tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post2341019228291333502..comments2023-10-25T17:56:55.769-04:00Comments on DemWit: Back to the futureB.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-74718055466124106822009-04-02T13:09:00.000-04:002009-04-02T13:09:00.000-04:00I-753, good comment. I wasn’t suggesting eschatolo...I-753, good comment. I wasn’t suggesting eschatology, just the fact that people always think the bad times in their generation are the worst ever and the good times, the best. (Geez, that came out with no thought of Dickens.) I’m listening to “The Ghost Map” about the cholera outbreak in London in the mid-1800s. I’d say we have it pretty good compared to the conditions then. We’ve been pretty B.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-14944503066604991902009-04-02T11:44:00.000-04:002009-04-02T11:44:00.000-04:00The hysterics over the current recession are just ...The hysterics over the current recession are just ridiculous. Yes, it's bad, and may well end up being about as bad in the US as the 1982 recession (measured by unemployment levels, which are what have the most impact on the average person). But we're not even in telescope range of the figures for unemployment and economic contraction that marked the Great Depression. The <A HREF="http://Infidel753http://infidel753.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-81628703421063488422009-04-02T10:01:00.000-04:002009-04-02T10:01:00.000-04:00Damn, I was hoping the well-traveled hobbit could ...Damn, I was hoping the well-traveled hobbit could tell us which museum currently houses this painting, or whether it is in the hands of a wealthy foreigner???? Guess I’ll have to do a little googling when there’s time. BJB.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-20301731131083822612009-04-02T08:46:00.000-04:002009-04-02T08:46:00.000-04:00Frodo, while contemplating this, the 17th month of...Frodo, while contemplating this, the 17th month of the deepest pure recession in our national experience, recognized that the Pharoah (Yul Brynner,wasn't it?) was visited by seven fatted calves, and seven on the thin side. Frodo's math puts the end of this cycle somewhere around Thanksgiving, 2114. Cranberry sauce, anyone?Frodo, never did like Heston muchnoreply@blogger.com