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I've got nothing to say at this particular moment, so let's enjoy this amazing video from The Beatles – Hey Bulldog. I encourage you to watch it, especially if you like the song already. Just to get the day off to a fun, rollicking start.
There are many who question the direction the U.S. has taken
whose patriotism does not seem to be questioned.Take Bill Gross in his November commentary:
The US and most G-7
countries have been significantly and artificially influenced by asset
appreciation for decades.Stocks and
home prices went up – then consumers liquefied and spent the capital gains by borrowing
against them or selling outright.Growth
in other words, was influenced by upside by leverage, securitization and the belief
that wealth creation was a function of asset appreciation as opposed to the production
of goods and services
Or watch this James McMurtry video – the message is similar,
just in a different format (note rail images, fitting for today)
Skepticism, a critical perspective and questioning the decisions
of “the powers that be” are certainly not inconsistent with patriotism.
A hearty thank-you to the fellow Slopers who are contributing content; it's a huge weight off my shoulders, and a ton of people have written me grateful emails (strictly speaking, only Christine Romer wrote me, but I still am accurate in my characterization).
I thought with all the heavy-duty technical charts, you could use a bit of a musical break (plus Disqus is behaving very, very badly today, so comments is kind of dead). I have a major weakness for good lyricists, and Aimee Mann certainly fits that category. Her song "Momentum", whose lyrics I've put beneath this video, captures a lot of what I've been thinking lately. Enjoy!
Oh, for the sake of momentum
I've allowed my fears to get larger than life
And it's brought me to my current agendum
Whereupon I deny fulfillment has yet to arrive
And I know life is getting shorter
I can't bring myself to set the scene
Even when it's approaching torture
I've got my routine
Oh, for the sake of momentum
Even though I agree with that stuff about seizing the day
It is entirely possible that I will not do a post until the close. I am that busy. So you'll have to talk amongst yourselves – sans avatars, I'm afraid, per my prior post. Good luck out there.
I think I'm done blogging for today. Years ago, I'd do one post in the afternoon. Now I usually bang out ten posts between 6 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. It seems to be a new routine of mine.
I'm sort of hopped up on Beatles right now, so you might as well enjoy this………..
