What are your plans for the next Great Depression?

[Bubba Wheels]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/03/ccview103.xml

Should start seeing this in the next 6 mos., if not already. Anybody doing any planning? Buying Gold? Hoping for a new FDR? Yes, the sky really is falling this time, Virginia.

[cthomer5000]

I've kind of always wanted to cook a can of beans directly over a open flame... preferably while under a bridge. So that is on my to-do list.

[Flasch186]

I should tell the guy who just bought a home from me last week.

oh, and I plan on rolling out some barbwire to claim land.

[gottimd]

I've always wanted someone to cook me a can of beans over an open flame....hopefully under a bridge.

[Butter]

I've always wanted to murder two guys cooking a can of beans over an open flame... hopefully under a bridge.

You know, for cover.

[dime]

Fear the hearts of men are failing
These our latter days we know
The great depression now is spreading
God's word declared it would be so

I'm going where there's no depression
To a better land that's free from care
I'll leave this world of toil and trouble
My home's in heaven
I'm going there

In this dark hour, midnight nearing
The tribulation time will come
The storms will hurl the midnight fear
And sweep lost millions to their doom

I'm going where there's no depression
To a better land that's free from care
I'll leave this world of toil and trouble
My home's in heaven
I'm going there

I'm going where there's no depression
To a better land that's free from care
I'll leave this world of toil and trouble
My home's in heaven
I'm going there

[Passacaglia]

I've been listening to a lot of jazz and swing music.

[Critch]

I'm prepared to break my vegetarianism by killing and eating a hobo.

[Bubba Wheels]

I myself am actually hoping for the return of raggedy suits and crumpled fedoras, the height of fashion past.

[Fidatelo]

I saw some guys huffing Ragu under a bridge one morning on my way to work. I think I might try that.

[EventHorizon]

Whenever I reaad about the next depression or recession or what not, I'm reminded of a quote from Milton Friedman:

"The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy."

[Mustang]

I've always wanted to murder two guys cooking a can of beans over an open flame... hopefully under a bridge.


I'm eating my beans under a different bridge.

[Critch]

I saw some guys huffing Ragu under a bridge one morning on my way to work. I think I might try that.

They were on the sauce?

[Icy]

During depression is when the major fortunes are made, will be a good time to take risky investments.

[Fidatelo]

They were on the sauce?

Indeed :D

[CraigSca]

First thing I'm going to do is run to my bank and get all my money out of there! Who's with me?!

[Pumpy Tudors]

I'll be blue, and I won't know where to go to, so I'll probably go where fashion sits.

[Dr. Sak]

Puttin on the Ritz

[lungs]

I'll be in a good position when the depression hits. I've got 700 cows so I'll have plenty to eat. I've got an arsenal of weapons that I'll equip my personal army of illegal immigrants with.

I'll be fine. Plenty to eat, and a well equipped personal army to fight off anybody that tries to steal from me.

[VPI97]

I'll be blue, and I won't know where to go to, so I'll probably go where fashion sits.

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[Tigercat]

If I don't find a good leaping window beforehand I am thinking of going into greyhound racing. There maybe I can find a dog who is down on his luck, like all of us, who can be an inspiration. I'm also considering boxing.

[Bubba Wheels]

Well, the good news is, the military will still be hiring.

[cartman]

I'll open up a brass knuckle and broomstick factory to supply all of the new Pinkerton goons hired to break up labor disputes.

[Passacaglia]

To take this thread back to serious-land, I'm curious what Bubba is doing.

[st.cronin]

To take this thread back to serious-land, I'm curious what Bubba is doing.

"back to"?

[sterlingice]

I'll open up a brass knuckle and broomstick factory to supply all of the new Pinkerton goons hired to break up labor disputes.

Oh, c'mon, labor's been broken for 20+ years now. You're getting into a bad market ;)

SI

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

This news story feels like a winter weather forcast in the Midwest........

Today: We're expecting over a foot of snow tomorrow! Buy canned goods and bottled water!

Later the next day: Well, we only got one inch of snow, but it could have been much worse if the storm track would have been 100 miles north.

[KWhit]

If there's a depression, then maybe I can finally find a Wii in stock!

[Lathum]

this isn't even from a US paper

[Sidhe]

I'll be in a good position when the depression hits. I've got 700 cows so I'll have plenty to eat. I've got an arsenal of weapons that I'll equip my personal army of illegal immigrants with.

I'll be fine. Plenty to eat, and a well equipped personal army to fight off anybody that tries to steal from me.


You know they'll shoot you and take your cows, right? This is a depression, man!

[JPhillips]

My big friend and I plan on doing some farm labor in California, but only until we get enough of a stake to have little farm of our own.

[Atocep]

this isn't even from a US paper

Well no shit. Our papers are controlled by the government.

[Dr. Sak]

I am going to team up with a certain fellow who plans on placing an explosive on a fault line in California to which we bought land on the east side of that fault line. Bye-bye, California. Hello, new west coast. My west coast...Costa Del Lex. Luthorville. Marina del Lex. Otisburg...

[EventHorizon]

Well no shit. Our papers are controlled by the government.

Paranoid much? :eek:

[sachmo71]

I'm bringing back the flappers!

[Mustang]

At least Flasch can do some reworking on his marketing plan.

Not only are you buying food from him, the sack can also transformed into clothing.

[Galaxy]

Bernake has got to go. He is a full-blown idiot. Of course, Greenspan is an idiot to for keeping low rates around for so long.

[twothree]

"What are your plans for the next Great Depression?"

The same thing we do every Great Depression, Pinky. Try to take over the world.

[Bubba Wheels]

Live and learn. There was one game-changer in this whole election, Ron Paul. Really, write in Mickey Mouse on your ballot in November and look out for yourself and your family. http://www.richdad.com/RichDad/RichContent.aspx?cpid=62 click the last one, Mike Maloney on gold and silver.

[JediKooter]

Thankfully all of my stocks were not purchased on margin, so I wont have to worry about that. Then, I think there's plenty of rivers here in the good 'ol U S of A that could use dams, so, I'm not worried about finding a job. I could always start bootlegging whiskey from Canada, but, that can be a little risky with all the other rival gangs trying to do the same thing. We could build sky scrapers, highways, sewer systems, too many to name. The Depression is looking good in preseason.

[Desnudo]

I already have a prime corner staked-out for apple sales

[Butter]

Live and learn. There was one game-changer in this whole election, Ron Paul. Really, write in Mickey Mouse on your ballot in November and look out for yourself and your family.

I bet you had a big stockpile of fuel and canned goods on December 31st, 1999, didn't you?

[Fidatelo]

I already have a prime corner staked-out for apple sales

Does Steve Jobs know?

[Cringer]

I am pretty sure I can overpower any and all of my neighbors, some are already scared of me as it is I think. I think I will take control of my neighborhood. I can put people to work on turning the golf course into a farm. I don't golf so I won't need it.

[Mustang]

I bet you had a big stockpile of fuel and canned goods on December 31st, 1999, didn't you?


My brother did. He also dropped $1K on a generator and bought a shotgun. The family was told that when everything collapsed that any family members trying to get ahold of his stockpile would be shot on sight.


Wish I was making that up, but ah... no.

[Mustang]

I am pretty sure I can overpower any and all of my neighbors,

Increase the number of 5 year olds that someone can take during a Great Depression by a factor of 3. Call it the - 'Desperation Factor'

[Butter]

My brother did. He also dropped $1K on a generator and bought a shotgun. The family was told that when everything collapsed that any family members trying to get ahold of his stockpile would be shot on sight.


Wish I was making that up, but ah... no.

That's nice. I bet you teared up at the family unity-ness of it all.

[rkmsuf]

My brother did. He also dropped $1K on a generator and bought a shotgun. The family was told that when everything collapsed that any family members trying to get ahold of his stockpile would be shot on sight.


Wish I was making that up, but ah... no.

I bet he has beans.

[st.cronin]

When you say "Wisconsin", you've said it all.

[Mustang]

That's nice. I bet you teared up at the family unity-ness of it all.

Considering my brother never talked to anyone given that he at least told us that was something.

I was down in his basement several years after that. Dude still had like 100 cans of beans on a shelf.

No bridge though

[gottimd]

I bet he has beans.

Does he mind cooking them for me under a bridge?

[AENeuman]

Just to make things easier, so that i can plan out my week, i think there needs to be a poll to decide bubba's next topic. i think if we can focus his craziess it will keep jack, er, bubba from being a dull boy

my vote for the next topic is: visa ipo v/v teapot dome scandal v/v ron paul

[rkmsuf]

Just to make things easier, so that i can plan out my week, i think there needs to be a poll to decide bubba's next topic. i think if we can focus his craziess it will keep jack, er, bubba from being a dull boy

my vote for the next topic is: visa ipo v/v teapot dome scandal v/v ron paul

would bubba plow ron paul if it ensured paul would be president?

[Atocep]

For the record, my plans are to read FOFC so I can count how many times Bubba Wheels makes an "I told you so" thread.

[Passacaglia]

Live and learn. There was one game-changer in this whole election, Ron Paul. Really, write in Mickey Mouse on your ballot in November and look out for yourself and your family. http://www.richdad.com/RichDad/RichContent.aspx?cpid=62 click the last one, Mike Maloney on gold and silver.

I don't think you exactly said what your plan was -- are you saying here your plan is to invest all your assets in gold and silver? Can I ask what percent of your savings (and other various retirement funds) is being put in each?

[lynchjm24]

Rich Dad is hilarious.

He endorses Julius Caesar and Napeolon for president.

[Flasch186]

At least Flasch can do some reworking on his marketing plan.

Not only are you buying food from him, the sack can also transformed into clothing.

and can be used in the fire can under the bridge. Burns real nice. warm too.

[Bubba Wheels]

I don't think you exactly said what your plan was -- are you saying here your plan is to invest all your assets in gold and silver? Can I ask what percent of your savings (and other various retirement funds) is being put in each?

Well, I think in one of the video clips he talks about as little as 10% would skyrocket if all else collapses. Read this guy's book couple of years ago and he was predicting all this before Iraq even took place, nobody in politics has the guts or integrity other than "guess who" (RP) to even talk about it.

Like he says, its just common sense. You cannot keep spending at these rates and devaluing the dollar and expect anything other than total economic collapse. So maybe that is exactly what some are looking to create.

[Zelig]

I plan on voting for the first guy who can't walk.

[BishopMVP]

Start a war with Germany and Japan. Bomb half the developed worlds infrastructure so we can be the leader of the new world order post-depression.

[sterlingice]

Start a war with Germany and Japan. Bomb half the developed worlds infrastructure so we can be the leader of the new world order post-depression.

Good plan. I think we can do it. Is there someone we can use as a pretext for aggressor so we don't look like the bad guys, tho?

SI

[Bee]

Good plan. I think we can do it. Is there someone we can use as a pretext for aggressor so we don't look like the bad guys, tho?

SI


Maybe a Frenchman so the war will be short.

[Passacaglia]

Well, I think in one of the video clips he talks about as little as 10% would skyrocket if all else collapses. Read this guy's book couple of years ago and he was predicting all this before Iraq even took place, nobody in politics has the guts or integrity other than "guess who" (RP) to even talk about it.

Like he says, its just common sense. You cannot keep spending at these rates and devaluing the dollar and expect anything other than total economic collapse. So maybe that is exactly what some are looking to create.

I'm still having trouble parsing sense into what you wrote -- are you saying you've invested 10% of your assets in gold and silver?

[BishopMVP]

Good plan. I think we can do it. Is there someone we can use as a pretext for aggressor so we don't look like the bad guys, tho?

SIAre there any German terrorists left after the Die Hard series?

I was also thinking China, but they're historically rivals with Japan, so maybe we can pull a wrestling move. "Goad" China into a war with Taiwan, then when Japan moves in to defend Taiwan, we turn face and support the Chinese side. With any luck, that'll piss off the non-nuclear states enough that we can go after them, leaving us and China to set up a new decades-long Cold War.

[SFL Cat]

I'd start my own Roller Derby league and tour the nation.

[Marc Vaughan]

Well, I think in one of the video clips he talks about as little as 10% would skyrocket if all else collapses. Read this guy's book couple of years ago and he was predicting all this before Iraq even took place, nobody in politics has the guts or integrity other than "guess who" (RP) to even talk about it.

Like he says, its just common sense. You cannot keep spending at these rates and devaluing the dollar and expect anything other than total economic collapse. So maybe that is exactly what some are looking to create.

Of course if there was a total economic collapse then the institution holding your gold or silver would likely also go bankrupt (or be raided by the now desperate populace) so you'd be somewhat fubar anyway.

IMHO the weakening dollar is good for the American economy - it makes imports more expensive (which is good in the long term for consumer items) and exports cheaper (and thus more competitive outside America).

From an economy perspective the only real downside to the weakening dollar is that outside essentials (items used in internal industry generally) are more expensive.

(although as someone paid in dollars who has to travel back to England for work regularly it does indeed suck on a personal level ;) )

[lordscarlet]

Of course if there was a total economic collapse then the institution holding your gold or silver would likely also go bankrupt (or be raided by the now desperate populace) so you'd be somewhat fubar anyway.



Don't worry, the vault in Bubba's basement is safe against economic collapse.

[Kodos]

Has anyone else noticed that the doors of Bubba's truck seem heavy? Almost like they are filled with something?

[Critch]

Has anyone else noticed that the doors of Bubba's truck seem heavy? Almost like they are filled with something?

Emergency baked bean stash?

[Desnudo]

Good plan. I think we can do it. Is there someone we can use as a pretext for aggressor so we don't look like the bad guys, tho?

SI

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