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JESSE
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Fear, Fear, Fear!!!
Have any of you guys got the feeling that now everything runs on fear?
You turn on CNN or Fox and it seems like your watching a documentary about the end of the world. Theres even plenty of documentaries that specialize
on figuring out the posibilities of getting hit by a comet, a huge earthquake, supervolcanos, global warming, global cooling, supernovas, black holes,
asteroids, the electromagnetic field turning, a huge landslide, tsunamis, and we can go on and on and on and on.
What the hell is going on?
Are we more at risk now than we where 20 years ago? NO
Then whats this business about feeding us fear all over the place? Violence in Mexico is up, yes, but in reality most of Mexico is still relatively
safe. Violence in Baja is up, yes, but mostly in TJ and Rosarito, the rest is about the same as it always was, but now, because of the internet, tv,
satellite, and the works, EVERYBODY is a reporter. And like any good reporter, you add as much crema to your tacos as you can posibly can.
Are we in a recession? yes, is it bad? yes, is it horibble and anything closely related to the great depression? no. I dont need no expert to realize
that this world we live is in fact better, better healthcare, better laws, better education, better communications, then whats all this ultra
exagerated fear pushing we get fed everyday?
I just wanted to post this because i want to tell all of those responsible for this, in goverment, the media, and where ever else, to f*** off. Fact
is, times are tough, and i am sure many are hurting bad, but in reality, so what if we can only buy 2 starbucks coffes instead of the typical 6 a
week? or if we can only afford to eat out once a month instead of once a week like we use to? are we that spoiled? are we that empty that we have to
feel like chit if we can only afford the 25 dllr bottle of wine instead of the 150dllr one?
Look, things are bad, but we are not living in somalia, we are not eating rice from a bag droped from the air as aid, we are not sick and unable to
get ANY type of healthcare not because we cant afford it, but because there isnt any. So how come according to the media we are all going to hell?
Screw the media, yes its bad, but we have it good compared to the rest of the world, we shouldnt be eating all that crap they are trying to feed us,
we should be thankful, and happy that we have what we have, because its a hell of a lot more than what most people in the world have.
There, i said it, and you know what, i am going out tonight, i am having fun, and i am thanking god for the gifts he has given us.
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The Gull
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The world has already ended. The SPAM blockers kept everyone from getting the e-mail. Fear - The fuel that Democrats run on.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Bush found out that it works beyond anyone's dream. Everyone else with an agenda has just adopted it.
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Well as far as the starbucks coffee goes, I scouted out a good expresso maker at walmart, bought my beans at costco, and now viola! I have my own ice
coffee, cappuccinos, lattes, you name it. At a fraction of the cost that "they" charge. Not all have run in fear, it's made alot of us more wise on
how we choose to spend our bucks though.... Am I hooked? You betcha! It's still legal....
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Keep the fear going. I like crossing NB in twenty minutes.
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JESSE
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| Quote: | Originally posted by soulpatch
I guess it depends how media dependent you are.
2 Starbucks vs 6? $25 bottles of wine? Wow, you are doing better than me.....
There are a lot of empty stores in my work district..... they weren't that way 2 years ago.....and all those people aren't just having to cut back a
little, they are in the hurt box, let alone the ripple effect that has.
Look at the numbers of displace people....people should have been afraid a little over 8 years ago. This will take decades to clean up.
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I dont drink cafe, i am just trying to say that wether its a starbucks coffe, or a visit to the local chinese restaurant (wich i do), things are not
as bad as the claims from the media. The fact is, we have way more than most people in the world have, and we do not appreciate it enough.
Happiness surrounds us, we live in a beautiful and safe place, and we shouldnt lose sight of that reality.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
Have any of you guys got the feeling that now everything runs on fear?
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Is that what you see on the faces of those as they walk into your restaurant?
Maybe a Lomotíl Parfaít for desert.....
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Barry A.
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Unemployment in Shasta county, and Redding in particular, hit 15.4% the newspaper reported today. That is not hype, that's reality!!
But, generally speaking Jesse is right on----and I can see it all around me, even in Redding. WE WILL SURVIVE.
Barry
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JESSE
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
Have any of you guys got the feeling that now everything runs on fear?
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Is that what you see on the faces of those as they walk into your restaurant?
Maybe a Lomotíl Parfaít for desert..... |
Quite the opposite.
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JESSE
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
Unemployment in Shasta county, and Redding in particular, hit 15.4% the newspaper reported today. That is not hype, that's reality!!
But, generally speaking Jesse is right on----and I can see it all around me, even in Redding. WE WILL SURVIVE.
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Thats what i am saying, its bad, its really bad, but nothing like the great depression or living under N-zi rule.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | | Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
Is that what you see on the faces of those as they walk into your restaurant?
Maybe a Lomotíl Parfaít for desert..... |
Quite the opposite. |
Perhaps the entrée. 
Thanks for not blowing your brains out over that one. It was all in fun.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
Thats what i am saying, its bad, its really bad, but nothing like the great depression or living under N-zi rule. |
Jesse...If you had any idea how close we are to reliving the
Great Depression, you would soil your under-garment. It isn't just a historical reference. It's right in our back yard trying to get in. Save
your Pesos and buy a big gun for self preservation.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by The Gull
Fear - The fuel that Democrats run on. |
A person has to be pretty isolated & comfortable in their bubble to think that fearmongering belongs to only one party, or nation, or
ethnicity... etc. It is a HUMAN thing (as opposed to "humane").
A convenient way to sustain a self-righteous, marginalizing or hateful attitude: to fault, blame, accuse, and blast away at "THEM"... ? ?
Doesn't that type of posting / comment go in the "OFF TOPIC" or "POLITICAL" area...?
[Edited on 3-7-2009 by djh]
Its all just stuff and some numbers.
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JESSE
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
Thats what i am saying, its bad, its really bad, but nothing like the great depression or living under N-zi rule. |
Jesse...If you had any idea how close we are to reliving the
Great Depression, you would soil your under-garment. It isn't just a historical reference. It's right in our back yard trying to get in. Save
your Pesos and buy a big gun for self preservation. |
Even if we did, wich i dont think will happen because the world is much different and the economy far more diverse, it would still not be as bad as we
THINK it is.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
the economy far more diverse, it would still not be as bad as we THINK it is. |
There is no more credit....There is no more confidence in the economy. Nobody is spending. The stock market is tanking deeper each week and it can't
fall much further without total colapse. No money on the streets....no employment.....no credit....no future in sight.
Diverse economy? Is that what you said? It's called NO economy. That is what it's leading up to if something miraculous doesn't take place.
Don't blame my opinions on me. I just read the Wall Street Journal.
P.S. ..........Call me in six months and I'll let you give me fifty bucks to take your restaurant off your empty hands.
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BajaNuts
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I can't say anything about Punta Banda, but NOB, contrary to all the media hype, 92% of mortgages are current and not in foreclosure! Do I want the
government to bail out the banks that financed that 8% of bad mortgages? HECK NO! We work our patooties off making the monthy payment just like all
the other 92%. That's not the huge financial crisis affecting all American households that the networks would have us believe.
Negativity sells, and media has thrived/survived on negativity since the dawn of "news" in the stone age.
Yes, economic downturns affect real people. WA state used to be a logging capitol with many communities dependant on the industry on many levels.
Logging tanked, people survived, changed jobs, started other businesses, and the communities evolved.
Not saying it doesn't hurt a little and make us more cautious about spending extra cash vs saving it for a possibly very soon rainy day....
[Edited on 3-7-2009 by BajaNuts]
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For Every Negative News Item You See, Ask Yourself, Is The Glass Half Empty Or Is The Glass Half Full?
when something legitimately bad happens, is it the end, or the door of opportunity to bigger, better things?
(Please don't think about bringing in natural disasters....I'm talking man-made situations)
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Nuts- You are right. It seems to me that given the fact that the so-called financial geniuses tend to be from the right side of the aisle, it astounds
me that there is so much gloom and doom being proferred. Especially since it was these same folks who right in the center of the run and gun market.
I cannot get my head around the concept that there are people who want the current administration to fail. From Rush to Beck, and all those in
between, WTF?
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JESSE
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Wasn´t wallstreet type people the ones that got us into this mess anyway? i could give a rats a** about their opinions. When things where good (and
they wherent) they hyped things in order to push the market as high as it could. Now that things are bad, they are pushing hard down trying to sell us
doomsday is coming. In betwen those rides, someone is making a ton of money.
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The real problem is that it is likely to get even worse in the coming months. I doubt that the US economy will ever make a "full" recovery. How can
it? Business will continue to "outsource" seeking the cheapest labor market to build its products importing the materials from the lowest
international provider. That global economy model cannot go backwards folks. GM, Ford and Chrysler may shut down their plants in the US but they will
survive as an international business building cars in Mexico, Brazil, India and other third world countries. In bad economic times folks will buy the
cheapest products available and as times get harder now they won't be manufactured in the USA. We as a nation cannot compete with current average
wages and cost of doing business in the USA. This isn't just Obama's fault nor is it all because of Bush. I think they each played a role in pushing
us down that path quicker but it was inevitable in the long run.
I have asked the question a hundred times and never heard an answer as to how we can avoid going to a global standard of living in a global economy?
I would love for someone to prove me wrong. Seriously...
[Edited on 3-7-2009 by BajaGringo]
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