011, 12:17:49 PM
Quote from: Gups on July 25, 2011, 04:57:31 AM
Quote from: derspiess on July 24, 2011, 10:52:09 PM
You know what you Euros ought to do?  Organize a letter-writing campaign to tell American voters how to vote next year.

Good idea but who will deliver the letters?

^_^

Bien joué.

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#18
July 25, 2011, 01:31:11 PM
Quote from: Martinus on July 24, 2011, 02:16:34 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 24, 2011, 02:12:34 PM
Who's Vince Cable?  Did he invent cable TV?

He is the British business secretary - sort of like the minister of trade and whatnot.

Than he is a nobody that doesnt matter.
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#19
July 25, 2011, 02:00:22 PM
Quote from: Gups on July 25, 2011, 04:57:31 AM
Quote from: derspiess on July 24, 2011, 10:52:09 PM
You know what you Euros ought to do?  Organize a letter-writing campaign to tell American voters how to vote next year.

Good idea but who will deliver the letters?

I don't get it Gups.

Zoupa

#20
July 25, 2011, 02:06:36 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 25, 2011, 02:00:22 PM
Quote from: Gups on July 25, 2011, 04:57:31 AM
Quote from: derspiess on July 24, 2011, 10:52:09 PM
You know what you Euros ought to do?  Organize a letter-writing campaign to tell American voters how to vote next year.

Good idea but who will deliver the letters?

I don't get it Gups.

Seriously?

Who's going to pay the postman if you guys default?

Warspite

#22
July 25, 2011, 04:19:17 PM
I'm going to start a chain letter saying that if the US defaults and cant pay essential public services, then the internet will stop working. But the US Internet Authority has said for every address this is forwarded to that means 1 cent towards their running costs.
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BUDALO, OVO JE POSTA

derspiess

#23
July 25, 2011, 04:19:36 PM
Quote from: Zoupa on July 25, 2011, 02:06:36 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 25, 2011, 02:00:22 PM
Quote from: Gups on July 25, 2011, 04:57:31 AM
Quote from: derspiess on July 24, 2011, 10:52:09 PM
You know what you Euros ought to do?  Organize a letter-writing campaign to tell American voters how to vote next year.

Good idea but who will deliver the letters?

I don't get it Gups.

Seriously?

Who's going to pay the postman if you guys default?

Kevin Costner, of course.

I was just as perplexed as Yi, btw.
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Gups

#24
July 25, 2011, 04:55:43 PM
Subtlety and the internet: two OK things that go shit together

Jacob

#25
July 25, 2011, 05:00:55 PM
Quote from: Gups on July 25, 2011, 04:55:43 PM
Subtlety and the internet: two OK things that go shit together

It was a difficult pitch. Many Americans don't see the connection between the taxes they don't want to pay and the services they take for granted.

Admiral Yi

#26
July 25, 2011, 05:04:12 PM
Well, in defense of the dullards, the US Post Office is primarily funded by stamps.  This revenue stream would not be affected by a default.  On the other hand it does recieve an operating subsidy from the general fund, so Gups' comment does have some traction.

Habbaku

#27
July 25, 2011, 05:29:14 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 25, 2011, 05:04:12 PM
On the other hand it does recieve an operating subsidy from the general fund, so Gups' comment does have some traction.

The small subsidy it does receive isn't used for general operations.  They stopped receiving the big money back in the '80s.
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#28
July 25, 2011, 05:46:57 PM
Quote from: Jacob on July 25, 2011, 05:00:55 PM
Quote from: Gups on July 25, 2011, 04:55:43 PM
Subtlety and the internet: two OK things that go shit together

It was a difficult pitch. Many Americans don't see the connection between the taxes they don't want to pay and the services they take for granted.

If the U.S. defaulted, the mail would still flow.

Palisadoes

#29
July 25, 2011, 06:49:03 PM
I think dear Vince is letting his ideology get in the way on this one: it takes two to tango, and it is not just the "right-wing nutters" who are holding up this supply bill (or whatever it is), but also the Democrats.
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