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Fight_n_back Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:04 PM
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I find it very appropriate that banks closed today
since so many banks failed during Reagan's years in office.

They want to put his face on money?

How about a trillion dollar bill, since that was his longest lasting legacy. They can change the motto from "In God We Trust" to "Fuck the Poor".

I suggest a Democratic proposal to start a nationwide program to end homelessness in Ronnie's "honor". A network of shelters named after Reagan. They can get old Bob's Big Boy statues to put out front.

"He was so optimistic", yeah, a lot like a person with Down Syndrome is always smiling and optomistic. The guy had no idea what was going on around him. Its why he was the "Teflon President", the press treated him like he was in the Special Olympics. "Everyones a winner!".

Sorry, I just can't respect a guy that called his wife "Mommy" unless he is from a Greek fable.

:puke: :+
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:05 PM
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1. Banks weren't closed here in my city
so I assumed they were opened everywhere else too.

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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:06 PM
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3. Banks were open here in right-wing Western NC. n/t
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markses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:05 PM
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2. Um, banks didn't close today
I went to a bank this morning.
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Fight_n_back Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:06 PM
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5. well
its funny anyway
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DebJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:06 PM
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4. Banks were closed in Pennsylvania. I thought it was
nationwide. I thought it appropriate: beginning the shutdown of the American economy through trickle down economics and corporate greed.
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markses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:09 PM
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8. Banks were not closed in Pennsylvania
I walked into an M&T Bank in central Pennsylvania this morning. All the banks were open, in fact.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:16 PM
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14. If your bank was closed
then they are in a shit load of trouble. The Federal Reserve was OPEN.

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markses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:45 PM
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18. LOL
Indeed. One bank open, all banks open.

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Fight_n_back Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 11:59 PM
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21. grr
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:07 PM
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6. i find it appropriate that air traffic controllers were forced to work
Edited on Fri Jun-11-04 10:07 PM by unblock
basically, everybody in the federal government got the day off except "essential personnel", i.e., the air traffic controllers.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:08 PM
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7. Im on vacation in SC
and the Post Offices were closed and my mom said that the banks were too...I guess it's one of those red state/blue state things.

I'm curious, anyone in NJ know if the banks were closed today?
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markses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:10 PM
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10. Post Offices are Federal Agencies
That's why they were closed.

Banks were not closed. The stock market was closed.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:11 PM
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11. Nope. I'm in NC & all the banks were open.
So I don't think it's a red state/blue state thing.

The banks are federally regulated, so either they were all opened or all closed, I believe.

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markses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:11 PM
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12. These folks don't know what they're talking about
Banks were open today.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:10 PM
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9. Just wait. The next sitting president faces the reality of peak oil:
Reagan keenly avoided peak oil (what with the US drying up its own supply in the early 70s, it seemed like typical reagan logic to go use other countries' oil).

Kerry might get the blame the Smoked Gipper deserves.

Watching the recaps on tonight's news, why is that old fucker respected by ANYBODY?
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:15 PM
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13. Banks were NOT closed!
I work for a bank and we open.

Check you facts.
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Fight_n_back Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:17 PM
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15. Jesus Christ
its funny

get a grip
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:35 PM
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itsnoteasybeingreen Donating Member (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:44 PM
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17. Not only were banks open in NYC
but so was the building department :-(

wheres my damn holiday!
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Fight_n_back Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:45 PM
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19. yer a sweety
:toast:
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 10:53 PM
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20. I love ya too.
Sorry to be so harsh right now. I know that in long run, we agree on the big picture.

The emotion has got to me.

:toast: to ya too.

GAWD! Let get back to kickin' Shrub's ass! :loveya: You crazy mother fucker! :crazy:
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