tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912740994725147558.post747759052378503975..comments2023-07-23T08:43:18.965-05:00Comments on FreeOklahoma: The Government Will Not Save UsPorter Haskell Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15600071032595266775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912740994725147558.post-34681268351889520262008-09-24T17:04:00.000-05:002008-09-24T17:04:00.000-05:00Brahma:If what you see happening all around you do...Brahma:<BR/><BR/>If what you see happening all around you doesn't convince you we're in a financial crisis, then go read almost all of my previous posts warning about it. When the government nationalizes the financial markets, and enforces its edicts and quells riots using<BR/> the police state set up by Bush to fight "terrorists," we will have very little freedom left. You are free do hold a contrary opinion. <BR/><BR/>PorterPorter Haskell Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15600071032595266775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912740994725147558.post-82330480218035038152008-09-24T15:01:00.000-05:002008-09-24T15:01:00.000-05:00Porter, why do you think we are in financial crisi...Porter, why do you think we are in financial crisis? We don't actually have a statistically significant change in foreclosure. We aren't even in a technically mild recession, much less a depression. Until the recent blip, gold was sinking in value, down almost 30% from its highs, suggesting growing confidence in the currency. <BR/><BR/>I think the 4th estate is in the business of manufacturing panic so as to sell eyeball glue. As folks more and more turn away from traditional media, the chicken little quotient escalates in a desperate effort to regain share. When the press is in the business of causing panic, the press is the enemy. I don't believe this crisis has any more legs than global cooling (70's), overpopulation (60's), ozone depletion (80's), global warming (90's), Y2K (90's), evangelical take-over of the government (90's), nuclear winter (70's), the China syndrome (60's), or any other press generated panic. People that buy that crap are looking for a disaster to care about, and are as much an addict as those that are addicted to drugs, or gambling, or religion, or bridge. The only thing we have to fear is loss of liberty, and even that can always be regained through force of arms.brahmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459668473142432965noreply@blogger.com