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Are there any similarities between our economic conditions and that of the 1940's?
said on Aug 20, 2009 at 12:49 AM

Simbela? Floating island of trash? LOL!

said on Aug 26, 2009 at 04:14 AM

i remeber one point in the crisis. the canadian dollar was above par so a news person gave a kid a canadian 5 in north michigan and had them buy an ice cream. i then watched a lot of american comercials, and tv shows, and then a few canadian shows, hard to tell the difference.

o and there was this one comercial about health insurance that made me laugh because in canada we get free healthcare. and thats why im not afraid of circular saws =)

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said on Aug 27, 2009 at 12:39 AM

The Red Green show. Yeah man!

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said on Aug 28, 2009 at 07:04 PM

canada's greatest cultural achievement, that i can think of, is................................

JUST FOR LAUGHS! YAY MONTREAL!

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said on Aug 28, 2009 at 09:47 PM

But I must say...

BOO TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS!

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said on Aug 28, 2009 at 09:59 PM

i know a few simillarity between 1940's and now.

-the US is building tanks. -the US is building airplanes

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said on Aug 29, 2009 at 02:39 PM

tanks and airplanes? what?

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said on Aug 29, 2009 at 04:18 PM

warman45 said

i know a few simillarity between 1940's and now.

-the US is building tanks. -the US is building airplanes

Ummm... I think we've been doing that ever since the 1940's.

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said on Aug 29, 2009 at 09:06 PM

yep but he never specified wether that mattered.

all he said was "are there any similarities between our economic conditions and that of the 1940's?

and those are simmilarities in industrial output

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said on Aug 31, 2009 at 12:35 PM

Yes, but we are looking for more, in depth situations, I think.

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said on Aug 31, 2009 at 08:13 PM

MajorLufbery said

Yes, but we are looking for more, in depth situations, I think.

That's what my thought is, if we wanted every little detail the first thing I can think of is...

  • We are still here
  • Our name is still the United States of America
  • We still have the same shape of our country
  • We still have a President
  • We still have a military

Need I go on?

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said on Sep 01, 2009 at 12:16 AM

In the north, canada, in the south, mexico

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said on Sep 02, 2009 at 12:41 AM

east, the Atlantic ocean. West, the pacific ocean.

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said on Sep 02, 2009 at 01:48 AM

south-east, Carribean, north-west Alaska. north-east Denmark (Since Greenland is occupied by them danes)

said on Sep 02, 2009 at 02:19 AM

North north, Arcitic circle.

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said on Sep 02, 2009 at 02:33 AM

South south, Antarctic circle

said on Sep 02, 2009 at 12:22 PM

So yes, there are many things different between now and the 1940s. I feel like I just finished a school report. :{(

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said on Oct 01, 2009 at 04:16 AM

cavetroll1304 said

Well, Roosevelt pushed through the new deal which several economic experts say lengthened the depression is similar to Obama pushing the stimulus through and that not doing anything.

That's historic revisionism. The far conservative right has been trying to discredit FDR in order to take a shot at wiping out Social Security. I never read nor heard a peep for the first 25 or so years of my life about the New Deal making the Depression longer. Now, in the last 6-7 years there's been this sudden uproar from some odd element of economists. I find it hard to believe it'd take 70 years for economists to go, 'Holy s! FDR really did f it all up'.

The previous regime left us in a world of hurt. They openly ignored the signs of impending doom. Yes, some of the things Obama will try will fail. But sometimes you need to throw s*** at the wall to find out what sticks.

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said on Apr 25, 2010 at 04:04 PM

sgtpoliteness said

cavetroll1304 said

Well, Roosevelt pushed through the new deal which several economic experts say lengthened the depression is similar to Obama pushing the stimulus through and that not doing anything.

That's historic revisionism. The far conservative right has been trying to discredit FDR in order to take a shot at wiping out Social Security. I never read nor heard a peep for the first 25 or so years of my life about the New Deal making the Depression longer. Now, in the last 6-7 years there's been this sudden uproar from some odd element of economists. I find it hard to believe it'd take 70 years for economists to go, 'Holy s! FDR really did f it all up'.

The previous regime left us in a world of hurt. They openly ignored the signs of impending doom. Yes, some of the things Obama will try will fail. But sometimes you need to throw s*** at the wall to find out what sticks.

I must say, a very original metaphor.

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said on Apr 26, 2010 at 02:26 AM

sounds like a patton quote

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