why that was nice

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

No. The government should have bought the risky assets. There was a very real fear for a couple weeks that employees may or may not get paid if the banks default. I'd hate to see Mike the Plumber lose his house because his bank went under and the FDIC and Federal Reserve didn't get him his cash fast enough. The fear, from my perspective, was that you have no money...you can't use your debit card, can't use your credit card, can't get your money out of the bank, etc.
In retrospect, a better bailout would have been to ease my fears with promise such as: if your bank fails, all your obligations are delayed until you get the money. Meaning a bank can't try and foreclose and loans don't go against you for being late because your employer cannot pay you because his bank failed. I hope I explained that well.

I agree with these ideas. However I would rather they did nothing than what they did do. If this scenario you paint came true then so be it. I still find that better than throwing money to these banks. Of course it may just be my lack of thorough knowledge on it, but I can't shake the simplistic view of "let them build, and let them fall."

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Here's a sad one: the Google Maps car took out a baby deer, and it recorded the entire process for all Google Maps users to see. For shame, Google Maps car!
As you follow the street view scene down Five Points Road in Rush, NY, you can see the deer run out in front of the car, get hit and then see it on the side of the road before the car pulls over. And that's the end of the Street View data for Five Points Road.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

but they pulled the image

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

pwnt

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Lol...

nG

 

[Electrodynamic 10+ year member]

lol!

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

AHAHAHHA!

Sweet!

Should leave it up for the anti-hunting fegs.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

PETA probably already has a lawsuit.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

This reminds me that I am still waiting for jerky.

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

awesome! Bambi...2009

 

[atoz350 10+ year member]

It's true. The address on my phone is 832 Five Points Rd. in Rush, NY Its just stops there. The images stop before the driveway. LOL

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

Wow, nice find.

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

Very funny.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

if you had their schedule you could have a lot of fun with the google maps van

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

lmao

too bad they pulled it...