Comments on: The Bright Side http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:36:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mad Martigan http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135200 Mad Martigan Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:08:27 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135200 How about getting rid of all those ugly brown purses with the designer's initials all over them. Maybe use the $12k to feed a third-world family for a year or two. How about getting rid of all those ugly brown purses with the designer’s initials all over them. Maybe use the $12k to feed a third-world family for a year or two.

]]> By: Ten Bears http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135198 Ten Bears Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:41:20 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135198 Not having to pay taxes (not that I do anyway)... Not having to pay taxes (not that I do anyway)…

]]> By: David Weisman http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135197 David Weisman Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:01:16 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135197 George Bush? Wait, we couldn't afford him before either. George Bush? Wait, we couldn’t afford him before either.

]]> By: spectral_ev http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135196 spectral_ev Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:25:53 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135196 based on the Great Depression, the rich will be buying up everything at discount and the rest of us will be standing in bread lines. based on the Great Depression, the rich will be buying up everything at discount and the rest of us will be standing in bread lines.

]]> By: Elayne Riggs http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135195 Elayne Riggs Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:17:28 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135195 I will no longer have to deal with my boss' mansion and yacht and overseas vacations, because he eliminated my position! Hoorah, economy! (Actually, I'm very pleased I'm out of that job after 10 years of hell, but it would be nice to become employed again...) I will no longer have to deal with my boss’ mansion and yacht and overseas vacations, because he eliminated my position! Hoorah, economy! (Actually, I’m very pleased I’m out of that job after 10 years of hell, but it would be nice to become employed again…)

]]> By: James Guglielmino http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135193 James Guglielmino Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:10:35 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135193 No.....no, actually, I don't want to give up any of my excesses.......Please. Gug No…..no, actually, I don’t want to give up any of my excesses…….Please.
Gug

]]> By: CabinGirl http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135192 CabinGirl Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:06:10 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135192 Buh-bye to the Ford Excursion and Chevy Suburban...or maybe the McMansion people will have to live in them instead? Buh-bye to the Ford Excursion and Chevy Suburban…or maybe the McMansion people will have to live in them instead?

]]> By: Bryan http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135183 Bryan Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:15:15 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135183 no more blogging, we will be too busy bludgeoning each other to death for food. no more blogging, we will be too busy bludgeoning each other to death for food.

]]> By: merciless http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135181 merciless Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:04:08 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135181 I look forward to the demise of all the "Flip This House" kinda shows, where the happy owner takes a $500,000 shack in a so-so neighborhood and makes it a $700,000 shack in a so-so neighborhood. Gotta have those granite countertops! I look forward to the demise of all the “Flip This House” kinda shows, where the happy owner takes a $500,000 shack in a so-so neighborhood and makes it a $700,000 shack in a so-so neighborhood. Gotta have those granite countertops!

]]> By: John http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135180 John Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:43:33 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135180 How about no more big box stores....can't build them if people can't afford to shop. How about no more big box stores….can’t build them if people can’t afford to shop.

]]> By: Mr. Terwilliger http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135177 Mr. Terwilliger Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:23:36 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135177 People will always look for a way to keep up their bad habits and other people will always be willing to accomodate them. Here in my little midwestern town, the are offering a chance at winning a gas card as incentive for donating blood. Precious fluids indeed, though it is a little more honest and straightforward than the "Blood for Oil" programs brought about by our government. http://www.starcourier.com/articles/2008/01/22/news/local2.txt People will always look for a way to keep up their bad habits and other people will always be willing to accomodate them. Here in my little midwestern town, the are offering a chance at winning a gas card as incentive for donating blood. Precious fluids indeed, though it is a little more honest and straightforward than the “Blood for Oil” programs brought about by our government.

http://www.starcourier.com/articles/2008/01/22/news/local2.txt

]]> By: Maya http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135176 Maya Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:07:30 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135176 hmmm, perhaps without so much Stuff to substitute for it, people will start pursuing actual happiness. That being the stuff you can't buy in a store. And hey, maybe kids will even start playing outside again. Nah, probably not. I'm so glad I have no credit. My boss is still buying like it's 1999, though, so I'm a bit worried for my job... hmmm, perhaps without so much Stuff to substitute for it, people will start pursuing actual happiness. That being the stuff you can’t buy in a store. And hey, maybe kids will even start playing outside again.
Nah, probably not.
I’m so glad I have no credit. My boss is still buying like it’s 1999, though, so I’m a bit worried for my job…

]]> By: Bunter http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135175 Bunter Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:49:31 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/23/13/21/the-bright-side-2/#comment-135175 NYC rentals going back to affordable. I don't really expect any of those things to happen. I think the really rich will come through with no pain at all and while the rest of us are scrimping and scraping for dinner, they'll go on about their lives as always. I would like to be very wrong. NYC rentals going back to affordable.

I don’t really expect any of those things to happen. I think the really rich will come through with no pain at all and while the rest of us are scrimping and scraping for dinner, they’ll go on about their lives as always. I would like to be very wrong.

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