Sweetney | Linkblog tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1661140 2008-08-20T09:30:00-04:00 TypePad The Great Consumer Crash of 2009 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54438490 2008-08-20T09:30:00-04:00 2008-08-20T09:30:16-04:00 For the last seven years the American consumer has carried the weight of the world on its shoulders. This has been a heavy burden, but when you take steroids it doesn’t seem so heavy. The steroid of choice for the... Sweetney

Saupload_jq1 For the last seven years the American consumer has carried the weight of the world on its shoulders. This has been a heavy burden, but when you take steroids it doesn’t seem so heavy. The steroid of choice for the American consumer has been debt. We have utilized home equity loans, cash out refinancing, credit card debt, and auto loans to live above our means. It has been a fun ride, but the ride is over. We can’t get steroids from our dealer (banks) anymore.

Aww, shit. We're fucked. Link

 http://www.sweetney.com/linkblog/2008/08/the-great-consu.html Ernest Borgnine's secret to staying young tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54400206 2008-08-19T10:45:56-04:00 2008-08-19T10:46:07-04:00 In case you missed it: Sweetney <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In case you missed it:</p> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3I_PeLNzxNQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3I_PeLNzxNQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sweetney_linkblog/~4/369089355" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.sweetney.com/linkblog/2008/08/ernest-borgnine.html "And the omelet... stinks." tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54376916 2008-08-18T21:33:05-04:00 2008-08-18T22:00:25-04:00 Another nostalgic blast from my past: this scene from Mike Leigh's 1993 film "Naked" -- easily in my top ten favorite films of all time -- makes my spine positively tingle with its rightness. I so wish David Thewlis would... Sweetney

Another nostalgic blast from my past: this scene from Mike Leigh's 1993 film "Naked" -- easily in my top ten favorite films of all time -- makes my spine positively tingle with its rightness.

I so wish David Thewlis would get a chance to shoot off fireworks like this again. So much freakin' talent.

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