Oil Fuels Dow Jones Panic


	Oil Fuels Dow Jones Panic

abailart

10-20-2007 2:40 AM

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dow jones, oil, kurdistan, finance, economics, credit defaults, debt

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10-20-2007 10:27 AM

tabsey

We can call it the Greenspan Recession. (almost fits in with the global warming problem.)

10-20-2007 10:39 AM

cptenaud

And will the Republicans blame this on the Democrats?
Of course. They haven't taken responsibility for this war.
And there more then happy to turn this mess over to the Dems.

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