[Zeddicus]

If it melts down, it melts down.

How long do we think we can continue to artificially prop-up a broken system?

The more doomsaying I hear, the more convinced I become that we need to just let it burn to the ground and sift through the ashes later.

[what's up]

Yeah, that's kind of what Pol Pot said.

He had that kind of attitude.

[Logical me]

I totally agree. Let the rotten bunch of nitwits suffer. Absolutely no bailout! Kick Fanney and Fredeee go to hell. And take the banks with them. Those damn criminals knew the RATS were in power and they would get a handout. Bush disappoints me by going along with no real input.

[absalom01]

Some fires are just too big to put out: you can hose them down all you want, but they are going to burn until there’s no fuel left.

To stretch another analogy, once the Titanic hit the iceberg, it was only a matter of time before the ship was on the bottom: there was simply no intervention available after that point that could change that outcome. It’s a waste of time trying to fix the hole in the hull, you just have to focus on getting all of the lifeboats into the water.