Comments on: Depression on Wheels

By: JJS

JJS — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:34:58 +0000

To the first comment “Harry”
YAY SPEND MORE MORE MORE MORE! YAY! Your an idiot.

By: Brian - Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia

Brian - Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:08:25 +0000

When you have a credit card, you don’t have money problems in December. They show up 55 days later, in February, when your statement falls due.

Archimedes said, “find a place to stand and a long enough lever, and you can lift the Earth.” But even he could not shift a mortgage!

Wishing everyone a meaningful, thrifty Christmas.

By: Sundance

Sundance — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:04:57 +0000

So what, Harry, if what you say was true – but most likely, it isn’t – how is that good news for the economy that people spend the money they don’t have ??? Wasn’t it precisely the big issue in the first place ?

Please share your wisdom with us.

By: LaRRRRy

LaRRRRy — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:34:27 +0000

So far, holiday spending is flat compared to 2008.

“What people say and what they do are completely different. They may say they aren’t going to spend but then they do. And they spend more.”

Are you talking about consumers, or about elected officials?

By: walter safety

walter safety — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:37:02 +0000

The half full crowd don’t have to change their ways,the half empty crowd think they have spotted a trend.The people that have half a chance are the ones who can tell if its water or vodka.Thanks for the insight over the past ten years.

By: not-harry

not-harry — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:21:25 +0000

…and Ryanair just canceled talks with Boeing to purchase TWO HUNDRED airplanes.

Whatever is in Harry’s hookah is clouding his mind.

I want some of it.

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:33:24 +0000

Sorry to burst your gloom bubble but holiday shopping didn’t plunge and is actually up this year. What people say and what they do are completely different. They may say they aren’t going to spend but then they do. And they spend more.

Also, in the bursting gloom bubble department, somebody is buying all those smart phones – just look at the amazing numbers put out by RIMM. Businesses are spending on new software – look at ORCL.

So once again, you are ignoring reality and what’s truly happening and confusing it with the doom you for some reason hope will happen.