3rdnlng Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 god, I am so glad to live in America where we don't have these problems. Like our government and elected officials or not, at least right now - at least we are not going thru this!!!! The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 The bigger they are, the harder they fall. I was not being serious, at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 I was not being serious, at all. I know that because you rarely are. That's not a knock, BTW. Now that i have your attention, I have to disagree with you re the Confederate flag. I think they should remove it. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 I know that because you rarely are. That's not a knock, BTW. Now that i have your attention, I have to disagree with you re the Confederate flag. I think they should remove it. What do you think? not my type. i once fancied that type, but not anymore. don't need the big jugs or the thickness. petite is my thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 not my type. i once fancied that type, but not anymore. don't need the big jugs or the thickness. petite is my thing. So, you're saying keep the flag? It would appear that you'll be making a lot of men happy at the tail gate opener this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 I know that because you rarely are. That's not a knock, BTW. Now that i have your attention, I have to disagree with you re the Confederate flag. I think they should remove it. What do you think? eat more GRITS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Now that i have your attention, I have to disagree with you re the Confederate flag. I think they should remove it. What do you think? Oh, hell yeah - that flag's gotta go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Germany and Greece have had issues for years: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 The Oxi-morons appear to have won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 http://news.yahoo.com/greece-votes-high-stakes-bailout-referendum-050534077--finance.html# The "no's" have it. We will find out soon whether socialist Europe is willing to let the Greeks "starve" or continue to fund their entitled lifestyles. I especially like that the Greeks want a loan that begins repayment after 20 years with 30% of the amount automatically forgiven. Obama could use those same guidelines for student loan debts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Many economists, including those at U.S. banking giant JPMorgan, reckon the outcome of Sunday's referendum will probably hasten Greece's exit from the euro. "Although the situation is fluid, at this point Greek exit from the euro appears more likely than not," JPMorgan's Malcolm Barr told clients on Sunday evening, adding 'Grexit' was now the bank's "base case". "'No' most likely means EMU exit," Barclays told its clients. As Asia-Pacific currency trading got underway, the euro fell more than 1 percent against the U.S. dollar EUR= and more than 2 percent against Japan's yen EURJPY=. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0PF13320150705?irpc=932 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I know that because you rarely are. That's not a knock, BTW. Now that i have your attention, I have to disagree with you re the Confederate flag. I think they should remove it. What do you think? That's a hell yes where in god's name do i sign up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I know that because you rarely are. That's not a knock, BTW. Now that i have your attention, I have to disagree with you re the Confederate flag. I think they should remove it. What do you think? I'm coming around to your way of thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) Here's the problem in a nutshell; europe will write-off a quarter Trillion in loans if greece defaults, half that if they include debt relief in the bailout package. Coupled with their otjer problems thats a rough pill to swallow. However from greeces perspective, austerity measures without relief never made any sense unless the goal was to delay the inevitable. But for them it just made living standards worse and dragged it out with no hope in sigjt. Greece did the right thing by rejecting the bailout and putting the onus back on Europe. ---------- Now it's Europe's time to decide: Save Greece or not? July 06 LONDON Europe is fighting fires on all sides: Migrants pour in from north Africa. Ukraine teeters on the brink. And the scars of the global financial crisis are still healing. Now the region's leaders have another crisis to deal with, and one that could strike the biggest blow to European integration in 60 years. The Greek people's resounding rejection of Europe's terms for a financial rescue demands a response. Granting Greece debt relief may cost creditors 127 billion euros, most of that falling on Europe, according to RBS analysts. Letting the country go would cost at least 227 billion, they estimate. http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/06/news/economy/greece-crisis-europe-dilemma/ Edited July 6, 2015 by JTSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Greek unemployment rate is 26%. Sometimes you just have to listen what people say: Many people said they had little reason to fear the uncertainty of rejecting Europe's bailout offer after five years of economic pain. I have been unemployed for three years, said Chloe Palaska, 40, once a French-language teacher. What do I have to lose? http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/greeks-cast-ballot-on-nations-future-in-europe/2015/07/05/cbb0a734-20d7-11e5-a135-935065bc30d0_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I'd say Chloe has the potential to lose her ability to feed and shelter herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) This is what socialism does. Greece blinked and its last six months of chaos have been a complete waste by Mike Bird Original Article "Elections change nothing. There are rules." Those were the words of Wolfgang Schaeuble, Germany´s finance minister and the nightmare of Europe´s anti-austerity movements. And looking at the bailout proposal that Greece submitted to its creditors on Thursday night, he wasn´t wrong. The Greek government is accepting the overwhelming majority of the deal just rejected at its referendum, and will get no up-front debt relief. The government will have to run primary budget surpluses, cut pensions and make significant structural reforms, all in exchange for about €53.5 billion (£38.57 billion, $59.44 billion). Edited July 10, 2015 by B-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 So the government has no obligation to follow the results of the referendum? They just inflicted a month of hell on their people for nothing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Well, we've done the same thing. We elect people who campaign on certain principles and once elected they just do as they damn well please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) Greece's problem is by being in the euro they lost control of monetary policy. Imagine US if we couldn't lower rates ....almost to zero in our case....to drag us out of credit crisis. Good article on it: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/opinion/paul-krugman-greeces-economy-is-a-lesson-for-republicans-in-the-us.html Edited July 11, 2015 by JTSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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