Let Lyle Lovett have a word:
Some folks say there aint no bears in arkansas
Some folks never seen a bear at all
Some folks say that bears go around eating babies raw
Some folks got a bear across the hall
Some folks say that bears go around smelling bad
Others say that a bear is honey sweet
Some folks say this bears the best I ever had
Some folks got a bear beneath their feet
Some folks drive the bears out of the wilderness
Some to see a bear would pay a fee
Me I just bear up to bewildered best
And some folks even see the bear in me
So meet a bear and take him out to lunch with you
And even though your friends may stop and stare
Just remember thats a bear there in the bunch with you
And they just dont come no better than a bear
On 19/03/2008, Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Last evening while watching television I caught the end of an interview
> with someone who supplied
> outrageous details about the "managerial behaviour" of the CEO of Bear
> Stearns. Can anyone refer
> us to the most revealing tidbits available online?
>
> Barry
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:06:50 +0000, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >re: the thirties. I think it's something along the lines of don't
> >mention it, and it won't happen. What pisses me off is that the whole
> >deal is of the bank's making and we're the ones at the sharp end of
> >their pontification over the years. Grrr.
> >
> >Roger
> >
> >On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Douglas Barbour
> ><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> Where will we find the Cantos for this (from The Independent)?
> >>
> >> Is this the moment? The moment, that is, when the world economy slides
> >> into slump? The collapse of Bear Stearns is a signal of much worse to
> >> come. Perhaps the most significant barometer of the economic health of
> >> the world today isn't the FTSE 100, the Dow or the Nikkei, dreadful
> >> though they were at times, nor the free-falling dollar or the soaring
> >> value, yet again, of gold. Rather it is the suddenness with which the
> >> situation is being compared with the 1930s, the most miserable decade
> >> in a century of economic history.
> >>
> >> That may be an apocalyptic view, a typical product of the mood swings
> >> of markets suffering from bipolar syndrome; but the world economy is
> >> sick. It is suffering from illnesses that are beginning to feed on
> >> each other, creating a vortex of downward spirals. Grim forces have
> >> gripped the world economy, a combination not seen since the Great
> >> Depression.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I especially liked the reference to 'bi-polar syndrome,' an answer not
> >> available back in 1929....
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Doug
>
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Andrew
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