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Like the '29 Crash

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Submitted by jd (United States), Sep 9, 2011 at 22:09

When the market, and economy, crashed in 1929, the Fed raised interest rates and let the banks fail. There was no FDIC for depositors. It has taken at least a half century to understand economics enough to prevent another full-blown depression, and we are still learning, and may yet have a depression.

When 911 hit, Islam was very much a peripheral subject, and President Bush could only speak about it in platitudes (The Religion of Peace). Things are no better under Obama, but politicians aside, the public is slowly but steadily climbing the learning curve. Be patient, some day guys like Dan Pipes and Robert Spencer will be the norm.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
1If only we had acted sooner... [88 words]JC VaughanNov 1, 2011 13:32190550
safe and secure.... [116 words]donvanOct 19, 2011 16:43190174
Palestinian State Has Big Supporters [33 words]Mark D.Sep 21, 2011 23:03189483
what safety and unsafety meant over the decades [336 words]mythSep 18, 2011 07:45189386
Are we safer [236 words]sufi imdad ali soomroSep 15, 2011 01:50189336
He who sows wars shall harvest attacks ... [95 words]Frederico PinheiroSep 13, 2011 17:22189316
No [35 words]Ravi Ranjan Singh Bharat PanthiSep 16, 2011 04:03189316
1Rome was safer after Carthage was destroyed [475 words]HomefrontSep 19, 2011 20:57189316
Sowing the Wind-Reaping the Whirlwind [481 words]M. ToveySep 21, 2011 11:18189316
How are you safer? [178 words]AEBSep 11, 2011 21:05189275
1Are we safer [124 words]Samuel StephensSep 11, 2011 11:11189261
Thank you Dr. Pipes! [19 words]Brian RubadukaSep 11, 2011 06:57189251
One Can Make A Case [32 words]Mark DSep 10, 2011 19:42189239
We're Better Off Without 9/11 [64 words]Mark D.Sep 10, 2011 19:30189238
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1A few words in appreciation of Daniel Pipes [240 words]lucretiusSep 10, 2011 07:49189222
1Like the '29 Crash [110 words]jdSep 9, 2011 22:09189211

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