BillyBobBoy Forum Posts (17)

RE: Starting new threads

Mom's are usually right on target for the most part too! Have you noticed that?

Mine was famous for all those old time quotes that are always useful and so wise.. Comments I still use to this day. And comments I often pass along.

Things like "Haste Makes Waste" and "Sonny-Boy, There are Many Fish in the Sea" and "Do it Right the First Time.." and things like "If you Vote for Obama, Youi'll be Sorry Later!".

You know. Stuff like that. All just ringing with phenomenal wisdom!

-BBB

What do you all think of the $700 BillionDollar Plan to Bail Out Wall Street?

Gee I sure hope it's not two years before we all start to recover JBibiza..

But anything is possible. As so many have said though, this seems to be a global thing, not only affecting the USA or the UK.

What's going on here is very troubling to those who have retirement packages in the form of IRAs and 401ks though, as well as small businesses, since the stock market here is taking such a rough hit.

But I'm just trying to get some details in lay terms about what "it" really is. Few in the news are really discussing details, just overviews and the potential fallout of it all.

-BBB

What do you all think of the $700 BillionDollar Plan to Bail Out Wall Street?

I do.



Well now see? You've committed your economic expertise to the issue at hand. So how about telling those of us who don't have a real good handle on it, what you believe is actually going on in some detail, beyond the subjective conclusion "That we are all in deep doo-doo".

Some seem to like the plan, whatever it may be, but others don't. And still others are resistant to commit that kind of funds, without a lot more awareness and a lot more oversight. I tend to follow the latter mindset, but I don't want to suggest I understand something that I really don't..

-BBB

What do you all think of the $700 BillionDollar Plan to Bail Out Wall Street?

Ooops! This may be a bit redundant.. If so, my apologies.

I didn't realize there were others somewhat like it.

Anyway comments are still welcomed. as long as it is still here.

-BBB

What do you all think of the $700 BillionDollar Plan to Bail Out Wall Street?

I am not an economist by any stretch, or even an accountant.

So there's a lot about the Wall Street thing I admittedly don't completely understand. As in why all these huge companies need bailing out by the Fed, (That's you and me), and why it's necessary for their executives to make out like bandits with multi-million dollar severance packages.

But I am very leery of what Sect'y Paulsen is asking for, $700 Billion in Tax money, almost as a blank check, overnight, and don't ask any questions, (pretty much), just leave it to him. This of course is the Bush/Cheney plan too, and look at all they've already done to us over the last 8 years. Is this just one last, very expensive, hurrah??

Does anyone here have a pretty in depth handle on what's really going on and the logic behind it? And whether you do or not, what do you think of the entire matter? Short of the Great Depression, who ever heard of this kind of mess before?

-BBB

What do you think of Sarah Palin, Alaska Governor?

Okay, I'll go first!

I kinda like Palin.. She's very refreshing in presidential politics for a change. Whether I agree with her on everything or not, it's very cool (if unusual), to have someone as a candidate who actually has real scruples and real values, and truly seems to live by them.

After 8 years of Bush/Cheney, she may be just what this country needs.

However the beating she's been taking in the Media (especially MSNBC) is brutal, inhumane and very unreasonable. Such hate-promoting organizations and their mouth-pieces, such as Loony Keith Olbermann, should be ashamed of themselves.

They're turning the Presidential election into the National Enquirer!

-BBB

RE: This is just a horrible and sick thing this guy did. He should rot in jail. (Disturbing,warning!!)

As has already been discussed, Bipolar Disorder (formerly known as Manic Depression), does not equate to insane. In fact insane per se, really isn't a medical diagnosis, except as it sometimes applies in a criminal court.

However a lot of folks might be very surprised just how many Bipolar people are around them every day. Could be your boss, someone who works for you, a customer, or a peer. Its quite common. Even could be someone you are having a relationship with. There are many levels of BPD, but the vast majority of them are pretty well controlled by medication, as long as they take it, and most do. We may never realize a person has this disorder on a casual-contact level.

In this individual's case, it probably had a lot less to do with BPD than it did that he was just a very vindictive and mean-spirited person, as well as drunk, and very angry, with extremely poor judgment.

It is indeed a horrible scenario though. And I suspect he will pay for it dearly. But probably not as a mentally deranged person. More likely as attempted murder. And rightfully so.

-BBB

Howdy Folks!

I should clarify a little. I was here back in the Spring the first time I think, when I first signed up. So I've met a few folks here and may seem a bit familiar. And I may have done an intro before. Not real sure, because unfortunately I still don't know what I'm a-doin'.. Ha! But anyway, went away and didn't make it back right away. Wasn't getting any email notifications either. But that's fixed now.

I just have to go through the agony of re-writing a profile and all that, at some point.

Nice to meet fellow Tennesseans any ole day!

-BBB

RE: No need to worry

Well, that's not quite what McCain said..

He said we're in serious trouble right now, (and we are), but that he believes America has the spunk and the spirit it takes to pull our way up out of the muck, the work ethic, problem solving capability, things like that. (And we do).

I'd have to agree with that. It won't be easy, but we'll still be around next year, the year after that, and probably the year after that even. Mainly we have to select our leaders very very carefully this time, and make sure they are telling it like it is, and not trying to manipulate the facts, or us either.

But since the source for that statement was .. Well, got to consider that too.

-BBB

What do you think of Sarah Palin, Alaska Governor?

What do you think of Sarah Palin, Alaska Governor?

And do you think she's what McCain needs to win this thing?

Do you think the Media has been fair to her, or something less than fair?

-BBB

RE: hi

Yes Jackie, but we've just got to stir the forum up a little every now and then.

Tennessee folks love to party and hang out.. We just need a little coaxing from time to time, is all.. heh heh

-BBB

RE: hey there

HiYa ChissyAnn!

Nice to meetcha!

Are you there yet? And if so how do you like it?

-BBB

Howdy Folks!

Newest kid on the block here, just getting my feet wet and finding out about all the goodies CS has available for us. I am musical, and currently residing in the general Music City area of Central Tennessee, (Tater Patch is something of a tiny suburb), although I actually prefer the Eastern areas of our beautiful State a bit, at least in terms of topography. Some of the beauty here is almost unfathomable.

Recently moved back to TN from Hawaii where the sand and surf and the palm trees, combined with the majestic mountain ranges provide both types of settings, and everything in between, short of ice and snow, where the weather is amazingly stable. Usually pretty much 72 - 82 degrees year 'round, considering the trade winds. and where hardly anyone uses A/C. Aloha to all of you.

Nashville has changed dramatically in 20-ish years though. Almost hard to recognize parts of it now. And the music industry has as well. It's become a little urban for my tastes here now, but this is still where most of the music comes from.

I also write computer proggies, design web sites, and what-not, and have been known as the "Tennis Menace" on occasion, in the not so distant past. FORE!! Oh wait, that's that other sport.

I love a good adventure and I'm always on the lookout for new and exciting things that would fit that description. Adventure comes in many forms and there's lots of it in Tennessee.

I have been known to dabble a bit into the SuperNatural from time to time as well. Fascinating stuff! What potential..

Greetings to ya!

-BBB

RE: Looking for Paranormal Investigators

Fascinating stuff! I have dabbled a little bit, but not nearly as much into the paranormal as the extrasensory areas of the so-called supernatural. Man-o-man the mind is a powerful thing! I'm determinined to explore what that other 80% of it we so seldom normally use, is actually there for. The possibilities are endless.

What kind of projects are you contemplating, if that's a fair question?

-BBB

RE: New to site and Tennessee

That's what I've always heard too. And I'll bet it's true..

But then, where do you go?

Well hi all..

Rather than start my own into thread and make a big splash, I think I'll just join TN Louie and introduce myself here..

Howjado? Howjado? Musical City represented here! Or that general area at least.

Glad to have signed up.. I hope all is as interesting here as it seems to be so far.. Are there lots of Tennesseans here?

-BBB

RE: older

Well, you know you are not only getting older, but you are getting better and better, every single day! Right?

That's sumpthin'..

-BBB

RE: New to site and Tennessee

Howdy TN Louie, et al!

Welcome to CS, and definitely to Tennessee..

I suspect I know even less about it here than you do, as this is a first for me! Not TN but CS that is. And it looks like you've had almost a month to practice. (Oh, I just noticed the emoticon limit of 3.. Better take a couple out..) Hahahaa

I hope you like it. How about everyone else, like the CS Veteran folks? Is this a fun place to hang out? Sure seems to be put together nicely, from what I can tell so far..

What are some of the more fun things to do here? And does the chat room get pretty active from time to time?

Nice to meetcha folks!

-BBB