tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post4744528758828519803..comments2023-11-03T19:05:08.512+11:00Comments on Harry Clarke: Barack Obama's presidential acceptance speechUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-77719841837388534332009-01-23T14:39:00.000+11:002009-01-23T14:39:00.000+11:00That's fine, Conrad.look who knows. Who knows wher...That's fine, Conrad.<BR/><BR/>look who knows. Who knows where this stuff ends up. <BR/><BR/>It's like the cockroach theory. There's always more than one and this time it's an entire nest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-10702302032302820152009-01-23T13:37:00.000+11:002009-01-23T13:37:00.000+11:00Sorry JC,that was me -- not sure why I came out as...Sorry JC,<BR/><BR/>that was me -- not sure why I came out as charp! I agree about the UK finances, but I think, like Spiros, they're closer to the bottom than a country which is evidently going to bail out companies which are just going to cost more and more in the long term, like Ford et al.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-71215119452389179312009-01-23T09:57:00.000+11:002009-01-23T09:57:00.000+11:00could be the best orator since Martin Luther King ...could be the best orator since Martin Luther King JnrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-10075168013738865802009-01-23T09:56:00.000+11:002009-01-23T09:56:00.000+11:00"the US finances even now aren't as bad as the UK'..."the US finances even now aren't as bad as the UK's."<BR/><BR/>There's nothing left to lose in the UK, apart from HSBC, and time will tell with them. Whereas there's still plenty of downside left in US.<BR/><BR/>We'll see how the scoreboard looks when all is finally revealed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-3296465325255815732009-01-22T19:19:00.000+11:002009-01-22T19:19:00.000+11:00and the US under the Republican war-mongers isn't?...<I>and the US under the Republican war-mongers isn't?</I><BR/><BR/>nope, the US finances even now aren't as bad as the UK's. Sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-20762312080019774322009-01-22T13:21:00.000+11:002009-01-22T13:21:00.000+11:00"The UK under the Labor clowns is now basically br..."The UK under the Labor clowns is now basically broke"<BR/>.<BR/>and the US under the Republican war-mongers isn't?<BR/>.<BR/>Personally if you are going to spend 300 billion, why not just set up a new banking system, and let the old one die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-85483769201708489872009-01-22T04:49:00.000+11:002009-01-22T04:49:00.000+11:00Obama's speech was fine. I don't expect all that m...Obama's speech was fine. I don't expect all that much from any inauguration speech and he surely was exhausted. <BR/><BR/>As for his talent, other than for giving a speech, no one really knows anything much about it. I'll wait until he actually does something before deciding about his talent. <BR/><BR/>But I do have hope! I hope he can help in turning the economy around. I hope he (and Congress)stops the lending to people who cannot pay the loans back. I hope he keeps his promises about tax cuts. And most of all I hope that he can keep the country safe from attack. That is perhaps his most difficult, yet most important, assignment. It's also a task that he personally will have much more effect on than the economy where there are so many variables out of the president's control. I wish him well on both the economy and the security.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-84942265040703303162009-01-21T21:43:00.000+11:002009-01-21T21:43:00.000+11:00HarryObama's speech and talent is just facinating....Harry<BR/><BR/>Obama's speech and talent is just facinating. What a great time to be a graduate student in economics witnessing financial crisis as well as witnessing change of leadership in America.Bekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05278310504657201944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-55840200039362278062009-01-21T20:48:00.000+11:002009-01-21T20:48:00.000+11:00HarryThe US banks- the two that needed assistance ...Harry<BR/><BR/>The US banks- the two that needed assistance are fine as far as it goes. The Feds have ring fenced 306 billion of risky assets for Citigoup and around 100 billion for BAC.<BR/><BR/>I really don't know understand the panic about the US banking system at the present time. It all started because the UK bank RBS which bought Amro for 70 billion suffered a huge loss and their basically done for having to be nationalized. In other words they completely wiped out their balance sheet equity.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The UK under the Labor clowns is now basically broke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com