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05-15-2008, 10:22 PM
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May 15, 2008: 10:36 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. says the world economy is "teetering on the brink" of a severe downturn and will grow by only 1.8 percent in 2008.
That's down from a global growth rate of 3.8 percent in 2007.
The U.N.'s mid-year economic projections released Thursday blamed the downturn on further deterioration in the U.S. housing and financial sectors in the first quarter.
The U.N. said the U.S. problems are expected to continue to be "a major drag for the world economy" into 2009. It forecast global economic growth of 2.1 percent next year.
more ... http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/15/news...ex.htm?cnn=yes | As I always say: F*ck the UN and f*ck the world. We should withdraw from the UN, kick their asses out of OUR country, and let "the world" take care of itself. Damned ingrates.
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05-15-2008, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by GunnyL As I always say: F*ck the UN and f*ck the world. We should withdraw from the UN, kick their asses out of OUR country, and let "the world" take care of itself. Damned ingrates. | Calm down. I would say that is one poorly crafted article.
The word "blamed" is used as a synonym for "attributed" rather than "faulted".
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05-15-2008, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Dogger Calm down. I would say that is one poorly crafted article.
The word "blamed" is used as a synonym for "attributed" rather than "faulted". | I'm perfectly calm. I consider the Useless N just that -- just another level of bumbling bureaucrats that accomplish little to nothing, and I could care less about an ungrateful "world" that once the threat of Soviet expansion was gone and they no longer needed us to cover their asses, do nothing but accuse and shame us no matter what we do.
And no, it is NOT because of Bush. That's partisan bullshit. It's because we're on top. It amounts to nothing more than penis-envy.
Well, we have plenty of problems within our own borders that need to be addressed. We need to take care of our own first.
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05-16-2008, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by GunnyL I'm perfectly calm. I consider the Useless N just that -- just another level of bumbling bureaucrats that accomplish little to nothing, and I could care less about an ungrateful "world" that once the threat of Soviet expansion was gone and they no longer needed us to cover their asses, do nothing but accuse and shame us no matter what we do.
And no, it is NOT because of Bush. That's partisan bullshit. It's because we're on top. It amounts to nothing more than penis-envy.
Well, we have plenty of problems within our own borders that need to be addressed. We need to take care of our own first. |
Exactly.
But do watch out for China and the new "Russia" though!
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05-16-2008, 12:47 PM
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Rep Power: 2 | | | The United States of America is not the same country that are boys are fighting for. It is not the same Free country that our founding fathers founded. If you could go back and ask them if this is what they wanted I am sure they will be disgusted.
The UN is the promblem. They used us and now showing their true colors.
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05-16-2008, 02:05 PM
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Unless the super devil aliens didn't like the American branch of Masonry they should be connected with the Illuminati. Come on man, keep your Loontalk straight.
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05-16-2008, 03:09 PM
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If you are to save the world, the world has a right to know everything their savior wants to save it from.
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Rep Power: 10 | | | UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. says the world economy is "teetering on the brink" of a severe downturn and will grow by only 1.8 percent in 2008.
That's down from a global growth rate of 3.8 percent in 2007.
The U.N.'s mid-year economic projections released Thursday blamed the downturn on further deterioration in the U.S. housing and financial sectors in the first quarter.
The U.N. said the U.S. problems are expected to continue to be "a major drag for the world economy" into 2009. It forecast global economic growth of 2.1 percent next year.
Interpretation:
The world will now have to get off their asses and work. We've been propping them all up for decades, time to stand on their own. | 
05-16-2008, 04:51 PM
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Rep Power: 72 | | | Of course it's the fault of the USA, the worlds biggest economy goes tits up, the rest of the world follows, we are treading water here, slowly drowning and until your government turns it around it will continue.Maybe it will take someone like Mr Obama to do this?
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Originally Posted by cbi0090 UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. says the world economy is "teetering on the brink" of a severe downturn and will grow by only 1.8 percent in 2008.
That's down from a global growth rate of 3.8 percent in 2007.
The U.N.'s mid-year economic projections released Thursday blamed the downturn on further deterioration in the U.S. housing and financial sectors in the first quarter.
The U.N. said the U.S. problems are expected to continue to be "a major drag for the world economy" into 2009. It forecast global economic growth of 2.1 percent next year.
Interpretation:
The world will now have to get off their asses and work. We've been propping them all up for decades, time to stand on their own. | Get your head out of your arse you fucking idiot, learn about world politics.
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05-16-2008, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by roomy Of course it's the fault of the USA, the worlds biggest economy goes tits up, the rest of the world follows, we are treading water here, slowly drowning and until your government turns it around it will continue.Maybe it will take someone like Mr Obama to do this? | What's he going to do? Should he be elected, he will conform to the machine -- the Washington bureaucracy -- or it will spit him out. He isn't going to do squat.
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Originally Posted by GunnyL What's he going to do? Should he be elected, he will conform to the machine -- the Washington bureaucracy -- or it will spit him out. He isn't going to do squat. | Can he do any worse than shit creek Bush has you floating up?
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05-16-2008, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by roomy Get your head out of your arse you fucking idiot, learn about world politics. | Politics is illusion. Economics runs the world. It's no accident that we are going through this adjustment and the rest of the world will just have to ride it out with us, like it or not. Pay back is hell. | 
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Originally Posted by cbi0090 Politics is illusion. Economics runs the world. It's no accident that we are going through this adjustment and the rest of the world will just have to ride it out with us, like it or not. Pay back is hell. |
Payback? Payback for what exactly you fucking idiot? And do you think economics and politics have nothing to do with one another? fucking idiot.
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