The panic in world credit markets reached historic intensity on Wednesday, prompting a flight to safety of the kind not seen since the second world war.
Barometers of financial stress hit record peaks across the world. Yields on short-term US Treasuries hit their lowest level since the London Blitz, while gold had its biggest one-day gain ever in dollar terms. Lending between banks, in effect, stopped.
is blowin' in the wind.
The panic in world credit markets reached historic intensity on Wednesday, prompting a flight to safety of the kind not seen since the second world war.
Barometers of financial stress hit record peaks across the world. Yields on short-term US Treasuries hit their lowest level since the London Blitz, while gold had its biggest one-day gain ever in dollar terms. Lending between banks, in effect, stopped.
http://www.ft.com/...
"is blowin' in the wind." -- [no copyright infringement intended; lyrics (quoted, non-italic) cited for shared common First Amendment goals, Bob Dylan author, artist, poet, prophet].
"How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?"
Limbaugh: "Obama 'stoking racism'"
Rush Limbaugh, featured in a new, Spanish-language Barack Obama ad, says the commercial distorts his past statements and amounts to "race-baiting" by the Democratic nominee.
http://www.politico.com/...
Ryvr: The Democratic nominee? I call him Senator Barack Obama, and I say with him, Yes we Can, y si se puede.
Wow. I see a likely President who can do the job. :-)
"How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?"
In Galveston, water and sewer systems aren't working. Its hospital is closed. The city is littered with debris and officials are asking for help against disease-carrying mosquitoes.
http://www.bloomberg.com/...
"How many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?"
"President Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia should unilaterally claim part of the Arctic, stepping up the race for the disputed energy-rich region."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...
Ryvr: I think I have some comrades in Moscow thinking, "Marx may have had a point or two if Stalin hadn't brought that evil in."
"We Shall Live in Peace" -- traditional
So, what answer IS blowin' in the wind?????
Obama would certainly say that it is not about him.
IT IS ABOUT US.
I welcome Obama as a leader who is with us.
Here's a President we can talk to. That's what we need.
But in you ... in me ... we must find "the answer." It is blowin' in the wind. Democracy means finding the answer in you and me. Blowin' in the wind.