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SeattleUte · 10-09-2008, 04:35 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/bu...prod=permalink

Here's a rule for life: If someone is made out to be a demi-god, it's always too good to be true (yes, I'm talking to you, Mormons).

il Padrino Ute · 10-09-2008, 07:59 PM

I suppose one is only a demi-god if others make that claim, so your self proclamation gives you a pass on this, eh?

SeattleUte · 10-10-2008, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/bu...prod=permalink

Here's a rule for life: If someone is made out to be a demi-god, it's always too good to be true (yes, I'm talking to you, Mormons).

If you believe this article, from 1994 till Greenspan retired Congress and the public listened to him spellbound, scared to contradict him, but not understanding hardly a word he said as he stupidly blathered utter nonsense; like SWK talking about "Lamanites" turning white. The few people who tried to say the emperor had no clothes were crushed by Greenspan's henchmen like Phil Gramm.

MikeWaters · 10-10-2008, 04:54 AM

What does Greenspan have to do with Mormons?

SeattleUte · 10-10-2008, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

What does Greenspan have to do with Mormons?

We treated him like he was the prophet. We even called him "the oracle." The whole country acted like Mormons. Get it?

MikeWaters · 10-10-2008, 05:05 AM

Didn't Greenspan say "irrational exuberance" and wasn't that followed by President Hinckley also warning, just prior to the tech collapse, for members to get their financial houses in order?

I've never heard the general authorities exhort members to take more risks with their money.

SeattleUte · 10-10-2008, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Didn't Greenspan say "irrational exuberance" and wasn't that followed by President Hinckley also warning, just prior to the tech collapse, for members to get their financial houses in order?

I've never heard the general authorities exhort members to take more risks with their money.

You don't get my point. Or, you probably do, but you're being evasive. Forget it.

Ma'ake · 10-10-2008, 01:56 PM

Seattle, are you trying to say Greenspan is a Lamanite?

Clark Addison · 10-10-2008, 02:45 PM

That was great. It was like the assignments we got in 7th grade. Now do one associating Henry Paulson and H. David Burton.

All-American · 10-10-2008, 03:31 PM

Just out of curiosity, what do you think about the title "Divus Julius"?

10-09-2008, 04:35 PM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Greenspan's reputation in tatters http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/bu...prod=permalink Here's a rule for life: If someone is made out to be a demi-god, it's always too good to be true (yes, I'm talking to you, Mormons). __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

10-09-2008, 07:59 PM	#2
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	I suppose one is only a demi-god if others make that claim, so your self proclamation gives you a pass on this, eh? __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

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All-American Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,420	Just out of curiosity, what do you think about the title "Divus Julius"? __________________ εν αρχη ην ο λογος

10-10-2008, 04:54 AM	#4
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	What does Greenspan have to do with Mormons?

10-10-2008, 05:05 AM	#6
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Didn't Greenspan say "irrational exuberance" and wasn't that followed by President Hinckley also warning, just prior to the tech collapse, for members to get their financial houses in order? I've never heard the general authorities exhort members to take more risks with their money.

10-10-2008, 01:56 PM	#8
Ma'ake Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SLC Posts: 441	Seattle, are you trying to say Greenspan is a Lamanite?

10-10-2008, 02:45 PM	#9
Clark Addison Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 638	That was great. It was like the assignments we got in 7th grade. Now do one associating Henry Paulson and H. David Burton.