[np] Euro crisis

[Ian Livingston]

> Right.  Well I thought the joke might offend some...
>

I bet Vibe and his cronies are fuming over that joke. I like it.

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:12 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Right.  Well I thought the joke might offend some...
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen
> <lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
>>
>> On 29.09.2011 15:16, David Morris wrote:
>>>
>>> http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2011/09/28/331314/european-debt-crisis-primer/
>>>
>>
>> You didn't pass on the joke at the end!
>>
>> "One possible idea would be for Greece, Spain, and Italy to all default on
>> their debts followed by a German effort to conquer those countries in order
>> to recoup losses. Then the United States would need to go to war to stave
>> off German domination of Europe which, as we know from the 1940-45
>> experience, would stimulate the U.S. economy."
>>
>> Though this one is not particularly good, I think that we need jokes like
>> that these days.
>



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