[Lula-biz] suicide as a career move

[Jack Denman]

On Friday 08 August 2003 11:29 am, john riehl aka j.r. wrote:
> Since when has the definition of a recession included the performance of
> the dow jones?  answer: NEVER.   go read a basic macro econ book.  there
> are a few thousand out there.  Second, any one who has read a basic
> macro book knows that the dow jones isnt completely representative of
> the economic health.  how many companies does it represent?  (rhetorical
> question).   heck you can figure this out just from watching cnbc.
>

It's a decent bellwether. If I overlaid the S&P 500, the Russel 2000 and the 
Wilshire 5000 over each other on a single chart, they all look very similar 
Only the NASDAQ looks a little different because of it's short life and it 
has been killed recently. To ignore and discount significant market declines 
as an indicator of the health of the economy is one form of denial.


> >> If you want to get full tech employment, release the mother of all
> >
> >........
> >
> > I don't regard this last statement as beneficial, relevant, educational
> > valuable, or informative. It is cynicism, rancor or rage.
>
> I thought it was pretty dang funny.  In fact, most of the people I have
> told that to have laughed quite a bit.   considering the source, your
> statement is hysterically funny.   what were you advocating as a
> solution?  mandating that everything be produced in the us?
>
> jr

I believe that those in the mental health field would describe that laughter  
as a "hangman's laugh", as they discuss it in reference to people who laugh 
when confronted with grim matters. The prototype is one who approaches the 
gallows while laughing.

To each his own. If you prefer to laugh when our national sovereignty is 
compromised by dependency and symbiosis, be my quest.


JD
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