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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Enjoyed it as well....and same here, off to melt the brain on some adult cartoons...
Anyway, it was no banter between me and the demon, the kid is a grade A douche bag, a proven liar and isn't in our Industry at all - mater of fact, he has bashed those in our Industry - everyone, including you.
So don't give that slime ball the time of day... he shouldn't even be posting here.
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I didn't know he wasn't in the biz but even taking that into consideration it does not matter much to me. While politics plays a role in our business (say good bye to net neutrality thank you Supreme Court), this is more of a pure political discussion and I'll listen to anyone in that case. Last night certainly was enjoyable for me and I like to think I learned a little
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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Posted this on the 2nd page - I'm sure the idiot has or will bump the thread, trust me.... he will - same old shit, different day.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7023
This is from StuartD, it's bad ass and totally worth it to filter out the dolts. It drops the replies, the posts, threads, it's slick! |
Oh hell yeah I saw that, it is awesome that StuartD created that and made it available for everyone. He's the man. However, in the past I put people on iggy but found my own curiosity kept me un-ignoring them more often then not. So I now if I don't want to read something I just scroll down past it
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Originally Posted by The Demon
I agree with all of this.
Well, I want to know why you think the stimulus programs helped.
The majority of people on GFY are morons. Spearheaded by the infinitely incompetent people such as TheDoc and BFT3k, I'm wondering how these people were able to find their way to a computer. If someone has an opposing view and can explain his view in a clear and concise manner as you're doing, then I'm happy to listen.
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First the stimulus. I think that it helped the financial markets somewhat stable and move up from the record lows. IMHO it helped to give some confidence to investors which prevented a total collapse and I am speaking globally here. It was done completely wrong, zero regulations, zero oversight, just a HUGE dumping of cash at people who have proven track records of not being worthy of that level of trust.
The banks learned nothing, the stimulus was intended to free up lending, so banks could help out home owners bent over and getting banged and small/medium sized businesses grow and increase employment. They chose to use the money the same way they have been using money, by gambling on high risk ventures. No one stopped them and even though a lot of the banks have paid back or are in the process of paying back the money they received, without the regulation and oversight it is only a matter of time before we face the same problem again.
The problem is that this could have been fixed, it could have been done right OR Congress could catch their breath and make meaningful reforms. I hate to beat this dead horse some more but the Supreme Court decision entitling corporations to have the same rights as individuals has made the prospect or reform almost laughable. Corporations will not allow anything with teeth to be passed.
About the general population of GFY I have to say I disagree. Lots of very smart people here, it is ironic that a webmaster board called 'gofuckyourself' could have so many bright, friendly and helpful people, but I find that it does.
If a college degree or even attendance was required I would find my happy ass outside staring in. Im a high school grad and that was barely
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