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And you also. Had to work today. But the crowds where to a minimum. I got to actually chat with some fellow associates for a change and not get constantly interrupted when attempting to do shelf maintenance.
I'm not totally convince Obama actually had visions, whatever of the financial markets going bonzai as they did in such a way that would open up such opportunities for him and his cronies to do what they have done.
I think they as we all have carefully noted, have taken total advantage of the situation, with the knowledge their moves would weaken the country further.
Perhaps time will show a definitive answer to this question.
How would they have anticipated for instance that GWB would have allowed Henry Paulson to take charge as happened. Things could have turned out a lot different had the Feds not elected to bail out AIG and the large banking systems with the original TARP monies.
Many banks here and elsewhere would have been up the creek without a paddle but the current thumbs up to piss trillions away on follow ups once the zero was anointed would not perhaps come to past. Just thoughts I try to keep in mind.
It is the day we want to relax a bit and think of how great a nation we have and all those over the two hundred and fifty some years that have given in so many areas of life to make this Republic the greatest nation the world has witness thus far in it's long history.
So don't feel you have to respond. Besides it is getting late on the east coast. Once all the noise settles down from the kids in the neighborhood trying their best to ruin their ears, I will hit the sack.
Shame, probably 100% of them don't have a clue as to what we are supposed to be actually celebrating.
At least there are a few tens of millions of us left that understand just how precious liberty and freedom really is, and how difficult it can be to keep it.
Happy birthday United States of America. You did what some only dreamed for thousands of years could come to past in principle.