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| So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 3:23 pm)
We have had two fiscal cliffs and now a sequestration...if the sun rises tomorrow after limiting how much money can be spent over and above the previous year's spending, what will the government use to manipulate public opinion in the near future?
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jamboybarry
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 3:24 pm to DeltaDoc)
Well we've got another "debt ceiling crisis" coming up so.....
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 3:24 pm to DeltaDoc)
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 3:28 pm to DeltaDoc)
False Flag?
History states we are a couple decades due to for a major war.
This post was edited on 3/1 at 3:33 pm
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 3:30 pm to DeltaDoc)
I dunno. About all I can tell you with any degree of certainty at this point is that if my balls itch I am likely to scratch them.
Other than that, I got nothing.
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 3:35 pm to jamboybarry)
Debt Ceiling is on the menu I believe
The Republicans should be crafting Tax Reform legislation and pushing the narrative of how it's the best way to close income inequality in America. They need to start playing offense because they have been getting clobbered since the election by Democrats.
I would try and tie it together with a big bargain on the national debt and entitlement reform over the next 10 years. There is a deal to be made, but Obama is helping create an atmosphere blame and mistrust. In other words, Obama needs to stop playing games and start leading. Until then the Republicans should do Tax Reform and pass it in the House.
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 4:57 pm to DeltaDoc)
With only one carrier group in the Persian Gulf, I see Iran blocking off the Strait of Hormuz causing a massive oil crisis.
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 5:01 pm to LSUwag)
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With only one carrier group in the Persian Gulf, I see Iran blocking off the Strait of Hormuz causing a massive oil crisis.
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Do you think it couldn't happen?
It's not like Obama would do anything about it if they did.
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 5:11 pm to LSUwag)
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Do you think it couldn't happen?
if it did it wouldn't last long, air power alone would take it out.
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It's not like Obama would do anything about it if they did.
i dont even like the guy but thats good stuff, if hes gona drone strick people in allied countries stopping Iran would be nothing. But you might be forgetting the joint operations base right in Iran's back yard preventing this in the first place.
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You're entitled to your opinion.
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 5:13 pm to DeltaDoc)
I wouldn't be surprised to see another major terrorist attack against the U.S. in the future. It has been awfully quiet for quite some time.
If you stop and truly ponder it, 9-11-01 is the largest factor that got us to where we are today as a whole. Al-Qaeda beat us in the pocket book and it looks like we will never recover fiscally.
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 5:14 pm to LSUwag)
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You're entitled to your opinion.
how is a joint operations base and the home of Centcom an opinion
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 5:17 pm to 4LSU2)
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I wouldn't be surprised to see another major terrorist attack against the U.S. in the future. It has been awfully quiet for quite some time.
Agreed.
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If you stop and truly ponder it, 9-11-01 is the largest factor that got us to where we are today as a whole. Al-Qaeda beat us in the pocket book and it looks like we will never recover fiscally.
It's not just because of Al-Qaeda. We can't control our own fricking spending.
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 5:22 pm to Wally Sparks)
Agree, but 9-11 pushed the snowball off of the cliff. Cutting 80 billion dollars out of a budget is a drop in the bucket in relation to where we are today. How many countries in the world has a GDP in excess of 80 billion dollars?
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 5:29 pm to DeltaDoc)
Recession caused by sequestration.
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 5:34 pm to Wally Sparks)
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It's not just because of Al-Qaeda. We can't control our own fricking spending.
Right
But you could argue that a lot of the spending was from 911
Afghanistan - obviously because of 911
Iraq - Perhaps doesn't happen without 911
Expansion of agencies and development of agencies in the name of homeland security had to come at a significant cost as well
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About all I can tell you with any degree of certainty at this point is that if my balls itch I am likely to scratch them.
Most honest thing said today.
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 6:25 pm to 4LSU2)
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How many countries in the world has a GDP in excess of 80 billion dollars?
Turns out, a lot, actually:
World GDP Rankings: 2012
The ideal crisis for the administration would be gun wielding southerners blaming government spending on subsidized gay marriages.
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| re: So, Predict The Next Crisis (Posted on 3/1/13 at 7:17 pm to LSUwag)
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With only one carrier group in the Persian Gulf, I see Iran blocking off the Strait of Hormuz causing a massive oil crisis
Very doubtful that would ever happen, Iran has a bunch of outdated junk for a Navy.
Our USN is by far the most superior force in the world, if Iran was stupid enough to go up against our Navy, it would be like shooting fish in a barrel. They would be wiped out in a matter of days.
But that being said, I doubt our pathetic sad-sack of a CINC would do what is necessary to get things right.
But such an attack would cause the oil markets to sky-rocket, sending crude up to close $200/bl.
An attack would shut down the Strait for a while but the West would move in quickly to secure that region to get the flow of oil back to normal.
Now to the original question of the OP.
The next crisis will probably be the student loan bubble.
We have kids graduating with useless degrees owing tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The only jobs a lot of these kids can find is mixing paint at Home Depot or selling cars on some lemon lot.
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