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Markets Crash across Europe - Champignons Gone Global

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(financial) Tsunami wave hits Europe. If anyone says he's shocked, ask him why he hasn't been listening.
Markets crashed all across Europe Monday

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Some people never listen. My wife appears to be one such person. That's no biggy. I had advised her to ask our man at the bank if he thinks our money is still safe in the bank. That was last summer. He laughed (they all do) and said "la la la, don't you worry about a thang, sweet thing. Even if a crash hit our Bank, which I doubt will ever be the case, you're money is safe and sound right here 'cause we have it all spread out all over the funds institutions and so. No high risk stuff." Damned Cool-aid drinker. Not satisfied with his opinion, I asked my personal financial advisor and brother-in-law what he thought about the current situation. Remember, this was summer 2007 and everything was still looking good. He said..."Curt, gimme some of that shit you been smokin', K? Aint nuddin gonna happin to our money." Did you catch that ? "Our money!" More Cool-aid. Still not satisfied, I asked a few guys I know who work at the really BIG banks in Frankfurt. I'll spare you the details. Coll-aid out the ass! Cool-aid runs down the River Main ! We is Cool-aid !

I've never been laughed at or riduculed so much in my life as I've been for the past six months for running around like an idiot claiming the banks are gonna take a dive. Now that it's happening, I don't feel one bit better...because it's gonna get worse! And people are still sleep-walking. Friggin Zombie City!

It's not all bad as they're still sayin. I went in last Sept. and lifted a good 20 grand from my bank account to buy me a Harley-Davidson. Been wantin' one for ages. Just couldn't quite afford it or justify buyin' it. 20 grand is a lot of money. The guy at the bank says "so Mr. Sherwood, time to make a dream come true, eh? Are you sure about this now?" You're damned right I'm sure you friggin Cool-aid swiggin' pea-brained money mad open her up change her round bank me here bank me there don't you worry about a thang IDIOT !!! Gimme the fuggin money, NOW !!!

I hope we'll still have affordable gasoline for a while. Won't no Harley-Davidson do me no good without gasoline.

Tonight, I sit here wondering if any of these so called financial "experts" will be able to recall how I asked them about today...SIX MONTHS AGO !!!

It's gonna get worse. I've always said, and I said it last summer, when WestLB bites it, we're fucked. Guess what.

We is.

I've booked a flight for the USA. Might be my last chance to see it in all its glory....before all the new Hootervilles pop up like champignons on a warm, misty, sunny autumn morning in a corner of a pasture where the cows hung out and chewed grass all summer.

What goes around, comes around. Champignons gone global.

 

The author lives in a small village in central Europe and has been active in the local workers movement for nearly 3 decades. Globalism knows no borders, why should we ?

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What's that, Cassandra? by waldopaper on Monday, Jan 21, 2008 at 4:26:24 PM
Hootervilles? by BO on Monday, Jan 21, 2008 at 6:59:36 PM
possible recession ? by Tony Forest on Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008 at 1:08:20 AM
ooo by Tony Forest on Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008 at 7:33:07 AM
That was a close one. by BO on Thursday, Jan 24, 2008 at 7:27:04 PM