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To: Copernicus
We may not be doomed, but it's pretty clear that few people on this thread are chess players. In chess, a game can be over long before a checkmate (which rarely occurs) is even possible - and a casual player looking at a given board position may conclude that everything looks just fine. The comments on this thread remind me of such casual chess players, who see that White is a Queen, Knight, and Rook ahead but fail to notice as the grandmaster does that Black has a forced checkmate in twelve moves. ;)

So yes, people are still driving around in three-ton SUV's they haven't paid for and putting $3.50/gallon gas on their credit cards and living in houses with negative amortization loans. Like sprinters leaning way forward to try to break the tape - one slight stumble and they lose.

117 posted on 11/02/2007 7:26:29 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: Mr. Jeeves
Like sprinters leaning way forward to try to break the tape - one slight stumble and they lose.

Dead economy walking/sprinting?

Best regards,

126 posted on 11/05/2007 5:46:23 PM PST by Copernicus (Mary Carpenter Speaks About Gun Control http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7CCB40F421ED4819)
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