LET'S MAKE A LITTLE WAGER

by You Know 536 Replies latest jw friends

  • hillary_step
    hillary_step

    Hold on you Chaps,

    I think that you are all being spiteful and very, very nasty to YK. After all, he did suggest that something cataclysmic was going to happen to the US and its economy before October and what do you know, 5,000 innocent people died. He may have got all the details wrong, but something did happen. Sort of ‘Highway 1914 Revisited’.

    Now let us face facts, if he could do this with one eye shut, just imagine how many people would die if he opened both eyes. I really am rather wary of YK and would certainly not want to irritate him into more withering prophetic judgments, for example, on the fate of Tunbridge Wells, or the name of the next ferret trainer who holds the occupants of Death Valley hostage.

    YK may have missed the dart-board but he certainly threw his darts. If his work is from God it will stand, if it is from a trifle too much sun, it will not. YK is a prophet with a stock portfolio and as such has one foot on the pedestal of Sainthood and another on a bar of soap, but I for one will keep my distance and hide in the shadows. My advise, do not mess with Gods postman.

    HS

    An enraged eye makes beauty deformed - Addison

  • Naeblis
    Naeblis

    HS: Very nice :P Though perhaps too subtle for your intended target.

  • dubla
    dubla
    You are backing out of the bet. You never did define the word "crash". If the stock market is not the measure for you, then what is? Please define your terms.

    larc, yk is already claiming "victory" which is why he will not name parameters (besides, he knows parameters would allow for his predictions possibly being wrong). he was vague enough in his first post to claim victory for himself already now. you see, the fact that the fed is pouring money into the banks proves his "financial crash." preposterous, yes i agree, but its his way.

    aa

  • dubla
    dubla
    . But, it should be obvious to any but the most perverse haters of truth that the world fundamentally changed September 11th 2001. No sane person can deny that.

    i dont think anyone is denying that. the world fundamentally changed with ww1, ww2, vietnam, etc., etc. no one denies any of these either.

    aa

  • dubla
    dubla

    yk and all-

    almost always, statements can be twisted in order to achieve the desired accomplishment. in this case, yk has either twisted his own words, or as weve already noted, simply left his statements vague enough to claim his little october victory (finally, right yk? only took 5 chances or something?). i will post here some of yks statements, in chronological order, so that we can break down this "victory".......

    the present financial system will be.....if not in a crash-down mode, then certainly in a state of war.
    ...if things collapse money may well become non-negotiable or hyperinflation could render $100 equivalent to about 2 cents in a matter of days.
    Some of you may wonder what the connection is between a dollar meltdown and the teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses........At some point the almighty dollar will have to bow before the Almighty Jehovah
    okay, quick break here to summarize......so far weve seen mention of the financial system being in crash-down mode, or in a state of war, (note here, that the "financial system" would be in a state of war, NOT the u.s. system as he is now claiming was the meaning of his words). we also have here this talk of the "dollar meltdown" and the "almighty dollar" becoming "non-negotiable." people, hes already set the parameters.....the dollar will crash, its plainly stated in his first post. (of course, the u.s. being in a state of war supercedes all these other predictions, and victory is claimed by yk).

    more quotes....

    It is definitely going to get interesting when and if the markets open...
    oh, but yk, the markets are just a "side-show" that doesnt interest you, remember?? lets quote that one too, just for memorys sake...

    The stock market is just a small part of the financial system. It's only a sideshow and I have no interest in that.
    but yk, for a "sideshow" that you have "no interest" in, you sure do mention the market a lot with your predictions......

    The NY TIMES stated that is was every American's patriotic duty, come Monday, to go out and buy as much stock as you can afford. That's because the financial system is now in a crash-down mode and they are in a panic to hold it together.
    hmmm, more talk of this "side-show", namely, the stock market. well, you have no interest in it, and its just a "small part" of the financial picture, but id say you know as well as the rest of us do, that the market IS the financial picture, not just a small part, and thats why you mention it so many times in your posts on this thread. the fact is, everything is gauged on how the markets perform, becuase so much of americas wealth is wrapped up in THE MARKETS. no, they are not a "side-show", they are a clear indicator of the financial system. why does the fed cut rates and supply liquidity to the banks? to stimulate THE MARKET. what moves the numbers up and down on the vast majority of american citizens 401k statements? THE MARKET. what would absolutely HAVE to COMPLETELY collapse before we would ever have a "dollar meltdown"? THE MARKET. yes indeed, the market is the indicator, and as we speak, we are having a market correction (the dow is down about 5%, monday morning), which is exactly what was expected following this sudden disaster that hit new york. in order for yk to be correct in his predictions though, the market will have to continue to fall....in fact, the market would certainly have to COMPLETELY crash in order for us to get a "dollar meltdown", and even then it wouldnt be a given. the u.s. economy has lived through several market crashes and many recessions, and has recovered every single time, just as it will this time. if anyone is unaware of past market conditions and reactions to sudden disasters, please see my previous post. we are getting exactly what was predicted by all the economic anaylists, a 5-10% drop today and throughout this week, and then stablization.

    youknow was predicting disaster for the market (notice he hinted that it may not even open), and then he no doubt backed off from that stance when he realized the markets would in fact stabilize after a correction,(probably watching cnbc), and he then deemed the markets nothing more than a "side-show" that really has little impact on the financial system (its only a "small part"). a "prophet" backtracking, what a surprise (see history of c.t. russell).

    aa

  • Utopian Reformist
    Utopian Reformist

    Excellent Work JDUBLA! Touche!

  • dubla
    dubla
    Excellent Work JDUBLA! Touche!

    ty utop, but im sure we will see yk ignore my post, as he does with all posts that make his ignorance evident. heres another quote from alanf that i think is worth repeating (and again, it was one that was completely ignored by yk).....

    The point is that when fanatical religionists are expecting a great event, any event out of the ordinary is fodder for their prophecy mill. No matter if every detail of past predictions has fallen flat -- the basic prediction of "trouble" remains intact.

    So it is with You Know. Every prediction he has made has failed. Until a few days ago he was predicting that the world economy would collapse on its own 'real soon now' due to a major economic event. Now we've had a major political event, and without batting an eye he has abandoned his old prediction and latched onto a new one, where now the economy won't collapse on its own but probably due to war or who knows what else?

    many make mention of yk's past performance (i think its 0 for something), and yet he can never bolster a reply. somehow he still manages to call everyone else "blustering bozos", while never admitting his own numerous failures in the prediction category. who is the real bozo?

    aa

  • SixofNine
    SixofNine

    HS, thanks for that, I really enjoyed it.

  • Englishman
    Englishman

    Jdubla,

    YK's prophesies come and go like a whore's panties. The main difference is that a whore has greater charisma.

    Englishman.

    Stay Alive 'Til '75!

  • NameWithheld
    NameWithheld

    Hmmm. So we had a 7% drop yesterday, and this AM is slightly up. No massive panic sellouts happening. Market where it was 3 years ago. Not to mention 4 1/5 BILLION shares were traded yesterday, an all time high, and there were those who said the market couldn't handle even normal traffic. Seems like 'war and panic' to me! </sarcasm>

    Of course 'ol YK could get lucky and still be right about Oct. But I forget YK has now determined that the market has nothing to do with the economy. My bad ...

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